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Garage cleanout in Dracut

An open two-car garage in Dracut with a treadmill, shelving and boxes stacked near the door

Garage items Dracut's town pickup refuses

The town's list of unacceptable bulk items includes treadmills, swing sets, pressure-treated wood, bathtubs, sinks, toilets, construction and demolition material, electronics and white goods. A garage typically has at least three of these. Refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers and air conditioners go through Casella for $47 per item from July 2026; CRT TVs carry the same fee.

What the town does not list at all is paint, fuel, pesticides, car chemicals and solvents. Those are household hazardous waste; they go to the town's spring collection at the DPW Dillon Center, and the last date we found was April 5, 2025.

Shelves, bikes, lawn gear

Garage loads in Dracut tend to be the contents of a two-car garage in a newer subdivision: shelving, bicycles, broken lawn furniture, plastic bins, old tools and boxes of holiday decorations. Lawn furniture and bureaus are on the accepted list for the free pickup, one at a time. Metal items can be sold at Max Levine & Co. in Lowell, which has a 20 lb minimum and requires photo ID.

For a full garage, the single-trailer pickup is quicker than ten weekly appointments.

Pricing and timing

A quarter trailer is $209 and covers a corner of a garage. A half is $319, three-quarters $409 and a full trailer $519. A treadmill or a swing set is priced inside the load, not as an add-on. The minimum is $159. Move boxes under cover before we arrive, and mark what stays. We can also stage the pile in the driveway first so you see the load before it goes, and adjust the trailer size on the spot.

Sorting a Dracut garage into four piles

  1. Hazardous

    Paint, fuel, pesticides, chemicals: keep for the spring DPW collection; we do not take these.

  2. Appliance or TV

    Casella at $47 per item, or include in our load at the appliance price.

  3. Metal

    Bike frames, tools and shelving can go to a scrap buyer.

  4. Everything else

    Furniture, bins, wood, lawn equipment: the trailer load.

Local resources in Dracut

Donation, reuse and recycling options near the pickup. We are not affiliated with these; confirm hours and what they accept before you go.

Quick answers

Does the free bulky pickup take a treadmill?

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No, treadmills are on the town's excluded list.

Where do paint and chemicals go?

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To the household hazardous waste day, held each spring at the DPW Dillon Center. Call the Board of Health at 978-453-8162 for the next date.

Sources

Rules, fees and hours change, so confirm with Dracut before you go.

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