Old computer, spare monitor, printer that’s ready to go, gone from the curb. Choose your electronics, see the exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
Keep the setup you use. Clear out the one you don’t.
The old setup can go
You’ve moved on. Your old electronics haven’t.
The new laptop is working. The old monitor, tower and printer are still taking up a corner. Give the equipment you no longer use a pickup day, with the price settled before anyone arrives.
An exact price for your actual items.
Choose each device and see the total online. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. No visit just to find out the price.
A day to get it done.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Prepare your devices and have them outside before pickup.
Updates through the handoff.
Get a booking confirmation, a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the pickup is done. Your retired equipment is one less thing to keep track of.
A separate monitor and tower count separately. Small devices and cables have their own box option. Choose what is actually leaving so your price matches the pickup.
Monitor, desktop or laptop.
Choose Computer monitor for each separate display. Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. A laptop is its own item. Add only the devices going.
Printer or office copier.
A printer with a built-in scanner belongs under Printer. A floor-standing copy machine belongs under Office copier. The shape matters more than the brand.
A box of smaller electronics.
Use Box of electronics for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. For a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries, send a photo and confirm the fit before booking.
Electronics removal prices in Dubuque
First item / additional item
Computer monitor$79 / $19
Desktop computer$79 / $19
Laptop$79 / $19
Printer$79 / $19
Box of electronics$79 / $19
Phone$79 / $19
Office copier$159 / $85
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.
Prepare devices while they are still indoors and connected. Move them to an accessible outdoor pickup spot once they are ready to leave.
Dropcurb provides removal. Data erasure or certified data destruction is not included. For a device with a battery or condition concern, contact us before booking to confirm whether it can be collected.
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.
Save the files you want to keep. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to sign out of accounts and erase personal information. If a device will not turn on, resolve any data concerns before handing it over.
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Separate what stays from what goes.
Unplug the equipment and count the devices in your booking. Set aside any accessories you are keeping. Group the items being collected so the right equipment is easy to identify.
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Arrange the outdoor handoff.
Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. Add a location photo and access notes. You arrange any carrying from inside your home or building; we load and take away the prepared items outside.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
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.
City cost & eligibility
From $14 for for a landfilled material load such as extra trash or furniture, described as ten to twelve kitchen trash bags or about the size of an average couch, with appliances and televisions or monitors at $25.00 each, small corded items and large metal material at $6.50 per pickup and automobile tires at $9.00 each. City of Dubuque solid waste customers, charged to the utility billing account, with an extra $20.00 fee for an off-route pickup.
When & how
Book the collection online, through the REThink Waste app or by phone on 563-589-4250 during business hours, then set the items out by 6 a.m. on the scheduled date and no more than 24 hours before it. Items normally go on the regular collection day, and an off-route trip costs 20 dollars more.
Get it ready
Where the landlord pays the utilities, tenants have to pre-pay at the Utility Billing counter in City Hall on 50 W. 13th Street, and a household whose utility account is in someone else's name should call Public Works to arrange the collection. Asbestos, batteries, bricks, building and construction materials, ceiling tiles, chemicals, concrete, explosives, fencing, fire extinguishers, liquids, lumber, motor oil, paint, propane cylinders, rocks, shingles and yard waste are refused.
Screens and small corded items ride the city large item pickup, and the agency takes electronics by appointment only because its policy bans them from the landfill.
City cost & eligibility
From $6.5 per pickup for small corded items such as VCRs, keyboards, vacuums, fans, cables, chargers and speakers on the city large item collection, with televisions and monitors at $25.00 each from the city or $20.00 each at the agency regional collection centre, where most other electronics are free. City of Dubuque solid waste customers on the large item route, or any residential customer with an appointment at the agency regional collection centre.
When & how
Book the city pickup for the regular collection day, or make an appointment with the agency and stop at the scale house on arrival to notify the operator before heading to the collection centre.
Get it ready
Keep screens and corded items out of the recycling cart, which refuses electronics. At the agency, computer monitors and every kind of television carry a fee while laptops, tablets, cell phones, computer towers, peripherals, cables, players, game consoles, stereo components, holiday lights and small kitchen appliances are free, and electronics are banned from the landfill by agency policy.
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.
The 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.
The 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.
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.
City of Dubuque Public Works with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency
Book the city large item collection
A Dubuque household with furniture, an appliance, a television or monitor, small corded items, metal or a couch-sized load of extra trash.
Cost & conditions
From $14 for for a landfilled material load about the size of an average couch or ten to twelve kitchen bags, with appliances and screens at $25.00 each, small corded items and large metal material at $6.50 per pickup and automobile tires at $9.00 each. City of Dubuque solid waste customers, charged to the utility billing account, with an extra $20.00 fee for an off-route pickup.
