Arvada, CO Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Arvada's Chapter 90 treats bulky items, defined to include furniture, appliances and small equipment such as lawnmowers under § 90-1, as outside the standard weekly cart service. Section 90-33(d) puts the burden on the resident: bulky items must be removed by private arrangement with the city's designated residential waste collection services provider, another licensed hauler authorized to work in the city, or by the resident hauling it away directly. The same subsection makes clear that neither the city nor its provider or any licensed operator has any obligation to collect bulky waste that has not been arranged for in this way, or containers that are not properly placed.

Section 90-31(b) backs this up citywide: no one may place, leave, deposit or dispose of waste or recyclables on a street, alley, public place, or private property unless it is either wholly contained in a proper collection container or proper arrangements have been made with the hauler for additional or bulky items, and any accumulation in violation is declared a nuisance. The city also runs periodic 'Bulky Item Events' funded through the mandatory City Program fee under § 90-35(c), giving residents a scheduled option beyond the ad hoc hauler arrangement, though the fee table does not specify frequency or dates for those events within this chapter.