Where to dispose of furniture in San Diego

The City’s What Goes Where guidance puts furniture, appliances, and mattresses in a bulky-item category: too large for a regular recycle or trash bin. Collection rules also ban furniture, appliances, auto parts, and items over 50 pounds from every household container. Setting a sofa on the parkway “for trash day” is illegal dumping. Use Get It Done to report dumped furniture, not to request a secret pickup — the City does not currently run a routine bulky curbside program.

Unincorporated San Diego County is different: franchise haulers offer two free bulky-item pickups per year for single-family customers, up to three items, and furniture (chairs, sofas, carpet, similar pieces) is on that list. Other cities (Chula Vista, National City, La Mesa, Santee) use their own franchise rules. Read the hauler flyer on your bill.

WasteFreeSD is the county’s official directory for repair, donation, and bulky-item outlets. A clean dresser or working reclining chair often has a second home. Soiled, broken, or bedbug-infested furniture should not go to a thrift floor — that becomes someone else’s dumping problem.

True junk furniture can be self-hauled to Miramar Landfill, 5180 Convoy Street, Monday–Saturday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cars, pickups, and small trailers pay flat-rate refuse fees that depend on vehicle type and whether the waste was generated in the City. All loads must be covered ($50 uncovered-load fee). Mix in a TV or fridge and you will be turned around — those items have to come out before the trash deck.

Fred’s furniture removal is the middle path: we donate when a piece can be reused, recycle metal, and landfill the rest. A single couch, dresser, or table is $69 curbside. Two-piece sectionals start at $119. Full-service carries from inside. Text a photo so we quote item rates instead of a whole truck if you only have a few pieces.