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 Burlington
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 cannot go in the trash and is a banned landfill item on the bulk route, so the set moves through the tagged curbside option, a free resident event or the county convenience center.
City cost & eligibility
From $5 per television or computer monitor at the Alamance County Landfill convenience center, where the county fee schedule prices both at $5.00 each. Household e-waste taken to the convenience center on Austin Quarter Road; Burlington also tags e-waste left at the curb on the regular trash day at $15.00 per item on the water bill, and runs free resident-only collection events twice a year.
When & how
Choose the route that suits the week. The city tags e-waste at the curb on the regular trash day for a per item charge, the free resident events at 234 E. Summit Avenue ran on Saturday, February 7, 2026 and Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 9:00am to 2:00pm, and the convenience center opens Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
Get it ready
Keep the set whole and dry, wipe anything that stores data, keep the remote and cords with it, and never put a television in the black cart or in a bulk pile, because e-waste is a banned landfill item and the bulk crew will leave it.
Each Burlington residential customer gets one black 95 gallon roll out container for household garbage, collected once a week on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday route with no Wednesday collection. The cart goes to the curb by 7:00 am with five feet of clearance on each side and fifteen feet above, and comes back in by 7:00 pm. The lid arrows face the street so the automated arms can grip the container, and the black cart refuses recyclables, yard waste, liquids, dirt, masonry, rock, metal, wood, building materials, ashes, contractor waste, fluorescent tubes, electronic waste and hazardous waste. In congested areas such as the central business district, rear packer trucks collect from containers no larger than 32 gallons, and only clear plastic bags are collected without a permanent container.
Banned landfill items and oversized loads are the two ways a set out goes wrong
Tires, electronics such as computer equipment and televisions, wooden pallets, hazardous and liquid waste, used oil, oil filters, antifreeze, lead acid batteries, fluorescent lights, mercury thermostats, ABC beverage containers, regulated medical waste and oyster shells are banned landfill items and will not be picked up; an abandoned banned item left at the curb may be collected and billed. Items too large for the truck, building materials and lumber above two 32-gallon containers, logs and stumps, closed containers and automobile parts are also refused. Since August 19, 2026, bulk waste above a standard pickup truck bed load is treated as excessive and draws a minimum fee, with another fee for each additional landfill trip.
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 Burlington Public Works Solid Waste Division with GFL Environmental and the Alamance County Landfill
Take electronics to the free resident collection event
A Burlington household with a television, monitor, computer, printer or other device covered by the state e-waste ban.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Burlington residents only, household e-waste only, at the free collection events in the Public Works parking lot at 234 E. Summit Avenue.
Arrange it
Bring the device to the Public Works parking lot on an event day. The 2026 events ran Saturday, February 7 and Saturday, October 3, from 9:00am to 2:00pm.
The events run twice a year rather than every week, and they are limited to residents and to household e-waste, so a device that cannot wait has to use the tagged curbside option or the county convenience center.
City of Burlington Public Works Solid Waste Division with GFL Environmental and the Alamance County Landfill
Haul the load to the Alamance County Landfill
A household with a load of construction debris, wood, drywall, roofing, yard waste, metal, tires, bagged garbage or electronic waste that the city route will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $1 per 13-gallon bag of household garbage at the convenience center, with larger bags at $2.00, a mattress at $5.00, a box spring at $3.00, a television or computer monitor at $5.00 and scale loads priced by the ton including $44.00 for construction debris and $32.00 for yard waste, with a 2.95 percent service fee and a $2.20 minimum on card and check payments. Household material brought to 2701 Austin Quarter Road in Graham; the convenience center takes cash only, while the scales take cash, card or check with a $5.00 minimum.
Arrange it
Take bagged garbage and recyclables to the convenience center, and take anything large or bulky across the scales during scale hours, which are Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm.
Construction debris, large residential loads, yard waste and brush, tires and metal are only accepted during scale hours, and the convenience center is cash only.
Book a private hauler for what the city route will not take
A business, institution, landlord or household with an oversized pile, a contractor load or banned material that the city's residential bulk route will not collect.
