San Antonio Appliance Disposal

Item: Large household appliances — refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, ranges and ovens, dishwashers, water heaters and AC units — plus small kitchen appliances such as microwaves, toasters and coffee makers, which follow a different route.

Jurisdiction: City of San Antonio Solid Waste Management Department (SWMD) service area only. Eligibility runs with the CPS Energy account billed the City services (solid waste) fee plus the Environmental Fee — not with a "San Antonio" mailing address or with living inside the city limits.

Official sources used: City of San Antonio SWMD (Curbside Brush & Bulky Item Collection, Bulky Waste Collection Centers, Brush & Bulky program hub, Rates & Fees, Free Landfill Day, Household Hazardous Waste, Multi-Family Recycling and Owner/Manager Responsibilities, Services Guide SW-M00006), the City's material-disposal lookup at SA Recycles, U.S. EPA (Section 608 appliance disposal and 40 CFR Part 82 Subpart F safe-disposal requirements), TCEQ recycling guide GI-288, Best Buy appliance recycling terms, Lowe's delivery and haul-away terms, CPS Energy rebate summary, and Bexar County's HHW pickup program.

Last verified: September 2026 · Next review: December 2026

A dead refrigerator is not a hard problem in San Antonio, but it is a problem with three movable parts. Is your address inside the City's SWMD service area, which is gated by the CPS Energy account that pays the City services fee? Is your assigned bulky week soon enough to wait for? And if the unit still holds refrigerant, has anyone actually told you what the City expects before it goes outside?

Get any one of those wrong and the appliance sits at the curb untouched, or gets turned away at a gate. Two of the three answers are published and clear. The third one — refrigerant — is genuinely a phone call, because no City page states the rule.

This guide walks through the free routes first, then the paid ones, then the federal law that applies to any fridge, freezer, window AC or dehumidifier no matter which route you pick.

Quick Answer

Inside the City of San Antonio SWMD service area, an appliance is a bulky item — not trash and not household hazardous waste. "Large appliances" and "Water heaters" are on the twice-yearly curbside brush-and-bulky accepted list at no additional fee for customers who pay the City services (solid waste) fee through a CPS Energy account. The pile must be no more than 8 cubic yards, within 8 feet of the curb, and ready by 7 a.m. the Monday of your collection week. The City mails a door hanger 7–10 days ahead; the hanger date — not the pickup day — is when the pile goes out.

If you cannot wait for your rotation week, self-haul is free year-round at four Bulky Waste Collection Centers — Bitters, Frio City Road, Culebra and Rigsby Road — for residential customers who bring a recent CPS Energy bill showing payment of the Environmental Fee plus photo ID, with a 4-cubic-yard limit per visit. Missing the rotation instead costs $50 out-of-cycle for one item or up to 4 cubic yards, plus $25 per additional 4 cubic yards.

Two things to confirm before you move anything:

1. The refrigerant question. No City page states whether a refrigerator, freezer, window AC or dehumidifier must have its refrigerant recovered before curbside set-out or before a bulky center accepts it — and the City publishes no removal cost and no provider. Call 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000 before the unit goes outside.
2. Your address's collection week. Bulky weeks are assigned per address, not citywide.

And one hard rule worth knowing up front: the Household Hazardous Waste facility at 7030 Culebra Road does not take large appliances.

Quick Facts

• Official hub: sa.gov SWMD Curbside Brush & Bulky Item Collection
• Free: twice-yearly curbside brush-and-bulky collection — "Large appliances" and "Water heaters" accepted
• Free year-round: four Bulky Waste Collection Centers, Tuesday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–12 p.m.
• Free quarterly: Free Landfill Day accepts "Appliances" — the current date must be confirmed; none is published here
• Paid: out-of-cycle bulky collection, $50 for one item or up to 4 cubic yards, plus $25 per additional 4 cubic yards
• Pile limit: 8 cubic yards, within 8 feet of the curb, in front of the house even if garbage is alley-serviced
• Timing: door hanger 7–10 days ahead; the hanger date is the set-out date, not the pickup day; ready by 7 a.m. the Monday of your collection week
• Eligibility line: the CPS Energy account billed with the City services fee — not city limits alone
• Penalty exposure: a wrong-material, obstructed or late set-out can draw up to $2,000 per day plus collection and disposal costs under City Code Chapter 14
• Refrigerant: no City rule published, no City price published — confirm with 3-1-1 before set-out
• Contact: 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000; collection-day lookup at gis.sanantonio.gov/swmd/mycollectionday

Which Route Fits Your Appliance?

