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Sunnyvale examines bulky-item pickups for multifamily housing; pilot found low initial uptake, staff seeks $640,000 for rollout
Summary
Sunnyvale city staff proposed extending bulky‑item pickup to multifamily properties after a six‑month pilot that collected 86 items; staff will seek funding in the FY2025‑26 budget and recommends two appointments per unit per year or weekly service for very large complexes.
Sunnyvale city staff presented a proposal Feb. 25 to extend the city's bulky‑item collection service to multifamily dwellings, saying a six‑month pilot showed need but that initial resident signups were limited.
The pilot, run April 1–Sept. 30, included 19 multifamily properties chosen to reflect Sunnyvale's housing stock and areas with higher illegal dumping, Solid Waste Programs Division Manager Shekha Gupta told the council. "So we conducted the pilot during April 1 to September 30," Gupta said. Under the pilot each participating property received two appointments per unit and two items per appointment; allowed items included mattresses, bed frames, large electronics, furniture and large exercise equipment.
City staff recommended a program that would mirror the existing single‑family service in most respects: two bulky‑item appointments per unit per year with two items allowed per appointment, and an online appointment tool.…
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