Everett, MA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Section 16-26(b) of the Revised Ordinances says all items too large to fit into containers, such as appliances, furniture and mattresses, are disposed of only in accordance with Article III of Chapter 16. Article III then sorts waste into acceptable and non-acceptable. Section 16-51(b) puts bulk and white goods on the non-acceptable list. Bulk is defined as any one item larger than one cubic yard and weighing not more than fifty pounds, and a codifier's editor's note records that the word not was removed before more during codification to match the original intention.

White goods include washing machines, clothes dryers, hot water heaters, air conditioners, and large household or office furniture and commercial equipment. The same list covers abandoned or inoperative motor vehicles and large machinery, building and construction waste, and tree stumps, trunks or limbs over five inches in diameter or forty-eight inches in length. Section 16-53(a) puts the burden on the occupant of a single- or two-family dwelling, the owner or agent of a building with more than two families, and the owner or operator of a business: they remove non-acceptable waste at frequent enough intervals to prevent a nuisance, as the city services commission or its designee determines.

Section 16-54(a) says non-acceptable waste collected by private collectors or removed by the owner must be stored, handled and placed for collection so as to prevent a nuisance, and cannot be placed or stored on any public street or way except by permission of the city services commission or its designee. Section 16-54(b) lets private collectors take acceptable and non-acceptable waste subject to the commission's rules. The text read prints no bulk pickup schedule or fee; Section 16-56 gives the city services commission power to adopt and enforce rules.