Keep the screen you want. Make a plan for the one you don’t.
One screen too many
The new TV is in. The old one is still here.
It has been replaced, stopped working or simply isn’t coming with you. Now it needs a way out. Book its pickup online, with a clear price and updates along the way.
An exact price for your TV.
Choose the TV that matches yours. See the price online, with loading, transportation and disposal included. No visit needed to get a quote.
A day to get it gone.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Arrange to have the TV outside before pickup.
You’ll know when it’s gone.
Get a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the job is done. With your TV outside and accessible, you don’t need to stay home for pickup.
The TV’s type and size determine which item to choose. A new model and an old model can use the same option if their shape and screen size match.
Flat-screen TVs
Measure the screen diagonally, corner to corner, without the frame. Choose under 42 inches or 42 inches and larger. A TV measuring exactly 42 inches belongs to the larger option.
Tube TVs
An older tube or CRT television has curved glass and a deep, heavy body. Choose Tube TV even if its screen is small. A rear-projection TV is different; send a photo before booking so we can check the fit.
TV stands and other electronics
The TV price covers the television. Add a media console, computer monitor or other item separately if it is going too. Choose only what you want removed and review the combined price.
TV removal prices in University
First item / additional item
TV (Under 42")$79 / $19
TV (42"+)$129 / $39
Tube TV$249 / $249
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.
Your TV can stay inside while you book. Before pickup, arrange to have it disconnected, taken down if mounted and moved to an accessible outdoor spot.
A pickup day is not an exact arrival appointment. If your building allows only a short loading window, contact us before booking to confirm a workable plan.
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.
Dropcurb does not remove TVs from walls or do indoor carrying. Arrange the help you need before pickup day, including the trip down interior stairs or through an elevator.
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Choose a permitted outdoor spot.
Use a stable, accessible location with a clear path for loading. Keep the TV separate from anything staying. Check building rules before placing it in a shared pickup area.
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Show us the TV that is going.
Add a location photo and access notes after booking. Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. For exposed broken glass or unusual damage, send a photo and check with us before booking.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
A television goes out on the priced curbside list, and other household electronics are free to drop off at a Community Collection Center with a photo ID.
City cost & eligibility
From $30 for the published curbside price for a television under 50 inches. A television under 50 inches is 30.00 per item and a television 50 inches or larger is 50.00 per item in the curbside bulky program. Household electronics are also accepted at Community Collection Centers for any county resident with a photo ID at no charge, and the household hazardous waste collections do not take electronics at all.
When & how
Call 813-272-5680 to schedule a television pickup, or take household electronics to a Community Collection Center during its Monday through Saturday hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep electronics out of the household hazardous waste load, because the county excludes them there and routes them to the Community Collection Centers. Remove personal data before a computer or drive leaves the house, and wipe or reset anything with an account on it.
Request the bulky pickup before the item goes to the curb
A large item is not part of the weekly route until it is scheduled: the county asks residents to call Solid Waste Customer Service at 813-272-5680 and make the request before placing trash at the curbside for collection, and each item is then priced off the published 30.00 and 50.00 list.
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.
Hillsborough County Solid Waste Services, which serves the unincorporated University community
Schedule a special curbside bulky pickup
A county household with a mattress, furniture, an appliance, an exercise machine, a television, a lawn mower with the fuel drained or another item too large for the gray cart.
Cost & conditions
From $30 for the published price for one bulky item at the lower price on the county list. Most household items are 30.00 per item, including any size mattress, a bed frame and box springs, furniture, an exercise machine, a residential microwave, a lawn mower with no oil or gas, disassembled swing sets, a television under 50 inches and up to 13 bags of insulation, while a large appliance, a commercial unit, a water softener or a television 50 inches or larger is 50.00 per item. An item that is not on the list is priced by customer service.
Arrange it
Call Solid Waste Customer Service at 813-272-5680 before placing anything at the curb for the weekly collection, and set the items out for the arranged pickup.
The service is priced per item, so a group of pieces can add up quickly, and some items have conditions such as a grill without its tank, a lawn mower with the fuel drained, an entertainment center broken down, a sectional sofa limited to two pieces, and insulation bagged up to 13 bags. A cheaper route for a household that can drive the load is a Community Collection Center inside the annual allowance.
Hillsborough County Solid Waste Services, which serves the unincorporated University community
Self haul to a Community Collection Center
A county solid waste customer who can drive bulky waste, appliances, tires, paint, electronics or recycling to a county facility.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Residential customers receive 10 cubic yards of disposal for bulky waste and appliances a year as part of their annual assessment, with the allowance resetting on October 1, and up to 12 tires a year are also included. Once the allowance is used, material has to go to a county transfer station or the Southeast County Landfill at commercial disposal charges.
Arrange it
Use the Northwest County Solid Waste Facility at 8001 W. Linebaugh Avenue in Tampa, or any of the other four centers, open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a photo ID and a copy of the property tax bill for bulky waste, appliances and tires.
Bulky waste has to be unloaded by hand, no dump trailers are allowed, and the 10 cubic yard allowance is about a double axle trailer load or a loaded box truck while a loaded pickup truck carries only about two cubic yards. Paint and electronics need only a photo ID, and electronics are not accepted at the hazardous waste collections.
Batteries for any county resident with a photo ID; bulky waste and appliances for a county solid waste customer with a photo ID and property tax bill; paint and electronics for any county resident with a photo ID; tires for a county solid waste customer with the same documentation; recycling with no ID; and the location specific programs for cooking oil recycling, donation and waste diversion, free mulch pickup, and yard and wood waste disposal.
