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 San Mateo: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Each on-call clean-up carries up to 2 cubic yards of material, which is 12 bags of 32 gallon size, with loose items bagged, boxed or bundled and each bag staying under 60 pounds, plus the one large item. Two on-call clean-ups are allowed a year, and hazardous waste, liquids, dirt, rock, concrete, asphalt, hot ashes, infectious waste and construction debris are refused.
The handoff matters
A household books up to two on-call clean-ups each year, and each one covers up to 2 cubic yards of bagged material plus one large item such as a mattress, appliance, piece of furniture, computer or television. Loose items have to be bagged, boxed or bundled, each bag has to stay under 60 pounds, and the large item has to stay under 200 pounds.
City twice yearly clean-up page with the two on-call services, the 2 cubic yard and one large item allowance, the 200 pound limit, the commercial refrigeration exclusion and the special handling line for televisions and monitorsHauler bulky item page with the 12 bag allowance and its cubic yard and weight limits, the large appliance and bulky item allowances, the single e-waste item and the refused material listPaint, thinners and other chemicals are refused on the on-call clean-ups and in regular collection, and hazardous waste may only be transported by the person who generated it. Chemicals, aerosols, spray paint and propane tanks go to a free county household hazardous waste appointment, and the county program does not accept electronic waste or lithium-ion batteries larger than AA.
City twice yearly clean-up page with the two on-call services, the 2 cubic yard and one large item allowance, the 200 pound limit, the commercial refrigeration exclusion and the special handling line for televisions and monitorsCounty household hazardous waste overview with the free collection options, retail partner sites, the apartment battery program and the rule that only the generator may transport the materialCounty household hazardous waste appointment page with the free appointment, the event cities, the 10 gallon or 50 pound limit, the container rules and the exclusion of electronic wasteThe Public Recycling Center takes residential material free of charge, including electronics, batteries, cell phones, paint with original labels, used motor oil, antifreeze, oil filters, sharp containers, small appliances and up to six fluorescent tubes under six feet. It refuses furniture, garbage, gas cylinders, medium and large kitchen appliances, copy machines, Styrofoam, printer cartridges and treated wood waste, and those loads go to the transfer station at the same address, where they are weighed or measured and charged.
Shoreway services page listing what the Public Recycling Center takes free of charge, what it refuses, and what the Transfer Station accepts for self-haul loadsShoreway Environmental Center location and hours page with the item by item drop-off table, the quantity limits and the published rates effective January 1, 2025 for construction debris, garbage, appliances, tires, mattresses and furnitureApartment buildings, duplexes, triplexes and other buildings with groups of independent households work through the property manager, who coordinates the twice yearly pick-up for the building with the hauler. The hauler gives the property manager the information needed to set the effort up, and individual households should not leave bulky material at a shared curb on their own.
City twice yearly clean-up page with the two on-call services, the 2 cubic yard and one large item allowance, the 200 pound limit, the commercial refrigeration exclusion and the special handling line for televisions and monitorsUse 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 San Mateo.
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.
Up to 2 cubic yards of material, equivalent to 12 bags of 32 gallon size, plus one large item such as a mattress, appliance or piece of furniture under 200 pounds. Loose items have to be bagged, boxed or bundled and each bag has to stay under 60 pounds, and a household gets two on-call clean-ups a year.Official guidance
A household books up to two on-call clean-ups a year by calling (650) 595-3900, and each one covers up to 2 cubic yards of bagged material plus one large item under 200 pounds such as a mattress, piece of furniture, appliance, computer or television. Loose material has to be bagged, boxed or bundled with each bag under 60 pounds, televisions and monitors need special handling arranged by phone, and hazardous waste is refused on the clean-up and in regular collection.Official guidance
Recology San Mateo County is the city's garbage hauler and runs the bulky item and twice yearly clean-up service, with pick-ups scheduled through (650) 595-3900. The city's own special recycling page lists the hauler alongside the county environmental health contacts at (650) 372-6200 for hazardous waste, the police station medication drop box at 200 Franklin Parkway, and the Shoreway Environmental Center in San Carlos for self-haul trips.Official guidance
Paint, thinners, solvents, pesticides, fertilizers, aerosols, spray paint and propane tanks go to a free San Mateo County household hazardous waste appointment, booked online or by calling (650) 372-6200, with a limit of 10 gallons or 50 pounds per appointment and containers no larger than 5 gallons. Batteries, cell phones, fluorescent tubes and latex or oil based paint with original labels can also go free to the Shoreway Public Recycling Center, and the county program does not accept electronic waste.Official guidance
Yes. The Public Recycling Center at 333 Shoreway Road takes residential material free every day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., covering electronics, batteries, paint, used oil, antifreeze, small appliances, scrap metal and sharps. The transfer station at the same address, entered through Gate 1, takes mixed waste, clean green waste, appliances, tires, concrete, dirt and demolition debris Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., charging each load by volume, weight or item, with up to five residential mattresses free.Official guidance
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