Settle the route before you move anything. This table is the short version of the whole guide.

Which Lane Does Your Appliance Belong In?

Bulky lane — large appliances. Refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, ranges and ovens, dishwashers, water heaters and AC units. The City's own material-disposal lookup tags "Large Appliances" and "Dishwashers" as Bulk, Metal Appliances, and "Refrigerators & Freezers" and "Air Conditioner & Dehumidifiers" as Bulk, Metal Appliances with Refrigerant — all of them routing to the Bulky Item Drop-Off Centers.

HHW lane — small kitchen appliances only. "Kitchen Appliances" (microwave, toaster, coffee maker) is tagged Electronics, Electric and routes to the HHW centers. Do not stretch that tag onto a refrigerator, washer, range or AC unit.

Not a route. The garbage cart is for regular household trash only, and hazardous waste should never go into any cart.

Are You Actually in the City of San Antonio Service Area?

The rules in this guide cover the City of San Antonio SWMD service area, gated by the CPS Energy account paying the solid waste fee plus the Environmental Fee. They do not automatically follow "San Antonio" as a mailing address or metro area.

Independent Bexar County cities run their own programs — among them Alamo Heights, Converse, Helotes, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Schertz, Selma, Universal City and Windcrest — as does unincorporated Bexar County. The City publishes no suburb-by-suburb list, so if you live outside the City, verify with your own city or its 3-1-1 equivalent before you plan anything.

Businesses and commercial customers are not eligible for the residential bulky program or the bulky centers; they must use a permitted private hauler.

The Twice-Yearly Curbside Brush-and-Bulky Collection (Free)

The collection runs twice per year at no additional fee. Appliances go in the bulky lane, never the brush lane.

• Accepted bulky: large appliances, water heaters, barbecue grills, small pieces of carpeting, car tires (6 or fewer, no rims), fencing, furniture, mattresses and up to 3 TVs. The City's Services Guide adds up to 3 wooden pallets.
• Unaccepted bulky: brush, leaves and yard waste, concrete, construction or demolition material, glass and mirrors, household hazardous waste, roofing material, soil and rocks. The Services Guide also excludes vehicle parts and electronics.
• Set-out: no more than 8 cubic yards, within 8 feet of the curb, in front of the house even when garbage is alley-serviced; nothing on top of water meters, no obstructions, nothing in front of a vacant lot.
• Timing: the door hanger arrives 7–10 days ahead — the hanger date is when the pile goes out, not the collection day. Have it ready by 7 a.m. the Monday of your collection week; crews may take up to a week and trucks pass only once.

One prohibited item can make the whole set-out non-compliant — including the appliance you were trying to shed. A wrong-material, obstructed or late set-out can draw a fine up to $2,000 per day plus a collection and disposal fee under City Code Chapter 14.

Find your week at gis.sanantonio.gov/swmd/mycollectionday or by calling 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000.

If You Cannot Wait: Out-of-Cycle (Extra) Bulky Collection

If the next rotation is months away, request an extra collection: $50 for one item or up to 4 cubic yards, plus $25 per additional 4 cubic yards, online or through 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000. The same pile-size and placement rules apply.

Say it plainly: no appliance-specific City fee appears in the published schedule. An appliance is billed as a bulky item like anything else in that class — there is no surcharge, and equally there is no discount.

The Four Free Bulky Waste Collection Centers

Usually the fastest answer for a single appliance, and free year-round for eligible residents. Hours: Tuesday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–12 p.m.

Accepted: auto parts, barbecue grills, flattened cardboard, car tires (6 or fewer, no rims), carpeting, construction material and lumber (1 cubic yard or less), furniture, glass and mirrors, large appliances, mattresses, sinks/tubs/counter tops, and water heaters & AC units.