Bulky waste has to be unloaded by hand and no dump trailers are allowed. The bulky waste and appliance allowance is 10 cubic yards a year as part of the annual assessment, resetting on October 1, with anything beyond it going to a transfer station or the Southeast County Landfill at commercial disposal charges, and tires are limited to 12 a year with the excess going to the landfill.
Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 813-272-5680.
No charge. Use of a Community Collection Center carries no additional charge, and the disposal assessment includes up to 2 tons per residential unit of bulky waste for the county landfill or community collection sites, alongside the 10 cubic yard a year bulky waste and appliance allowance.
Lead acid batteries from vehicles and equipment, power tool and loose batteries 12 inches or smaller, rechargeable and single use lithium batteries with taped terminals, household cleaners, personal care products, paint products, automotive products, pool and spa chemicals, propane and helium tanks, fire extinguishers, lawn and garden chemicals, mercury containing devices, flares and ammunition, cooking oil and LED bulbs, all within published quantity limits.
A resident must show a state issued photo ID with a Hillsborough County residential address, commercial waste and waste over the limits are refused, and the site may close early in inclement weather. Alkaline batteries go in the garbage, needles and sharps go through the Florida Department of Health in Hillsborough County, electronics go to a Community Collection Center, and explosives go through law enforcement.
The first Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Phone 813-272-5680.
No charge. The county lists no cost drop off disposal services with a photo ID showing Hillsborough County residency, including household hazardous chemicals, and the collection is open to all county household residents including single family, rental, condominium, townhome, apartment and manufactured home dwellings.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
TV removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in University.
How much does TV removal cost in University?+
A flat-screen TV under 42 inches is $79 as the first item and $19 as an additional item. Larger flat screens and tube TVs have their own prices. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Choose the type that matches your TV and review your total, including any applicable tax, before payment.
Can I get same-day TV pickup in University?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates offered at checkout and have the TV outside according to your confirmation. We text you when your hauler is on the way and provide photos when the pickup is done.
Will Dropcurb remove my TV from the wall or carry it downstairs?+
You arrange unmounting, disconnection and indoor carrying before pickup. Dropcurb starts at an accessible outdoor location, where we load your TV and take it away. If you need help removing a mounted TV or moving a heavy tube TV outside, arrange that separately before your pickup day.
Do you pick up old tube or CRT televisions?+
Yes. Choose Tube TV for an older television with curved glass and a deep, heavy body. Its price is $249 as the first item and $249 as an additional item. A rear-projection television is a different item; send a photo before booking rather than choosing the tube-TV option.
Does my old TV have to work?+
Your TV does not need to turn on for removal. Choose its type and size and arrange to have it outside before pickup. A non-working TV and a TV with exposed broken glass are different situations; send a photo of unusual damage so we can confirm the plan before you book.
Where do televisions and computers go in University?+
A television can be collected curbside for 30.00 if it is under 50 inches or 50.00 if it is 50 inches or larger, scheduled through 813-272-5680. Household electronics are also accepted free at any of the five Community Collection Centers with a photo ID, and the household hazardous waste collections do not accept electronics.Official guidance
Who collects trash in University?+
Hillsborough County, because University is an unincorporated community rather than a city. County solid waste customers pay an annual disposal assessment of 208.60 per dwelling unit and an annual collection assessment of 302.17 for curbside service, and Solid Waste Customer Service at 813-272-5680 handles scheduling, prices and account questions.Official guidance
How much does a bulky item pickup cost?+
The county publishes two prices. Most items are 30.00 each, including any size mattress, a bed frame and box springs, furniture, an exercise machine, a residential microwave, a lawn mower with no oil or gas, disassembled swing sets, a television under 50 inches and up to 13 bags of insulation. A refrigerator, freezer, washer, dryer, dishwasher, oven or stove, hot water heater, unit air conditioner, water softener or a television 50 inches or larger is 50.00 each.Official guidance
What can I take to a Community Collection Center?+
Batteries for any county resident with a photo ID, bulky waste and appliances for a county solid waste customer with a photo ID and property tax bill, paint and electronics for any county resident with a photo ID, tires for a county solid waste customer within 12 a year, and recycling with no ID. Bulky waste has to be unloaded by hand, no dump trailers are allowed, and the allowance is 10 cubic yards a year, so ask the attendants how much is left.Official guidance
Where do paint and chemicals go in University?+
To a Hillsborough County household hazardous waste collection: the first Saturday of the month at Sheldon Road, 9805 Sheldon Road in Tampa, the second Saturday at the South County facility in Gibsonton and the third Saturday at the Hillsborough Heights facility in Seffner, all from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring a state issued photo ID with a Hillsborough County address, and note the published limits such as 10 one gallon or 5 five gallon paint containers a month and five 30 pound tanks of propane or helium.Official guidance
Where do electronics go in University?+
Household electronics are accepted at any Community Collection Center with a photo ID, and the hazardous waste collections do not take them. A television can also be collected curbside for 30.00 if it is under 50 inches or 50.00 if it is 50 inches or larger, scheduled through Solid Waste Customer Service at 813-272-5680.Official guidance
How do tires get recycled?+
Up to 12 tires a year are included with the annual assessment for a county solid waste customer at a Community Collection Center, with a photo ID and a copy of the property tax bill required. Beyond that, tires go to the Southeast County Landfill at 12.00 each for a passenger tire without a rim under 18 inches, 27.00 each with a rim, or 22.00 each for a semi truck, oversized or off road tire over 18 inches.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
The old TV has somewhere to go.
Choose your TV. See the exact price. Book your pickup day in University.
