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Fresno bulk trash pickup: schedule, rules & how to schedule
Fresno offers a once-a-year, no-cost pickup of a single bulky item for residential solid-waste customers whose accounts are in good standing. The city also runs a separate Operation Clean Up program by neighborhood.
By appointmentFree or included
Operation Clean Up is a different program from the one-time bulky-item pickup. You can use both if your account is in good standing. Check the city's Operation Clean Up page for the current neighborhood dates.
This city's standard bulky pickup is free or included in regular service (within the limits below). See our free pickup guide.
How pickup works
| Type | One free item per year, by request |
| Schedule | Call 3-1-1 or (559) 621-2489, or use the FresGO app. Solid Waste will call within seven business days to confirm a date. Place the item out no more than 36 hours before that date, and by 6 a.m. on pickup day. The service is available any time of year, but only once in a one-year period starting from your last request. |
| Limits | One bulky item per request, once in a one-year period per account. Additional pickups are treated as a Special Haul and billed under the Master Fee Schedule. |
| Cost | No extra cost once per year for eligible customers. Extra pickups are charged as Special Haul. |
| Who is eligible | City of Fresno residential solid-waste customers with an account in good standing, and more than one year since the last bulky-item pickup. You must request the pickup for your address — piles put out without a request can be treated as illegal dumping. |
| How to set items out | 1–1.5 feet from the curb in front of your residence (or where weekly carts are serviced, except alley service), clear of vehicles, sewer vents, water meters, mailboxes, fire hydrants and speed bumps, by 6 a.m. |
How to book
3-1-1, (559) 621-CITY (2489), or the FresGO app.
City of Fresno: One-Time Bulky Item Pickup →Phone: 311 or (559) 621-2489
What they accept
Usually accepted
- Bookcase, box spring, carpet, chairs, changing table, couch/sofa, desk, dresser, entertainment center, filing cabinet, headboard, mattress, nightstand, recliner, stoves/ovens, shelving, table, drained water heaters
Usually not accepted
- Automotive parts
- Batteries
- Dead animals
- Dirt or soil
- Electronic waste
- Food waste
- Household hazardous waste
- Household garbage
- Refrigerators and freezers
- Tires
- Medical, infectious, liquid or industrial waste
- Live ammunition
Mattresses
Accepted (mattress or box spring) as the single item.
Appliances (including Freon)
Stoves, ovens and drained water heaters are accepted. Refrigerators and freezers are not.
Tires
Not accepted in this program.
E-waste
Not accepted in this program.
If you would rather drop it off
See FindMyDump for Fresno drop-off options.
Find official landfills, transfer stations and drop-off centers in Fresno on FindMyDump: Fresno dumps and drop-off sites.
Last verified November 12, 2026. Sources: City of Fresno: One-Time Bulky Item Pickup. Rules change — confirm on the official page before you set items out. See something wrong? Tell us.