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 Kenosha
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.
Bulky waste is collected curbside by appointment with four free pick-ups each year, and the preparation rules limit the pile to five cubic yards or thirty bags of contained material.
City cost & eligibility
$50 for additional bulky pick-up beyond the four free bulky pick-ups a household is allowed each year, paid before the collection is scheduled. City of Kenosha residents and residential property owners, who receive four free bulky pick-ups a year and pay the published fee for each additional one; commercial disposal is not allowed and proof of residence may be required.
When & how
Call the Department of Public Works on 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular collection day, put the pile out no earlier than 6:30 p.m. the evening before and by 6 a.m. on the collection day, and take anything that is not collected off the curb by 8 a.m. the day after.
Get it ready
Keep the pile to five cubic yards or thirty bags in an area no larger than fifteen feet by three feet by three feet, keep every bag, can or bundle under forty pounds, make sure each item fits through a four foot by four foot truck opening and can be lifted waist high by two people, and keep the pile in its own spot away from the carts, trees, parked cars, hydrants and poles. Nothing may be loose: carpet, padding and rugs must be rolled in three foot sections, windows no larger than four feet square must have an X taped across both sides with heavy duty tape, paneling, plywood, drywall and plasterboard must be in sections no larger than four feet square, and lumber, PVC or metal piping must be cut to three foot lengths with nails pulled or bent over. Building and demolition material is limited to ten bags, cans or bundles. Do not use cardboard boxes, and do not mix recyclables into the pile, because a pile with recyclables in it may be tagged and left. In winter the pile has to be free of ice and snow and set out in a cleared area.
Appliances come out on a scheduled curbside pick-up once the household buys a sticker for each one, and the City publishes the appliance list, the door rule and the food rule.
City cost & eligibility
$15 for sticker bought for each appliance before a curbside appliance pick-up can be scheduled. City of Kenosha residents and residential property owners only, with proof of residence required and no commercial disposal allowed.
When & how
Buy a sticker for each appliance at the Public Works kiosk at 625 52nd Street, Room 108, or at the Kenosha Water Utility at 4401 Green Bay Road, then call the Street Division on 262-653-4070 between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. or Public Works on 262-653-4050 between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at least one business day before the regular garbage day. Collection happens on the regular garbage day and the appliance sits at the curb.
Get it ready
Accepted appliances include air conditioners, boilers, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, dryers, freezers, furnaces, hot water heaters, humidifiers, microwaves, ovens, pool heaters, refrigerators, stoves, trash compactors and washers. Remove the doors from a freezer or refrigerator for safety, remove all food or the appliance will not be collected and the health department will be notified, and pay with cash or a check and bring proof of residence when buying the sticker. A cancelled pick-up can be refunded or the sticker used again for another appliance.
Building and demolition material is collected on a bulky waste pick-up within a published bag, can or bundle limit and with size rules for board, piping and glass.
City cost & eligibility
$50 for additional bulky pick-up beyond the four free bulky pick-ups allowed each year, paid before the collection is scheduled. City of Kenosha residents and residential property owners; building and demolition material shares the bulky waste allowance and the same limit of ten bags, cans or bundles in a pick-up, and commercial disposal is not allowed.
When & how
Book the bulky waste pick-up on 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular collection day, and follow the same set-out window of no earlier than 6:30 p.m. the evening before and no later than 6 a.m. on the collection day.
Get it ready
Building and demolition material is limited to ten bags, cans or bundles at forty pounds each, paneling, plywood, drywall and plasterboard must be cut into sections no larger than four feet by four feet, lumber, PVC and metal piping must be in three foot lengths with nails pulled out or bent over, windows no larger than four feet square must have an X taped across both sides, and carpet, padding and rugs must be rolled into three foot sections and tied or taped. Concrete, stone, brick, asphalt and masonry, sand, dirt and clay, glass patio doors and tanks of any type unless cut in half are not collected.
Metal items go out with a bulky waste pick-up, but the recycling programme refuses scrap aluminium and pots and pans, so the exact item should be confirmed first.
City cost & eligibility
The bulky waste rules cover metal piping cut to three foot lengths and the appliance programme covers white goods, while the published recycling list marks scrap aluminium and pots and pans as not recyclable, so call 262-653-4050 and confirm whether the item belongs on a bulky pick-up, with an appliance sticker or elsewhere.
When & how
Confirm the item on 262-653-4050, then book it onto a bulky waste pick-up on the regular collection day or book an appliance pick-up with a sticker if it is a white good.
Get it ready
Cut metal piping to three foot lengths with the ends safe to handle, keep the metal out of the recycling cart because scrap aluminium and pots and pans are not recyclable in the City programme, and keep cans and metal food containers in the recycling instead.
