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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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Evanston: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A large piece of furniture goes out with one of the two free bulk trash collections each year, or on a special pick-up charged by volume if the household cannot wait for those weeks.
A mattress and box spring is the unit the City uses to describe six cubic yards, so a set fits one free bulk trash collection each season.
Appliances are not collected in the bulk pile, but the City arranges their removal separately and describes that arrangement as free.
A refrigerator or freezer belongs to the appliance category the City removes on request rather than in the bulk pile, and the household should ask about refrigerant preparation when it books.
Illinois law keeps electronics out of the trash and the City's published drop-off list covers small electronics without naming a television, so the route for a set has to be confirmed.
Small electronics drop off free at the Ecology Center, and the City also runs seasonal collections for holiday string lights.
The City states that it is not equipped to collect construction debris, so a renovation load needs a private disposal firm or a rented roll-off container.
Exercise equipment is not named in the City's bulk rules, so a household should confirm that it fits the six cubic yard limit before setting it out.
Up to six cubic yards of household bulk trash is collected free twice a year, and anything larger or outside those weeks becomes a special pick-up charged by volume.
The handoff matters
Each spring and fall the City publishes a bulk trash collection day that follows the household's normal collection day, with Monday routes served on one Friday, Tuesday routes on the next, and so on through the week. Everything has to be out by 7 a.m. because crews do not return for a late set-out, and if the routes cannot finish on the Friday the collection continues on Saturday. Bulk trash cannot be put out before the weekend ahead of the scheduled day, and municipal solid waste is not allowed to accumulate in the street, alley or another public place.
City special pick-ups and bulk collection page with the volume charges, the twice-yearly free bulk collection schedule and its guidelinesA special pick-up is any trash beyond the capacity of the garbage cart plus one additional bag, and the City requires one after a move-out or move-in, after a major clean-up, or for a large piece of furniture. The charge is a fee for the first three cubic yards and a further fee for each additional cubic yard, placed on the water bill for payment later, and the request is made by calling or texting the Public Works Agency on 847-448-4311 or by dialling 311 inside Evanston.
City special pick-ups and bulk collection page with the volume charges, the twice-yearly free bulk collection schedule and its guidelinesTrash carts come in three sizes with recycling included in the monthly cost, collection is weekly on the assigned day, and the City bills trash, recycling and food and yard waste every two months on the water, sewer and sanitation bill. A household gets one free service adjustment each year and pays a published fee for further changes in the same calendar year, though cart maintenance such as replacing, repairing or exchanging a broken cart is separate. If a collection day falls on or after a City-recognised holiday, the service is postponed by one day.
City residential waste page with the cart sizes and monthly costs, the billing cycle, the food and yard waste programme and the holiday ruleHoliday trees are collected by the residential hauler during the first two full weeks of January on the normal collection schedule days and are either composted or chipped into mulch, and a tree left after those weeks has to be logged with the City's 311 service for the Public Works team. Holiday string lights and extension cords are accepted from December 1 through January 31 at selected community centres, and no other holiday decorations are taken. Mercury-containing bulbs are accepted at the Ecology Center, including linear, U-tube and circline fluorescent tubes, bug zappers, tanning bulbs, black lights, germicidal and high-output bulbs, while LED and incandescent bulbs are not accepted and can go in the trash.
City what goes where page with the recycling and composting guidance, the holiday tree weeks, the holiday light programme and the mercury bulb programmeUse 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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Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Evanston.
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.