Required: residential customers only; a recent CPS Energy bill showing payment of the Environmental Fee plus photo ID; a 4-cubic-yard bulky limit per visit; no household trash and no commercial-hauler loads; the customer unloads at the site.

The City states the center list "differs from the list of items accepted during curbside bulky item collection," so do not treat one as the other. The Culebra center also shares an address with the HHW facility, which is a different program with a different accepted list — do not assume the vehicles in front of you are headed to the same place you are.

Free Landfill Day (Quarterly — and Date-Sensitive)

Free Landfill Days accept "Appliances", plus bagged litter (landfills only), carpet, fencing material, furniture, mattresses, tires (limit 6 passenger car tires per household), toilets and water heaters. Unaccepted: brick, brush, commercial waste, construction materials and waste, dirt, industrial waste, lumber, roofing materials and sheet rock.

Bring a valid picture ID and a copy of your most recent CPS Energy statement showing payment of City Services for the Solid Waste Fee, and tarp the load (Ordinance #2015-09-10-0760). The event window is 08:00–13:00 at Republic Services Landfill, 7000 IH 10 E, 78219 or Waste Management Landfill, 8611 Covel Road, 78252 (a safety vest may be required at the Waste Management site).

No date is listed in this guide, on purpose — the dates showing on the City's live page were all in the past when it was checked, and a stale date sends people on a wasted trip with a loaded truck. Get the current one from the live Free Landfill Day page or 3-1-1.

The Refrigerant Question: Fridges, Freezers, Window ACs and Dehumidifiers

This is the part of appliance disposal that catches San Antonio residents out, and it is the part where the honest answer is "ask before you act."

What the City does not say. No official City page states whether a refrigerator, freezer, window AC or dehumidifier must have its refrigerant recovered before curbside set-out or before a bulky center accepts it. The City publishes no cost and no provider for refrigerant removal, and no appliance-specific City fee appears in the published schedule. The City's own material-disposal lookup routes these units to the bulky centers as Metal Appliances with Refrigerant without explicitly confirming curbside acceptance.

What the federal rule says. EPA's Section 608 rules (40 CFR Part 82, Subpart F) cover household refrigerators and freezers and window unit air conditioners. Refrigerant must be recovered before final disposal, and the final person in the disposal chain — a scrap metal recycler or landfill owner, for example — must ensure that recovery happens. If that person accepts an appliance with no charge remaining, they must keep a signed statement from the person who dropped it off giving the recoverer's name and address and the recovery date (or a contract covering it); no sticker is required. People recovering refrigerant from small appliances (5 pounds or less) in the waste stream need not be Section 608 certified, but the recovery equipment must meet service-equipment standards.

What EPA tells householders: "Do not attempt to remove refrigerant or compressors yourself. Only properly trained individuals using EPA-approved refrigerant recovery equipment should attempt to remove refrigerant from appliances."

What to do. Call 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000 before set-out or before you drive the unit to a bulky center. Do not vent it and do not cut the compressor out. If a technician or hauler tells you the charge is already gone, ask for documentation — the federal record-keeping burden sits with the disposal chain, not with you. And treat curbside acceptance of a refrigerant-bearing appliance as something to confirm, because the City's own material search routes those units to the bulky centers without saying they are accepted at the curb.

The Drop-Off That Will Not Take Your Appliance

The Household Hazardous Waste permanent drop-off at 7030 Culebra Road, 78238 (Tuesday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m.–12 p.m. except holidays) takes chemicals and e-waste: auto fluids, batteries, cooking oil, e-waste, fluorescent fixtures and ballasts, cleaners and solvents, oil filters, paint, pesticides, pool chemicals and printer cartridges, with a 220-pound limit, contents in original containers and nothing mixed.

Large appliances and refrigerant units are not on that list. Microwaves, toasters and coffee makers are the only "appliances" tagged into the HHW lane, and that is because the City's lookup classifies them as electric/electronic items, not as large appliances.

