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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in South Gate: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Chairs, sofas and lawn furniture are on the city's bulky item list, and a household can set out up to ten free items every month once the pickup is scheduled. Furniture is taken only when two people can lift the piece, and futons, couch beds, bed-frame parts and wet, damaged or soiled items are refused.
Household appliances are named on both the city's bulky item list and the hauler's accepted list, so a refrigerator, stove, washer or dryer leaves inside the ten free items a month. Anything past the tenth item in the same month is charged, and a business pickup carries a cost from the start.
A residential customer or multi-family tenant may set out up to ten bulky items free in any month once the pickup is scheduled, and the count resets the following month. Rugs and bundled wood no longer than four feet ride the same list, while the city refuses bedding parts, wet or soiled material and anything with bed bugs.
The handoff matters
Bulky material is only collected on a scheduled pickup, so the request goes to Universal Waste Systems by phone, email or the website with a list of the items. Once the collection date is confirmed, the items go on the sidewalk or parkway of the property rather than into the street, and the crew counts each piece against the monthly allowance.
City bulky item page with the ten free items a month, the fee after the tenth item with a worked example, the accepted item list, the refusal list and the scheduling and placement stepsHauler service page confirming the exclusive franchise, the customer service contacts, the ten item monthly allowance, the accepted bulky items including e-waste, the quarterly household hazardous waste pickup, the sharps mail-back containers and the holiday delay ruleA residential customer and a multi-family tenant each get up to ten free bulky items every month, and the count starts again the next month rather than running for the calendar year. The city's own example is a household that sets out twelve items in June and is charged for the eleventh and twelfth, then receives up to ten free items again in July.
City bulky item page with the ten free items a month, the fee after the tenth item with a worked example, the accepted item list, the refusal list and the scheduling and placement stepsBed-frame parts, futons, couch beds, mattress pads and toppers, water beds, air mattresses, items with bed bugs and excessively wet, damaged or soiled items are all refused, and furniture is only taken when two people can lift the piece. Bundled wood has to be no longer than four feet, and construction and demolition material is not part of the program at all.
City bulky item page with the ten free items a month, the fee after the tenth item with a worked example, the accepted item list, the refusal list and the scheduling and placement stepsHauler service page confirming the exclusive franchise, the customer service contacts, the ten item monthly allowance, the accepted bulky items including e-waste, the quarterly household hazardous waste pickup, the sharps mail-back containers and the holiday delay ruleThe quarterly household hazardous waste pickup requires the material to be boxed and left on the porch rather than at the curb, and the hauler also supplies four mail-in sharps containers per account each year. Other households use the Los Angeles County collection events, where the material travels in cardboard boxes in the trunk and the resident stays in the vehicle while staff unload, inside a limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds per trip.
Hauler service page confirming the exclusive franchise, the customer service contacts, the ten item monthly allowance, the accepted bulky items including e-waste, the quarterly household hazardous waste pickup, the sharps mail-back containers and the holiday delay ruleLos Angeles County collection centers page with the free household hazardous waste and e-waste events, the preparation rules, the trip limit and the refused materialThe South Gate Transfer Station takes only non-hazardous municipal solid and inert waste, weighs every load and takes payment in cash, by credit or debit card or on a pre-arranged account, with no checks. Hand-unloaded vehicles are not admitted after 4:30 p.m., self-dumping vehicles after 4:45 p.m., and all unloading has to finish by 4:50 p.m.
Sanitation Districts page for the South Gate Transfer Station with the Garfield Avenue address, the non-hazardous waste limit, the operating hours and the late afternoon unloading cutoffsSanitation Districts tipping fee schedule effective July 15, 2026 with the South Gate Transfer Station rates for municipal and inert waste, hard to handle bulky items and pull-offsUse 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 South Gate.
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.
Yes. Chairs, sofas and lawn furniture are on the city's bulky item list, and a residential customer or multi-family tenant gets up to ten free items every month when the pickup is scheduled with Universal Waste Systems at (562) 334-3660. A piece has to be light enough for two people to lift, and futons, couch beds, bed-frame parts and wet, damaged or soiled items are refused.Official guidance
Up to ten free bulky items every month, and a household appliance counts as one of them. The city's example is that twelve items placed out during June mean the eleventh and twelfth are charged, and the allowance resets to ten free items the following month. Business pickups are charged from the first item, quoted through the same customer service line at (562) 334-3660.Official guidance
Up to ten free items each month for a residential customer, and ten items per month for each unit in a multi-family building, so the allowance resets rather than running on an annual count. The city's own example is that a twelfth item in the same month is charged, and the pickup has to be scheduled first through Universal Waste Systems at (562) 334-3660.Official guidance
Universal Waste Systems collects up to ten free bulky items every month for a residential customer, and ten items per month for each multi-family unit, once the pickup is scheduled at (562) 334-3660. The list covers chairs, sofas, appliances, bed frames, mattresses, lawn furniture, rugs, bundled wood up to four feet and electronic waste, items go on the sidewalk or parkway on the collection date, and a fee applies to each item after the tenth in the same month.Official guidance
Universal Waste Systems is the exclusive provider of waste management services in the city, with residential service under the current contract beginning January 1, 2023, and customer service at (562) 334-3660 or SGCustomerService@uwscompany.com. The same line handles cart exchanges, service problems, bulky pickups, quarterly household hazardous waste visits and roll-off bin requests.Official guidance
Residential and multi-family customers get one household hazardous waste pickup every quarter, with the items boxed and left on the porch and the visit arranged through (562) 334-3660, plus four mail-in sharps containers per account each year. For anything else, Los Angeles County runs free collection events and permanent centers where county residents can drop off household chemicals and electronic waste inside a trip limit of 15 gallons or 125 pounds, and white goods such as refrigerators and stoves are not accepted there.Official guidance
Yes. The transfer station at 9530 Garfield Avenue in South Gate accepts non-hazardous municipal solid and inert waste Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday and major holidays, weighs every load and charges by the ton with a higher rate for hard to handle and bulky items. Payment is cash, credit card, debit card or pre-arranged credit and never a cheque, and unloading stops at 4:30 p.m. for hand-loaded vehicles and 4:50 p.m. for everyone.Official guidance
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