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Recycling, rubbish and bulky items in Barcelona

Barcelona uses five container streams and a free scheduled collection for furniture and bulky items.

Why it matters: Using the right bin and the bulky-item service avoids fines and clutter.
When: You move into a flat or need to dispose of furniture.
Last checked: 16 Oct 2026

Cost: Free weekly street pickup; paid on-demand pickup for large volumes (price not read).

What you need

Sort waste
Organic (green), packaging (yellow), paper/cardboard (blue), glass, residual (gray) per the recycling guide.
Free bulky pickup
Every street has a set weekday. Leave furniture in front of the doorway between 20:00 and 22:00 that day. Find your day on the procedures portal, by calling 010, or the Civic Behavior Phoneline 900 226 226. Collected: sofas, doors, furniture, chairs, wooden boxes, broken blinds, toys. Not collected: rubble or toilets from works; fridges, freezers and CFC air conditioners go to a Green Point.
Paid pickup for large volumes
A paid Monday-Friday home-collection service (under 36 hours) can be requested on the Oficina Virtual; free for people with a disability certificate and for people with mobility difficulty and nobody to carry items down.
Green points
Use deixalleries (neighborhood, area or mobile) for electronics, oil, batteries, medicines, textiles.

010 / Civic Behavior Phoneline / procedures portal
010; 900 226 226
https://ajuntament.barcelona.cat/neteja-i-residus/en/household-waste-collection/other-types-waste-collection-system/old-furniture-and-junk-collection

Organic and residual bins are collected 20:00-22:00 and the others 08:00-22:00 per the guide; some districts use different collection systems (press).
Per the official Ajuntament de Barcelona page on old furniture/junk collection, the home-pickup service runs Monday to Friday with collection promised within 36 hours ('en menys de 36 hores'), requested via the Virtual Procedures Office (Oficina Virtual de Tràmits). It is free for people with a disability certificate and for people with mobility difficulties who have no one to help carry furniture down and can document that. The page does NOT state a price for the standard paid service — still not found. It also does not mention a door-to-door collection system for specific neighborhoods, and does not state a publication/update date for any recycling guide — both still open. Collection-day lookup by street is via the Tràmits portal, phone 010, or Civic Behavior line (+34) 900 226 226. Source: ajuntament.barcelona.cat/neteja-i-residus (English version), old furniture and junk collection page.

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