Manchester, CT Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Chapter 273 of the Manchester Code of Ordinances, adopted by the Board of Directors on October 13, 2009, sets the ground rules for bulky waste. Section 273-2 defines bulky waste as oversized materials too large for a Town refuse cart, listing furniture, appliances, carpeting, mattresses and box springs as examples, and expressly excludes anything that can be packaged into a regular refuse container. Construction and demolition debris (lumber, concrete, roofing material, brick) and household hazardous waste (paints, thinners, pesticides, mercury thermometers) are carved out separately and do not count as bulky waste even though they are also oversized or unusual materials.

Rather than writing a fixed pickup schedule or per-item fee into the ordinance itself, § 273-6 hands that job to the Director of Public Works, who must establish rules and regulations covering the separation, collection, removal, storage, hauling and disposition of bulky waste alongside refuse, recyclables, yard waste, C&D waste and household hazardous waste. That means the actual bulky-item pickup calendar, item limits and any surcharge come from the Public Works Department's administrative rules rather than the chapter's text. If bulky waste is set out at the curb outside those rules, § 273-5 lets the Town treat it as improperly placed solid waste: crews tag it with a visible notification sticker naming the posting date, stating the Town will not collect it, and giving the owner three days to remove it.

If it is still there after three days, the Director of Public Works or a designee removes it and bills the property owner for the Town's cost.