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

Section 19-37(b) covers bulky waste directly: "Appliances, furniture, bedding and other bulky items resulting from normal household use shall be subject to special collection upon call to the sanitation division. These items shall be placed at the street only on the day agreed to for pickup." Setting bulky items out early, or without first calling to arrange the pickup, falls outside the protection this section gives residents and can be treated as improperly placed refuse under other sections of the article.

Section 19-37(a) covers the related category of ordinary excess household waste that will not fit in the roll cart: such materials "may be placed contiguous to the front of the household premises off of the paved portion of the street right-of-way, but not in median strips or in front of property of another without consent," the same placement standard used for yard waste, though without the special-collection call requirement bulky items carry. Fees for hauling away large volumes of building material or similar bulky debris are separately scheduled in § 19-43, ranging from $50.00 for a minimum truck load up to $300.00 for a full truck load, and residential or business customers generating more than one cubic yard of building material trash per week face an additional collection and disposal charge on top of the base building-material fee.