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.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.
Finish clearing the space
The last few things still deserve a pickup.
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
The move is nearly done.
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.
The clear-out can be finished.
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.
You want to know it is handled.
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 few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Filled bags and boxes
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 and containers
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.
Furniture and other larger items
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.
Bulk junk removal prices in Richmond
First item / additional item
Trash bag$59 / $10
Filled household box$59 / $15
Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
Box of toys$89 / $29
Dumpster Bag$300 / $250
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.
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.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
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.
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Make the handoff easy.
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.
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Show us what goes.
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.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Richmond households in single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes may schedule up to three bulky waste pickups at no charge each calendar year, and each pickup has a choice of fifteen 35 gallon bags, four 95 gallon bags, five e-waste items, up to 1.8 cubic yards of uncontainerized garbage or organic waste, or, once a year, a large item pickup of up to three large items.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Residents of single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes, up to three bulky waste pickups each calendar year at no charge. A customer who exceeds the free allowance schedules a fee pickup.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 510.262.7100 in advance, at least 10 workdays ahead, and the items are collected on the next scheduled collection day. The hauler's flyer asks for at least one week of notice and notes that same week or same day service carries an extra charge.
Get it ready
Keep each bag within the published weight for its size, 50 pounds for the 35 and 95 gallon bag options under the city page and 40 pounds under the hauler flyer, keep each item at 200 pounds or less, box small e-waste peripherals, and keep jagged or sharp objects out of the bags.
Pick one of the five published options for the pickup
Each on-call bulky pickup uses one of five options: up to fifteen 35 gallon bags with a 50 pound per bag maximum, four 95 gallon bags with the same maximum, five e-waste items, up to 1.8 cubic yards of uncontainerized garbage or organic waste, or, a maximum of once a year, a large item pickup of up to three large items. The hauler's flyer caps each item at 200 pounds, requires small e-waste peripherals to be boxed, and warns that anything beyond three bulky items carries an extra charge.
The hauler publishes the material it never takes: liquids of any kind, cactus, ivy, palm and yucca, fluorescent bulbs, lamps and tubes, paint cans, tied boards, motor oil, fencing, solvents, pesticide containers, mirrors, metal parts, mercury containing thermostats and timers, broken or window glass, car parts, empty gas tanks, cement, rocks and dirt, household, car, rechargeable and button batteries, tree stumps, asbestos, medical sharps and hypodermic needles, and boxed or bundled debris.
Dumpster days run on a postcard and a fixed window
Every Richmond neighborhood receives a free dumpster day, running from 8:00 am to 12:00 pm or until the dumpsters fill, at one to four locations, with postcards mailed two to four weeks ahead and events in spring, summer and fall. Businesses are not eligible. Curbside pickup is only for seniors and residents with disabilities, requested from the Abatement Division before 12:00 pm on the Wednesday before the event for pickup on the Friday before, limited to one pickup truck load per household with identification checked.
Use 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.
City of Richmond and Republic Services, formerly Richmond Sanitary Service
Schedule an on-call bulky pickup
A household in a single-family home, duplex, triplex or fourplex with furniture, an appliance, e-waste, bagged material or a large item to clear out.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Up to three bulky waste pickups each calendar year at no charge for single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes. A pickup beyond the free allowance is scheduled for a fee.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 510.262.7100 at least 10 workdays before the collection day, choose one of the five published options, and set the material out for the next scheduled collection day.
Each item must be 200 pounds or less and household-sized, and construction and demolition waste, hazardous waste, commercial-sized appliances and the long never-taken list are refused.
City of Richmond and Republic Services, formerly Richmond Sanitary Service
Book a pickup beyond the free allowance
A household that has already used its no-charge pickups for the year and still has material to clear.
Cost & conditions
Both the city page and the hauler flyer state that a pickup beyond the allowance and any additional item carry a fee, but neither publishes an amount, so confirm the price at 510.262.7100 when booking.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 510.262.7100 to schedule the extra pickup and confirm the charge at that point.
The same item limits apply, including the 200 pound cap on each item, the refusal of construction and demolition waste and hazardous waste, and the never-taken list.
City of Richmond and Republic Services, formerly Richmond Sanitary Service
Use the Neighborhood Dumpster Day
A household with mattresses, box springs, small appliances, glass, broken toys, household items, tables, clothing or bagged yard waste to dispose of close to home.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free to residents of the neighborhood hosting the event, with postcards mailed two to four weeks ahead. Businesses are not eligible, and curbside pickup is limited to seniors and residents with disabilities.
Arrange it
Watch for the postcard and take the material to one of the one to four locations in the neighborhood between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm, or request the Friday curbside pickup through the Abatement Division before noon on the Wednesday before if the household qualifies.
Batteries, e-waste, refrigerators, oven cleaner, bug spray, fluorescent lights, paint, tires, concrete, oil, propane tanks and treated wood are prohibited at the dumpster days and go to the West County hazardous waste facility instead, and curbside pickup is capped at one pickup truck load per household.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Richmond.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Richmond?+
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.
Can you pick up bags of junk today?+
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.
Do I count every object inside a bag or box?+
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.
Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?+
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.
Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?+
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.
How many free bulky pickups do Richmond households get?+
The city's residential page now advertises up to three bulky waste pickups at no charge each calendar year for single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes, collected on the next scheduled collection day when the request is made at least 10 workdays ahead. The hauler's own flyer still describes two on-call clean-ups a year with one reserved for bulky or e-waste items, so confirm the current allowance at 510.262.7100 when booking.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Richmond?+
Republic Services, the city's hauler and the former Richmond Sanitary Service, runs the carts and the on-call bulky pickup and answers at 510.262.7100 for rates, billing, missed pickups and bulky item scheduling. The City of Richmond Public Works side runs the Neighborhood Dumpster Days and publishes the household hazardous waste and mattress drop-off routes.Official guidance
How do I schedule a bulky pickup in Richmond?+
Call Republic Services at 510.262.7100 in advance, at least 10 workdays before the regular collection day, and the items go out for that day. Each pickup uses one of five published options, from fifteen 35 gallon bags to a once-a-year large item pickup of up to three pieces, and a pickup beyond the free allowance is scheduled for a fee.Official guidance
What can I bring to a Richmond Neighborhood Dumpster Day?+
The city accepts box springs and mattresses, glass, small appliances, broken toys, household items, tables, clothing and bagged yard waste at a dumpster day, which runs from 8:00 am to noon or until the dumpsters fill at one to four neighborhood locations. Batteries, e-waste, refrigerators, fluorescent lights, paint, tires, concrete, oil, propane tanks and treated wood are prohibited there and go to the West County hazardous waste facility instead, and businesses are not eligible.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.