In unincorporated Bexar County, a separate route exists: free at-home household hazardous waste pickup through Waste Management (1-800-449-7587, wmatyourdoor.com). It is for qualified unincorporated county residents only, it covers HHW chemicals, and it does not name appliances. City of San Antonio residents are outside that program.

Donation, Scrap Metal, Private Haulers, and Neighborhood Collections

Scrap and haulers. TCEQ's recycling guide (GI-288) routes appliances and scrap metal to scrap dealers, your waste hauler, or a removal company, with the warning that "some may require that refrigerant (commonly known as Freon) be removed from certain appliances by a certified technician before they will accept them."

Donation. Working appliances can be donated. Call the charity first to confirm it takes the item and can pick it up, and never stage anything curbside before a pickup is confirmed.

Utility money. EPA advises asking your utility about a rebate or bounty program. CPS Energy currently publishes a $50 ENERGY STAR purchase rebate for eligible certified appliances — that is a purchase incentive for buying efficient equipment, not a disposal or pickup program. Older bounty material from more than a decade ago is not current and should not be relied on.

Private haulers and junk removal. These firms operate in San Antonio, but the City publishes no prices, and quotes from other sources conflict. Get a written quote and ask specifically how refrigerant recovery and door handling will be done.

Community Collections / Dial-A-Trailer. A truck can also be stationed at a neighborhood site on a Saturday (8 a.m.–1 p.m.), with appliances among the accepted items. Reserve via 210-207-6428 — reservations are limited, city-limits only, and organizations are limited to two events per calendar year. This is a neighborhood event, not a household pickup service.

Retailer Haul-Away: Best Buy and Lowe's

Often the simplest option if you are replacing the appliance — but it is a retailer fee, not a City fee, it is tied to a delivered replacement, and it is subject to change.

• Best Buy: $49.99 haul-away with a delivered replacement, covering refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, ranges, wall ovens, cooktops, dishwashers, ice makers, microwaves and portable/window ACs; $49.99 per appliance relocated within the address; $199.99 standalone with no purchase. Best Buy does not accept large appliances in store.
• Lowe's: $50 to haul away your old appliance when a new one is delivered — added at checkout, one-for-one, with the old unit emptied and uninstalled first. A still-connected gas appliance is not hauled away where gas services are unavailable.

Confirm current terms at checkout. No Home Depot figure appears here because that company's page did not render when these facts were checked — if Home Depot is your plan, check its terms directly.

Apartments, Renters, and the CPS Energy Account Line

If you rent, the honest answer for most large complexes is: not established — verify before you move anything.

A December 9, 2010 City Council ordinance requires all multi-family properties to provide recycling services to occupants, with SWMD compliance inspections. Properties — not the City — secure their own collection services (existing hauler, another hauler, or self-haul), and only a "small multi-family property" may be eligible to pay for and receive City collection services. The ordinance covers recyclables and creates no appliance-collection service, and no City page grants tenants of large apartment complexes curbside bulky collection.

• Large complex: ask the property manager or leasing office first — staff are required to tell residents where containers are and what is accepted — then confirm with 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000 (multi-family programs 210-207-6460).
• Account in the landlord's name: eligibility runs with the account billed the City services fee, so confirm with 3-1-1 what proof is accepted before loading the car. The bulky centers require the CPS Energy bill showing the Environmental Fee plus photo ID, and no City page read states an alternative.
• Building does not cover bulky items: do not use the community dumpster, compactor area or alley. Use donation, a purchase-linked retailer haul-away, or a City-permitted private hauler, coordinating with the property manager.
• Dead refrigerator or freezer: the refrigerant question applies to renters exactly as it does to owners. Never vent the unit; call 3-1-1 first.

What It Costs: Free, Paid, and Not Published

Free routes: the twice-yearly curbside bulky collection, the four bulky centers for environmental-fee payers, and quarterly Free Landfill Day for solid waste fee rate payers.

What you already pay: the City's monthly solid waste fee is $14.76 (48-gallon), $20.26 (64-gallon) or $30.75 (96-gallon), plus Environmental Fee – Solid Waste $3.00 and Environmental Fee – Parks $2.00 — a monthly total of $19.76 / $25.26 / $35.75, billed through your CPS Energy account. That account and its environmental fee are the eligibility gate for the free routes.

