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 Gulf Shores
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.
The weekly residential debris pass is Gulf Shores' bulky service: yard debris, cardboard boxes, old furniture, mattresses, white goods and similar household material, collected on the scheduled route day without an appointment, with yard trash beyond four cubic yards billed to the property owner.
City cost & eligibility
The debris policy assesses 10 dollars per cubic yard to the property owner for yard trash in excess of four cubic yards, and it publishes no separate charge for household bulky material, so Public Works confirms any charge for an unusual or oversized load at 251-968-1156.
When & how
Debris goes out the night before the scheduled route day or by 6:15 a.m. on the collection morning, and the truck works the route weekly, so a pile that is set out late waits for the next pass.
Get it ready
Keep the pile to household material from the address and keep household trash out of it, because kitchen waste, pet waste and medical waste are refused and garbage mixed with normal trash means the entire pile is not picked up. Set it where the debris truck collects, clear of the sidewalk and street, and confirm anything unusual or heavy with Public Works before hauling it out.
Debris is out the night before the route day or by 6:15 a.m.
The residential debris pass is a weekly route rather than an appointment, so no call is needed and the material has to be at the collection point the night before the scheduled route day or in the morning by 6:15 a.m. Only single-family residential homes qualify for the service, and the pile has to be household material from that address.
Garbage containers sit close to the edge but clear of the lanes
Inside the corporate limits, containers go one to five feet from the street or alley edge with clearance from vehicle and bicycle lanes, no earlier than 4 p.m. the day before collection, and come back in by 7 p.m. on the collection day. Beach Boulevard properties on Alabama Highway 182 use designated collection points instead, staged no earlier than 4 a.m. and removed by 6 p.m. the same day.
Containers are stored behind the front building line
When a container is not staged for collection, it stays behind the front building line, and a property over one acre keeps its containers at least 100 feet from the public right of way. In designated areas a waste management crew handles container placement and retrieval under a city council resolution, so residents there do not stage the container themselves.
Keep residue, aerosol, wax and styrofoam out of the recycling can
Carts go out the night before or by 6 a.m. on the service day. Aluminum cans, cardboard, newspaper, magazines, office paper, paper products, rinsed plastic jugs and rinsed tin cans belong in the curbside can, while anything containing food residue, oil, aerosol, wax or styrofoam is refused there.
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 Gulf Shores Public Works and Republic Services
The city's weekly residential debris pass
A single-family home with yard debris, cardboard boxes, old furniture, white goods or similar household material that will not fit in the garbage cart.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no separate fee for the residential debris service, which runs weekly on the route day, so Public Works confirms any charge for an unusual or oversized load at 251-968-1156.
Arrange it
Set the material at the collection point the night before the scheduled route day or by 6:15 a.m. that morning, and let the weekly truck reach the address, since no appointment is booked for debris.
Single-family residential homes only, no businesses, condos or hotels, and no household trash such as kitchen waste, pet waste or medical waste. Items outside the published list, including mattresses and exercise machines, are confirmed with Public Works before they go out.
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 Gulf Shores.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Gulf Shores?+
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 does the Gulf Shores debris pickup work?+
It is a weekly city route rather than a scheduled appointment: no call is needed, debris goes out the night before the route day or by 6:15 a.m. that morning, and only single-family residential homes qualify. Yard debris, cardboard boxes, old furniture and appliances are named items, and household trash is refused.Official guidance
Who handles garbage and debris in Gulf Shores?+
Republic Services runs the city's garbage and curbside recycling contract, with once-a-week pickup north of 2nd Avenue and twice-a-week pickup on Mondays and Thursdays for homes south of and including 2nd Avenue, and service is set up at 888-425-7667. The city's Public Works Department runs the separate weekly residential debris service at 251-968-1156.Official guidance
Which properties get the Gulf Shores debris pickup?+
Residential single-family homes only. Businesses, condominiums and hotels do not qualify for the debris service, which is why a condo or rental property has to arrange its own removal for furniture, appliances and yard debris.Official guidance
What can go out with the Gulf Shores debris truck?+
Yard debris, cardboard boxes, old furniture, appliances and similar household material. Household trash does not go out with debris, which means no kitchen waste, no pet waste and no medical waste in the pile, and those stay in the garbage cart instead.Official guidance
Where do Gulf Shores households take paint, chemicals and batteries?+
Paint goes to the Baldwin County Solid Waste Magnolia Landfill on Landfill Drive in Summerdale, and gasoline, household chemicals, pool chemicals, tires and insecticide go to the Magnolia Landfill entrance on County Road 49 at the same phone number. Automotive batteries and motor oil are accepted locally at the Walmart Auto Care Center on East Fort Morgan Road, prescription drugs go in the police department lobby drop box, and paint, electronics and bulbs can also wait for a city special recycling day.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.