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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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 Novato: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Recology collects bulky items that do not fit the cart, and a residential account gets four free collections a year, each covering one large item or up to seven bags.
Couch, love seat, recliner and other furniture are named on the accepted bulky item list and move on one of the four free collections a year.
Mattresses and box springs are named on the accepted bulky item list, and each one uses a separate collection from the four free pickups a year.
Refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, dryers, stoves, washing machines, water heaters and garbage compactors are on the accepted bulky item list, and large appliances are exactly what the hazardous waste facility refuses.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners are collected as bulky items, and the hauler publishes a separate refrigerant charge for them.
Electronic waste stays out of the carts and goes to the Novato hazardous waste facility or to the free city electronic waste pickup.
Televisions and monitors cannot be collected at the curb because the hauler treats them as hazardous waste, and the Novato facility accepts them on its public collection days.
Exercise equipment is not named on the residential bulky item list, although an exercise bike appears on the hauler's commercial price list, so the hauler has to confirm the machine first.
The handoff matters
A residential account gets four free bulky item collections a year, each covering one large item or up to seven bags, and the service account must be in your name. Each item must weigh 60 pounds or less, since anything heavier counts as two collections, each piece of furniture, large carpet or appliance counts as one collection, and the driver must be able to load it safely.
Curbside bulky item collections and accepted itemsThe bulky collection refuses liquids, dirt, rock, concrete, asphalt, hazardous or infectious waste, ashes, televisions, monitors and anything longer than six feet, and televisions and monitors are treated as hazardous waste instead. Batteries, paint, motor oil, sharps and electronic waste go to the Novato Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 7576 Redwood Blvd on a public collection day, where residents need no appointment, and household batteries can also go in a sealed clear bag on top of the blue recycling cart on collection day.
Curbside bulky item collections and accepted itemsNovato household hazardous waste facility accepted itemsNovato household hazardous waste drop-off informationUse 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 Novato.
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.
Four free collections a year per residential account, each covering one large item or up to seven bags. One large item equals one collection, so a washer is one and a later dryer is a second, and the service account has to be in your name.Official guidance
Yes. Couch, love seat and recliner are all on the accepted bulky item list, and one large item such as a couch uses one of the four free collections a year. The hauler suggests donating usable furniture first, and anything longer than six feet cannot be collected.Official guidance
No. The hauler's own example counts a mattress as one collection and a box spring as another, so a set uses two of the four free collections a year.Official guidance
No. The facility refuses large appliances such as washers and dryers and directs residents back to Recology at (800) 243-0291, and the hauler's accepted bulky list names washing machines, dryers, dishwashers, stoves, water heaters and garbage compactors.Official guidance
Yes. The hauler publishes a refrigerant appliance charge for freezers, refrigerators and air conditioning units collected at the curb, and the collection itself still counts as one of the four free bulky pickups a year.Official guidance
Yes. The Conservation Corps of the North Bay provides free pickup of residential electronic waste every Monday and Thursday except holidays for Novato residents, with the material recycled by a certified California electronic waste recycler. Electronic waste is also accepted at the Novato hazardous waste facility on its public collection days.Official guidance
No. The hauler refuses televisions and monitors at the curb because they are treated as hazardous waste, although the rest of a computer may go in the garbage can. Take the set to the Novato hazardous waste facility on a public collection day, where televisions and cathode ray tubes are accepted up to five.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not on the residential accepted bulky item list, which names furniture, appliances, mattresses and box springs, and an exercise bike appears only on the commercial price list. Call Recology at 1-800-243-0291 to confirm the machine before it goes to the curb.Official guidance
Call Recology Sonoma Marin at 1-800-243-0291 or email RecologySonomaMarin@recology.com. A residential account gets four free collections a year, each covering one large item or up to seven bags, the account must be in your name, and each item must be 60 pounds or less with nothing longer than six feet.Official guidance
Novato has its own facility at 7576 Redwood Blvd, open four days a month, two Sundays and two Mondays, with no appointment needed for residents. The county facility in San Rafael is published for Marin residents except Novato, so Novato residents stay with the city facility.Official guidance
Household batteries can go in a sealed clear plastic bag on top of the blue recycling cart on collection day so the driver collects them separately, and the district warns never to put batteries inside a curbside container. Sharps go to the household hazardous waste facility in approved containers, and medications go to the Novato Police Department instead.Official guidance
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