Bags, boxes and the last things left to clear, gone from the curb. Choose what’s going, see your exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup. You don’t need to be home.
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Book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
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Finish clearing the space
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
Book the unwanted bags and boxes left after packing. Choose an available pickup day before you hand back the keys, and arrange to have them outside.
You do not need a whole house of junk. Select the bags, boxes and larger items you actually have. Your combined price is shown online.
When the next collection does not fit your plans, choose a Dropcurb pickup day. Updates keep you informed, and completion photos show when the booked items are gone.
A clear count. An exact price.
A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Count each trash bag or filled household box. Books and media go by the box. Clothes, bedding and shoes go by the filled bag. Toys packed together have a Box of toys choice. Ask us about unusually heavy or oversized bags and boxes first.
Empty cardboard is a different choice: choose single empty boxes or tied bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Compacted bales have their own weight-based choices and require loading-dock access. A Storage bin choice covers the empty bin itself; ask us to confirm the contents if they are going too.
Add the actual larger item alongside your bags and boxes, such as a sofa, chair or mattress. It has its own price and preparation. Keep construction materials and items needing special handling out of ordinary household bags.
First item / additional item
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Choose my itemsReady for pickup
You handle sorting and getting things out of the home or building. We load and haul away the items on your booking from an accessible outdoor spot.
Book by 2pm at the pickup address for same-day pickup, using the dates shown at checkout. Pickup is booked for a day, not an exact arrival time. Confirm any short building-access window with us before booking.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
Add the bags, boxes and separate larger items, then choose an available day. Have an unusual pile or uncertain contents? Send a photo before booking so we can help with the choices.
Bag or box small household items as much as possible. Keep the booked items together, separate from anything staying. Follow your confirmation for when they need to be outside and accessible.
Add photos and clear pickup-location notes on your order page. You do not need to be home when everything is outside and accessible. We send pickup updates and completion photos.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Your pickup is booked.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Arcadia: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Bulky items are collected on a reservation basis, with four free pickups a year for a single-family account and two for each multi-family unit.
A mattress goes out as a bulky item, and the City asks for it to be wrapped in a sheet, blanket or plastic before the pickup.
Appliances, washing machines, water heaters and refrigerators are on the bulky item list and go out on one of the free reservations.
Electronic devices are within the bulky item definition, so a television or monitor goes out on a bulky reservation rather than in the carts.
Construction debris is not a bulky item and is refused in the carts, so it moves through a project container or a hauling arrangement instead.
The handoff matters
The free bulky pickups are booked with the hauler, which the City asks for at least 24 hours ahead, and the items go out no earlier than the evening before the scheduled pickup. Nothing blocks a sidewalk, driveway or roadway, and refrigerator doors are removed or secured first.
Bulky item program flyer with the free pickup allowance, item list and placement notesCode services page with the citywide Wednesday schedule, container timing and the bulky item definitionA mattress is a bulky item, and the City asks for it to be wrapped in a sheet, blanket or plastic so the crew can handle it. Book the reservation first, then set the wrapped mattress out the evening before the scheduled day.
Recycling page with batteries, household hazardous waste, mattress recycling and drop-off sitesBulky item program flyer with the free pickup allowance, item list and placement notesUse a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
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Before you book
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Arcadia.
A trash bag is $59 as the first item and $10 additional. A filled household box is $59 as the first item. Add your actual items and quantities to see the combined price before booking. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; any applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Book by 2pm in the pickup address’s local time for same-day pickup. Available dates appear at checkout. Have the booked bags and boxes outside and accessible according to your confirmation. You receive pickup updates and completion photos; the booking is for a day rather than an exact arrival time.
No. Count the filled bags or boxes using the matching choice. Books and media go in Filled household box; clothes, bedding and shoes go in Bag of clothes & bedding; packed toys have a Box of toys choice. Empty cardboard is separate, with individual empty boxes and bundles of 10 flattened boxes. Heavy, oversized or unusual contents need a photo review before booking.
