Iowa City Resource Management runs a scheduled special-items curbside service for furniture, mattresses, appliances, and tires. Schedule at iowa-city.org/forms/bulkpickup (need 7-digit account + 6-digit customer numbers) or call 319-356-5151 at least two days before your regular collection day. Fees billed to utility account: $12.50 first bulky item, $6 each additional; $20 per appliance; $3.75 per tire off rim, $7.50 on rim. 7-foot maximum length per item. Have items at curb by 7 a.m. on your normal day. Direct drop-off available at Iowa City Landfill, 3900 Hebl Ave SW.
Iowa City handles bulky items through the City Resource Management Division's scheduled special-items collection (added to Iowa City Code 16-3H-8 framework as a fee-for-service add-on). Curbside customers (single-family through 4-unit residences) schedule pickup at iowa-city.org/forms/bulkpickup or by calling 319-356-5151 at least two days before their regular trash/recycling/organics collection day. The online form requires the 7-digit account number and 6-digit customer number from the monthly water/sewer utility bill. Accepted items: large bulky items (max length 7 feet) that cannot be broken down to fit in a standard 65-gallon garbage cart or stickered overflow bag, including chairs, couches, mattresses, box springs, dressers, tables, carpet rolls, large toys; appliances (refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, microwaves); and tires (passenger and light-truck). Fees added to the monthly utility bill: $12.50 for the first bulky item and $6 for each additional bulky item on the same scheduled pickup; $20 per appliance; $3.75 per tire off the rim, $7.50 per tire on the rim. Refrigerant-bearing appliances (refrigerators, freezers, room air conditioners, dehumidifiers) are handled by the City contractor under 40 CFR Part 82 (EPA Section 608 freon-evacuation requirements) - residents should not vent the refrigerant themselves. Have all scheduled items at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the regular collection day. Direct landfill drop-off is an alternative: the Iowa City Landfill and Recycling Center at 3900 Hebl Avenue SW serves residents and businesses within Johnson County and within the city limits of Kalona and Riverside. Tipping fees apply for landfill drops; appliances and tires are recycled at the landfill (and are among the items 16-3H-9 prohibits from direct landfill disposal in the general solid-waste stream - they must be routed to the recycling/recovery program). Restricted items also routed away from the general garbage stream: tires; yard waste (Iowa Code §455D.9 prohibits land disposal of yard waste); corrugated cardboard; computer monitors; televisions; major appliances. Household hazardous materials use the City's Hazardous Materials Drop-Off Program at the Landfill (call 319-356-5185 to schedule). Authority: 16-3H-8 (City collection); 16-3H-9 (disposal prohibitions); Iowa Code §455B (DNR); §455D.9 (yard waste); 40 CFR Part 82 (federal freon).
Setting out a bulky item at the curb without a scheduled appointment results in a non-collection (the truck will not pick it up) and the item becomes a Title 6, Chapter 1 public-nuisance violation if left there - 7-day notice, $100 admin fee plus contractor removal cost. Disposing of items prohibited from the landfill general-stream (tires, yard waste, cardboard, computer monitors, TVs, appliances) by hiding them in regular cart trash violates Iowa City Code 16-3H-9 and is a municipal infraction under Iowa Code §364.22 with civil penalty up to $1,000 for repeat. Yard waste in garbage also violates Iowa Code §455D.9 (state ban on yard-waste land disposal) and is enforceable by the Iowa DNR. Refrigerators dumped without certified freon evacuation are a federal Clean Air Act violation under 40 CFR Part 82 with EPA Section 608 penalties up to $52,761 per day (current adjusted civil-penalty schedule). Curbside bulky-item fees not paid via utility bill become a delinquent utility account that can trigger water-service termination per Iowa City utility ordinances.
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