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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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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Middletown: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Middletown does collect large items at the curb, but not on the regular run. Bulk trash is a separate appointment with a charge, booked at the Public Works office after the charge is paid.
A couch or piece of furniture leaves on the charged city bulk appointment or on a self haul load to an Orange County transfer station, where it is priced as solid waste rather than recycled.
A mattress is not part of the weekly cart pickup. It moves on the charged city bulk appointment or as solid waste at an Orange County transfer station, where a mattress counts as an item not in a garbage bag.
Only city provided carts go on the curb, garbage must be bagged inside the green cart with the lid closed, and anything left outside a cart is not collected.
The handoff matters
Middletown collects garbage once a week by ward. The First Ward sets out Wednesday evening for Thursday, the Second Ward Monday evening for Tuesday, the Third Ward Tuesday evening for Wednesday and the Fourth Ward Sunday evening for Monday. Recycling is city wide: put it out Thursday evening for the Friday pickup, or the Saturday pickup shown in the holiday weeks on the city schedule.
Middletown garbage and recycling page with the ward set out nights, the Friday recycling run with its 2026 date list, the charged residential bulk trash collection and its exclusion list with the doors off appliance rule, the 2026 holiday schedule, the acceptable and unacceptable recycling lists, the 76 Monhagen Avenue drop-off centre and the April to November yard waste programmeCity Code Chapter 407 as amended in May 2021 with the city receptacle requirement, the 30 foot storage rule, the free receptacle sets for single family, two family and multi family residences, the Friday recycling collection and the ward garbage days, the no earlier than 5 p.m. set out with removal by 7 p.m., the four foot driveway placement, the city markets recycling mandate and the city drop-off centresA city cart may go to the curb no earlier than 5 p.m. the evening before collection and has to be off the curb by 7 p.m. on the collection day. Place it within four feet of the driveway, or in the spot Public Works designates for a property without one, keep it clear of anything that blocks the truck's arm, and keep the lid closed because material outside a cart is not collected.
City Code Chapter 407 as amended in May 2021 with the city receptacle requirement, the 30 foot storage rule, the free receptacle sets for single family, two family and multi family residences, the Friday recycling collection and the ward garbage days, the no earlier than 5 p.m. set out with removal by 7 p.m., the four foot driveway placement, the city markets recycling mandate and the city drop-off centresSanitation services information brochure with the green cart for garbage and blue cart for recycling rule, the requirement that everything be inside a city issued cart, the four foot driveway placement, the 95, 65 and 35 gallon cart sizes, the free single family set, the annual charge for each additional cart and the mixed use and commercial cart limitCollection rules reminder for residence buildings restating the City Code 407-5 prohibition on storing garbage or receptacles within 30 feet of a public roadway except when set out, and the 24 hour limit for removing empty receptacles after collectionBulk trash is a charged appointment, and the city books it at the Public Works office at 16 James Street once the charge is paid. Remove the doors from an appliance first, and never leave the item at the curb while waiting to book, because city code only allows garbage or receptacles at the curb when they are set out for collection. A load past a single axle dump truck is still collected but billed for the extra on time and material.
Middletown garbage and recycling page with the ward set out nights, the Friday recycling run with its 2026 date list, the charged residential bulk trash collection and its exclusion list with the doors off appliance rule, the 2026 holiday schedule, the acceptable and unacceptable recycling lists, the 76 Monhagen Avenue drop-off centre and the April to November yard waste programmeCity Code Chapter 407 as amended in May 2021 with the city receptacle requirement, the 30 foot storage rule, the free receptacle sets for single family, two family and multi family residences, the Friday recycling collection and the ward garbage days, the no earlier than 5 p.m. set out with removal by 7 p.m., the four foot driveway placement, the city markets recycling mandate and the city drop-off centresPublic Works department page with the 16 James Street address, the 845-343-3169 sanitation line, the after hours police number, the annual Clean up Week and the notice for the Orange County household hazardous waste and pharmaceutical collection event in New HamptonCollection rules reminder for residence buildings restating the City Code 407-5 prohibition on storing garbage or receptacles within 30 feet of a public roadway except when set out, and the 24 hour limit for removing empty receptacles after collectionUse 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 Middletown.
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.
Call the Department of Public Works on 845-343-3169 and book it at the office at 16 James Street once the charge has been paid. Doors have to come off an appliance first, and electronics, tires, construction debris, paint, propane tanks and hazardous materials are excluded from the service.Official guidance
Either on the charged city bulk appointment booked through Public Works, or on a self haul load to an Orange County transfer station, where furniture is priced as solid waste by weight. Transfer Station 1 in New Hampton takes it, and Transfer Station 2 in Newburgh is not accepting furniture at this time.Official guidance
Not on the weekly run. A mattress goes on the charged city bulk appointment booked through Public Works, or on a self haul load to an Orange County transfer station where it is priced as solid waste because it is not in a garbage bag.Official guidance
Within four feet of the driveway, out no earlier than 5 p.m. the evening before the collection day, and back off the curb by 7 p.m. on the day itself. A property without a driveway should call Public Works for a designated spot, and anything outside a city cart is not collected.Official guidance
Garbage rides the weekly ward run in a city green cart and recycling rides the Friday run in a city blue cart, both with the city's set out window. A bulky item is not part of either run: it is a charged appointment booked at the Public Works office at 16 James Street on 845-343-3169, and cooling appliances go on that appointment only with their doors removed.Official guidance
Medical waste may not go in the garbage or the recycling, and the bulk service excludes electronics, car parts, tires, stones, dirt, construction debris, fuel oil, propane tanks, paint and hazardous materials. Those streams go to an Orange County transfer station, where electronics and recycling are free and the other material is weighed and charged.Official guidance
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