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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Tavares: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Bulk items are collected once a week on the Monday or Tuesday for the address, with four free pickups a fiscal year and a two cubic yard limit each time.
Appliances and other metal are part of the city's bulk item list and ride the same weekly bulk pickup, while the county drop-off centres refuse appliances.
Mattresses are not named in the city bulk list and the county drop-off centres refuse box springs and mattresses, so the confirmed route is the county Central Facility.
The handoff matters
The blue cart is collected twice a week for household garbage and compost, with the handle facing the home and four feet of clearance from mailboxes and other objects, and it goes out the night before because collection starts at 7 a.m. If the property fronts a street the cart belongs at the curb and if it has an alley the collection happens there, and garbage left outside the cart is charged per bag.
Solid waste collection page with the holiday schedule, the collection days by community, the four free bulk pickups and size limits, the tree limb and aquatic foliage rules, the refused items and the published rate tableBulk items such as furniture, appliances and other metal are collected once a week on the Monday or Tuesday for the address, and each pickup is capped at two cubic yards measured as six feet by three feet by three feet. Four pickups a fiscal year are free, excess material is charged at the published per cubic yard rate, and the pile should sit on the opposite side of the driveway from the cart so both can be serviced.
Solid waste collection page with the holiday schedule, the collection days by community, the four free bulk pickups and size limits, the tree limb and aquatic foliage rules, the refused items and the published rate tableCar batteries, oil and paint, propane tanks, fluorescent light bulbs, deceased animals, chemicals and concrete are not collected by the city and go to the Lake County Landfill on County Road 561 in Tavares, which answers on 352-343-3776. Household trash is free to a Tavares resident with valid identification at that site, which helps a household that cannot wait for the next pickup after a holiday.
Solid waste collection page with the holiday schedule, the collection days by community, the four free bulk pickups and size limits, the tree limb and aquatic foliage rules, the refused items and the published rate tableWhen a listed holiday falls on a collection day there is no pickup, and the extra material is taken on the next scheduled day. The city's schedule spells out the resumption for each 2026 holiday, including brush moving to a later date than the garbage, and recycling sometimes runs on its normal day even when garbage and brush pause.
Solid waste collection page with the holiday schedule, the collection days by community, the four free bulk pickups and size limits, the tree limb and aquatic foliage rules, the refused items and the published rate tableLake County drop-off centres take garbage, recycling, household bulk items, yard waste, scrap metal, tires, electronics and household hazardous waste with proof of residency, residential loads only and no commercial waste. They refuse construction and demolition debris, box springs and mattresses, appliances, yard waste longer than four feet or thicker than six inches, more than four cubic yards of yard waste a day and more than three cubic yards of bulk a day, and tires beyond five a year go to the Central Facility for a fee.
Lake County drop-off service page with the accepted and refused material, the bulk and yard waste daily limits, the tire limit and the Central Facility location and hoursUse 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 Tavares.
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.
Bulk items such as furniture, appliances and other metal are collected once a week on the Monday or Tuesday assigned to your address, separately from the blue garbage cart. Each household gets four free bulk pickups a fiscal year, running October 1 through September 30, and each pickup is limited to two cubic yards with excess charged at the published per cubic yard rate. Keep the pile away from the cart so both collections can be made.Official guidance
Yes, as a bulk item. Appliances and other metal are named in the city's bulk item list, collected on the Monday or Tuesday assigned to your address, and each household gets four free bulk pickups a fiscal year with a two cubic yard limit per pickup. The Lake County drop-off centres refuse appliances, so the city route is the one to book.Official guidance
To the Lake County Central Facility drop off at 13130 County Landfill Road in Tavares, which accepts box springs and mattresses, because the county's neighbourhood drop-off centres refuse them and the city does not name mattresses in its bulk item list. The site is open Mon-Sat 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and answers on 352-343-3776, so call first to confirm the charge.Official guidance
The City of Tavares Solid Waste Division runs the collection with one manager and seven staff for more than 7,200 residential accounts, collecting garbage twice a week and bulk items, yard waste and recycling once a week from 7 a.m. Monday to Friday. Cart questions go to 352-742-6400 and other solid waste questions to 352-742-6221, while disposal and drop off sit with Lake County Solid Waste on 352-343-3776.Official guidance
Each household gets four free bulk pickups a fiscal year, from October 1 to September 30, and the published rate table prices a two cubic yard bulk collection and each additional cubic yard once the allowance is used, with a separate rate for a special pickup and a per bag charge for garbage left outside the cart. The residential monthly charge, the additional container charge and the excess compost, tree trimming and aquatic foliage rates all sit in the same city table.Official guidance
Car batteries, oil and paint, propane tanks, fluorescent light bulbs, deceased animals, chemicals and concrete are not collected, and the city directs those loads to the Lake County Landfill on County Road 561 in Tavares, which answers on 352-343-3776 and takes household trash free from a Tavares resident with valid identification.Official guidance
Tavares observes a long list of holidays including New Year's Eve, Good Friday, the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, and there is no pickup when a holiday falls on a collection day, with the extra material removed on the next scheduled pickup day. The published schedule spells out the resumption date for each 2026 holiday, and recycling sometimes runs on its normal day even when garbage and brush pause.Official guidance
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