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 Lakewood
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.
Lakewood publishes no municipal bulky pickup, so a couch leaves on the household's own hauler account. The city points residents to its licensed hauler list, and many of those companies advertise extra or bulky service on their own terms.
City cost & eligibility
The city does not set or publish a bulky item price, because the collection contract is between the household and the hauler. Compare the licensed companies on the city's list and confirm the couch, the pickup day and the charge with the one you choose, or ask your homeowners association if it already holds a neighborhood contract.
When & how
Arrange the pickup with the chosen hauler on its own collection day, and keep the piece on the property until then, because Lakewood code limits waste containers to 48 consecutive hours at the curb per week.
Get it ready
Keep the piece out of the recycling stream, since the city tells residents not to put e-waste or hazardous waste in carts and to follow the hauler's own guidelines, and keep it from obstructing the street or sidewalk on collection day.
No Lakewood page names a mattress route or a mattress price, and the city's waste guide is published as a graphic table without readable item text, so bedding has to be confirmed with the hauler.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no mattress route and no rate, because collection is a private contract. Confirm whether the chosen hauler takes a mattress or box spring, whether it counts as a bulky item and what it costs, and ask the homeowners association first if there is one.
When & how
Ask the hauler before the unit goes out, and keep it on the property until a pickup is arranged.
Get it ready
Keep the unit dry and wrapped so it can be handled, keep it out of the recycling cart because the city bars foam, food scraps and bulky material from recycling, and keep the mattress and box spring counted separately when confirming the pickup.
An appliance leaves on the household's hauler account, and a metal shell or frame can also go free to the Quail Street Recycling Center, which accepts scrap metal. The city publishes no appliance rate.
City cost & eligibility
There is no city rate because there is no city service. Confirm the appliance with the chosen hauler, or use the free Quail Street Recycling Center for the scrap metal portion of the load. The city's hauler list is published without endorsement, so compare companies before choosing.
When & how
Quail Street Recycling Center accepts drop-offs including scrap metal, and the hauler collects on its own schedule once the pickup is booked.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and tape the doors shut before it moves, keep it out of the recycling cart, and separate any loose metal so it can go to the free drop-off rather than into a paid load.
A cooling appliance has no published city route either. It has to be arranged with the household's hauler, and the refrigerant handling is what makes the unit different from an ordinary appliance.
City cost & eligibility
No city or county page publishes a refrigerator or air conditioner rate for Lakewood, so confirm with the hauler what it charges for a cooling unit and how the refrigerant is handled. The Rooney Road Recycling Center publishes free paint, battery and oil routes rather than appliance service.
When & how
Confirm with the hauler before the unit is moved, and keep it on the property until the pickup is booked.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and secure the doors, and tell the hauler that it holds refrigerant so the correct handling and price apply. Do not put a cooling appliance in any curbside recycling stream.
There is no city bulky programme. A household arranges extra pickups or a container with its own hauler, or checks whether a homeowners association already holds a neighborhood contract that covers bulky material.
City cost & eligibility
Every price in Lakewood is set by the company rather than the city, so confirm the bulky load, the extra pickups and the container terms with the chosen hauler. The city's licensed hauler list carries the companies and their service columns without endorsement.
When & how
Book the pickup or the container with the hauler on its own schedule, and keep containers out at the curb no more than 48 consecutive hours per week as the city code requires.
Get it ready
Follow the hauler's own guidelines, keep e-waste, hazardous waste, foam and food scraps out of the recycling cart as the city instructs, and never block the street or the sidewalk on collection day.
Lakewood does not collect and does not contract for you
The city states that it does not contract with haulers on behalf of residents and does not provide collection as a utility. Residents, business owners and property managers arrange service directly with the hauler of their choosing, starting with any homeowners association that may already hold a neighborhood contract, and apartment residents go through the property manager. Issues with service go to the hauler or the HOA rather than to the city.
Follow the city code for carts and keep recyclables clean
Containers must not obstruct the street or sidewalk on collection day, have to be taken back to the residence in a timely manner, and may not sit at the curb more than 48 consecutive hours in a week. Bag trash, never bag recyclables, keep them clean, empty and dry, break down cardboard, and keep pet waste, diapers, soft plastics, food scraps, foam, e-waste and hazardous waste out of the recycling cart.
Two shared drop offs take the items a hauler will not
The Quail Street Recycling Center at 1068 Quail St. takes sorted, clean, dry cardboard, scrap metal, aluminium beverage cans, paper, glass bottles and jars and plastic bottles free of charge, with cardboard cut to a maximum of 3 feet by 5 feet, the load limited to a standard car or small pickup and no trailers allowed. Electronics, paint, batteries, motor oil and antifreeze go to the Rooney Road Recycling Center in Jefferson County by appointment, where paint is free through PaintCare and electronics are charged by the pound.
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.
Hire a licensed hauler for collection and bulky items
Any Lakewood household that needs weekly collection plus the extra or bulky pickups the city does not provide.
