Morganton, North Carolina

Bulk junk removal
in Morganton.

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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What is ready to go?

First item / additional item

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Book by 2pm for same-day pickup.

Choose items or browse the full catalog.

Two separate tied household bags and one filled box grouped outside an open doorway, with the entrance kept clear.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.

Finish clearing the space

The last few things still deserve a pickup.

You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.

The move is nearly done.

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.

The clear-out can be finished.

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.

You want to know it is handled.

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.

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A clear count. An exact price.

Count the bags and boxes, not everything inside.

A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.

Filled bags and boxes

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 and containers

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.

Furniture and other larger items

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.

Bulk junk removal prices in Morganton

First item / additional item

  • Trash bag$59 / $10
  • Filled household box$59 / $15
  • Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
  • Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
  • 10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
  • Box of toys$89 / $29
  • Dumpster Bag$300 / $250

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 items

Ready for pickup

Bring the booked items together outside.

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.

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.

Text us about your setup
  1. Count it before you book.

    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.

  2. Make the handoff easy.

    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.

  3. Show us what goes.

    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.

You’re in the loop.
Until it’s gone.

Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.

Dropcurb

Your pickup is booked.

You’re booked.

Your confirmation comes straight to your phone.

The local disposal guide

What are your
local options?

Bulk junk removal in Morganton: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.

Reviewed · Sources below

Bulk items and large household goods

Accepted with preparation

Larger items that do not fit the weekly route are collected as bulk waste by appointment for a base fee. Furniture is the common case, and the same collection covers other uncommon household items.

City cost & eligibility
$25 for base fee per bulk waste collection. The base fee is 25 dollars per collection for larger items, appliances and other uncommon household trash, scheduled through Public Works at 828-438-5248.
When & how
Bulk collection is scheduled rather than routed, so the date is arranged when you call Public Works at 828-438-5248.
Get it ready
Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 to schedule the collection and place the item where the crew directs you. Because the county landfill bans white goods and cardboard from disposal, those items follow the recycling route rather than a general bulk load.
Bulk Waste

Mattresses and box springs

Accepted with preparation

A mattress does not fit the weekly garbage route, so it is handled as a bulk item by appointment. The county transfer station also takes furniture and mixed-material items it calls a rough box.

City cost & eligibility
$25 for base fee per bulk waste collection scheduled with Public Works. Mattresses are collected as bulk waste, which carries a base fee of 25 dollars per collection. The county transfer station accepts furniture and mixed-material items as rough box material.
When & how
Schedule through Public Works at 828-438-5248 for a bulk collection date.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and set it where the crew asks when the bulk collection is arranged. If you take it to the county instead, it belongs with the rough box material rather than the recycling containers.
Bulk WasteRecycling Information

Appliances and white goods

Accepted with preparation

Appliances are picked up through the same scheduled bulk collection as furniture for the base fee. Burke County bans white goods from the landfill and accepts them for recycling instead, which is why the city charges for the collection.

City cost & eligibility
$25 for base fee per bulk waste collection. Appliances are collected as bulk waste at a base fee of 25 dollars per collection. Burke County bans white goods from landfill disposal and accepts them for recycling, and the city cites those county fees and bans as one reason for its collection fee.
When & how
Scheduled through Public Works at 828-438-5248, the same route as other bulk items.
Get it ready
Empty the appliance and secure or remove the doors before the collection. Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 to put the unit on a bulk collection, and expect white goods to be routed to recycling rather than buried, because the county bans their disposal.
Bulk Waste

The handoff matters

Right item.
Right place.

Bulky items need an appointment and a fee

A sofa, mattress or appliance does not go out on the weekly route. Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 to schedule a bulk collection, which carries a base fee of 25 dollars per collection, and place the item where the crew tells you to leave it.

Bulk Waste

For your Dropcurb pickup

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.

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Choose what fits

A few ways
to get it gone.

The right option depends on what you have, where it is and when you need the space back.

Outdoor pickup

Dropcurb

See your price, choose an available day and follow your pickup updates.

