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 Brea: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress goes on the Republic Services bulky item pickup, and the city also points at retailer take back and Orange County mattress recycling.
Furniture that will not fit a cart is a bulky item, collected through the Republic Services on-call pickup up to twenty items at a time.
Appliances are named on the trash cart refusal list, so a refrigerator, washer or dryer goes on the bulky item pickup like other large pieces.
Republic Services runs electronic waste pickups for Brea residents with no limit on the number of pickups, and the county household hazardous waste centres take electronics too.
Brea requires a Green Halo waste management plan and at least 65 per cent diversion on construction and demolition projects, with approval before permits and a compliance report before the final inspection.
Exercise equipment is named on none of Brea's lists, so the hauler has to confirm the machine before it is set out.
Brea residents get three free bulky item pickups a year with up to twenty items per collection, with no building materials and no hazardous waste.
The handoff matters
Brea runs three carts: trash in the black cart, recycling in the dark green cart or one with a blue lid, and organics in the brown cart or one with a green lid. Carts come in 96, 65 and 35 gallon sizes with load ratings of 335, 230 and 130 pounds. Recycling takes clean cans, foil, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, paper, cartons and plastic containers, and refuses construction debris, hazardous and medical waste, light bulbs, mirrors, window glass and yard trimmings. Organics take loose or paper-bagged yard and food material and refuse plastic and compostable bags, treated or painted wood, palm fronds and animal waste.
Curbside trash and recycling service page with the three cart system, the cart sizes and load ratings, the accepted and refused lists for recycling, organics and trash, the holiday schedule and the holiday tree collectionThe trash cart is for everything that is not recyclable, but its unacceptable list names appliances, bulk items, electronics, batteries, fluorescent tubes and lights, concrete, construction debris, dirt, liquids, oil, grease, mirrors, sharps and hazardous or medical waste. Large pieces therefore leave on the bulky item pickup and electronics on the e-waste pickup, both arranged with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444.
Curbside trash and recycling service page with the three cart system, the cart sizes and load ratings, the accepted and refused lists for recycling, organics and trash, the holiday schedule and the holiday tree collectionSpecial trash and hazardous waste page with the three free bulky item pickups, the unlimited electronic waste pickups, the illegal dumping rule, the household hazardous waste centre rules, the transport limits and the sharps and medication routesA Brea household gets three free bulky item pickups a year with up to 20 items per collection, and electronic waste pickups are published separately with no limit. Nothing goes to the curb before the scheduled pickup date, and building materials and hazardous waste are not accepted in a bulky collection.
Bulky item pickup and disposal page with the three pickups a year, the twenty item limit, the call-in scheduling, the ban on building materials and hazardous waste and the mattress and carpet recycling notesSpecial trash and hazardous waste page with the three free bulky item pickups, the unlimited electronic waste pickups, the illegal dumping rule, the household hazardous waste centre rules, the transport limits and the sharps and medication routesHousehold hazardous waste cannot be placed in the trash and goes to a County of Orange collection centre, which is open to county residents on proof of residency, Tuesday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and closed on rainy days and major holidays. A maximum of 15 gallons or 125 pounds may be brought per vehicle per visit, containers need lids and must be sturdy and non-leaking, and empty cans are dried out and put in the regular trash. Used sharps go into a sealed, labelled strong plastic container and are taken to the Anaheim centre at 1071 N Blue Gum St, which the city says is free for county residents.
Special trash and hazardous waste page with the three free bulky item pickups, the unlimited electronic waste pickups, the illegal dumping rule, the household hazardous waste centre rules, the transport limits and the sharps and medication routesUse 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 Brea.
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.
Book a bulky item pickup with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444. Brea residents get three free bulky item pickups a year with up to 20 items per collection, and items should not go to the curb before the scheduled pickup date. The city's page also points at mattress retailer take back and Orange County mattress recycling.Official guidance
No. The black trash cart refuses bulk items, so furniture goes on an on-call bulky item pickup instead. Brea residents get three free bulky item pickups a year with up to 20 items per collection, scheduled with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444, and nothing goes to the curb before the scheduled date.Official guidance
No. Appliances are on the trash cart's unacceptable materials list, so they go on a bulky item pickup instead. Brea residents get three free bulky item pickups a year with up to 20 items each, scheduled with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444.Official guidance
Into an electronic waste pickup arranged with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444, which the city publishes with no limit on the number of pickups, separate from the three bulky item collections a year. Electronics are refused in the trash cart, and the county's household hazardous waste collection centres are the other published route, open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Official guidance
A construction and demolition waste management plan through the Green Halo portal, with the diversion requirement at a minimum of 65 per cent under CALGreen and the city's Title 8 Chapter 8.29. The plan has to be approved by Public Works before any permits are issued, weight tickets are uploaded as the project runs, and the final compliance report has to be approved before the final building inspection and Certificate of Occupancy. Third party bins are not allowed on job sites, so containers come from Republic Services at (714) 238-2444.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named on the bulky item page, the cart lists or the household hazardous waste guidance. Because bulky item pickups take large items that will not fit a cart, call Republic Services at (714) 238-2444 with the machine type and weight to confirm it before you set anything out.Official guidance
Three free bulky item pickups a year, each taking up to 20 items, scheduled with Republic Services at (714) 238-2444. Building materials and hazardous waste are not accepted in a bulky item collection, and nothing should go to the curb before the scheduled pickup date.Official guidance
Three: trash in the black cart, recycling in the dark green cart or one with a blue lid, and organics in the brown cart or one with a green lid, in 96, 65 or 35 gallon sizes with load ratings of 335, 230 and 130 pounds. Recycling takes clean cans, foil, cardboard, glass bottles and jars, paper, cartons and plastic containers, and organics take loose or paper-bagged yard and food material with no plastic or compostable bags.Official guidance
Republic Services observes New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and a pickup day that falls on one of them is delayed by one day. Real holiday trees are collected at the curb from the day after December 25 and for three weeks afterwards, with lights, ornaments, tinsel, garland and the stand removed, and a tree over 6 feet tall is cut in half.Official guidance
Never in the trash. Household hazardous waste goes to a County of Orange collection centre, which takes material from county residents on proof of residency, Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a maximum of 15 gallons or 125 pounds per vehicle per visit. Containers need lids, stay in their original container except motor oil and antifreeze, and oil based paint is never mixed with latex paint.Official guidance
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