City charges around the service: out-of-cycle bulky collection $50 for one item or up to 4 cubic yards plus $25 per additional 4 cubic yards; a $5 Tarp Law penalty for uncovered loads at disposal and processing centers; set-out violations up to $2,000 per day plus collection and disposal costs.

Not published anywhere: any City fee for appliance disposal itself, any City fee or provider for refrigerant removal, and any private hauler or junk-removal price. If someone presents a dollar figure as an official appliance or refrigerant-removal fee, ask which City page it comes from.

Retailer fees are separate and purchase-linked: Best Buy $49.99 with a delivered replacement ($199.99 standalone), Lowe's $50 with delivery. Those are the retailers' own published terms.

Preparing an Appliance Before It Leaves the House

1. Confirm your status: your address must be in the SWMD service area, gated by the CPS Energy account billed the City services fee plus the Environmental Fee.
2. Find your collection week at gis.sanantonio.gov/swmd/mycollectionday or 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000 — never assume a citywide day.
3. Wait for the door hanger — the City says not to set out bulky items until it arrives.
4. Empty and clean the unit: remove all food, shelving and loose items, wipe the interior, unplug it, and defrost so it is dry and easier to handle. Confirm any waterline or gas-line disconnection with a professional if you are not moving it yourself.
5. Remove the doors. The City advises: "Be aware that refrigerators and dishwashers can pose a serious suffocation hazard to children who may be playing in the area. Please remove doors."
6. Separate material correctly — brush, construction debris, glass and mirrors, hazardous materials, vehicle parts and electronics do not belong in a bulky pile.
7. If self-hauling: bring the CPS Energy bill showing the Environmental Fee plus photo ID, cap the load at 4 cubic yards, keep loads in trucks within the bed's fender wall, tarp it, and unload it yourself.

Safety Warnings

• Never remove refrigerant or a compressor yourself. EPA's instruction is unambiguous, and the recovery duty falls on the disposal chain, not on you.
• Remove refrigerator and dishwasher doors before anything sits outside — a closed, unattached door is a child-entrapment hazard. The City advises it but does not state it as a condition of acceptance, so treat it as strong safety practice and ask 3-1-1 whether a center requires it.
• Never send a refrigerant appliance out with trash bound for a landfill. Route it through the bulky lane, a scrap dealer or a hauler so recovery happens at final disposal.
• Keep the pile clear of water meters, traffic paths and obstructions — an obstructed pile will not be serviced.
• Lift with help. Refrigerators, ranges and water heaters cause real injuries; use a two-person lift or a dolly and keep hands clear of pinch points.
• Tarp any load you haul. The Tarp Law carries a $5 penalty at disposal and processing centers, and a shifting appliance is a road hazard.
• Do not dismantle an appliance to make it fit an accepted list. Confirm the route's rules instead.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Driving a large appliance to the HHW drop-off at 7030 Culebra Road; it is a chemicals and e-waste facility.
• Putting an appliance in the garbage cart, a community dumpster or an alley.
• Setting out a bulky pile before the door hanger arrives, or after crews have passed, or confusing the hanger date with the collection day.
• Assuming the curbside and bulky-center accepted lists are the same — the City states they differ.
• Mixing brush, construction debris, glass and mirrors, vehicle parts or electronics into a bulky pile and turning a compliant set-out into a fined one.
• Removing refrigerant or a compressor yourself, or treating a refrigerant-removal price from a private company as an official City fee.
• Treating the CPS Energy $50 ENERGY STAR rebate as a disposal program, or assuming a large apartment complex gets City curbside bulky service.
• Relying on a Free Landfill Day date from a page that has not been updated — confirm the current date before you load.

