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Bulky item disposal in Orleans: what the town charges and what your options are

Upholstered armchair, bookshelf and rolled rug stacked at the end of a crushed-shell driveway beside a Cape Cod shingle house

The town's per-piece bulky fees

The fee schedule effective April 24, 2025 has a Bulky Items block: upholstered sofa $25, upholstered chairs $20, mattresses $40, carpeting $10 each, fish netting $5 each, doors and windows $5. Electronics are in a separate block: monitors $15, televisions under 20 inches $15, televisions over 20 inches $15, console TVs $20, laptops and desktops $10, stereos and printers $5. Other metal items such as bicycles ($5), lawn mowers ($10), exercise equipment ($5) and furnaces ($20) are itemized as well.

These are fees on top of the sticker. A Transfer Station sticker is $195 for a resident's first vehicle on the 2026 fee list. The station is open Friday to Tuesday, 7:30 to 3:00, which is the only window for a self-haul.

Self-haul or hire it out

Self-haul works when you own a pickup, have a sticker and the item is one or two pieces. It gets expensive for a load of mixed pieces: sticker, then a fee line for each piece, then a Friday-to-Tuesday trip. Items inside upper floors, up a cellar stair or behind a fence are the usual reason people hire it out.

For a standard Cape house, JUNKRUN prices by what you put on the floor: a loveseat $89, a recliner $89, a dresser $99, a flat-screen TV $59. A mixed load of several pieces is a quarter trailer at $209 or a half at $319.

For donation of items in good shape, the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in South Yarmouth and Falmouth takes furniture in new or excellent condition, but it does not take mattresses, box springs or sofa beds.

Items the Transfer Station will not take

Commercial-grade appliances are prohibited. The schedule has a 'Boats, trailers and other large items' line at $200 a ton with a $50 minimum, and it names no hot tub, piano or pool table, so call the station at 508-240-3770 before you load one. The state ban means mattresses cannot go in the trash, so a mattress on the curb is not a disposal plan in Orleans. A box spring is not on the schedule's bulky list either, which is another reason to call before you load it.

Before you load a bulky item for the Orleans Transfer Station

  • Check the day: Friday through Tuesday only, 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
  • Put the vehicle sticker on: stickers are vehicle specific and non-transferable
  • Bring a way to pay the per-piece fees; the schedule does not say how the gate takes payment, so ask at 508-240-3770
  • Strap down and cover the load so nothing blows off on the way to Lots Hollow Road
  • Call the station about box springs, hot tubs, and anything not on the fee schedule
  • Hold donations for the ReStore (28 Whites Path, South Yarmouth): call 508-394-6400 first

Local resources in Orleans

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 Orleans have bulky waste pickup?

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No scheduled pickup program is on the town pages we read. Items go to the Transfer Station at 56 Lots Hollow Road, or to a private hauler.

How much does Orleans charge for a couch at the dump?

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The 2025 fee schedule charges $25 for an upholstered sofa and $20 for an upholstered chair, on top of the vehicle sticker.

What does it cost to dump a mattress in Orleans?

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The fee schedule lists mattresses at $40 each. Massachusetts bans mattresses from the trash, so they cannot go out with the regular rubbish.

Can I leave furniture at the curb for the town?

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The pages we read list no town curbside bulky collection. Call the DPW at 508-240-3790 to confirm before putting furniture out.

Sources

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

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