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 Waco
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.
Cobbs takes computers and cell phones from anyone at no charge, but it refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, so a screen has no published city route.
City cost & eligibility
Cobbs lists computer and cell phone recycling in the self-service section open to everyone, and its unacceptable list refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables. No television route is published on the city pages read for this packet, so confirm the item with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before loading a screen.
When & how
Take computers and cell phones to Cobbs between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., and ask the city first about anything that is not a computer or a phone.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data before handover, and keep batteries out of the load, because Cobbs refuses lithium ion and car batteries and takes only household batteries and curly CFL bulbs. Keep chargers and cables out as well, since the center lists them as unacceptable.
Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint and chemicals stay out
The bulky pile refuses appliances containing Freon, basketball goals, glass such as tabletops and mirrors, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids and hazardous materials, and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. Extra bags of trash never count as bulky waste either. Freon appliances, glass, tires and paint go to the Cobbs Recycling Center for a fee, and a household there is limited to four free bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards each.
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.
A Waco household with recycling, bulky or brush material, latex paint, used motor oil, computers, phones, or a Freon appliance to clear.
Cost & conditions
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances for motor oil, latex paint and four bulky and brush trips are free with proof of residency, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee at (254) 299-2489 before loading.
Arrange it
Drive to 4201 Trice Ave between Monday and Saturday, 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with the current water bill and a matching photo identification, and keep the bulky and brush bays in mind because they close at 4:45 p.m.
Four bulky and brush trips a year at no more than eight cubic yards per visit, five gallons a month each of latex paint and of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters, and tires limited to four per visit off the rim and no larger than twenty inches. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, hazardous waste, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are refused.
Waco gives a household two ways to move large material. The curbside route is one requested bulky waste pickup a month at no additional charge, with the pile capped at six by six by six feet, and it refuses Freon appliances, glass, tires, paint, chemicals, liquids, hazardous materials and construction material containing bricks, concrete or tiles. The drop-off route is the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, open Monday to Saturday, where the self-service recycling streams are open to everyone and a Waco resident with a current water bill and a matching photo identification gets four free bulky and brush trips a year, five gallons a month of latex paint and the same allowance of used motor oil, antifreeze and filters. Freon appliances go to Cobbs with a technician's tag or pay the center's removal fee, and tires are limited to four per visit off the rim with published fees. Computers and cell phones are the electronics the city takes, while scrapped out televisions and electronics, chargers and cables are refused, and a renovation load has no public route at all. Residential cart services, fees, bulky waste rules and placementBulky waste service request flyer with size, exclusions and request lineCobbs Recycling Center accepted items, resident allowances and feesSolid waste division overview and the October 2026 service changes
City drop-off center with resident allowances and fees
Cobbs Recycling Center
4201 Trice Ave, Waco, TX 76710
Self-service recycling for everyone in separated streams: plastics, glass bottles and food jars, metal cans, paper and cardboard, cooking oil that is liquid only, household batteries and curly CFL bulbs, packing styrofoam, and computers and cell phones. For Waco residents with proof of residency: used motor oil, antifreeze and oil filters up to five gallons a month, latex paint up to five gallons a month, and four trips of bulky and brush waste at no more than eight cubic yards per visit. For residents with a fee: refrigerators and other appliances containing Freon, and tires.
Window, table and dish glass are refused, as are food contaminated board, lithium ion and car batteries, food containers in the foam stream, appliances holding Freon without a removal tag or fee, tires on the rim, commercial or industrial tires, and larger than twenty inch tires. Remodeling or construction debris, commercial waste, propane cylinders, old gasoline, radioactive materials, household hazardous waste, leaking equipment, speakers in wooden cabinets, scrapped out televisions or electronics, chargers and cables, plastic bags and household garbage are all unacceptable. Loose loads must be tarped, and the bulky and brush bays close at 4:45 p.m.
Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Telephone (254) 299-2489.
The self-service recycling streams are free to everyone, the resident allowances are free with a current water bill and matching photo identification, and Freon appliance handling and tires carry published fees that are added to the next utility bill rather than collected on site. Confirm the item and the current fee before arrival.
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 Waco.
How much does TV removal cost in Waco?+
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 Waco?+
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 do Waco computers and televisions go?+
Computers and cell phones go to the Cobbs Recycling Center on Trice Avenue, which lists them in the self-service section open to everyone and is open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Televisions are different: the center refuses scrapped out televisions or electronics along with chargers and cables, and no television route is published on the city pages, so confirm with the solid waste division at (254) 299-2489 before moving a screen.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Waco?+
The City of Waco Solid Waste Division, which is part of Public Works and describes itself as self-supporting rather than funded by city tax dollars. Residential service includes weekly trash, bi-weekly recycling, bi-weekly yard waste and a monthly bulky waste pickup, and the division answers at (254) 299-2489 or solidwasteinfo@wacotx.gov.Official guidance
What is changing in Waco solid waste in October 2026?+
From October 2026 yard waste may go in the gray cart with the weekly trash, in up to twenty paper bags collected by request up to twice a month, or be dropped at Cobbs or the landfill up to four times a year at no additional charge, and brush follows the same options with a pile no larger than four by four by four feet collected by request up to twice a month. Green yard waste carts may be kept until October 1, 2027 as an additional gray cart at no charge, and from October 1, 2026 a holiday week slides the pickup day one day later rather than earlier.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 Waco.