Before You Act: Verification Checklist

1. Confirm your address is inside the SWMD service area, gated by the CPS Energy account paying the City services fee plus the Environmental Fee.
2. Confirm your collection week at gis.sanantonio.gov/swmd/mycollectionday or 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000, and treat the door-hanger date as the set-out date.
3. Check the pile: 8 cubic yards, 8 feet from the curb, no obstructions, nothing on the water meter.
4. For a fridge, freezer, window AC or dehumidifier, resolve the refrigerant question with 3-1-1 first.
5. If self-hauling, confirm center hours and your document set before loading, and tarp the load.
6. Confirm the current Free Landfill Day date on the live page or via 3-1-1 — no past date carries over.
7. Re-check the live Rates & Fees page before planning around any fee.
8. If you are renting, confirm the building's arrangement with the property manager and then with 3-1-1 (multi-family programs 210-207-6460).

FAQ

Does the City pick up my old stove, washer, dryer or water heater at the curb?

Yes — they are accepted bulky items, free with the twice-yearly brush-and-bulky collection, within the 8-cubic-yard pile limit and the set-out timing. Confirm your collection week first, because bulky weeks are assigned per address rather than citywide.

Can I put my refrigerator, freezer or window AC at the curb?

Not settled by the City. Its material search routes these to the bulky centers as "Metal Appliances with Refrigerant," but no City page says whether the refrigerant must be recovered first — and none gives a cost or a provider. Call 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000 before set-out.

Do I need an appointment?

No. The collection runs on your assigned week; set the pile out when the door hanger arrives and have it ready by 7 a.m. the Monday of that week. An appointment is only needed for an out-of-cycle collection.

I cannot wait — what does an extra pickup cost?

$50 for one item or up to 4 cubic yards, plus $25 per additional 4 cubic yards, requested online or via 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000. No appliance-specific City fee is published.

How big can the pile be, and where does it go?

No more than 8 cubic yards, within 8 feet of the curb, in front of the house even if your garbage is alley-serviced. Nothing on top of water meters, no obstructions, and not in front of a vacant lot.

Where can I drop appliances off for free?

The four Bulky Waste Collection Centers — Bitters (1800 Wurzbach Parkway), Frio City Road (1531 Frio City Road), Culebra (7030 Culebra Road) and Rigsby Road (2755 Rigsby Road) — Tuesday–Friday 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m.–12 p.m., for residential customers with a recent CPS Energy bill showing the Environmental Fee plus photo ID, limited to 4 cubic yards of bulky items per visit. You unload at the site, so check hours before you load.

Will the HHW drop-off at 7030 Culebra Road take my appliance?

No — large appliances and refrigerant units are not on that accepted list. Only small kitchen appliances like microwaves, toasters and coffee makers are tagged "Electronics, Electric" and routed there. The facility is for chemicals and e-waste.

Can I use Free Landfill Day instead?

Yes, for City solid waste fee rate payers with a picture ID, a recent CPS Energy statement showing the solid waste fee, and a tarped load. Check the live page or 3-1-1 for the current quarterly date — the dates shown when this was checked were all in the past.

Do I have to remove the doors?

The City advises it because refrigerators and dishwashers can pose a suffocation hazard to children, but no City page states it as a condition of acceptance. Treat it as strong safety practice and ask 3-1-1 whether the center requires it.

I rent an apartment. Can I use the City pickup?

Not established. Under the City's multi-family recycling ordinance, properties secure their own collection services, and only a "small multi-family property" may be eligible to pay for City service. No City page grants tenants of large complexes curbside bulky collection — ask the property manager first, then confirm with 3-1-1 (multi-family programs 210-207-6460).

What will a retailer charge to haul my old appliance away?

A retailer fee, not a City fee. Best Buy states $49.99 with a delivered replacement ($199.99 standalone) and does not accept large appliances in store; Lowe's states $50 with delivery, one-for-one, with the old unit emptied and uninstalled first. Confirm the current terms at checkout.

Can I sell or donate it instead?

Yes. TCEQ routes appliances and scrap metal to scrap dealers, waste haulers or removal companies, noting some require certified refrigerant removal first, and working appliances can be donated if the charity confirms acceptance and pickup. The City publishes no private pickup prices, so get a written quote and ask how refrigerant recovery and door handling are done.

What happens if my pile is wrong or late?

A set-out with the wrong material, an obstructed pile, or a pile put out after crews have passed can draw a fine up to $2,000 per day plus collection and disposal costs under City Code Chapter 14.

