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.
Your pickup is booked.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Tuscaloosa: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Tuscaloosa's trash pile takes bulky items such as old furniture, but a mattress or box spring is not named anywhere on the city's waste pages.
Old furniture is named as a bulky item in the weekly trash pile, which runs once a week on the same day as garbage and recycling for active city garbage customers.
Appliances are accepted in the trash program but collected separately from the regular trash and recycled, and refrigerators have a published preparation rule.
Recyclable electronics cannot go in the trash pile and are dropped at the Richard A. Curry Environmental Complex on weekdays, free of charge, where flat-screen televisions, monitors, computers and microwaves are accepted.
The city accepts rocks, bricks and demolition waste generated by family units in the trash pile, and refuses anything generated by a compensated contractor or tree trimmer.
Exercise equipment is not named in the bulky item examples or anywhere else on Tuscaloosa's waste pages, so the Environmental Services Department has to confirm the machine first.
The weekly trash pile takes bulky materials such as limbs, brush, yard waste and old furniture from active city garbage customers, on the same day as garbage and recycling.
The handoff matters
Garbage, trash and recycling all come once a week on the same day. Carts and the trash pile have to be at the curb before 6 a.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day and before 7 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day, carts come out of the city right of way by 8 a.m. the following day, and trash may not be placed in the street. Keep everything more than 3 feet from other carts, recycling bins, trash piles, parked cars, mailboxes, fences and fire hydrants, with the 5 feet the city FAQ asks for around a trash pile, and out from under utility lines.
Garbage and trash page with the weekly schedules, cart placement and bagging rules, the trash acceptable and unacceptable item lists, the refrigerator preparation rule, the appliance collection note and the garbage fee linesAll garbage is bagged inside the cart, carts are not overfilled and no extra bags are left on the ground. In the trash pile, all leaves and small items have to be bagged, and loose glass is only collected when it is broken into small pieces and placed inside a box that is taped shut.
Garbage and trash page with the weekly schedules, cart placement and bagging rules, the trash acceptable and unacceptable item lists, the refrigerator preparation rule, the appliance collection note and the garbage fee linesLimbs in the trash pile must be cut to less than 8 feet long and less than 8 inches in diameter, and a refrigerator has to be empty and taped shut or have its doors removed before it goes out.
Garbage and trash page with the weekly schedules, cart placement and bagging rules, the trash acceptable and unacceptable item lists, the refrigerator preparation rule, the appliance collection note and the garbage fee linesHousehold garbage, hazardous waste such as paint, light bulbs, batteries and chemicals, recyclable materials, tires and loose glass are refused in the trash pile, and so is anything generated by a compensated person such as a contractor or tree trimmer. Recyclable electronics are refused too and have to go to the Curry Complex on a weekday instead, while household recyclables belong in the free curbside bin or a county drop-off trailer.
Garbage and trash page with the weekly schedules, cart placement and bagging rules, the trash acceptable and unacceptable item lists, the refrigerator preparation rule, the appliance collection note and the garbage fee linesRecycling page with the free curbside and drop-off programs, the accepted and refused recyclables, and the Curry Complex electronics drop-off with its weekday hours, accepted and refused electronics lists and no-charge statementUse 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 Tuscaloosa.
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.
The city's trash pile is published as tree limbs, brush, yard waste, old furniture and similar bulky items, and a mattress is not named. Call the Environmental Services Department at 205-248-4900 or Tuscaloosa 311 at 205-248-5311 before you set one out.Official guidance
Yes. Old furniture is named in the trash description and again in the acceptable items list, and it goes out with the weekly trash pile before 6 a.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day and before 7 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day. Trash may not be placed in the street, and paid contractor waste is refused.Official guidance
Appliances are accepted in the trash program but collected separately from the regular trash and recycled. Refrigerators must be empty and taped shut or have the doors removed, and the collection is arranged by calling the Environmental Services Department at 205-248-4900 or 311.Official guidance
To the Richard A. Curry Environmental Complex at 3440 Reese Phifer Ave., on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. The accepted list includes flat-screen televisions, LCD and CRT monitors, desktop and laptop computers, printers, scanners and microwaves, and the city does not charge for the drop-off. Electronics are refused in the trash pile and are not taken on weekends or holidays.Official guidance
Rocks, bricks and demolition waste generated by the family unit are on the acceptable list, so household-scale demolition debris goes out with the weekly trash pile before 6 a.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day and before 7 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day. Anything generated by a compensated person such as a contractor or tree trimmer is on the refusal list and has to leave on their account, and construction materials are also refused in the recycling bin.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the bulky item examples or the acceptable items list, which cover old furniture, unwanted toys, limbs and brush, bagged leaves and household demolition waste. Call the Environmental Services Department at 205-248-4900 or 311 with the machine type before you set it out.Official guidance
Bulky items such as old furniture and unwanted toys, limbs and brush, bagged leaves, grass clippings and pine straw, rocks, bricks and demolition waste from the family unit, and appliances on their separate collection. Household garbage, hazardous waste, recyclables, tires, loose glass and anything a paid contractor generated are refused, and the pile must be at the curb before 6 a.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day and before 7 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day on your collection day.Official guidance
All three come once a week on the same day, and carts and the trash pile have to be at the curb before 6 a.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day and before 7 a.m. from Labor Day through Memorial Day. Carts come out of the city right of way by 8 a.m. the following day, trash may not be placed in the street, and when a city holiday interrupts the week the routes resume on the next scheduled work day.Official guidance
City garbage service is mandatory for single-family residential premises inside the corporate city limits and is set up with water and sewer service, and the monthly garbage fee is billed on the city water bill. Multi-family and non-residential premises may be eligible; if they are not, they have to contract with a licensed commercial waste hauler for private dumpster service. Residential customers are not charged for trash and recycling collection.Official guidance
No. Any waste generated by a compensated person, including a contractor or a tree trimmer, is on the refusal list for the city trash pile and has to leave on their account. Household-generated demolition waste such as rocks and bricks is accepted instead, and construction materials are also refused in the recycling bin.Official guidance
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