Carts out the evening before and back in the next morning
Garbage goes in the brown automated cart in plastic bags with the lid closed and recycling goes loose in the blue cart, and neither belongs outside the cart, because anything set out beside a cart is not collected outside the weeks the department publicises. Carts and recyclables go to the curb no earlier than 6:30 p.m. the evening before the collection day and no later than 6 a.m. on the day, clear of trees, telephone poles and other obstacles and reachable from the street, and empty or tagged carts come back in by 8 a.m. the day after collection. A cart with garbage and recycling mixed together is not collected, recycling runs every other week on the same day as the garbage on route A or route B, and a household that believes it was missed should wait until after 1 p.m. on the collection day before calling 262-653-4050.
A bulky pick-up is limited to five cubic yards or thirty bags in an area no larger than fifteen feet by three feet by three feet, every bag, can or bundle stays under forty pounds, each item has to fit through a four foot by four foot truck opening and be liftable waist high by two people, and nothing may be left loose. Carpet, padding and rugs are rolled into three foot sections, windows no larger than four feet square have an X taped across both sides, board material is cut to four feet by four feet or smaller, and lumber, PVC and metal piping is cut to three foot lengths with nails pulled or bent over. The pile sits in its own place away from the carts, trees, parked cars, hydrants and poles, in winter cleared of ice and snow, and anything left over comes off the curb by 8 a.m. the day after, with the City's four free pick-ups a year turning into a published charge for each additional one.
The City does not collect yard waste or recycling in a bulky pile, hazardous or liquid waste such as paint, tanks of any type such as propane, oxygen or gas unless they are cut in half, pianos or organs, cast iron bath tubs, glass patio doors, camper tops or truck caps, boats, concrete, stone, brick, asphalt and masonry, sand, dirt and clay, or any item that does not meet the preparation rules. A pile with recyclables mixed into it may be tagged and left behind until the recyclables are removed.
It is illegal in Wisconsin to throw away certain electronics, and the state list covers televisions, computers, monitors, printers, video game consoles, accessories, video players, fax machines, cell phones and major appliances including air conditioners, clothes washers and dryers, dishwashers, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, dehumidifiers, furnaces, boilers, water heaters and microwave ovens. Households and K-12 schools use E-Cycle Wisconsin, a manufacturer-funded statewide programme delivered through registered collection sites and mail-back programmes, and each site sets its own hours and charges, so the household confirms the site before delivering anything and protects personal data on the device first.
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 Kenosha Department of Public Works Waste Division
Book a curbside bulky waste pick-up
A household with furniture, building material, metal items or other bulky material that does not fit in the City carts.
Cost & conditions
$50 for additional bulky pick-up beyond the four free pick-ups a household is allowed each year, paid before the collection is scheduled. City of Kenosha residents and residential property owners, four free bulky pick-ups a year with the published fee applying to each additional one, and no commercial disposal.
Arrange it
Call the Department of Public Works on 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular collection day and have the prepared pile at the curb by 6 a.m. on the day.
Five cubic yards or thirty bags per pick-up, forty pounds per bag, can or bundle, a four foot by four foot truck opening, a five foot by three foot by three foot staging area, no loose material and no cardboard boxes, and yard waste, recycling, hazardous or liquid waste, tanks unless cut in half, pianos, cast iron bath tubs, glass patio doors, camper tops, boats, concrete, masonry, sand, dirt and clay are refused.
City of Kenosha Department of Public Works Waste Division
Take it to the bulk and recycling drop-off site
A household that would rather haul its own bulky material or tires instead of waiting for a curbside day.
Cost & conditions
The City sells bulk and tire tickets for the drop-off site online and publishes the site hours and the four tire limit without listing the ticket prices on the retained page, so confirm the current ticket price when the ticket is bought.
Arrange it
Buy the bulk or tire tickets online first, then take the load to 1001 50th Street on Tuesday or Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., or until the dumpsters are full.
The site closes once the dumpsters are full, so a trip can be wasted late in a shift, the tires are limited to four at a time, and the same preparation and refusal rules that apply to a curbside bulky pile apply to what the site accepts.
City of Kenosha Department of Public Works Waste Division
Buy an appliance sticker and book the pick-up
A household replacing a refrigerator, washer, dryer, stove, dishwasher or another appliance on the City's published list.
Cost & conditions
$15 for sticker bought for each appliance before a curbside appliance pick-up can be scheduled. City of Kenosha residents and residential property owners only, with proof of residence required and no commercial disposal.