Arrange it
Book online, in the REThink Waste app or on 563-589-4250, and set the items out by 6 a.m. on the scheduled day and no more than 24 hours before it.
Asbestos, batteries, bricks, building and construction materials, ceiling tiles, chemicals, concrete, explosives, fencing, fire extinguishers, liquids, lumber, motor oil, paint, propane cylinders, rocks, shingles and yard waste are refused, and a household whose account is in another name needs prior approval from Public Works.
City of Dubuque Public Works with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency
Self haul to the agency landfill
A household with construction debris, a mixed load, yard waste by the ton or a load the city large item route refuses.
Cost & conditions
From $52 per ton for municipal solid waste with a $20 minimum, while clean rubble such as concrete and brick without rebar is $30 per ton with a $30 minimum, organics are $46 per ton with a $20 minimum, appliances are $20 each and electronic screens are $20 each, and an untarped residential load adds $10. Any customer, with all loads crossing the scale house first and every load covered or tarped.
Arrange it
Take the load to 101 Airborne Road between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, stop at the scale house, and keep the load tarped.
Electronics are banned from the landfill by agency policy and go to the regional collection centre by appointment, appliances have to be recycled under Iowa rules, and the agency is closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
City of Dubuque Public Works with the Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency
Book an appointment at the regional collection centre
A household with paint, chemicals, motor oil, propane cylinders, batteries or electronics to dispose of.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes the appointment requirement and the contact numbers without a fee schedule for household chemicals, while the agency publishes a $20.00 fee for each electronic screen, so confirm the material and any charge on 563-557-8220 when the appointment is booked.
Arrange it
Make an appointment, then take the material to the agency facility at 101 Airborne Road and stop at the scale house to notify the operator of the appointment.
The centre serves Dubuque and Delaware county residents, electronics are refused at the landfill itself, and the city refuses batteries, chemicals, paint, motor oil and propane cylinders on the curbside large item route.
Agency landfill and regional collection centre for waste, rubble, organics, appliances and electronics
Dubuque Metropolitan Area Solid Waste Agency Landfill
101 Airborne Road, Dubuque, IA 52003
Municipal solid waste including construction debris, clean rubble such as concrete and brick without rebar, yard waste for the on-site organics processing facility, appliances, passenger vehicle tires within the four tire limit, and household recyclables at drop-off containers. Electronic screens and other electronics are accepted at the Regional Collection Center by appointment only.
Every customer stops at the scale house first, loads must be covered or tarped, electronics are banned from the landfill by agency policy, appliances have to be recycled under Iowa rules, and the agency is closed on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the organics processing facility taking yard waste inside the same window
From $52 per ton for municipal solid waste with a $20 minimum, while clean rubble is $30 per ton with a $30 minimum, organics are $46 per ton with a $20 minimum, appliances are $20 each, electronic screens are $20 each and an untarped residential load adds $10. Any customer, with the load crossing the scale house first.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Electronics removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Dubuque.
How much does electronics pickup cost in Dubuque?+
A computer monitor is $79 as the first item and $19 as an additional item. Choose the actual devices and quantities to see your combined price online. A separate desktop tower and monitor are separate items. Loading, transportation and disposal are included; review the total and any applicable tax before payment.
Can you pick up old electronics today in Dubuque?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates shown at checkout and have the prepared items outside according to your confirmation. We text you when your hauler is on the way and provide photos when the pickup is done. The booking is for a day, not an exact arrival time.
Does computer removal include my monitor and printer?+
Desktop computer covers one tower or one all-in-one computer. Add a separate monitor, printer or laptop as its own item if it is going too. For small devices, cables and chargers together, choose Box of electronics and check the description before booking.
Do you erase data from old computers?+
Data erasure and certified data destruction are not included in Dropcurb removal. Back up the information you need, then follow the manufacturer’s sign-out and reset instructions before pickup. If a device cannot be erased or contains sensitive business information, arrange suitable data handling before giving it away. Completion photos confirm the pickup, not data destruction.Official guidance
Can I book one box of old cables and small electronics?+
Yes. Box of electronics is an existing option for small devices, cables and chargers together in one box. A monitor, desktop computer and printer each have their own item option. Send a photo before booking for a large or heavy box, unusual contents or separate batteries so we can confirm the fit.
How do I book a Dubuque large item pickup?+
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
Where do Dubuque televisions and computers go?+
On the city large item pickup, where televisions and monitors cost a flat price each and small corded items are charged per pickup, or at the agency regional collection centre on Airborne Road, where screens cost 20 dollars each and most other electronics are free. The agency bans electronics from the landfill and takes them by appointment only, so book first and stop at the scale house on arrival.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Dubuque?+
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
Can I take my own load to the agency landfill?+
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
One less thing on your list
Give your old electronics a pickup day.
Choose what’s going. See the price. Clear that corner in Dubuque.
