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.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.
Finish clearing the space
The last few things still deserve a pickup.
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
The move is nearly done.
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.
The clear-out can be finished.
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.
You want to know it is handled.
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 few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Filled bags and boxes
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 and containers
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.
Furniture and other larger items
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.
Bulk junk removal prices in East Hartford
First item / additional item
Trash bag$59 / $10
Filled household box$59 / $15
Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
Box of toys$89 / $29
Dumpster Bag$300 / $250
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.
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.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
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.
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Make the handoff easy.
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.
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Show us what goes.
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.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Bulky waste moves on an appointment with the town's hauler rather than on the regular collection day. The free allowance depends on how many units the property holds, and only six items may go to the curb at one time.
City cost & eligibility
$25 each bulky waste appointment beyond the free per unit allowance, paid by credit or debit card. Single and two family properties receive two free pickups per unit each fiscal year from July to June, and three to six family properties receive four free pickups per unit. Appointments are booked with All American Waste on 860-289-7850.
When & how
Call the hauler for an appointment and put no more than six items at the curb for that day. The fiscal year allowance runs from July to June.
Get it ready
Keep bags, cardboard boxes, recyclables and household rubbish out of the bulky pile, because all four are refused. Group the material the way the town lists it, with drain fluids out of a mower or snowblower, the doors off a refrigerator or freezer, and any bundle of pipe or fencing kept within four feet and clear of a concrete base.
Wooden furniture, couches, chairs, recliners and carpeting are on the town's burnable bulky list, so a furniture load rides the hauler appointment.
City cost & eligibility
$25 each bulky waste appointment beyond the free per unit allowance, with furniture itself carrying no separate charge. East Hartford one to six family properties inside their free per unit allowance book at no charge, and every appointment past the allowance is charged and paid by card.
When & how
Book the appointment with the hauler, then set the pieces at the curb for that day within the six item limit.
Get it ready
Break the pieces down where it helps the crew, keep the load inside the six item limit, and keep it out of bags and boxes, which are refused. A sleeper sofa is worth checking first, because the town lists the metal insert as an accepted metal item, and anything still usable is better donated than hauled.
Appliances sit on the metal list for the curbside appointment, and the transfer station also takes appliances if a household would rather haul the unit itself.
City cost & eligibility
The curbside appointment is covered by the free per unit allowance or the flat charge for an extra appointment, and any transfer station charge is confirmed with Public Works on 860-291-7374.
When & how
Book the bulky appointment with the hauler, or bring the unit to the transfer station during its open hours.
Get it ready
Remove the doors from a refrigerator or freezer before the appointment, drain the fluid from a mower or snowblower, and take the propane tank off a grill. Keep the appliance out of bags and boxes and out of the ordinary rubbish, because the hauler refuses both on a bulky load.
The transfer station takes mattresses and box springs but refuses futon mattresses. The curbside bulky list is headed with mattresses without naming one in its examples, so a curbside mattress is worth confirming with the hauler.
City cost & eligibility
Confirm the mattress charge, and whether a curbside appointment takes bedding, with the hauler on 860-289-7850 or Public Works on 860-291-7374.
When & how
Bring the bedding to the transfer station during its open hours, or ask the hauler about the curbside appointment before setting it out.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and inside until the route is settled, and leave a futon mattress out of a transfer station load because that station refuses it. A mattress that is still clean is worth offering for reuse before it is disposed of.
Household rubbish and single stream recyclables are kept out of a bulky pile and handled on the regular collection route and at the transfer station's recycling drop off.
City cost & eligibility
Confirm the current service charge with Public Works on 860-291-7374 when the account changes.
When & how
On the regular collection day for the property, or at the transfer station for a condo or apartment resident using the recycling drop off.
Get it ready
Keep recyclables and household rubbish out of a bulky appointment, because both are refused there along with anything in a bag or a cardboard box. Single stream recyclables including corrugated cardboard are taken at the transfer station, and the town publishes a trash and recycling calendar for the collection days.
Bulky waste runs on an appointment with All American Waste on 860-289-7850, not on the regular collection day. A one or two family property has two free pickups per unit each fiscal year, a three to six family property has four, and each appointment past that is charged and paid by card. Set the items out for the booked day only.
Only six items go to the curb per appointment, and they should be grouped and prepared the way the town lists them: drain the fluids from a mower or snowblower, remove refrigerator and freezer doors, take the propane tank off a grill, and keep bundled pipe and fencing within four feet and clear of concrete bases. Bags, boxes, recyclables and household rubbish never go in a bulky pile.
The transfer station opens Monday, Tuesday and Friday from 7:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and again from 12:30 p.m. to 2:35 p.m., and on the first and third Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Holidays can change that, so the town asks residents to check the Public Works page or call 860-291-7374 first. Hazardous waste including batteries, concrete and masonry, soil, stumps and propane tanks are refused at the gate.