Arrange it
Buy the sticker at the Public Works kiosk at 625 52nd Street, Room 108, or at the Kenosha Water Utility at 4401 Green Bay Road, then book the pick-up on 262-653-4070 or 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular garbage day.
One sticker per appliance, cash or a cheque at the counter with proof of residence, an appliance with food left inside will not be collected and the health department is notified, and a refrigerator or freezer has to have its doors removed.
Bulky material with a ticket bought online, vehicle tires with a tire ticket and a limit of four at a time, and recyclables.
The site closes when the dumpsters are full, which can be before the published closing time, tires are limited to four per visit, and the bulky material brought in has to meet the same preparation and refusal rules that apply to a curbside bulk pick-up, including no loose material, no cardboard boxes and no yard waste, hazardous or liquid waste.
Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or until the dumpsters are full, and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until the dumpsters are full, with tires accepted on the same days except holidays. Phone 262-653-4050.
The City sells bulk and tire tickets for this site online and publishes the hours and the tire limit without listing the ticket prices on the retained page, so confirm the current price when the ticket is bought.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Kenosha.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Kenosha?+
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 book a bulky waste pick-up in Kenosha?+
Call the Department of Public Works on 262-653-4050 at least one business day before your regular collection day. Each household gets four free bulky pick-ups a year, each one limited to five cubic yards or thirty bags, and the fee applies to each additional pick-up. Everything has to be contained in bags, cans or bundles under forty pounds and fit through a four foot by four foot truck opening, and yard waste, hazardous or liquid waste, tanks of any type unless cut in half, pianos, cast iron bath tubs, glass patio doors, camper tops, boats, concrete, stone, brick, asphalt, masonry, sand, dirt and clay will not be collected.Official guidance
How does appliance collection work?+
Buy a sticker for each appliance and schedule the pick-up for your regular garbage day by calling the Street Division on 262-653-4070 or Public Works on 262-653-4050 at least one business day ahead. The City accepts air conditioners, boilers, dehumidifiers, dishwashers, dryers, freezers, furnaces, hot water heaters, humidifiers, microwaves, ovens, pool heaters, refrigerators, stoves, trash compactors and washers, and it asks that refrigerator and freezer doors be removed and all food taken out, or the appliance will not be collected.Official guidance
Will the City take construction material?+
Some of it, on a bulky waste pick-up. Building and demolition material is limited to ten bags, cans or bundles at forty pounds each, board and paneling such as plywood, drywall and plasterboard has to be cut to four feet by four feet or smaller, and lumber, PVC and metal piping has to be in three foot lengths with nails pulled or bent over. Concrete, stone, brick, asphalt, masonry, sand, dirt and clay, glass patio doors and tanks of any type unless cut in half are refused.Official guidance
Where does scrap metal go?+
Not in the recycling cart: the City's recycling list marks scrap aluminium and pots and pans as not recyclable, although food cans, soda cans, steel and tin cans are. Metal items belong on a bulky waste pick-up, with metal piping cut to three foot lengths, and a white good such as a washer or stove goes out on a scheduled appliance pick-up with a sticker. Call 262-653-4050 to confirm an unusual item.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Kenosha?+
The City of Kenosha Department of Public Works Waste Division does. Garbage and recycling go in City carts with recycling collected every other week on route A or B, bulky waste, appliances, brush, tires and yard waste are separate scheduled services, and the department office is at 625 52nd Street, Room 305, with the main line on 262-653-4050.Official guidance
What does a bulky pick-up cost?+
Each household gets four free bulky pick-ups a year, and each additional pick-up is charged at the published rate, paid before the collection is scheduled. A pick-up is limited to five cubic yards or thirty bags and everything has to be contained in bags, cans or bundles under forty pounds that fit through a four foot by four foot truck opening. Call 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular collection day to book one.Official guidance
What happens to electronics and appliances?+
Electronics cannot go in the trash: Wisconsin keeps covered items including televisions, computers, monitors, printers, video game consoles, cell phones and major appliances out of landfills and incinerators, so they go to a registered E-Cycle Wisconsin collection site or a manufacturer mail-back programme, with the site's hours and fees confirmed first. Appliances from a Kenosha household can instead come out on a scheduled curbside pick-up with a sticker bought for each one, after calling the Street Division on 262-653-4070 or Public Works on 262-653-4050 at least one business day before the regular garbage day.Official guidance
What are the City drop-off sites?+
The bulk and recycling drop-off site is at 1001 50th Street, open Tuesday and Thursday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. or until the dumpsters fill, with bulk and tire tickets bought online and tires limited to four. The yard waste and brush drop-off site is at 4071 88th Avenue, open April through November, Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed Sundays and holidays. Neither site takes electronics.Official guidance
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Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.