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 Modesto: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Mattresses are on the acceptable bulky item list, and the city also runs a free mattress, box spring and futon drop-off at its Conejo Avenue site.
Couches, chairs, tables and desks are named on the acceptable bulky item list for the city's two-pickup-a-year programme.
Air conditioners, large appliances, water heaters and water softeners are on the acceptable bulky item list, with doors removed.
Televisions and computer monitors are refused on the bulky item list and electronic waste is refused at the city's hazardous waste events, so the city has to confirm the route.
Construction and demolition debris, wood and yard waste are refused on the bulky item list, and Modesto publishes no city collection or drop-off route for renovation material.
Exercise equipment is named explicitly on the acceptable bulky item list alongside bicycles.
A Modesto single family household gets two bulky item pickups a calendar year at the curb and two haul-it-yourself vouchers a calendar year for the provider's transfer station.
The handoff matters
Bulky items go in the street against the curb in front of the resident's own home, never in the alley. The pile must not block sidewalks, driveways, fire hydrants, storm drains or garbage cans, small items belong in the garbage container rather than the pile, and nothing is set out before 6:00 PM the evening before the scheduled appointment.
Bulky item collection page with the two pickups a calendar year, the multi-family pilot, the curbside placement rules, the haul-it-yourself voucher limits, the acceptable item list and the unacceptable item listA single family residential customer may have two bulky item pickups per calendar year, booked with Gilton Solid Waste or Bertolotti Disposal. The same customer may also use two haul-it-yourself vouchers a calendar year, each covering one truck or trailer load no larger than four feet by four feet by eight feet taken to the provider's transfer station, with the voucher held at the station and valid for seven days. Multi-family residents arrange both through the property manager.
Bulky item collection page with the two pickups a calendar year, the multi-family pilot, the curbside placement rules, the haul-it-yourself voucher limits, the acceptable item list and the unacceptable item listThe acceptable list covers air conditioners, doors and ladders, exercise equipment and bicycles, plastic or fake Christmas trees, large appliances with all doors removed, mattresses, couches and chairs, patio furniture and barbecues with the propane tank removed, tables and desks, toilets, sinks, tubs and hot tubs, and water heaters and water softeners. The unacceptable list covers concrete and asphalt, construction and demolition debris, wood and yard waste, dead animals, hazardous waste, chemicals and toxic materials, household garbage, business items, liquids, paints and solvents, plate glass, televisions and computer monitors, and tires and automobile parts.
Bulky item collection page with the two pickups a calendar year, the multi-family pilot, the curbside placement rules, the haul-it-yourself voucher limits, the acceptable item list and the unacceptable item listThe organics or green cart is serviced every week on the regular collection day, and the blue recycling cart is serviced every other week based on the address number, with odd addresses starting in the week of July 31 to August 4 and even addresses the following week. Hazardous waste never goes in a cart: Modesto runs drive-up household hazardous waste drop-off events with sealed containers, a 5 gallon container limit and a 120 pound combined weight limit, and residents can also use the Stanislaus County facility at 1710 Morgan Road on Fridays and Saturdays from 8AM to 12PM.
Solid Waste Division page with the two franchised haulers, the division services and the weekly organics and alternate week recycling cart scheduleHousehold hazardous waste page with the city drive-up drop-off events, the container limits, the accepted and refused item lists and the Stanislaus County facility address and hoursUse 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 Modesto.
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.
At the city's mattress recycling site at 610 South Conejo Avenue, which runs with the Mattress Recycling Council's Bye Bye Mattress programme and takes mattresses, box springs and futons free of charge on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays except holidays from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Heavily soiled, wet or bedbug mattresses are refused, and so are mattress pads, crib cushions, camping beds and car beds. A mattress can also go on one of the two bulky item pickups a household gets each calendar year.Official guidance
It goes on a bulky item pickup instead. Couches, chairs, tables and desks are on the acceptable list, each single family household may book two pickups a calendar year, and the pile goes in the street against the curb in front of the home no earlier than 6:00 PM the evening before the appointment. Small items belong in the garbage container.Official guidance
Air conditioners, large appliances, water heaters and water softeners are all on the acceptable bulky item list, but a large appliance has to have all of its doors removed first, and a barbecue has to have the propane tank taken off. Book the pickup with your hauler, Gilton Solid Waste or Bertolotti Disposal, and set it out no earlier than 6:00 PM the evening before.Official guidance
No. Televisions, computer monitors and plate glass are on the unacceptable list for the bulky item programme, and electronic waste is refused at the city's household hazardous waste events as well. Call the Solid Waste Division at 209-577-5494 to confirm the current route for a screen before it leaves the house.Official guidance
No. Concrete and asphalt, construction and demolition debris, wood and yard waste are all on the unacceptable list for the bulky item programme, and the city publishes no construction collection or drop-off route on these pages. A project needs a private container or receiving facility, and paint, solvents and chemicals go to the city hazardous waste events or the county facility at 1710 Morgan Road.Official guidance
Yes. Exercise equipment and bicycles are named on the acceptable bulky item list, so a treadmill or weight machine can go on one of the two bulky item pickups a household gets each calendar year, or with a haul-it-yourself voucher. Set it out by appointment no earlier than 6:00 PM the evening before.Official guidance
Two bulky item pickups per calendar year for a single family residential customer, plus two haul-it-yourself vouchers a calendar year for taking a truck or trailer load no bigger than four feet by four feet by eight feet to your solid waste provider's transfer station. Multi-family residents in the pilot arrange pickups and vouchers through the property manager.Official guidance
The organics or green cart is serviced every week on the regular collection day, and the blue recycling cart is serviced every other week based on the address number: odd addresses started the week of July 31 to August 4 and even addresses the following week. Collection is provided by Bertolotti Disposal Services and Gilton Solid Waste, and questions go to the Solid Waste Division at 209-577-5494.Official guidance
Your hauler: Gilton Solid Waste or Bertolotti Disposal. Each single family household may book two bulky item pickups per calendar year, plus two haul-it-yourself vouchers a calendar year for the provider's transfer station. The pile goes in the street against the curb in front of the home, never in the alley, and nothing goes out before 6:00 PM the evening before the appointment.Official guidance
To a city drive-up household hazardous waste drop-off event, with sealed containers, no mixed liquids, no container larger than 5 gallons and no more than 120 pounds of combined weight. Antifreeze, aerosols, batteries, bulbs, paint and thinner, pesticides, pool chemicals, propane cylinders, used motor oil and filters and similar items are accepted, while electronic waste, explosives, ammunition, tires, business waste and medications are refused. The Stanislaus County facility at 1710 Morgan Road takes material year round on Fridays and Saturdays from 8AM to 12PM.Official guidance
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