Brockton, MA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- City Code § 8-3.2(d)
- Weekly limit
- One bulky item per household
- Included items
- Furniture, mattresses, rolled carpeting
- Set-out window
- 5:00 p.m. day before to 7:00 a.m. collection day
- Late/early set-out fine
- $25 early; $100-$300 late (§ 8-3.6)
Summary
Brockton allows one bulky item per household per week at the curb through city collection, covering large furniture, mattresses and rolled carpet. The city may add a fee for bulky-item pickup, payable to the city or its collection agent when the pickup is scheduled.
(d)For collection by the City of Brockton or its contractor, bulky items, with a limit of one (1) item per household per week, shall be placed at the curbside. The city may require a fee to be paid for pick-up of bulky items in the future to offset the cost of managing these items. Any fee assessed must be paid to the City of Brockton or the city's agent or authorized designee at the time the pick-up is scheduled.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 28).
Full Breakdown
2(d) sets Brockton's bulky item collection rule: for pickup by the City of Brockton or its contractor, bulky items are limited to one item per household per week, placed at the curbside. 1(a) defines bulky items as waste too large or heavy for a bag or barrel but not classified as white goods or CRTs, expressly including upholstered furniture, wooden furniture, beds, mattresses and rolled carpeting. The ordinance reserves the city's right to charge a fee for bulky-item pickup to offset management costs, and any such fee must be paid to the City of Brockton, its agent, or its authorized designee at the time the pickup is scheduled, rather than billed afterward. m. 5, which requires 48 hours' advance notice to the city or its agent rather than a standing weekly allowance.
Violations & Fines
Bulky items left at the curb before 5:00 p.m. the day before the scheduled pickup, or remaining after the regular collection day, trigger the § 8-3.6 fine schedule: $25 for placing items out too early, and $100 for a first same-year violation of leaving items out too long ($300 for each subsequent violation that year), with each day counted as a separate offense. Residents who accumulate five violations in a calendar year may be classified a chronic abuser and lose trash collection service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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