Junk Removal in New Bedford, MA

New Bedford collects bulky items only by appointment with the city's hauler, Capitol Waste Services, and limits mattress pickups to one mattress and one box spring per unit every six months. Count On Me! does junk removal in New Bedford MA from Assonet, down Route 140. We carry furniture, mattresses and full apartment or house cleanouts out of three-deckers and down to the truck, then haul it. Call or text a photo and you get a price before any work begins.

What New Bedford homes need

About half of New Bedford's homes, 52%, were built before 1940, and close to half of all housing units are in duplexes, converted houses and small apartment buildings. That means the three-deckers and two-families of the North End, the South End and the West End: front and back stairways and basements shared by every unit. Most cleanouts here are a carry, not a curb drop.

Six in ten New Bedford households rent, so a lot of cleanouts are tenant turnovers: a unit left with a mattress, a couch and bags of clothes that can't go in the trash cart and can't wait for an appointment. We clear the unit, sweep it and sort the load, and set up recurring pickups for owners with several buildings.

A lot of that old housing is being renovated. Debris like cabinets, plaster, old windows and flooring is banned from the curbside cart and isn't accepted at the city's Recycling Center. We load it and take it where it's allowed to go.

Junk removal services in New Bedford

• Furniture RemovalCouches, beds and dining sets carried down three-decker stairs, with no appointment window to wait for.
• Mattress RemovalMore mattresses than the city's one-per-unit-every-six-months limit allows, picked up and sent for recycling.
• Scheduled & Recurring PickupsTenant turnovers and recurring pickups for New Bedford landlords and property managers.
• Construction & Demolition Debris PickupRenovation debris the curbside cart and the Shawmut Avenue center won't take, loaded and sorted for recycling.

New Bedford bulky items, mattresses and the Shawmut Avenue Recycling Center

New Bedford's trash has to be bagged and inside the city cart. The city's flyer lists what can't go in the cart at all: large bulky items, construction debris, yard waste, whole tires, TVs, computer monitors, textiles and propane tanks. Chairs, tables, sofas and appliances are collected by appointment only through Capitol Waste Services, the city's contractor.

Mattresses and box springs carry a $10 fee per item, and the city limits curbside pickup to one mattress and one box spring per dwelling unit every six months, bagged or wrapped in plastic. A landlord turning over two units, or a family emptying a house with four beds, hits that limit fast.

The Recycling Center at 1103 Shawmut Avenue is for New Bedford residents with proof of residency. It takes TVs, appliances, scrap metal, textiles and yard waste, but not furniture, bulky items, household trash, tires or construction debris like sheetrock and lumber, and it can turn away commercial vehicles, trailers and oversized loads.

Massachusetts bans mattresses, textiles, appliances, TVs, metal, tires, clean wood and yard waste from disposal, so we sort every load. We don't take hazardous waste (oil-based paint, solvents, chemicals, gasoline, propane tanks, asbestos); the regional refuse district holds household hazardous waste days at the Crapo Hill Landfill, sign-up required.

Getting started in New Bedford

1. 1

   Call or text a photo

   Send a picture of the unit or pile and tell us the floor, the stairway and where the truck can park.

2. 2

   Get your price first

   We quote from the photo or a free on-site estimate. Mention mattresses, TVs, fridges and tires; they cost more to dispose of in Massachusetts. Same-day pickup when the schedule has room, otherwise a time that fits the move-out or the next tenant's move-in.

3. 3

   We do the lifting

   We carry everything down the stairs and load the truck. Nothing sits on the curb waiting for an appointment.

4. 4

   Sweep, sort, recycle

   We sweep up, then split the load: recycling, donation where we can, and proper disposal for the rest.

New Bedford junk removal questions

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