Verified dump, bulky pickup, HHW, and e-waste programs in Reading — 32 indexable city guides, with related items grouped on the program board. All verified cities
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Mattresses, furniture, and many appliances — city bulk or drop-off, not the regular cart.
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Reading allows one bulk item per week with your regular collection. Mattresses and box springs must be wrapped in plastic before set-out. Put mattresss at the curb on your normal day and keep chemicals off the pile.
Household hazardous waste — used oil, paint, propane, batteries, and chemicals.
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Reading has no permanent household hazardous waste depot — Berks County runs one-day HHW collection events. Latex paint is not accepted at those events: dry it out with cat litter or a paint hardener and put the solidified can in the trash with the lid off. Bring oil-based paint, solvents and other motor oil-type chemicals to a published event date.
TVs, computers, and electronics. Usually banned from trash and the blue bin.
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Pennsylvania bans covered devices from disposal, so Reading e waste mixed goes to the Berks County electronics drop-off at 1316 Hilltop Road, Leesport, rather than the curb. Confirm hours before you drive over and wipe personal data.
Construction debris, concrete, and remodel waste — transfer station or roll-off.
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Construction debris is not part of the weekly bulk allowance. Hire a C&D hauler or use a Berks County transfer site at posted fees. Dry out latex paint; route oil-based paint to an HHW event.
Yard waste, food scraps, and cooking oil where the city has a separate stream.
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Reading yard waste follows the city's seasonal yard-waste and leaf collection schedule. Confirm current dates on readingpa.gov.
Cart recycling, store film take-back, and foam rules — not a second bulky program.
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Reading recycling carts do not want expanded polystyrene (EPS). White block foam, packing peanuts, and food trays are different streams. Grocery film/bag bins are not a foam drop-off. City of Reading — Special Collections is the official Reading program we verified — if that page only mentions plastic bags or film, treat block foam and food trays as bagged garbage unless it names a foam densifier. Clean peanuts may be reused at a shipper; starch peanuts are not EPS.
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