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How to get rid of a mattress, a couch or an old appliance in Chilliwack

Where mattresses, couches, fridges and small appliances go in Chilliwack: Bailey Landfill by weight, free MARR appliance drop, bottle depots for e-waste.

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Start with the curb: there is no bulky pickup

Chilliwack's curbside program collects garbage every second week in a black cart, compostables weekly in the green cart, recycling in the blue cart, and glass and flexible plastics monthly in small bins. It does not offer a large-item or bulky pickup, so a mattress or a couch at the curb stays at the curb. Your options are a trip to Bailey Landfill, a donation outlet, or a hauler.

Each big item in a Chilliwack house has a different right answer, because British Columbia's stewardship programs cover some of them for free and the landfill charges for the rest by weight.

Mattresses and box springs

British Columbia does not have a provincial mattress stewardship program the way it does for electronics, paint or large appliances, so there is no free depot. At Bailey Sanitary Landfill a mattress is garbage, charged by weight at $140 per tonne with a $7.50 minimum per load (July 2026 schedule). The City's page says outright that all waste, including mattresses and box springs, is charged by weight, so one mattress in a pickup will usually cost the minimum.

If the mattress is clean and recent, ask the Chilliwack ReStore or MCC Thrift whether they will take it before you haul it; policies on used mattresses vary and both stores set their own rules, so call first. If it is stained, torn or has been in a garage, it is landfill. The hauler we connect you with prices a lone mattress as a single item and takes it with the rest of the load.

Couches, dressers and other furniture

Furniture in good shape has real takers in Chilliwack. The Habitat for Humanity ReStore at Unit 103/104, 7900 Evans Road (Monday to Saturday 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm, 604-392-7892) accepts new and used furniture, appliances, decor and building materials, with pickup usually available for very large donations; confirm with the store, because each ReStore sets its own list. The Chilliwack MCC Thrift Shop at 45774 Kipp Avenue (Monday to Saturday 10 am to 4 pm, 604-792-3731) sells gently used household goods. The Salvation Army thrift store network takes clothing and household donations; use the locator at thriftstore.ca to confirm the nearest store and what it currently accepts.

Furniture nobody will take goes to Bailey as garbage by weight. A sofa is bulky but light; a solid-wood dresser is heavier than it looks. Neither comes close to a tonne, so the disposal portion of a hauler's quote for furniture is small; you are mostly paying for the carry and the truck. Particleboard flat-pack furniture cannot go to Parr Road as clean wood because it is treated and laminated.

Fridges, freezers and the rest of the big appliances

Large appliances are the easiest item on this list, because the Major Appliance Recycling Roundtable (MARR) program takes them free. Bailey Landfill is a MARR collection site, so a fridge, freezer, range, built-in oven, dishwasher, washer, dryer, range hood, microwave, window or portable air conditioner, dehumidifier, water cooler or food waste disposer costs nothing at the gate.

You do not need to have the refrigerant drained first. MARR states that appliances containing refrigerant gases are serviced by a certified technician to remove the gas safely before the metal is recycled, which is why fridges and freezers must go through the appliance stream rather than the scrap-metal or garbage piles. Do not vent a fridge yourself and do not cut the lines. Disconnecting a gas range or a plumbed dishwasher is your job or a tradesperson's; a hauler removes appliances that are already disconnected.

MARR does not organise pickups. If you cannot get a fridge out of a Sardis townhouse and into a truck, that is what appliance pickup from the hauler is for: the carry, the truck, and the free drop at Bailey.

Small appliances, electronics and power tools

Small appliances and electronics are banned from Bailey Landfill as garbage, and they are free to drop at a bottle depot. The Chilliwack Bottle Depot at #2-45934 Trethewey Avenue (Monday to Saturday 8:30 am to 6 pm, Sunday 10 am to 5 pm, closed holidays) accepts end-of-life electronics, small appliances and power tools, lamps and lighting products, household paint and paint aerosols, smoke detectors, consumer batteries under 5 kg, lead-acid batteries, and used oil and antifreeze. The Sardis Bottle Depot at 305-7592 Vedder Road keeps the same hours and takes electronics, batteries, lights and paint.

The provincial electronics program's accepted list covers microwaves, vacuums, countertop kitchen appliances, corded and battery power tools, exercise machines, and even e-bikes and e-scooters, along with computers, TVs, monitors and printers. Paint goes free through Product Care in its original sealed container with the label on, up to 10 containers or 50 aerosols per visit.

Putting it together

A typical Chilliwack clearout has all of these at once: a mattress for the landfill, a couch for the ReStore if it is clean, a fridge for the MARR pad, a box of cords and a dead microwave for the bottle depot, and a half-can of paint. Done yourself, that is three stops. The crew we connect you with makes the same stops on one truck, and the free streams stay free inside the quote; you pay for the carrying and the driving, not the drop.

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