Hendersonville residents may set out up to TWO bulk items per week with regular Waste Pro curbside collection. Acceptable bulk items include stoves, refrigerators, water tanks/heaters, washing machines (all drained of water), furniture, and large/oversized boxes. Refrigerated appliances (refrigerators, freezers, AC units, vending machines) cannot be accepted unless refrigerant and/or compressor is removed and tagged before collection. The Sumner County Resource Authority operates regional disposal at (615) 452-1114. Household hazardous waste goes to TDEC mobile HHW collection events at Moss Wright Park, Goodlettsville. Illegal dumping into Old Hickory Lake or its tributaries is a triple violation.
Bulk waste collection in Hendersonville runs under Title 17 Chapter 2 of the Hendersonville Municipal Code through the City's contract with Waste Pro. Bulk volume cap: TWO bulk items per week including residents on backdoor or medical-waiver service. Acceptable bulk items include 'Stoves, refrigerators, water tanks/heaters, and washing machines (drained of all water), furniture, large/oversized boxes.' Refrigerated appliances rule: 'Refrigerated appliances (air conditioners, vending machines, etc.) cannot be accepted unless refrigerant and/or compressor are removed and tagged before collection' — this requires a certified refrigerant recovery technician under federal Clean Air Act 40 CFR Part 82, and you must have the documentation tag attached for Waste Pro to take it. Items NOT collected at curbside: construction debris (such as rolls of carpet, carpet padding, doors, scrap wood, siding, roofing materials, building materials, glass doors), motors with fuel tanks, infested furniture, heavy unbroken items, manure, hazardous waste, automotive parts including tires, wet paint, and untagged refrigerated appliances. The excluded waste list per City guidelines also includes commercial and industrial refuse, dead animals, institutional waste, offal waste, stable matter, vegetable waste, and special waste. For excluded items: construction and demolition debris requires a private contractor or commercial roll-off dumpster; large drop-offs go through the Sumner County Resource Authority at (615) 452-1114 for a price quote and appointment (for non-household waste). Household hazardous waste — paint, solvents, motor oil, pool chemicals, pesticides — is NOT collected at curbside. Sumner County participates in the TDEC Household Hazardous Waste Mobile Collection program with events held at Moss Wright Park, 705 Caldwell Dr., Goodlettsville. Spring and fall events are typical, with the spring schedule posted by February and the fall schedule posted by August on the TDEC events calendar. No cost, no appointment, and Tennessee residency (not just Sumner County) is sufficient. Habitat for Humanity ReStore at (615) 230-3032 accepts donations of usable furniture and appliances. The City of Hendersonville does NOT currently operate a residential recycling program of any kind.
Setting out excluded items for regular City collection violates Title 17 Chapter 2 and the City/Waste Pro collection guidelines — items will be left at curb and may trigger a Code Enforcement citation. Setting out refrigerated appliances without certified refrigerant recovery and proper tagging violates federal Clean Air Act regulations at 40 CFR Part 82 with EPA civil penalties up to $46,989 per day per violation (2024 adjustment) — and Waste Pro will not take them. Illegal dumping — particularly into Drakes Creek, Station Camp Creek, a storm drain, or Old Hickory Lake — is a triple violation: Title 17 Chapter 2 (Solid Waste Disposal), Title 18 (Stormwater, with civil penalties up to $5,000 per day under the City's Enforcement Response Plan), AND state criminal littering under T.C.A. 39-14-502 (Mitigated criminal littering, Class C misdemeanor for less than 5 lb / 7.5 cu ft) and T.C.A. 39-14-503 (Criminal littering, Class A misdemeanor or Class E felony depending on volume and prior offenses), plus mandatory community service and possible vehicle forfeiture under T.C.A. 39-14-504. Discharge of hazardous materials triggers TDEC enforcement under the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act (T.C.A. 68-211-101 et seq.) and the Tennessee Hazardous Waste Management Act (T.C.A. 68-212-201 et seq.). Because Old Hickory Lake is a federal USACE reservoir, the most serious dumping into the lake can also be referred for federal Clean Water Act enforcement under 33 U.S.C. 1319.
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