Junk removal costs in Waterbury

Waterbury's answer to an old couch is a drive to Mark Lane. The city owns and runs its own transfer facility there, and the only ID it accepts is a Connecticut driver's license showing you live in Waterbury. From March through November it's open Tuesday to Saturday, 7 to 3. In winter it switches to weekdays. Either way, be on the scale by 2:30.

Each household's allowance is two bulky-waste dumps a year, and the city stresses that it's per household, not per person. Extra trips are charged by weight. A landlord who lives in a multi-family house gets the two dumps for that one home. Loads from a property the landlord doesn't live in are charged every time.

Mark Lane takes couches, large furniture, carpet and residential construction materials. It also takes TVs, computers, tires, scrap metal, and clothing for the donation bin. It won't take household trash, paint, car batteries, or concrete, stone and brick. For chemicals, the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments runs household hazardous waste drop-offs in spring, summer and fall.

Look at your mattress before you load it. A clean, dry one goes in its own pile to be recycled. A dirty or wet one counts as bulky waste.