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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in El Monte: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Each single-family home in El Monte gets the free pick up and disposal of 20 bulky items a year through Valley Vista Services. The pickups happen on the normal trash day and have to be scheduled at least one day in advance.
Sofas, chairs, desks and tables are named in El Monte's accepted bulky list, and the hauler adds mirrors and futons, so furniture leaves on a booked bulky pickup rather than at the curb unscheduled.
Mattresses are named in El Monte's accepted bulky list and on the hauler's furniture list, so a mattress leaves on a booked bulky pickup.
Appliances are named in El Monte's accepted bulky list, and the hauler names stoves, washers, dishwashers, dryers, refrigerators and water heaters, so an appliance leaves on a booked bulky pickup.
Electronics are named in El Monte's accepted bulky list, the hauler names televisions, computers and computer monitors, and the city's hazardous and electronic waste facility takes electronic waste during its Clean Up events.
Exercise equipment is not named on any El Monte list, so the route has to be confirmed with the hauler or the city before the machine goes out.
The handoff matters
El Monte bulky waste is collected on the normal trash day, and the pickup has to be scheduled at least one day in advance, so nothing should be sitting at the curb in the hope of a collection. A single-family home has 20 free bulky items a year, and the accepted list covers appliances, carpet rolled and tied, chairs, desks, electronics, mattresses, sofas, tables, tires and bundled tree branches.
City bulky waste page granting each single-family home 20 free bulky items a year on trash day, with the accepted and refused item listsEvery single-family home has a brown trash cart, a blue recycling cart and a green cart for green waste and food waste, collected by Valley Vista Services on the regular service day. If a collection day falls on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving or Christmas, collection moves to the following day for the rest of that week. Organics are mandatory under the city's ordinance 3006, so green waste and food waste do not belong in the brown cart.
City residential trash page describing the three carts, the Valley Vista Services contract, the 2026 holiday schedule and the organics ordinanceCity multi-family page confirming Valley Vista Services serves buildings of four or more units and repeating the AB 341 and SB 1383 requirementsPaint, thinners, used motor oil and filters, antifreeze, cleaning products, pool chemicals, pesticides, mercury thermometers, expired medication, syringes, batteries, light bulbs, televisions, computers and appliances are all household hazardous or universal waste, and none of them may go in a residential cart or a commercial bin, down a sink drain or into a storm drain. They go to the city's collection facility at 3990 Arden Drive on a Clean Up event date, and sharps containers come free from Valley Vista Services, up to four a year.
City hazardous and electronic waste page listing the household hazardous waste items and the Public Works Yard collection facility at 3990 Arden Drive used during Clean Up eventsCity hazardous waste page covering used motor oil and filters, the delivery of free sharps containers through the hauler and the county CLEAN-LA programmeUse 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 El Monte.
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.
Twenty a year, free, for a single-family home. The pickups happen on the normal trash day and have to be booked with Valley Vista Services at least one day ahead, and the accepted list covers appliances, carpet rolled and tied, chairs, desks, electronics, mattresses, sofas, tables, tires and bundled tree branches.Official guidance
Yes, on a scheduled bulky waste pickup. Sofas and chairs are named in the city's accepted list, and a single-family home may put out up to 20 free bulky items a year on the normal trash day when the pickup is booked with Valley Vista Services at least one day ahead.Official guidance
Yes. Mattresses are on the city's accepted bulky list, which also covers appliances, carpet, chairs, desks, electronics, sofas, tables, tires and bundled tree branches, and each single-family home gets 20 free bulky items a year on the normal trash day with at least one day of notice.Official guidance
Yes. Appliances are named in the city's accepted bulky list, and the hauler names stoves, washers, dishwashers, dryers, refrigerators and water heaters. A single-family home books the pickup at least one day before the trash day and has 20 free bulky items a year.Official guidance
Two routes. A scheduled bulky pickup through Valley Vista Services takes electronics under the 20 free items a year, and the city's Hazardous Waste & Electronic Waste Collection Facility at the Public Works Yard, 3990 Arden Drive, takes electronic waste during its regularly scheduled Clean Up events. Business waste, explosives, ammunition and tires are refused there.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not on the city's accepted bulky list, which names appliances, carpet, chairs, desks, electronics, mattresses, sofas, tables, tires and bundled branches. Call Valley Vista Services at 800-442-6454 and confirm the machine before the trash day.Official guidance
Nothing for the first 20 bulky items a year at a single-family home, because the pickups are free under the city's franchise. Haz waste events, bin rentals and the extra material beyond the bulky allowance are the routes where a price has to be confirmed, because the city publishes no rate for them. Dropcurb prices a pickup separately and shows the total at checkout.Official guidance
Valley Vista Services handles the carts and bulky pickups at 800-442-6454 for both single-family and multi-family addresses, and the city's Environmental Services Division answers programme questions at 626-580-2058 and hazardous waste questions at (626) 580-2250.Official guidance
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. When a collection day falls on one of those holidays, collection moves to the following day for the remainder of that week, and every other day runs as normal.Official guidance
The city adopted its Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction Ordinance, number 3006, in October 2021, requiring residential, commercial and multi-family premises to subscribe to the organics programme under SB 1383. Green waste and food waste go in the green cart, not the brown trash cart, and multi-family properties follow the same rule.Official guidance
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