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.
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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 Santa Monica: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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The City's Resource Recovery and Recycling Division collects bulky items Monday through Friday for residential and commercial customers, limited to large items that do not fit in a refuse container, with a maximum of five items.
Furniture is named in the City's bulky item list, so a couch or a sofa goes out on a City bulky collection of up to five items rather than into a cart.
A mattress is named in the City's bulky item list, so it goes out on a City bulky collection and counts toward the five item maximum.
Large appliances such as refrigerators and freezers are named in the City's bulky item list, and the City notes they are picked up by a separate truck and may not be removed with the other items.
Electronic waste cannot go in any of the three containers, and Santa Monica residents have a no cost door-to-door pickup, quarterly City events and county and retail options.
Construction debris is not collected as a bulky item, and every construction and demolition project has to use an approved hauler and an approved recycling facility under a Waste Management Plan.
The handoff matters
Move the items to the front curb or the alley behind the property and clearly label them for pickup with the note For City Pick-up before contacting the City. Then email 311@santamonica.gov or call (866) 311-7266 with the address, the unit number for an apartment or condominium, a phone number, a description of the items and whether they are in the alley or at the curb.
Bulky and abandoned item collection page with the five item maximum, the named items, the refusals, the labeling and request process and the removal timingThe City collects a maximum of five bulky items, and each one has to be too large to fit in a refuse container. Construction debris and household hazardous waste are not part of the program at all, so those move through the construction route or the no cost door-to-door hazardous waste pickup instead.
Bulky and abandoned item collection page with the five item maximum, the named items, the refusals, the labeling and request process and the removal timingConstruction and demolition recycling page with the approved hauler and facility rule, the online Waste Management Plan, the thresholds and the performance security depositHazardous materials page with the no cost residential door-to-door pickup, the quarterly e-waste events, the battery drop-off sites, the closed City Yards and the small business programUse 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 Santa Monica.
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.
Move the items to the front curb or the alley and label them for pickup with the note For City Pick-up before you call, then contact the City by email at 311@santamonica.gov or by phone at (866) 311-7266 with the address, unit number, phone number, a description of the items and where they are set out. A customer service agent confirms the request.Official guidance
A maximum of five items, and each one has to be too large to fit in a refuse container. Mattresses, furniture and large appliances are all named as examples, and tree trimmings count separately as bundles that have to be no longer than three feet, no heavier than ten pounds and no more than four in number.Official guidance
No construction debris and no household hazardous waste are collected through the bulky item process. Construction material moves through an approved hauler and facility under a Waste Management Plan, and hazardous material goes to the City's no cost door-to-door household hazardous waste pickup or one of the other collection options.Official guidance
The City also collects abandoned items left out on the street or in an alley. Report them through the same 311 line at (866) 311-7266 or 311@santamonica.gov with the location address and a description of the items, and the City says to allow up to a week for collection.Official guidance
Yes, as a bulky item. Furniture is named on the City's bulky item list, collection runs Monday through Friday, and the pile is limited to five items. Label the couch For City Pick-up at the curb or in the alley and request the pickup through 311 at (866) 311-7266 or 311@santamonica.gov.Official guidance
The City says bulky items are normally removed within seven days of the request, and that removal can take up to ten days when there are operational issues or emergencies. Nothing is collected until the request is confirmed, so label the piece and wait for the agent to confirm.Official guidance
Yes. Mattresses are named on the City's bulky item list, which is limited to items too large for a refuse container, with a maximum of five items per collection. Label the mattress For City Pick-up and request the collection through 311.Official guidance
Yes. The collection takes a maximum of five items, and a mattress or box spring is one of them. If the household has more than five large items, the page does not describe a larger pickup, so plan the requests across more than one collection.Official guidance
Yes. Large appliances such as refrigerators and freezers are named on the bulky item list, and the City notes that they are picked up by a separate truck and may not be removed with the other items in the same collection.Official guidance
The City points residents at a retail electronics and appliance recycling option along with other drop-off routes for material that cannot go in a cart, and the no cost door-to-door household hazardous waste pickup is the route for the hazardous content. Confirm which route takes the unit before moving it.Official guidance
Not in any of the three containers. The City offers a no cost door-to-door household hazardous waste pickup through CleanEarth, now Veolia, at (877) 443-2371, hosts quarterly electronic waste recycling events, and points residents at Los Angeles County SAFE centers and events plus retail electronics recycling.Official guidance
No. The City states that the Santa Monica City Yards are not open to the public and that battery and electronic waste drop-off is not accepted there outside the quarterly recycling events. Batteries go to one of the drop-off sites around the city, and electronics go through the door-to-door pickup, a quarterly event or a county or retail option.Official guidance
Not through the bulky item collection, which refuses construction debris. The material has to be sent to an approved recycling facility, either with an approved hauler or in a temporary construction container rented from an authorized private hauler, and the project is bound by a Waste Management Plan.Official guidance
The City requires a plan when the project valuation reaches the City's threshold, when the project area reaches the City's square footage threshold, and for every demolition project regardless of valuation or size. Plan creation, weight ticket uploads and the final compliance report all run through the Santa Monica Waste Tracker portal, and the final report is due within 30 days of the final inspection sign-off.Official guidance
The City's Resource Recovery and Recycling Division collects refuse, recycling and organics for residential customers and also runs the bulky item collection for residential and commercial customers. Requests go through the City's 311 line at (866) 311-7266 or 311@santamonica.gov, and the division email is zerowaste@santamonica.gov.Official guidance
The City adopts a residential rate table, and the one in force for fiscal year 2026-27 runs from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 with the amounts billed every two months. The single family cart rates run from one 65 gallon cart with once weekly service up through 95 gallon carts and cart combinations, bin service is listed separately, and recycling and yard waste containers are listed at no charge. Confirm the amount on the account through 311.Official guidance
Multi-family buildings use containers from a 300 gallon cart up to two, three and four cubic yard bins, with the rate set by the number of pickups a week, and extra lines cover a lock charge, a bin on city property, shared bin or cart service and bin roll out. A resident requesting a bulky collection gives a unit number with the address so the agent can match the request to the building.Official guidance
Yes. The City Council adopted a mandatory recycling ordinance on November 9, 2021, and all households and commercial customers separate waste into a black refuse bin, a blue recycling bin and a green organics and compost bin. There are limited waivers for customers who generate very little organic material or whose building lacks space, subject to City approval.Official guidance
Tree trimmings are collected as a bulky item, not as loose yard waste. Bundle them no longer than three feet and no heavier than ten pounds each, with a maximum of four bundles, and include them in the five item limit for the bulky collection.Official guidance
Yes. The Resource Recovery and Recycling Division hosts quarterly recycling events for electronic waste and publishes a yearly list of its events, and batteries are accepted at a number of drop-off sites around the city. The City Yards themselves are not open to the public outside the quarterly events.Official guidance
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