Cost & conditions
Burlington publishes no rate for private hauling, and the city route itself is not available to businesses or institutions, so the price depends on the hauler, the material and the volume. Ask for a quote before the load is set out.
Arrange it
Arrange the pickup directly with a licensed hauler, and keep the material off the right of way until the hauler arrives so a banned item is not left for the city crew to tag.
The city will not collect from businesses or institutions, and the material still has to reach a permitted disposal site, so confirm where the hauler is taking the load.
County landfill with a convenience center, scales and household hazardous waste drop-off
Alamance County Landfill
2701 Austin Quarter Road, Graham, NC 27253
Bagged household garbage and recyclables at the convenience center, plus weighed loads of residential and industrial garbage, construction and demolition debris, mixed construction material, wood, drywall and sheetrock, roofing and shingles, bricks and concrete, yard waste and brush, metal, tires and electronic waste. The convenience center takes appliances, mattresses, box springs and televisions, and household hazardous waste drop-off covers used oil, used oil filters, antifreeze, used cooking oil, lead acid batteries and electronic waste.
Large and bulky loads have to go across the scales because the convenience center is for bagged household trash; construction debris, large residential loads, yard waste and brush, tires and metal are only accepted during scale hours; the convenience center takes cash only; and homeowners are limited to 5 gallons of used oil, 5 used oil filters and 5 tires off the rims for free tire disposal, with a larger quantity only if it qualifies.
Landfill and scales Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:30 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 12:00 pm, closed Sunday; convenience and recycling center Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 6:00 pm, Saturday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, except holidays.
From $1 per 13-gallon bag of household garbage at the convenience center, with larger bags at $2.00, a mattress at $5.00, a box spring at $3.00 and a television or computer monitor at $5.00, and scale rates per ton of $44.00 for garbage, construction debris, wood, drywall, roofing, metal, bricks and concrete, $32.00 for yard waste and $76.00 for tires, with a 2.95 percent service fee and a $2.20 minimum on card and check payments. Household material brought to the convenience center or across the scales, with the $5.00 scale minimum, cash only at the convenience center and the service fee applying to non-cash payment at the scales.
City public works parking lot used for the free resident e-waste collection events
City of Burlington Public Works parking lot
234 E. Summit Avenue, Burlington, NC
Household electronic waste from Burlington residents, including televisions and computer equipment, at the free collection events held in the public works parking lot.
The events are limited to Burlington residents and to household e-waste, they run on published dates twice a year rather than daily, and a device that misses an event has to use the tagged curbside option on the regular trash day or the Alamance County Landfill convenience center.
Event days run 9:00am to 2:00pm; the 2026 events were Saturday, February 7 and Saturday, October 3. Solid waste office questions are answered Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:00 pm on 336-222-5111.
No charge. Burlington residents dropping household e-waste at a scheduled event in the public works parking lot.
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 Burlington.
How much does TV removal cost in Burlington?+
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 Burlington?+
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 does a television go in Burlington?+
Not in the trash and not in a bulk pile, because North Carolina's e-waste ban makes a television a banned landfill item and Burlington's bulk crew will not pick it up. The city offers a tagged curbside pickup on the regular trash day for a per item charge on the water bill, two free collection events a year at the Public Works parking lot on Summit Avenue, and the Alamance County Landfill convenience center as the year round drop-off.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Burlington?+
The City of Burlington collects it. The Solid Waste Division runs weekly household garbage, yard waste and bulk waste collection, the account comes with one black 95 gallon roll out container, and the service is billed on the monthly water and sewer statement. Collection days are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday or Friday depending on the address, and there is no Wednesday collection. Household questions go to the division at 336-222-5111.Official guidance
What happens to electronics and televisions in Burlington?+
They cannot go in the trash or a bulk pile, because North Carolina's e-waste ban keeps televisions, computers and similar devices out of the landfill. Burlington tags e-waste left at the curb on the regular trash day and bills a per item charge to the water account, runs free collection events for residents in the Public Works parking lot on Summit Avenue, and points households to the Alamance County Landfill convenience center, which takes appliances as well as electronics.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 Burlington.
