Tucson, AZ Trash & Recycling: Bulk Item Disposal (2026)

Sec. 3 sets the parameters for Tucson's brush bulky collection service, which handles large items that don't fit standard cart collection. Subsection (A) guarantees residential establishments brush bulky service twice each calendar year on a schedule the director sets, collecting up to ten cubic yards of material per visit as long as it requires no more than fifteen minutes of collection effort: both limits apply per scheduled service, and this service is included in standard residential collection at no extra charge. The chapter's definitions in Sec.

15-1 describe what qualifies as 'bulky waste': large items such as ovens, washers, dryers, freezers, water heaters, refrigerators, other household or commercial appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches, stumps, and other oversize wastes whose size precludes normal cart collection. 'Brush bulky service' itself is defined as collection of bulky wastes, not containing garbage, placed in piles at the location the director designates. Commercial establishments primarily used for dwelling units get brush bulky service as part of their standard commercial APC collection under subsection (B), while other commercial establishments may obtain bulky waste collection with director approval for the same fees charged for special residential brush bulky service, per subsection (C).

Subsection (D) draws a hard line: vacant lots are not eligible to receive brush bulky service at all, since there's no established residential account to attach the free service to.