Use one of the two free bulk trash collections if the item can wait for the published spring or fall week, because the pile is limited to six cubic yards per household and has to be out by 7 a.m. on the collection day. If the item cannot wait, or the load is bigger than the limit, the City charges a special pick-up by volume and books it through 311 or 847-448-4311.Official guidance
Yes. The City describes six cubic yards of bulk trash as roughly one mattress and box spring, or a love seat and chair, or twenty five medium garbage bags, and that volume is collected free twice a year on the published spring and fall schedule. A load over the limit is tagged for a special pick-up and charged by volume instead.Official guidance
No. The City states that no tires or appliances will be collected in the bulk trash, and it asks residents to call 311 or 847-448-4311 to arrange their free removal instead. The bulk pile rules still apply to everything else, including the six cubic yard limit and the 7 a.m. set-out time.Official guidance
Call or text 311, or the Public Works Agency on 847-448-4311, and arrange the appliance removal the City describes as free, because appliances are not collected in the bulk trash pile. The City does not publish a refrigerant or door preparation rule, so ask when the removal is booked.Official guidance
Not in the trash, because Illinois law prohibits disposing of electronics that way and the City states that electronics are not permitted. The City's published drop-off list at the Ecology Center covers small electronics such as flat monitors, laptops and cords without naming a television, and the waste services hub also lists an annual Evanston Recycles Day drop-off event, so call 311 or 847-448-4311 to confirm which route takes the set.Official guidance
To the Ecology Center, which takes cell phones, digital and video cameras, flat monitors, laptops and notebooks but not desktops, MP3 players, printer cartridges, graphing calculators, game consoles, GPS units, radar detectors, routers, modems, Apple products and cords. Holiday string lights and extension cords are accepted there from December 1 to January 31, and no other holiday decorations are taken.Official guidance
No. The City states that it is not equipped to collect and does not collect construction debris or hazardous materials, and that a private disposal firm can be hired for them. The waste services hub also lists a roll-off dumpster service for construction or cleanout projects, which is arranged separately from the household garbage account.Official guidance
Treat it as bulk trash and call 311 or 847-448-4311 to confirm it first, because the City publishes the bulk rules by volume and named examples rather than by item. If it fits the six cubic yard limit it can go out on the weekend before the published bulk collection day, and anything over the limit or outside those weeks is charged as a special pick-up by volume.Official guidance
Twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, the City removes up to six cubic yards of bulk garbage free from each eligible household on a published schedule that follows the normal collection day, with everything out by 7 a.m. and set out no earlier than the weekend before. Six cubic yards is roughly a love seat and a chair, or one mattress and box spring, or twenty five medium garbage bags. Anything over the limit is tagged for a special pick-up and charged, and tires, appliances, electronics and construction material are not collected in the pile.Official guidance
The City of Evanston Public Works Agency collects residential waste for properties of one to five dwelling units, with Lakeshore Recycling Systems as the residential hauler, and it runs the bulk trash collections in spring and fall. Recycling is included in the cart cost, food and yard waste is a separate cart service, and large item questions and special pick-up requests go through 311 or 847-448-4311.Official guidance
Up to six cubic yards per household, twice a year, once in spring and once in fall on a published schedule. The City describes six cubic yards as roughly a love seat and a chair, or one mattress and box spring, or twenty five medium garbage bags. Anything beyond the limit is tagged for a special pick-up and charged by volume, and everything has to be out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, no earlier than the weekend before.Official guidance
A fee for the first three cubic yards plus a further fee for each additional cubic yard, placed on the water bill for payment at a later date. A special pick-up is any trash beyond the capacity of the cart plus one additional bag, and the City requires one after a move-out or move-in, a major clean-up, or for a large piece of furniture. Requests go to 311 or 847-448-4311.Official guidance
Construction debris and hazardous materials are not collected, and the City says a private disposal firm can be hired for them. Tires and appliances are not collected in the bulk trash pile, so the City arranges their free removal through 311 or 847-448-4311. Electronics are not permitted in the trash because Illinois law prohibits disposing of them there, and the City's drop-off programmes handle small electronics, bulbs and holiday lights instead.Official guidance
Trash carts come in thirty five, sixty five and ninety five gallon sizes, billed monthly with recycling included in the cost, and households using the ninety five gallon cart may also put out one thirty gallon bag each week. Extra carts cost a monthly fee regardless of size, and the City bills trash, recycling and food and yard waste every two months on the water, sewer and sanitation bill. Food and yard waste collection runs weekly from April through November and every other week from December through March on alternating route weeks, with a monthly charge that can be opted out of.Official guidance
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