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.
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.
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 Salisbury
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.
Anything left outside the city issued cart counts as a bulky item, which means extra bags, boxes and bins of household material need the same booking as a couch or an appliance. Pickups are scheduled and paid the day before, the truck that collects them is separate from the garbage truck, and four times a year the city waives the fee entirely for a Spruce Up Week.
City cost & eligibility
$10 for for a scheduled bulky pickup covering up to two items, with each additional item at five dollars and each extra bag or box at two dollars fifty, paid in advance of the service. Salisbury residents who schedule and pay no later than 2:30 p.m. the day before the collection day, in person at 303 W Franklin Street or by phone on (704) 638-5260 option 5, option 1, option 5; loads over a truckload and special cases are priced after a site visit.
When & how
Call or visit Public Works to book and pay, then put the material at the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day. A booking taken after 2:30 p.m. moves to the following week.
Get it ready
Keep household material bagged or boxed, keep the pile clear of the cart and of meters, poles and mailboxes, keep everything out of the recycling cart, and remember that tires, batteries, building material, paint and hazardous items cannot be included at any price.
Garbage and yard waste are collected every week and recycling every other week, all on the same weekday, and the carts go to the roadside by 7 a.m. and come back in by midnight. Put the cart within two feet of the roadside with the handle facing the house, leave three feet between it and anything else such as another cart, a mailbox or a pole, and keep it out of the street. Garbage is bagged inside the green city cart, and regular collection runs on every holiday except Christmas.
Anything outside the city cart is a booked bulky item
The city treats every item left outside its issued cart as bulky, so a piece of furniture or a bagged load needs a scheduled pickup and prepayment before 2:30 p.m. the day before the collection day. A separate truck handles the bulky stop on the same day as the normal collection, and the fee schedule covers up to two items with extra charges for additional items and for each extra bag or box. Bookings taken after the cut off wait a week.
Yard debris is collected every week on the same day as garbage, with recycling on every other week, with one collection of limbs per residence per week, limbs cut to six feet or shorter and eight inches or less in diameter, and large ends facing the street. Bagged leaves go out on the yard waste day, while loose leaves are vacuumed from mid-October to about mid-March and should be raked to the curb by Monday of the collection week. Homeowners keep responsibility for stumps, trunks and limbs over those limits.
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 Salisbury Public Works Department with Rowan County drop-off sites
Book a bulky item pickup for your collection day
A Salisbury household with furniture, a mattress, an appliance, exercise equipment or extra bagged household material that will not fit the city cart.
Cost & conditions
$10 for for a scheduled bulky pickup covering up to two items, with each additional item at five dollars and each extra bag or box at two dollars fifty, paid in advance. Salisbury residents who schedule and pay by 2:30 p.m. the day before the collection day, at the Public Works Administration Building or by phone, using Visa or MasterCard.
Arrange it
Call (704) 638-5260 option 5, option 1, option 5, or visit 303 W Franklin Street between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on a weekday to book and pay, then put the items at the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day.
Payment must clear before the pickup, bookings after the 2:30 p.m. cut off slip to the next week, a different truck collects the load, and tires, batteries, building material, paint and electronics cannot be included at any price.
City of Salisbury Public Works Department with Rowan County drop-off sites
Wait for a free Spruce Up Week
A household that can hold its load for a few weeks and wants the pickup, the appliances and the tires taken at no charge.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free to residents living inside the city limits of Salisbury during the four Spruce Up Weeks each year, with no businesses eligible and items at the curb before 7 a.m. on the regular collection day.
Arrange it
Put the accepted items at the curb on your regular collection day during the week, and leave tires without rims at the curb afterwards, because they are collected the following Monday. The 2026 rounds are January 5 to 9, April 6 to 10, July 13 to 17 and October 5 to 9.
The programme is for city residents only, the same refused list applies, including building material and electronics, tires are capped at five without rims per location, and the dates are set annually so the next round has to be confirmed on the city page.
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 Salisbury.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Salisbury?+
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 bulky item pickup in Salisbury?+
Call Public Works on (704) 638-5260 option 5, option 1, option 5, or visit the administration building at 303 W Franklin Street between 8 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. on a weekday, and pay with Visa or MasterCard. The booking and payment have to be done by 2:30 p.m. the day before the collection day.Official guidance
How is a bulky pickup priced in Salisbury?+
The posted schedule covers up to two bulky items, charges extra for each additional item and for each extra bag or box, and everything is paid in advance of the service. Loads bigger than a truckload, including bulk brush, are priced from a site visit.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Salisbury?+
The city does, through the Public Works Department and its Public Services division. Garbage goes in the green city cart the household is issued, recycling goes in a blue cart the city bought from Republic Services and marks with a City of Salisbury seal, and yard waste goes out the same day. Garbage and yard waste are collected every week and recycling every other week, all on the same weekday, with the recycling dates on the city Recycling Calendar, and a separate truck handles scheduled bulky items.Official guidance
Does Salisbury collect trash on holidays?+
Yes. Regular garbage collection runs on every holiday except Christmas, so the weekly schedule holds through most of the year, and carts still go out by 7 a.m. on the normal collection day.Official guidance
When are the Salisbury Spruce Up Weeks?+
Four times a year, for residents inside the city limits. The 2026 weeks are January 5 to 9, April 6 to 10, July 13 to 17 and October 5 to 9, with items at the curb before 7 a.m. on the regular collection day, appliances and up to five tires without rims included and no charge.Official guidance
Can I get help getting my carts to the curb in Salisbury?+
Yes, through the free Waste Collection Assistance programme for current Public Works customers who have a permanent or temporary disability that makes taking carts to the curb difficult. It needs a doctor or DMV verification, allows annual audits, and crews still will not go behind gates, into garages or up steps.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.