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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.
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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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Cupertino: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A couch rides in one of the two curbside on-call collections Cupertino households get each year at no additional charge, counted against a limit of three bulky items per collection, and the Recology South Bay transfer station also takes furniture for a fee.
The Recology South Bay transfer station lists mattresses and box springs among the materials it takes, and the city's free Environmental Recycling Day refuses mattresses, so a mattress is a self-haul trip or a confirmed Recology booking rather than an event drop-off.
Appliances count as bulky goods in the two free on-call collections, a refrigerator is named as an example, the transfer station accepts appliances, and the only appliance the city recycling day takes is one that does not contain freon.
A television is electronic waste, which may not go in any cart, and Cupertino publishes three routes for it: a free on-call e-waste collection through Recology, the free Environmental Recycling Day, and the Recology South Bay transfer station, which lists monitors and televisions.
Computers, printers, phones and other household electronics follow the same published routes as televisions, and Santa Clara County adds a free household hazardous waste drop-off that takes e-waste by appointment.
A small renovation load fits the free routes, which cap construction and demolition material at 250 pounds in an on-call collection and 2 cubic yards at the recycling day, while a larger job needs a Recology debris box or a listed disposal facility.
Exercise equipment is named on no Cupertino or Recology page read for this city, so the machine has to be confirmed against the bulky item limits before it is set out or hauled.
Household bulky material has a curbside route in Cupertino: two on-call collections a year at no additional charge with a limit of three bulky items per collection, extra garbage and recycling that can go out with the carts, and the Recology South Bay transfer station for anything left over.
The handoff matters
Cupertino households get two on-call collections a year at no additional charge, limited to three bulky items per collection, and every collection has to be booked with Recology at least 24 hours ahead and placed on private property at the driveway entrance by 7 AM. Loose pieces must fit inside an area 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high, and each item must stay under 50 pounds and under 6 feet. Further collections cost more, extra garbage needs a purchased Extra Bag Tag, and nothing bulky goes to the curb before the pickup is scheduled.
Curbside bulky item pickup, on-call collection and debris box rulesBulky items and on-call collection rulesResidential waste program and set-out guideHazardous waste such as paint, medication, solvents, pesticides and fertilizers is refused in an on-call collection, and treated wood such as fence posts and deck material is refused with it. Those materials belong at the county household hazardous waste drop-off, which needs a free appointment and proof of residency, and the city Environmental Recycling Day is not a substitute because it refuses products containing toxic chemicals. Electronics should never go in a cart, because the city and the state prohibit e-waste in garbage, recycling and compost containers.
Curbside bulky item pickup, on-call collection and debris box rulesHousehold hazardous waste and e-waste disposalEnvironmental Recycling and Paper Shredding DaySanta Clara County household hazardous waste drop-offThe city and Recology run a free drive-through drop-off at De Anza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., and the next published date is November 14, 2026. Cupertino residents bring identification such as a driver's licence or a current collection bill and unload their own vehicles. The event takes e-waste and U-waste, kitchen appliances without freon, up to 2 cubic yards of construction debris with untreated wood, dirt, rock and concrete, yard waste, three boxes of documents for shredding, and reusable goods in good condition. Mattresses, freon appliances, painted or treated wood, baby items and broken or disassembled items are refused.
Environmental Recycling and Paper Shredding DayUse 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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Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Cupertino.
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.
Call Recology at 408.725.4020. Each Cupertino household gets two on-call collections a year at no additional charge, limited to three bulky items per collection, and the load must be scheduled at least 24 hours ahead and placed at the entrance to your driveway by 7 AM on the collection day. Apartment residents arrange it through the property manager, and a couch beyond those collections or a self-hauled transfer station load costs more.Official guidance
The Recology South Bay transfer station at 1675 Rogers Ave in San Jose lists mattresses and box springs among the materials it accepts, and it is open Monday through Friday 6 AM to 5 PM and Saturday 6 AM to 2 PM. The city Environmental Recycling Day refuses mattresses and the station publishes no rate, so call 408.588.7200 to confirm the charge before you load.Official guidance
Yes, through the Recology on-call collection. Cupertino households get two on-call collections a year at no additional charge, and refrigerators and appliances are named as bulky goods with a limit of three items per collection. The city Environmental Recycling Day takes only kitchen appliances that do not contain freon, so a unit holding freon belongs in an on-call pickup or a confirmed transfer station trip.Official guidance
Televisions are electronic waste and cannot go in the garbage, recycling or compost carts. Cupertino publishes a free on-call e-waste collection through Recology at 408.725.4020, takes e-waste at the free Environmental Recycling Day at De Anza College, and the Recology South Bay transfer station lists monitors and televisions among the materials it accepts.Official guidance
Yes. The Santa Clara County Household Hazardous Waste Program is a free drop-off for County residents and lists e-waste among the additional items it takes, but everyone has to schedule an appointment first at 408.299.7300, and the facility address is sent after the appointment is booked. Cupertino also publishes a free on-call e-waste pickup through Recology and takes e-waste at its Environmental Recycling Day.Official guidance
For a small load, use one of the two free on-call collections, which cap construction and demolition material at 250 pounds total, or the Environmental Recycling Day, which takes up to 2 cubic yards of construction debris, untreated wood, dirt, rock and concrete. A larger job needs a Recology debris box, because Recology is the exclusive hauler of garbage in Cupertino, or one of the disposal facilities the city lists, which charge by volume or weight.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named on the city or Recology pages read for this city, so call Recology at 408.725.4020 before the pickup day. An on-call collection is limited to three bulky items, and a single item must not weigh more than 50 pounds, must not be longer than 6 feet, and has to be manageable by one person. A machine that does not fit those limits needs a confirmed transfer station trip or another route.Official guidance
Three per collection. Each Cupertino household gets two on-call collections a year at no additional charge, and one collection is limited to three bulky items such as furniture or appliances. Loose items must fit inside an area 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high, and each item must stay under 50 pounds, under 6 feet and manageable by one person. Further collections cost more.Official guidance
Recology South Bay is the exclusive hauler of garbage in Cupertino. The curbside program covers garbage, single-stream recycling and food and yard waste composting, and it also includes used cooking oil collection, battery and compact fluorescent bulb collection, household hazardous waste drop-off and on-call collection of bulky items. Residents choose a 96, 64, 32 or 20 gallon garbage cart, bills arrive once every three months, and the city Environmental Programs Division answers questions at 408.777.3236.Official guidance
To the Santa Clara County Household Hazardous Waste Program, a free drop-off for County residents that takes paint, pool chemicals, pesticides, cleaning solvents, batteries, fluorescent and LED bulbs, propane, e-waste, medications and sharps. Every visit needs a free appointment first at 408.299.7300, the drop-off address is sent after the appointment is booked, and proof of residency is required. Household batteries alone can go in a sealed bag on top of the recycling cart on collection day.Official guidance
Multi-family residents share the same curbside program through their property, and battery and light bulb collection may be available at the leasing office, so ask the property manager what is offered. An on-call bulky pickup for a multi-family building is scheduled through the property manager, and the county household hazardous waste appointment is open to the resident directly.Official guidance
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