Cost & conditions
Every rate comes from the company, because the city neither provides the service nor negotiates for residents. The city's licensed hauler master list gives the companies and phone numbers with columns for residential, roll-off, recycling and compost or yard waste, and it is published without endorsement, so compare and confirm before signing up.
Arrange it
Check with any homeowners association first, otherwise contact a company from the licensed list, and confirm the weekly service, the bulky item terms and the price for the address.
The city does not back the contract, service issues go to the hauler or HOA, containers may not sit at the curb more than 48 consecutive hours per week, and e-waste and hazardous waste are barred from the recycling cart.
Licensed private waste haulers in Lakewood, with the city's Quail Street Recycling Center and the Jefferson County Rooney Road Recycling Center
Drop clean recyclables and scrap metal at Quail Street
A household with sorted cardboard, paper, glass, plastic bottles, aluminium cans or scrap metal that wants a free drop off rather than a paid pickup.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Free and open to everyone, with donations welcome. The material has to be sorted, clean and dry, cardboard cut to a maximum of 3 feet by 5 feet, and the load limited to what fits a standard car or small pickup, with no trailers allowed.
Arrange it
Drive northbound on Quail Street to 1068 Quail St. and unload the sorted material on site.
This is a recycling drop off rather than a bulky or appliance service, trailers are not allowed, and items outside the accepted list have to go to a hauler or another programme.
City recycling drop off that also takes scrap metal
Quail Street Recycling Center
1068 Quail St., Lakewood, CO 80226
Sorted, clean, dry cardboard, scrap metal, aluminium beverage cans, paper, glass bottles and jars, and plastic bottles.
Recyclables have to be sorted before arriving, cardboard must be clean, flat, dry and cut to a maximum of 3 feet by 5 feet, the volume has to fit a standard car or small pickup, and no trailers are allowed. The center is a drop off rather than a collection service.
The center's own published hours apply; the page directs visitors to drive northbound on Quail Street and to check before arriving.
No charge. Free and open to everyone, with donations welcome to sustain the center.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Lakewood.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Lakewood?+
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 does Lakewood collect a couch?+
Through the household's own hauler, because the city does not provide collection and does not contract with a hauler on a resident's behalf. Check with any homeowners association first in case it already has a neighborhood contract, otherwise choose a company from the city's licensed hauler list and confirm the couch, the day and the price with it.Official guidance
Will Lakewood pick up a mattress?+
Not through the city, because Lakewood does not provide or contract for collection. A mattress goes on the household's own hauler account, so confirm with that company or with the homeowners association whether it is accepted and what it costs.Official guidance
Can I drop an appliance part for free in Lakewood?+
The Quail Street Recycling Center accepts scrap metal free of charge along with sorted clean cardboard, aluminium cans, paper, glass and plastic bottles, and it is open to everyone. It is a drop off rather than a pickup service, the load has to fit a standard car or small pickup, and trailers are not allowed, so confirm the item with the centre before loading metal.Official guidance
Where does a refrigerator go in Lakewood?+
On the household's own hauler account, because Lakewood runs no collection and publishes no cooling appliance route. Confirm the unit, the refrigerant handling and the price with the hauler directly, and keep it out of the recycling cart.Official guidance
Who handles bulky junk in Lakewood?+
A private hauler the household hires, because the city neither provides collection nor contracts with haulers on a resident's behalf. The city's steps are to check with the homeowners association first and otherwise to choose a company from its licensed hauler list, then confirm bulky items, extra pickups and prices with that company.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Lakewood?+
A private hauler the household hires. The city states that it does not contract with haulers on behalf of residents and does not provide collection as a utility, so a resident checks with any homeowners association first and otherwise chooses a company from the city's licensed hauler master list, which lists the companies, phone numbers and the services each one offers.Official guidance
What does the Lakewood code require at the curb?+
Containers must not obstruct street or sidewalk traffic on collection day, have to be returned to the residence in a timely manner, and may not stay at the curb more than 48 consecutive hours in a week. Bag trash, keep recyclables loose and clean, break down cardboard, and keep pet waste, diapers, soft plastics, food scraps, foam, e-waste and hazardous waste out of recycling.Official guidance
What can I drop off for free in Lakewood?+
At the Quail Street Recycling Center, sorted clean and dry cardboard, scrap metal, aluminium cans, paper, glass bottles and jars and plastic bottles are free and open to everyone, with no trailers and loads limited to a car or small pickup. Paint is also free at the Rooney Road Recycling Center through PaintCare, with a drop-off appointment and a limit of five gallon containers and 200 gallons per visit.Official guidance
Does the city recommend a hauler?+
No. Lakewood publishes its licensed commercial waste hauler master list with each company's contact details and service columns, and the list carries the note that it is provided without endorsement from the City of Lakewood. The city suggests comparing services by phone with your address and asking neighbours which companies they use.Official guidance
What about apartment and condo residents?+
Apartment residents contact the property manager for waste diversion options, and if the complex does not offer recycling the city points them to the Quail Street Recycling Center for their recyclables. The same licensed hauler list covers multi-family service for complexes that arrange their own collection.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.