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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Book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
Choose items or browse the full catalog.
Finish clearing the space
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.
Choose my itemsReady for pickup
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.
Your confirmation comes straight to your phone.
The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Costa Mesa: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
Reviewed · Sources below
The district's large item program gives every CMSD solid waste household three complimentary curbside pickups a year with ten items collected at each one. An item qualifies when it is not larger than 8 by 4 feet and not heavier than 150 pounds, and the accepted list covers appliances, furniture, scrap metal, glass, clothing and a small amount of contained yard debris.
The handoff matters
A large item pickup is made by a separate truck from the weekly trash collection, and CR&R collects only the items the resident listed when the appointment was booked. The resident calls (949) 646-4617 from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or files an online request, names each item, and receives a date that may be a week or more out.
District large item collection page with the three a year schedule, the ten item limit, the size and weight caps and the accepted and refused listsNo item may exceed 8 by 4 feet or 150 pounds, which the district describes as the limit of what two people can lift, and asphalt, building materials, car bodies, chemicals and hazardous waste, concrete, sand or sandbags, soil and tires are all refused. Glass is accepted only when tape is applied in a star shape so it does not break, and yard debris has to be contained and limited to one cubic yard.
District large item collection page with the three a year schedule, the ten item limit, the size and weight caps and the accepted and refused listsUse 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 Costa Mesa.
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.
Three complimentary pickups each year with ten items collected at each one, for a household that is a CMSD solid waste customer. Call CR&R at (949) 646-4617 Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. with the list of items, and note that pickups can be scheduled a week or more out.Official guidance
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District administers residential and multi-family collection for the city and CR&R is the hauler, which the city's own residential waste page confirms. The district handles both large item pickups and household hazardous waste, and CR&R customer service at (949) 646-4617 books them.Official guidance
Call CR&R at (949) 646-4617 from Monday to Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., or submit an online request, and list every item at that point, because only scheduled items are collected. A CMSD solid waste customer gets three complimentary pickups a year with ten items at each one, and the appointment date may be a week or more out.Official guidance
No. Both the large item program and the hazardous waste program are limited to CMSD solid waste customers, and a property whose weekly trash goes into a dumpster is not a customer for that purpose. The district tells those addresses to call the contracted hauler listed on the dumpster, and points non-customers to the four Orange County household hazardous waste collection facilities.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.
