Junk Removal in Haverhill, MA

Haverhill does NOT have a municipal trash transfer station - household trash is collected curbside by the city's contracted hauler, and the only city drop-off facility is the recycling-only Haverhill Recycling Center at 95 Downing Avenue (see transfer_stations). For bulky items, Haverhill residents have two city paths. (1) CURBSIDE BULK PICKUP: Each eligible household gets ONE free bulk item per week (couches, desks, dressers, and similar), but you MUST schedule it by calling Capitol Waste Services at 1-844-377-1718 at least two (2) business days before your regular trash day, or it will not be collected. Place the item at the curb by 6:00 AM on collection day, and no earlier than 4:00 PM the day before. You can put out more than one bulk item, but additional items beyond the first free one carry a per-item charge: as of the City of Haverhill Bulky Item Collection Program price list (https://media-001-us.cdn.govstack.com/haverhillma-003-us/media/0kzhnok4/bulk-item-price-list-update-feb-2024.pdf, checked 2026-09-21) large items such as a sofa, desk, dresser, upholstered chair, futon, table, entertainment centre or exercise equipment are $25.00 per item, and small items such as a kitchen or folding chair, bed frame, bike, carpet cut and rolled into 4-foot lengths, door, fan, ladder, lamp, shelf, stroller or vacuum are $10.00 per item. Pay Capitol Waste Services over the phone when you schedule; if an item is not on the list, call for pricing. Mattresses, box springs, white goods and televisions are not on the Capitol list at all — those go to the Recycling Center. IMPORTANT: the one free weekly bulk item does NOT include mattresses or box springs. (2) MATTRESSES AND BOX SPRINGS: Banned from Massachusetts trash since November 1, 2022 (310 CMR 19.017 / 19.000), Haverhill recycles mattresses through UTEC. As of the City's mattress and box spring recycling page (https://www.haverhillma.gov/living-here/trash-and-recycling/recycling/mattress-and-box-spring-recycling/, checked 2026-09-21), residents can either schedule UTEC curbside pickup at $38 an item, booked and paid online at utecinc.org/mattress-recycling and not set out at the curb before it is scheduled, or drop a mattress or box spring at the Haverhill Recycling Center for $25 an item. (3) APPLIANCES / WHITE GOODS: White goods are banned from MA trash; drop them at the Recycling Center for $15 each, or hire a hauler. Refrigerators, freezers, and AC units contain refrigerant (CFCs) and need proper recovery. For any of these limits - one free item, mattress recycling, appliance fees - a full-room or whole-house cleanout quickly exceeds what the city program handles in a single week, which is where a junk-removal crew fits in.

Haverhill holds two free Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection events per year at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, 40 South Porter Street, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon. The 2026 dates are Saturday, March 21, 2026 and Saturday, October 10, 2026. Haverhill residents only; proof of residency required. As of https://www.haverhillma.gov/living-here/trash-and-recycling/hazardous-waste/ (checked 2026-09-21) the acceptable limits are 25 gallons of liquid chemicals and 25 pounds of dry chemicals. ACCEPTED: oil-based paints, paint thinners, varnish, stain and shellac; solvents and acids; pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides; poisons; pool and photo/photography chemicals; mercury products (thermostats, fluorescent lamps, thermometers); moth balls and crystals; brake fluid; antifreeze; drain cleaners; and waste fuels. HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES ARE ACCEPTED, contrary to what this row used to say: the City lists alkaline batteries manufactured before 1994 and all NiCad, button, zinc and lithium batteries as acceptable, along with mercury-containing devices including fluorescent lamps, compact fluorescent bulbs and broken fluorescent bulbs. NOT ACCEPTED at the HHW events: ammunition, fireworks and explosives; asbestos; commercial hazardous waste; construction waste and building materials; CRTs, computer monitors and television sets; empty aerosol cans; AUTO batteries; fire extinguishers; gas cylinders; latex paint — dried-out latex paint goes curbside with your regular trash; syringes and lancets; medicines; PCBs; radioactive materials; used motor oil; smoke detectors, which the City says go in the regular trash; propane tanks; and tires. The City marks CRTs and monitors and TVs, auto batteries, fire extinguishers, propane tanks and tires with an asterisk meaning "bring to Recycle Center Sat 8am-1pm — additional cost", used motor oil goes to the Recycle Center on the last Saturday of each month, sharps go to Walgreens on Main St, the Recycling Center on Wednesdays and Saturdays or the Citizen's Center by appointment, and old medicine goes to the Haverhill Police Station at 40 Bailey Blvd. As a junk-removal company we do NOT haul hazardous materials, gasoline, oils, paints, or chemicals - those must go to these city HHW events.