Junk Removal in Concord, NH

The City of Concord does NOT offer curbside bulk-item pickup. Anything too large for a 30-gallon purple PAYT bag (couches, mattresses, refrigerators, dressers, grills, lawn mowers, exercise equipment) is the resident's responsibility to either (1) self-haul to the Concord Transfer Station at 77 Old Turnpike Road with proof of Concord or Penacook residency — as of the rate schedule the City labels effective March 1, 2026 (https://www.concordnh.gov/1374/Transfer-Station, checked 2026-09-21) mattresses run $55 each, box springs $49 each, televisions and monitors $50 each, and appliances containing Freon or CFCs — refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers — are a flat $49 each rather than being weighed; trash, C&D debris, furniture, non-CFC appliances and metal are billed at the $212.15/ton Concord residential rate, with a $25 minimum charge per visit, and the same schedule also carries flat $27 lines for furniture, sofa, chair, desk, oven, microwave and laptop, or (2) hire a private junk-removal hauler. Purple PAYT bags ($1.60 for 15-gallon, $3.20 for 30-gallon, sold at the 14 locations the City lists at https://www.concordnh.gov/911/Trash (checked 2026-09-21), including Hannaford, three Market Basket stores, Walmart, Walgreens, two CVS stores, Shaw's, the Concord Food Co-op, Rocky Ace Hardware and the City Clerk's Office — Lowe's is not one of them) are the only acceptable container for routine curbside trash. Starting the week of June 29, 2026, automated collection pilots begin in selected neighborhoods using city-supplied 95-gallon recycling carts and 65-gallon trash carts; PAYT bags remain required INSIDE the trash cart and any bags left beside a cart on a pilot route will not be collected. City-wide automated rollout is scheduled for July 2028. 8+ unit multi-family properties use dumpsters and are exempt from PAYT.

Concord and Penacook residents have one official annual Household Hazardous Waste collection day: Saturday, September 12, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at the Douglas N. Everett Arena, 15 Loudon Road, Concord, NH. Concord/Penacook residency proof (driver license or utility bill) is required at the gate; non-residents are turned away. Per-household limit is 10 gallons OR 20 pounds. Accepted: oil-based paints, stains, varnishes, paint thinner, gasoline, brake fluid, swimming pool chemicals, insecticides, weed killers, oven cleaner, drain cleaner, mercury-containing items, and vapes/e-cigarettes. NOT accepted at HHW: latex paint (dry it out and trash with lid off), fluorescent bulbs — but they are NOT without a municipal option: as of the rate schedule the City labels effective March 1, 2026 (https://www.concordnh.gov/1374/Transfer-Station, checked 2026-09-21) the Concord Transfer Station takes them, at $4 each for small screw type with 6 free for residents and $5 each for long, U-shaped and circle bulbs, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, radioactive waste, explosives, ammunition, prescription medications (use a police drug-take-back box), fireworks, sharps and needles, asbestos. Statewide HHW coordination is handled by NH DES Waste Management Division, 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH 03302, (603) 271-2942 or (866) HAZWAST. Event dates and rain-dates change — check concordnh.gov/1368 before you go.