Official Sources

1. Curbside Brush & Bulky Item Collection — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Brush-Bulky/Curbside
2. Bulky Waste Collection Centers — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Brush-Bulky/Bulky-Drop-Off
3. Brush & Bulky Items program hub — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Brush-Bulky
4. Rates & Fees — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Curbside-Service/Rates-Fees
5. Free Landfill Day — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Garbage/Landfill
6. Household Hazardous Waste — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/HHW
7. Search Material Disposal — SA Recycles (City of San Antonio): https://sarecycles.org/search-material-disposal
8. Services Guide (SW-M00006, 12-2019) — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/files/assets/main/v/1/swmd/documents/servicesguideen.pdf
9. Multi-Family Recycling — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Business-Commercial/Multi-Family-Recycling
10. Multi-Family Owner/Manager Responsibilities and Tools — City of San Antonio SWMD: https://www.sa.gov/Directory/Departments/SWMD/Business-Commercial/Multi-Family-Recycling/Responsibilities
11. Appliance Disposal (Section 608) — US EPA: https://www.epa.gov/section608/appliance-disposal
12. Stationary Refrigeration Safe Disposal Requirements (40 CFR Part 82 Subpart F) — US EPA: https://www.epa.gov/section608/stationary-refrigeration-safe-disposal-requirements
13. Recycling Resources guide (GI-288) — TCEQ: https://www.tceq.texas.gov/downloads/p2/publications/gi-288.pdf
14. Electronics and Appliances Recycling — Best Buy: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/services/recycling/pcmcat149900050025.c?id=pcmcat149900050025
15. Truck Delivery (appliance delivery and haul-away terms) — Lowe's: https://www.lowes.com/l/help/truck-delivery
16. Appliance Delivery, Installation & Haul Away — Lowe's: https://www.lowes.com/l/help/appliance-delivery-haulaway
17. Weatherization Program Rebate Summary (Oct 2025) — CPS Energy: https://cpsenergy.com/content/dam/corporate/en/Documents/casa-verde/Weatherization_Rebate_Incentive_Summary_102125_ADA.pdf
18. Household Hazardous Waste Pickup Program — Bexar County (unincorporated residents only): https://www.bexar.org/533/Household-Hazardous-Waste-Pickup-Program

Key City pages were checked against these official sources on 2026-09-09. Hours, fees, accepted-item lists and event dates are date-sensitive and have changed within the past year — confirm with 3-1-1 / 210-207-6000 or the live City pages before you set anything out or drive to a center or landfill.

Jurisdiction and eligibility warning: this guide covers the City of San Antonio SWMD service area only, and eligibility runs with the CPS Energy account billed the City services (solid waste) fee plus the Environmental Fee — not with living inside the city limits and not with a San Antonio mailing address. Independent Bexar County cities (including Alamo Heights, Converse, Helotes, Kirby, Leon Valley, Live Oak, Schertz, Selma, Universal City and Windcrest) and unincorporated Bexar County run their own programs; the City publishes no suburb-by-suburb list, so verify with your own city. The four bulky centers and the curbside collection serve residential customers only; businesses must use a permitted private hauler. Tenants of large apartment complexes are not granted City curbside bulky collection by any published page — confirm with the property and then with 3-1-1. Bexar County's free at-home HHW pickup is for unincorporated county residents only and does not take appliances. The household hazardous waste facility at 7030 Culebra Road does not accept large appliances or refrigerant units, and no appliance belongs in a garbage cart, community dumpster or alley. No City page states whether refrigerant must be recovered from a refrigerator, freezer, window AC or dehumidifier before curbside set-out or bulky-center acceptance, and the City publishes no removal cost or provider — federal EPA Section 608 places the recovery duty on the final person in the disposal chain, and EPA tells consumers not to remove refrigerant themselves. Collection weeks are address-specific, and hours, fees, accepted lists and Free Landfill Day dates are date-sensitive. Confirm with 3-1-1 or 210-207-6000 (3-1-1 centre 7 a.m.–7 p.m. daily), at gis.sanantonio.gov/swmd/mycollectionday, or on the live sa.gov SWMD pages before you move an appliance.