Price
Upfront item pricing. Loading, transportation and disposal included; applicable sales tax shown before payment.
Your part
Bring the selected items to an accessible outdoor spot. We load and haul them away.
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City of Morganton Public Works Department

Schedule a bulk waste collection

The route for a sofa, mattress, appliance or other large household item that does not go on the weekly truck.

Cost & conditions
$25 for base fee per bulk waste collection. 25 dollars per collection covers larger items, appliances and other uncommon household trash scheduled through Public Works.
Arrange it
Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 and agree a collection day, then set the item out as directed.

This is an appointment service rather than a routed collection, and white goods are recycled rather than landfilled because the county bans their disposal.

Morganton bulk waste

Taking it somewhere yourself?

Morganton residents can take material to the John's River Waste Management Facility at 2500 Marsh Trail, where a transfer station handles general household waste and recycling and a separate landfill takes construction and demolition debris. Metal and clean tires are recycled there, tires without rims at no charge, and cardboard is accepted only in corrugated form. The county does not accept gasoline or kerosene anywhere on site, and household hazardous waste such as oil-based paint, solvents and oven cleaner has to go elsewhere. The city and county pages reviewed do not publish the facility hours and the county page carried a notice that landfill phones were down, so call 828-764-9071 before you load a vehicle. Waste Management FacilitiesRecycling Information

County drop-off

John's River Waste Management Facility

2500 Marsh Trail, Morganton, NC

Furniture and mixed-material items are accepted as rough box material, and the transfer station takes general household waste.

White goods are banned from landfill disposal and are accepted for recycling instead. Household hazardous waste, gasoline and kerosene are not accepted.

The county and city pages reviewed do not publish transfer station or landfill hours, and the county page carried a live notice that landfill phones were down, so confirm current hours by phone before travelling.

From $5 for miscellaneous disposal fee minimum. The county lists a 5 dollar minimum miscellaneous disposal fee alongside an annual residential dwelling fee of 97 dollars with a 46.56 dollar qualified reduced rate. Confirm which applies to your load by phone.

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Customer reviews

Less stuff. A lot less stress.

“Quick and easy pickup. I wasn’t home and they sent me a picture of the pickup. Good communication too.”

Paul H.Google review

“Easy to schedule, same or next day appt and excellent prices. Highly recommend!”

Kathleen S.Trustpilot review

Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.

Before you book

A few things
worth knowing.

Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Morganton.

How much does bulk junk removal cost in Morganton?

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.

Can you pick up bags of junk today?

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.

Do I count every object inside a bag or box?

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.

Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?

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.

Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?

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.

How do I schedule a bulk pick-up in Morganton?

Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 and schedule the collection. Bulk waste carries a base fee of 25 dollars per collection, and it covers larger items, appliances and other uncommon household trash that does not go on the weekly route.Official guidance

Will the city take a mattress?

Yes, as bulk waste. Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 to schedule the collection, which carries a base fee of 25 dollars. Burke County's transfer station also takes furniture and mixed-material items under its rough box category if you would rather drop it off.Official guidance

How are appliances picked up in Morganton?

Call Public Works at 828-438-5248 to schedule a bulk collection, which carries a base fee of 25 dollars and covers appliances and larger items. Burke County bans white goods from the landfill and recycles them, so an appliance never goes out with the ordinary weekly garbage.Official guidance

What does a bulk pick-up cost in Morganton?

Bulk waste carries a base fee of 25 dollars per collection, and you schedule it by calling Public Works at 828-438-5248. The monthly residential sanitation fee is separate and already covers weekly garbage, one grapple of limbs per pass, and small amounts of bagged leaves. Dropcurb pricing for a pickup is shown at checkout and is not connected to these municipal charges.Official guidance

Who do I call about collection in Morganton?

Call Morganton Public Works at 828-438-5248 for bulk collections, bagged leaf and yard trimming requests, and questions about your route. Burke County looks after the transfer station, construction and demolition landfill and convenience sites, and landfill administration can be reached at 828-764-9071.Official guidance

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