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 Des Moines: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A couch that will not fit the waste cart is a large item in Des Moines, so it leaves the curb under the city's sticker programme rather than through a private hauler. The pickup itself is scheduled by phone once the sticker is in place.
An appliance is a large item in Des Moines with a published twist: it needs seven pink Large Item stickers rather than one, and the collection is scheduled by phone. The city's own image of the collection shows an appliance being lifted from the curb by the Public Works truck.
Des Moines prices its overflow material with stickers: a pink Extra Trash sticker for items, bags or boxes of trash once the cart is full, a pink Large Item sticker for anything too big for the cart, and a green Compost It! sticker for bulk tree limbs, branch bundles and holiday trees. The free route for a bigger load is a SCRUB drop-off event.
The handoff matters
Des Moines prices its curbside overflow with stickers: a pink Large Item sticker for anything too big for the cart, seven of them for an appliance, a pink Extra Trash sticker for extra items, bags or boxes once the cart is full, and a green Compost It! sticker for bulk tree limbs, branch bundles and holiday trees. The prices sit in the sticker charge records, the stickers are sold at seven locations around the city, and the large item collection is scheduled by calling (515) 283-4950.
City bulk trash and appliances page with the pink Large Item sticker price, the seven sticker appliance rule, the scheduling line, the Extra Trash sticker, the Compost It! bulk yard waste rule and the sticker retailersResidents can drop off large trash items, bulk yard waste and more at no charge during the SCRUB events, which run monthly from March through November. The city's own photograph shows a SCRUB event at the Metro Central Transfer Station on Delaware Avenue, where residents unload large trash from their vehicles.
City garbage, recycling and cleanup hub with the free SCRUB drop-off events from March to November for large trash items and bulk yard waste, the Metro Central Transfer Station venue on Delaware Avenue, the bulk trash and yard waste links, and the vegetative debris collection requirementsWhen the city runs a vegetative debris collection, debris must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the stated date, only tree and yard waste is eligible, limbs must be cut to ten feet or shorter with a maximum diameter of twenty-four inches across, and piles must stay at least three feet from utilities, mailboxes, trees and other structures.
City garbage, recycling and cleanup hub with the free SCRUB drop-off events from March to November for large trash items and bulk yard waste, the Metro Central Transfer Station venue on Delaware Avenue, the bulk trash and yard waste links, and the vegetative debris collection requirementsHousehold chemicals do not ride any city route. The Metro Waste Authority operates the Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off, open Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to noon, closed on major holidays, with accepted items and rates published on the authority's hazardous waste page, and the same window accepts bagged compost.
Metro Waste Authority hazardous waste drop-off page with the Tuesday to Friday and Saturday hours, the holiday closure note, the accepted items and rates link, the bagged compost window and the authority's own location listUse 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 Des Moines.
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.
Buy a pink Large Item sticker, attach it to the piece, and call (515) 283-4950 to schedule the curbside pickup, because large items that do not fit the waste cart require that sticker at the price carried in the charge record. The free alternative is a SCRUB event, where residents drop off large trash items and bulk yard waste at no charge during the monthly events from March to November.Official guidance
Seven. The city states that large items need a pink Large Item sticker and that appliances require seven of them, so a unit takes seven stickers at the published price before the pickup is scheduled at (515) 283-4950. Extra bags or boxes of trash take a separate Extra Trash sticker once the cart is full.Official guidance
Extra items, bags or boxes of trash need a pink Extra Trash sticker once the waste cart is full, anything too large for the cart needs a pink Large Item sticker, appliances need seven of those stickers, and bulk tree limbs, branch bundles or holiday trees need a green Compost It! sticker. The free alternative for a large load is a SCRUB drop-off event, where large trash items and bulk yard waste are accepted at no charge during the monthly events from March to November.Official guidance
Large items that will not fit the waste cart need a pink Large Item sticker and an appliance needs seven of them, extra items, bags or boxes of trash need a pink Extra Trash sticker once the cart is full, and bulk tree limbs, branch bundles or holiday trees need a green Compost It! sticker. The prices are in the sticker charge records, the stickers are sold at seven locations including 3221 SE 14th St and 420 Court Ave, and the large item pickup is scheduled by calling (515) 283-4950.Official guidance
SCRUB events let residents drop off large trash items, bulk yard waste and more for free, and they run monthly from March through November. The city's own photograph shows an event at the Metro Central Transfer Station on Delaware Avenue, where residents unload large trash from their vehicles, so a household with a big load can avoid buying stickers entirely by waiting for the next event.Official guidance
Household chemicals go to the Metro Waste Authority's Metro Hazardous Waste Drop-off, open Tuesday to Friday from 10 AM to 6 PM and Saturday from 8 AM to noon and closed on major holidays, with accepted items and rates on the authority's hazardous waste page; bagged compost is taken in the same window. The authority also publishes an electronics entry in its recycling and disposal guide, but that guide lists no accepted devices and no price, so confirm both before a trip.Official guidance
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