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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Book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
Choose items or browse the full catalog.
Finish clearing the space
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.
Choose my itemsReady for pickup
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.
Your pickup is booked.
Your confirmation comes straight to your phone.
The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Des Plaines: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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One bulky item a week goes out with the regular collection at no additional charge. The item must be too large for the trash cart and 50 pounds or less, and extra items are scheduled with LRS and billed by volume.
Couches, chairs, tables and other furniture that will not fit the cart use the weekly bulk allowance, as long as the piece is 50 pounds or less and is not one of the excluded categories.
White goods such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and ovens are outside the free bulk allowance. LRS collects them only when the item is scheduled, and the city asks residents to remove appliance doors first.
Des Plaines residents can recycle electronics free at the Public Works garage on Wednesdays, including televisions, computers, phones and small devices. LRS also takes electronic waste curbside once a month by appointment.
Scrap metal and large metal items are not accepted in the recycling cart. A metal item inside the bulk definition can go out with the weekly bulk allowance, and heavier scrap needs a scheduled pickup.
The handoff matters
Des Plaines includes one bulky item a week, with the item too large for the cart and 50 pounds or less. White goods, electronics, concrete, dirt, stumps and engines are not part of that allowance, and anything extra needs an LRS appointment billed by volume.
Trash and recycling program, bulk items and odd-item disposalThe Public Works garage at 1111 Joseph J. Schwab Road opens its drop-off every Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. for electronics, tires without rims, automobile and household batteries and fluorescent bulbs, with item limits and residency rules in place.
Trash and recycling program, bulk items and odd-item disposalPublic Works and Engineering departmentUse 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 Des Plaines.
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.
One bulk item a week is included with your collection. Extra items are collected only when you schedule them with LRS, and those are billed by volume.Official guidance
Yes, as the weekly bulk item when it fits the size and weight definition. Anything beyond that one piece needs a scheduled pickup, which the city says is billed per yard.Official guidance
Schedule it with LRS and remove the doors, as the city instructs. White goods are not part of the free weekly bulk item, and LRS sets the collection fee.Official guidance
The Public Works garage at 1111 Joseph J. Schwab Road takes televisions and other electronics free from residents every Wednesday, and LRS also runs a monthly curbside electronic waste pickup that you schedule in advance.Official guidance
Not in the recycling cart. Lighter metal items can use the one-item weekly bulk allowance, and the city directs anything larger to a scheduled collection with its hauler.Official guidance
Lakeshore Recycling Systems collects trash, recycling and yard waste under the city contract, and residents contact LRS at 844-NEED-LRS for service, billing and extra pickups.Official guidance
On Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Des Plaines residents can bring electronics, tires without rims, automobile and household batteries and fluorescent bulbs, with limits on tires, batteries and bulbs. Household appliances are not accepted at the electronics drop-off.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.
