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.
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.
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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 Lakeland: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Four bulk yard waste or bulk junk collections a calendar year are free, up to 20 cubic yards each, and they are arranged by phone or email.
Used furniture, couches, chairs and other household items may be placed curbside for one of the free bulk junk collections.
Mattresses, box springs and bed frames are named in the bulk junk list and go out curbside on a scheduled collection.
Refrigerators, air conditioners, water heaters, washers, dryers and small appliances are collected by a special bulk truck for recycling.
Electronics go to the Polk County household hazardous waste facility or a county collection event, with a limit of five components per visit at the facility.
Only small amounts of building debris from a homeowner's own upkeep and maintenance go out on the bulk route, with protruding nails bent over. Debris from work that needed a city permit or from a hired contractor has to be removed by the homeowner or the contractor, and the city quotes larger construction projects as a commercial service.
Tires are prohibited in the city carts and are not named in the city bulk list, so the route is a county question or a tire retailer.
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's bulk list, so the machine has to be confirmed with the solid waste office.
The handoff matters
Bulk junk and bulk yard waste are scheduled by emailing customer service with the address and the type of material or by calling 863-834-8773, and the four free collections a calendar year cover up to 20 cubic yards each. Furniture, mattresses, box springs, bed frames, couches, chairs, tree limbs and construction debris with the nails bent over go out together, while appliances wait for the special recycling truck and must be curbside before the pickup.
City large bulk pickup page with the four free collections up to 20 cubic yards, the scheduling contacts, the yard waste, furniture, appliance and construction panels and the county boundary noteUse 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 Lakeland.
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.
Four free yard waste or bulk junk collections a calendar year, each up to 20 cubic yards, with the calendar year running from January 1 through December 31. Beyond the four, a collection is charged by the cubic yard with a minimum.Official guidance
Email customer service at solidwastemanagement@lakelandgov.net with your address and the type of material you have at the curb, or call 863-834-8773 to arrange the pickup.Official guidance
Plant material such as tree branches and shrubbery trimmings that are too large to be containerized, or any pile larger than six feet by four feet. Items must not be longer than eight feet for collection.Official guidance
Yes. The city states that used furniture, mattresses, box springs, bed frames, couches, chairs and other household items may be placed curbside, inside the four free bulk junk collections a calendar year of up to 20 cubic yards each.Official guidance
Yes. Mattresses, box springs and bed frames are named in the city's bulk junk list, so the set goes out curbside on one of the four free bulk collections a calendar year, each up to 20 cubic yards.Official guidance
Used refrigerators, air conditioners, water heaters, washers, dryers and small appliances are collected by a special bulk truck for recycling, and the items have to be curbside before the pickup. Arrange the collection by email or at 863-834-8773.Official guidance
To the Polk County household hazardous waste facility at 5 Environmental Loop South in Winter Haven, which takes electronics from county residents at no additional fee with a limit of five components per visit, or to a county collection event, such as the February 6, 2027 event at the Lakeland Solid Waste site on 602 Evelyn Ave. Best Buy also accepts electronics under its national recycling program.Official guidance
Only small amounts of building debris from a homeowner's own upkeep and maintenance go out with the bulk collection, with protruding nails bent over before the lumber is placed curbside. Debris from work that needed a city permit, or from a hired contractor, has to be removed by the homeowner or the contractor, and a larger project is quoted as a commercial service. An accepted load uses the four free bulk collections a calendar year of up to 20 cubic yards each, and anything beyond that is charged by the cubic yard with a minimum.Official guidance
No. Tires are on the city's list of items that must not be loaded into a cart, and they are not named among the bulk pickup materials, while the Polk County household hazardous waste program does not list tires either. Ask the tire retailer or Polk County Solid Waste at 863-284-4319 about a residential option.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's bulk junk list, which covers furniture, mattresses, box springs, bed frames, couches, chairs and other household items, so call the solid waste office at 863-834-8773 and ask whether the machine can go out as bulk junk inside the four free collections.Official guidance
The City of Lakeland Solid Waste Division serves all residences inside the city limits, with weekly garbage, recycling and yard waste plus a bulk and special pickup service arranged by phone or email. The solid waste office is at 863-834-8773, and a household with a gray garbage can and a black recycle can is a Polk County customer instead, served by the county at 863-284-4319.Official guidance
Each customer gets four free bulk yard waste or bulk junk collections a calendar year, up to 20 cubic yards each, arranged by emailing solidwastemanagement@lakelandgov.net with the address and the material or by calling 863-834-8773. Furniture, mattresses, box springs, bed frames, couches, chairs, tree limbs and construction debris with the nails bent over all go out this way, while appliances wait for the special recycling truck.Official guidance
A bulk yard waste or bulk junk collection beyond the four free collections in a calendar year is charged by the cubic yard with a minimum, and a contaminated recycling container costs the published per occurrence charge to dump as garbage. A roll off container carries a delivery charge, a pull charge and the disposal cost, and the current figures are on the city rate schedule and can be confirmed with the solid waste office on 863-834-8773.Official guidance
To the Polk County household hazardous waste facility at the North Central Landfill, 5 Environmental Loop South in Winter Haven, where household chemical and electronic waste from county residents is accepted at no additional fee, or to a county collection event. Paint is limited to 20 gallons a year, electronics to five components per visit, and biohazardous waste, needles and medications are refused.Official guidance
Plant material such as tree branches and shrubbery trimmings that are too large to be containerized, or any pile larger than six feet by four feet, with no item longer than eight feet. Yard waste is also part of the weekly curbside collection, and a household with more than the four free bulk collections can pay 13.81 per cubic yard with a 30.66 minimum.Official guidance
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