Columbia, MO Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Collection of bulky items will be provided for residential customers receiving curbside collection. Bulky items are normal household items that are too large to be placed in the refuse cart. Materials resulting from the erection, destruction or remodeling of a building, felled trees, large automobile parts, hazardous materials, etc., and items which generally cannot be handled by two (2) individuals do not qualify as bulky items. Collection of bulky items will be required to be scheduled a minimum of one (1) week in advance of collection. Collection will be provided based on first available schedule. The request for collection must identify the number and type of items requested to be collected. Items for bulky item collection shall be placed no earlier than twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the scheduled pickup date in a visible and easily accessible location not to extend more than fifteen (15) feet from the back of curb, edge of roadway or immediately adjacent to an alley, as the case may be. Each residential customer with curbside collection will be provided the collection of one (1) bulky item each year at no additional cost. The charge for each additional scheduled bulky item collection will be as follows:

First item per scheduled bulky item collection .....$21.50

Each additional item per scheduled bulky item collection .....$5.00