# Does San Diego Pick Up Bulk Trash? Who Pays & What's Excluded | Who Pays the Repair?

> No. San Diego dropped its planned bulky-item pickup in a June 2026 fee change. The City points residents to WasteFreeSD and a free mattress drop-off site.

**Who pays:** owner

San Diego's Environmental Services Department lists only regular refuse, container, and dead-animal collection services on its official Collection Services page, there is no routine residential bulky-item curbside pickup, so bulky items are the resident's responsibility to haul or arrange separately.

**Boundary:** The City of San Diego does not run a bulky-item curbside pickup. A bulky pickup was planned as a service enhancement, but the City Council's June 2026 fee change removed the funding for it. City-serviced residents are pointed to the WasteFreeSD directory for bulky items and appliances, and to the City's free mattress collection site.

**Exceptions:** Mattresses and box springs: free drop-off at the City Mattress Collection Site

## Sources
- [Reduced Trash Collection Fees for City of San Diego Customers Effective July 1, 2027 (news release, June 8, 2026)](https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/2026-06/2026-06-08-reduced-trash-collection-fees-for-city-of-san-diego-customers-effective-july-1-2027.pdf) — "there will not be resources available to provide enhanced services that had originally been planned, including weekly recycling and bulky item pickup" (accessed 2026-10-24)
- [City-Serviced Homes | Environmental Services](https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/residential/curbside) — "You may find local recycling options for hard to recycle items like appliances, bulky items, and electronics by visiting WasteFreeSD.org" (accessed 2026-10-24)
- [City-Serviced Homes | Environmental Services](https://www.sandiego.gov/environmental-services/recycling/residential/curbside) — "Mattresses and box springs can be brought to the Mattress Collection Site to be recycled for FREE!" (accessed 2026-10-24)

_Last verified 2026-10-24. Source: Who Pays the Repair? — https://whopaystherepair.com/rules/does-san-diego-pick-up-bulk-trash/ — every claim checked against a primary source before publication (see /methodology/)._