Yes. Estimate how many trash bags the small household pile would fill, and bag or box as much as possible. Select furniture and other larger items separately. There is no extra charge just because the pile is loose. Send a photo first if the count or contents are unclear. A household Dumpster Bag choice does not accept construction debris.
Yes. Select the bags and boxes, then add each larger item using its own catalog choice. The booking shows one combined price for the selected items. Move everything to an accessible outdoor spot before pickup; indoor carrying and sorting are not included. Keep anything you want to retain apart from the booked items and identify what goes in your photos and notes.
A single-family residential account gets four free bulky item pickups each calendar year, and each multi-family residential unit gets two. Each one is a reservation, so call Waste Management at (626) 856-1285 or (800) 266-7551, and the City asks for at least 24 hours of notice.Official guidance
Large, bulky or difficult to handle household objects such as couches, furniture, mattresses, rugs, appliances, washing machines, water heaters, refrigerators and large bundled branches that will not fit in the green container. The published list is not exhaustive, so ask the hauler about anything else.Official guidance
No earlier than the evening before the scheduled pickup, and never in a way that blocks a sidewalk, driveway or roadway. Refrigerator doors have to be removed or secured before the crew arrives.Official guidance
Yes. A mattress is collected as a bulky item, and the City asks that it be wrapped in a sheet, blanket or plastic so the hauler's staff can pick it up. Reserve the pickup first, and set it out no earlier than the evening before.Official guidance
Yes. The City lists nearby mattress drop-off sites in Monrovia, Azusa and East Los Angeles, each with its own unit limit and weekday hours, and the Bye Bye Mattress directory lists further sites and events. Confirm hours, limits and any charge with the site before loading.Official guidance
Refrigerators, washing machines, water heaters and appliances generally are on the bulky item list, so they go out by reservation with the free pickups included on the account. Refrigerator doors must be removed or secured before the crew arrives.Official guidance
The City points residents to scrap yards that take metal, including SA Recycling in Irwindale, P and T Metals in South El Monte, and Allan Company in Baldwin Park, so clean metal can be recycled instead of going to a landfill.Official guidance
No. The hauler lists electronic waste as non-acceptable container material, and the City's bulky item definition covers electronic devices, so a television goes out on a bulky reservation or to a collector in the state directory instead.Official guidance
California law treats nonfunctioning cathode ray tubes and the mercury bulbs in televisions, laptops, tablets and monitors as hazardous waste, so they are not trash. The state's Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Program funds collection and recycling for households, and the eRecycle directory lists the collectors.Official guidance
Not through the residential carts or the bulky program, because construction waste is non-acceptable container material and construction debris is not a household bulky item. Project material moves through a container service or a hauler the project arranges, and the hauler offers construction waste service for those loads.Official guidance
Yes. California's green building standards require locally permitted new residential and non-residential construction, demolition and certain addition or alteration projects to recycle or salvage at least 65 percent of the nonhazardous construction and demolition debris the project generates, so keep the recycling records the permit requires.Official guidance
The City contracts with Waste Management for residential and multi-family trash and recycling, and the collection runs on Wednesdays city-wide. The Public Works Services Department at (626) 254-2720 handles City questions, and the hauler's customer service line is (800) 266-7551.Official guidance
Arcadia residents are allowed up to three free household hazardous waste collections a year through the hauler's doorstep program at (800) 449-7587 or wmatyourdoor.com, and business material is not collected. Household batteries go to drop boxes at City Hall, the Library, the Community Center or the Public Works Services Department, with the contact ends of lithium batteries taped and no automotive batteries. Medicines go to the pharmacy kiosk on South Baldwin Avenue, and pharmaceuticals and sharps are accepted anonymously at the Temple City sheriff station.Official guidance
The curbside cart takes type 1, 2 and 5 plastics, identified by the numbered recycling symbol on the packaging. Tetrapak cartons are not recyclable in the City's service because of the waxy surface coating, even though the packaging suggests otherwise.Official guidance
Green waste is collected on the same Wednesday schedule as trash and recycling, and large bundled branches that will not fit in the green container can go out as a bulky item on one of the free reservations. The City also sells compost bins to residents.Official guidance
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