County refuse service includes one bulky item a week — furniture, mattresses, bundled limbs — set out with your regular trash. Metal appliances need a paid, scheduled pickup. Construction debris and hazardous waste are excluded.
Shawnee County Solid Waste customers may set out one large item per week free of charge, placed with the cart on the regular collection day — furniture, mattresses, or bundled tree limbs, for example. Metal items and appliances, which may hold refrigerant, require advance scheduling and a fee of around $65. Construction debris, electronics, tires and household hazardous waste are not part of curbside service. Those go to the county's Household Hazardous Waste facility or to Rolling Meadows Landfill, the WM-operated regional landfill on NW Highway 75 in Topeka. Illegal dumping is enforced separately and carries far steeper penalties.
Illegal dumping draws heavy fines and possible criminal charges. Setting out excluded items, or extra bulk beyond the one-per-week allowance, may go uncollected and prompt a code-enforcement notice.
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