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 Dubuque: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Dubuque charges trash by the cart under a pay-as-you-throw programme, with four monthly subscriptions, free curbside recycling and a separate organics collection for city solid waste customers.
The city collects oversized items on the regular collection day for a published fee, with flat pricing by load and by item, and an extra charge for an off-route trip.
Furniture counts as landfilled material on the city large item pickup at the couch-sized flat rate, and the same load can be self hauled to the agency landfill by the ton.
Appliances are collected on the city large item route for a per unit fee, and Iowa requires them to be recycled, which the agency does at the landfill for a lower per unit fee.
Large metal material rides the city large item pickup at a flat per pickup price, and the agency drop-off containers take only cans and jar lids rather than bulky metal.
The handoff matters
Trash, recycling and organics all run from the same curbside programme for households from single-family through six-unit multi-family. Carts go out by 6 a.m. on the collection day and no more than 24 hours ahead, with two feet of clearance and the lid arrow pointing toward the street, and extra trash uses a single-use sticker on each bag or item under 40 lbs and smaller than two feet by three feet. Holiday weeks can move the trash, recycling, organics and large item day, and collection may still run while city offices are closed.
City trash page with the four pay as you throw subscriptions and their monthly fees and setout limits, the excess bag stickers and the cart set-out rulesCity curbside collection page with the household eligibility, the four programme streams and the Public Works contactCity holiday collection page with the note that collection days may change in holiday weeks and the 2026 holiday tableThe city large item service takes furniture and other oversized loads on the regular collection day, priced flat for a couch-sized load, per appliance or screen, and per pickup for small corded items and large metal. Book it online, in the REThink Waste app or on 563-589-4250, set the items out by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day and no more than 24 hours before it, and expect an extra 20 dollar charge for an off-route trip. Where the landlord pays the utilities, tenants pre-pay at the Utility Billing counter in City Hall on 50 W. 13th Street.
City large item pickup page with the whole fee schedule, the off route charge, the set-out window, the payment and tenant prepayment rule, the acceptable item lists and the refusal listCity curbside collection page with the household eligibility, the four programme streams and the Public Works contactThe Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency landfill at 101 Airborne Road opens Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and every customer stops at the scale house first. Municipal solid waste is 52 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, clean rubble such as concrete and brick without rebar is 30 dollars per ton with a 30 dollar minimum, organics are 46 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, appliances are 20 dollars each, electronic screens are 20 dollars each, and an untarped residential load adds 10 dollars. Electronics are banned from the landfill by agency policy and taken only by appointment at the regional collection centre, and the same centre takes household chemicals year round by appointment for Dubuque and Delaware county residents.
Agency hours and fees page with the tipping fees, the rubble, organics, appliance, passenger tire and electronic screen rates, the size limits and the untarped load feeAgency landfill page with the Airborne Road address, the scale house procedure, the open hours and the mailing addressAgency electronic scrap page for residents with the landfill ban by agency policy, the appointment requirement, the scale house step and the paid and free electronic categoriesCity household hazardous waste page with the agency regional collection center, its year round appointment rule and the two contactsUse 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 Dubuque.
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 monthly subscriptions are available: a 35 gallon cart that takes up to 112 pounds, a 48 gallon cart with 168 pounds, a 64 gallon cart with 224 pounds and a 96 gallon cart with 335 pounds. Extra bags need a single-use sticker, one per bag or item, for bags under 40 lbs and items smaller than two feet by three feet, and electronics are excluded from the sticker option.Official guidance
Book it online, through the REThink Waste app, or by phone on 563-589-4250 during business hours, and the collection normally falls on the regular pickup day. Set the items out by 6 a.m. and no more than 24 hours before collection, and expect an extra 20 dollar fee if the trip has to be scheduled off route. Fees go on the utility account, and tenants whose landlord pays the utilities pre-pay at the Utility Billing counter in City Hall.Official guidance
On the city large item pickup, which charges a flat rate for a landfilled material load about the size of an average couch, or to the agency landfill on Airborne Road, where municipal solid waste is 52 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum. Book the city collection online or on 563-589-4250, and set the piece out by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day.Official guidance
Two published routes: the city large item pickup at a per appliance fee, or the agency landfill on Airborne Road at 20 dollars per appliance paid at the scale house, where Iowa requires appliances to be recycled. The appliance list covers refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, dishwashers, microwaves, washers, dryers, water heaters, air conditioners, furnaces and water softeners, and a working unit may qualify for a utility rebate instead.Official guidance
Large metal material such as grills and bed rails goes on the city large item pickup at a flat per pickup charge booked on 563-589-4250 or through the REThink Waste app. The agency's household recycling containers take aluminum, jar lids and tin, steel and aluminum cans, but not bulky metal, car parts or oil filters, so a metal appliance or grill belongs on the city route.Official guidance
The City of Dubuque Public Works Department runs curbside collection for households from single-family through six-unit multi-family, covering trash, recyclables, food scraps and yard waste, and the special large item pickup. Trash is charged by the cart under a pay-as-you-throw programme, recycling is free, and the office is at the Municipal Services Center on 925 Kerper Ct. on 563-589-4250. Disposal runs through the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency.Official guidance
Yes. The landfill at 101 Airborne Road is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and every customer stops at the scale house first with a covered load. Municipal solid waste is charged 52 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, clean rubble is 30 dollars per ton with a 30 dollar minimum, organics are 46 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, appliances and electronic screens are 20 dollars each, and an untarped residential load adds 10 dollars.Official guidance
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