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 Lake Forest: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress is a named bulky item and is collected on one of the three free bulky pickups a calendar year.
Couches, sleeper couches, chairs, desks, tables and shelves are named bulky items, and the yearly donation pickup also takes furniture.
A range, washer or dryer is a named bulky item, while a refrigerator or another unit holding Freon needs a separate special collection.
Electronic waste cannot go in any cart, and it moves through a charged curbside collection, a free household hazardous waste pickup or a free county collection centre.
Construction and demolition material is refused in the carts and the bulky pickup, and moves through a temporary CR&R container or a self-haul load at a county landfill.
Exercise equipment is not named in the bulky list, so the hauler confirms the machine first, and a county landfill takes it as a hard-to-handle item when it is long.
Each residential customer gets three free bulky item pickups a calendar year, each covering up to ten large items.
The handoff matters
A bulky pickup may include up to ten large items, and every item has to be something a two-person crew can handle and transport. Items that cannot fit in the carts are the ones that qualify, and residents of an HOA or a community with shared trash enclosures book through the HOA or property manager instead.
Residential services, bulky items, hazardous waste, electronic waste and donation pickupCR&R residential services, bulky item collection and hazardous waste pickupsCarts go to the curb no later than 6:30 a.m. on collection day and come back in within 12 hours after service, with the handles and wheels facing the home, about one foot between carts and three feet of clearance from vehicles, hydrants and trees. Lids stay closed and anything left outside a cart is not collected, so a large item needs a booked bulky pickup instead.
Residential services, bulky items, hazardous waste, electronic waste and donation pickupCR&R residential services, bulky item collection and hazardous waste pickupsHousehold hazardous waste is illegal in any cart, and electronic waste and universal waste are barred from every automated container as well. A refrigerator or another unit holding Freon needs a separate collection, and household hazardous waste moves through the two free pickups a year for single-family homes or through a county collection centre instead.
Residential services, bulky items, hazardous waste, electronic waste and donation pickupCR&R residential services, bulky item collection and hazardous waste pickupsOrange County household hazardous waste and electronic waste disposalUse 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 Lake Forest.
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.
Three free bulky item pickups a calendar year, each covering up to ten large items, provided a two-person crew can handle them. Additional pickups may be arranged for a nominal charge. Book with CR&R at (949) 520-6005 for your regular collection day.Official guidance
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.
Yes. A mattress is named as a bulky item on both the city and hauler pages, and each residential customer gets three free bulky pickups a calendar year covering up to ten large items, as long as a two-person crew can handle the load. Book with CR&R at (949) 520-6005.Official guidance
Up to ten large items in each of the three free bulky pickups a calendar year, provided a two-person crew can handle them. Couches, sleeper couches, chairs, desks, tables and shelves are named bulky items, and one free reusable donation pickup a year also takes furniture that Goodwill can resell.Official guidance
A refrigerator or another appliance holding Freon and other chemicals needs special handling, and the hauler collects it as a separate charged pickup rather than a routine bulky item, so book it with CR&R at (949) 520-6005. A range, washer or dryer is a named bulky item and rides the free bulky entitlement instead.Official guidance
Yes, at a nominal charge. Electronic waste is illegal in the carts, and CR&R arranges a curbside collection that includes televisions, computer peripherals, dishwashers and microwaves. Single-family homes can also use one of their two free household hazardous waste pickups a year, and the county collection centres take electronic waste free from Orange County residents.Official guidance
Nowhere near the curb. Construction and demolition material is not part of the cart service or the bulky item pickup, so a project load moves through a temporary CR&R bin or roll-off at the published mixed construction and demolition rates, or through a self-haul load at Olinda Alpha or Prima Deshecha Landfill, where public disposal is charged by vehicle size or weight.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the bulky item examples, which list couches, desks, chairs, tables, mattresses, sleeper couches, ranges, washers and dryers, so call CR&R at (949) 520-6005 and describe the machine before it goes out. The bulky program also expects items a two-person crew can handle.Official guidance
CR&R Environmental Services is the city's franchised hauler, with customer service at (949) 520-6005 and an online scheduling service for bulky items. A residential customer gets three free bulky pickups a calendar year of up to ten large items each, and the monthly cart rate depends on the size of the trash cart.Official guidance
New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are non-collection days. A holiday on a Saturday or Sunday causes no delay, while a holiday during the week delays the remainder of that week's collection by one day.Official guidance
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Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.
