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.
400+ reviewsacross Google & TrustpilotFirst item / additional item
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 Watsonville: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
Reviewed · Sources below
Furniture is on the city's curbside bulky list, with sofa, chairs and recliners, bookcase and shelves, filing cabinet, desk, chest with drawers and a table or night stand named. Each household with a city garbage utility account gets one free bulky pickup a calendar year of up to three items.
Mattresses and box springs are named on the curbside bulky list, and they are also listed as free recycle items at the city drop-off center, so either route works. The city publishes no count for a mattress and box spring set, so confirm how the set counts against the three item allowance when the pickup is booked.
Stove, washer, dryer, dishwasher and microwave are on the curbside bulky list, and the drop-off center takes appliances free once each per residential customer per year. Refrigerators and air conditioners are the exceptions, because the curbside list refuses cooling units.
Refrigerators and air conditioning units are refused on the curbside bulky list, so the drop-off center is the route, where a residential customer gets one of each appliance free per year and pays the published fee after that.
E-waste is refused on the curbside bulky list and in the carts, and it is free at the drop-off center, where the e-waste list covers televisions, computers and monitors, keyboards and printers, fax and copy machines, stereos, telephones and VCR or DVD players.
The city runs a bulky item collection program for households inside the city limits: one free pickup a calendar year with a maximum of three items, scheduled in advance with the exact item list, and anything outside that allowance or on the refused list goes to the drop-off center.
The handoff matters
Contact customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours before the collection, list the three bulky items, and put only those items at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day. Empty drawers, washers and dryers and tape the doors shut, keep each item within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall and under 100 pounds, and leave 3 feet of clearance from the carts, parked cars and mailboxes, because blocked material is not collected. The service runs Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the account has to be current.
Drop-off center and bulky, hazardous and medical waste page with the bulky collection program rules, the accepted and refused item lists, the household hazardous waste route and the site hoursCart wheels should touch the curb with the handles facing the house, carts need three feet of clearance on all sides from signs, poles and cars, and they go out the night before because collection starts at 4:30 a.m. Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly and recycling runs every other week from the free 95 gallon blue cart. The city is explicit that bulky items do not belong in the carts and should go to the drop-off center instead.
Garbage and recycling services page with the cart rules, cart sizes, every other week recycling, the no bulky items in carts rule and the construction and demolition services listThe Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center is open to Watsonville residents living within the city limits, address verification is required, and users must have regularly scheduled city garbage collection. Loads have to be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, the combined vehicle and trailer length cannot exceed 30 feet, and the site asks users to separate garbage, clean wood, yard waste, tires, mattresses, electronic waste, metal, plastics, hazardous waste and recyclables before arriving so the load can be processed quickly.
Drop-off center and bulky, hazardous and medical waste page with the bulky collection program rules, the accepted and refused item lists, the household hazardous waste route and the site hoursHousehold hazardous waste is accepted free at the drop-off center for Watsonville residents and small businesses, and state law limits what one trip may carry: 15 gallons of liquid or 125 pounds of solid material. Accepted material includes paint, batteries of every household sort, fluorescent tubes and compact bulbs, motor oil, oil filters, transmission fluid, brake fluid, antifreeze and electronic waste such as computers, monitors, phones and televisions, and containers should arrive sealed and unmixed.
Drop-off center and bulky, hazardous and medical waste page with the bulky collection program rules, the accepted and refused item lists, the household hazardous waste route and the site hoursWaste and Recycle Center disposal user fee schedule with the garbage, concrete, dirt and yard waste volume prices, the tire tiers, the free recycle item list and the appliance and e-waste allowancesUse 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.
See your pickup preparationCustomer reviews
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Watsonville.
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.
Through the city's bulky item pickup. A sofa is on the accepted list, the household needs a city garbage utility account, and the first pickup of the calendar year covers up to three items at no charge. Call customer service at (831) 768-3133 at least 48 hours ahead and put the couch at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day.Official guidance
Either on the curbside bulky pickup, where mattresses and box springs are on the accepted list, with the count against the three item free allowance confirmed when the pickup is booked on (831) 768-3133, or at the city Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where mattresses are listed among the free recycle items for residents who have scheduled garbage collection.Official guidance
Yes. Residential customers get one of each listed appliance free per year at the drop-off center, covering air conditioners, clothes dryers, dishwashers, freezers, microwaves, ovens, refrigerators, stoves, wall heaters, washing machines, water heaters and water coolers, and the per item fee applies only after that yearly amount has been used. The curbside bulky route instead accepts washers, dryers, dishwashers, microwaves and stoves inside the three item allowance.Official guidance
No. Refrigerators and air conditioning units are on the bulky program's non accepted list. They go to the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive instead, where a residential customer gets one of each listed appliance free per year and pays the published per item fee after that yearly amount.Official guidance
To the city's Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive, where e-waste is a free recycle item covering televisions, computers and monitors, keyboards and printers, fax and copy machines, stereos, telephones, VCR and DVD players and batteries. The curbside bulky program refuses e-waste, so it should never go on a bulky order or in a cart.Official guidance
One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three bulky items, for a household inside the city limits with a city garbage utility account. Additional pickups cost extra and can be added to the utility bill, and only the items listed on the service order are collected.Official guidance
The City of Watsonville itself: the Municipal Service Center's Solid Waste Division collects garbage and recyclables from more than 11,000 homes and businesses each week, and it also runs the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center at 320 Harvest Drive. Customer service answers at (831) 768-3133 and utility services start at (831) 768-3455.Official guidance
One free pickup per calendar year with a maximum of three items, for a household inside the city limits that has a city garbage utility account, and additional pickups cost extra. Items must be within 4 feet wide by 5 feet long by 4 feet tall and under 100 pounds, and only the items on the service order are collected.Official guidance
Garbage, roofing and construction materials, car parts, mirrors and glass, yard waste, propane tanks, e-waste such as televisions, computers and gaming consoles, refrigerators and air conditioning units, hazardous materials like paint, batteries, fertilizer and oil, and landscaping materials such as dirt, sand and stumps. Those go to the Waste and Recycling Drop-off Center instead.Official guidance
Watsonville residents living within the city limits who have regularly scheduled city garbage collection, with address verification required at the gate. Loads must be covered with a tarp or an extra fee applies, the vehicle and trailer together cannot exceed 30 feet, and the site is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Official guidance
Mattresses, exercise machines, electronic waste such as televisions, computers and monitors, batteries, metal items, glass bottles and jars, cardboard, paper, clean and untreated wood, bicycles, metal bed frames, used motor oil and Christmas trees are on the free recycle list. Appliances are free once each per residential customer per year before the published per item fee applies, and household hazardous waste is free at the same site for residents and small businesses.Official guidance
Cart wheels should touch the curb with the handles facing the house, carts need three feet of clearance on all sides from signs, poles and cars, and they go out the night before because collection starts at 4:30 a.m. Garbage and recyclables are collected weekly, recycling every other week from a free 95 gallon blue cart, and bulky items do not belong in any cart.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.
