Palm Springs, CA Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)
Key Facts
- Bulky items defined
- Furniture, appliances, crates, other large/heavy objects
- Regular carts
- Exclude bulky items by definition
- Required method
- Debris box, roll-off hauled
- Fill rule
- Debris box may be filled more than level
- No curbside bulk day
- Not described in Chapter 6.04
Summary
Palm Springs treats furniture, appliances and other large bulky items as outside the regular curbside cart system entirely. Anything too big or heavy for normal collection has to go out in a welded-steel debris box hauled by the city's roll-off truck rather than the household gray, blue, brown or green container.
"Bulky items"includes objects of furniture, household or industrial appliances, shipping crates and containers and other large bulky or heavy objects not normally discarded on a regular basis by City residences, commercial or industrial establishments. ... Debris boxes shall be of welded steel construction suitable for storage of construction and demolition debris, Green Waste, and bulky items, and shall be equipped to be hauled by a roll-off type of refuse truck designed for that purpose. Debris boxes shall be filled more than level full.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4923139; v14 updated 2026-06-24).
Full Breakdown
010, defines bulky items as furniture, household or industrial appliances, shipping crates and containers, and other large bulky or heavy objects not normally discarded on a regular basis by residences, or commercial or industrial establishments. The chapter's definition of a standard Container, a cart, can, commercial bin, debris box or stationary compactor, expressly excludes construction and demolition debris and bulky items from what the routine collection containers are meant to hold. 075 requires that bulky items instead go into a debris box: a welded steel container built to be hauled by a roll-off type refuse truck, which, unlike the standard containers, may be filled more than level full.
076 draws the same line for stationary compactors, which are built for regular Solid Waste but specifically exclude construction and demolition debris and bulky items. 015. 04 does not describe an on-call curbside bulky-item pickup day; large-item disposal runs through the debris box and franchise system instead.
Violations & Fines
Chapter 6.04 does not set a standalone bulky-item fine; a violation, such as dumping a bulky item in a regular cart or bin not built for it, or placing a bulky item in the street outside a proper container, falls under the citywide Municipal Code default in Section 1.01.140, making it a misdemeanor unless charged as an infraction, plus enforcement action under Section 6.04.245 by the city manager, who inspects containers and collection sites for compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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