Use 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.
Book the curbside bulky appointment with the hauler
An East Hartford household with furniture, carpeting, an appliance, a mattress or a metal item inside the six item limit.
Cost & conditions
$25 each bulky waste appointment beyond the free per unit allowance, paid by credit or debit card. One and two family properties get two free pickups per unit each fiscal year from July to June, and three to six family properties get four free pickups per unit, all booked with All American Waste on 860-289-7850.
Arrange it
Call the hauler, describe the six items or fewer, and set them at the curb for the booked day.
Car parts including tires and batteries, building demolition debris, electronics, hazardous waste, anything in bags or boxes, and recyclables or household rubbish are all refused on this route.
Town of East Hartford Public Works Department with All American Waste for the curbside bulky contract
Take the load to the East Hartford Transfer Station
A household with tires, scrap metal, brush, yard waste, appliances, electronics or mattresses that the curbside bulky route will not take.
Cost & conditions
The transfer station charge is confirmed with Public Works on 860-291-7374 before loading.
Arrange it
Drive to 1 Ecology Drive during the posted hours on Monday, Tuesday or Friday or on the first or third Saturday, and separate the free and charged streams before the gate.
Hazardous waste including batteries, concrete and masonry, soil, stumps and propane tanks are refused. Yard waste has to be in compostable kraft paper bags, textiles in plastic bags, and building and demolition debris needs a copy of the building permit with the load.
Building and demolition debris including roof shingles, drywall, lumber and siding with a copy of a building permit, swimming pools, decks, sheds, doghouses and wood or metal fences, appliances, brush, passenger vehicle tires, car batteries, drained residential mowers and snowblowers, furniture, rugs, recyclables, bicycles, large toys, gas grills without propane tanks, miscellaneous metal, yard waste in compostable kraft paper bags, used motor oil, single stream recyclables including cardboard, electronics including televisions and computers, mattresses and box springs, textiles in plastic bags, and PaintCare approved paint.
Hazardous waste including batteries is refused and the town gives a separate hazardous waste collection line, and concrete and masonry material, soil, stumps and propane tanks are refused. Futon mattresses are not taken with other bedding, textiles have to arrive in plastic bags, and a construction load needs a copy of the building permit.
Monday, Tuesday and Friday 7:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2:35 p.m., closed for lunch between the two, and the first and third Saturday of the month 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Holidays can change the schedule, so call Public Works on 860-291-7374 first.
The transfer station charge is confirmed with Public Works on 860-291-7374.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in East Hartford.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in East Hartford?+
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.
Can you pick up bags of junk today?+
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.
Do I count every object inside a bag or box?+
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.
Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?+
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.
Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?+
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.
How many free bulky pickups does an East Hartford property get?+
A single family or two family property gets two free pickups per unit each fiscal year from July to June, and a three to six family property gets four free pickups per unit. After that, each further appointment is charged and paid by card. Only six items go to the curb at one time.Official guidance
Will East Hartford take a couch on bulky day?+
Yes. Couches, wooden furniture, chairs, recliners and carpeting are all on the burnable list for the curbside bulky appointment. Book the pickup with the hauler first, keep the load to six items or fewer, and keep bags and boxes out of it.Official guidance
How does an East Hartford refrigerator leave the property?+
On the curbside bulky appointment, because refrigerators and freezers with the doors removed are on the hauler's metal list, or at the transfer station, which takes appliances directly. The doors come off before the unit goes out, and the free per unit allowance determines whether the appointment costs anything.Official guidance
Will East Hartford take a mattress and box spring?+
The transfer station takes mattresses and box springs and refuses futon mattresses. The curbside bulky list groups mattresses with the categories it accepts without listing one among the examples, so ask the hauler whether the appointment covers bedding before putting a mattress at the curb.Official guidance
Can East Hartford rubbish go out with bulky waste?+
No. Recyclables and household rubbish are on the unacceptable list for a bulky appointment, and so is anything placed in a bag or a cardboard box. Ordinary rubbish and single stream recycling stay on the regular collection route or go to the transfer station's recycling drop off.Official guidance
How do East Hartford bulky waste pickups work?+
They are booked with the town's hauler rather than the town, and no permit is needed since 2022. A one or two family property gets two free pickups per unit each fiscal year from July to June, a three to six family property gets four, and each appointment past the allowance is charged and paid by card. Only six items go to the curb at a time.Official guidance
What can not go in an East Hartford bulky pile?+
Car parts including tires and batteries, building demolition debris such as lumber, earth, stone, concrete and masonry, electronics such as televisions and computers, hazardous waste such as paint, gas, oil and pesticides, anything in bags or cardboard boxes, and recyclables or household rubbish. Those streams go to the transfer station, the household hazardous waste collection or the regular recycling route instead.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.