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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Mount Prospect: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Mattresses and box springs are on the village's approved bulk item list and are collected weekly on the regular collection day with no additional charge and no limit on the number of items.
Furniture is on the approved bulk item list, so couches, chairs and tables ride the weekly bulk collection with no additional charge and no limit on the number of items.
Appliances such as refrigerators, washers and dryers are collected by appointment only, for an additional fee paid on the pickup day and arranged directly with Republic Services rather than with the weekly truck.
Televisions of all types are on the village electronics acceptable items list and go to the Wednesday drop-off at the Public Works Facility, because Illinois bans televisions and computers from landfills.
Construction debris goes in the wheeled refuse cart or out as prepared bundles within a one cubic yard limit, anything larger becomes a paid special collection, and paint, solvents and chemicals are refused.
Exercise equipment is not named on the approved bulk item list, and the village publishes no treadmill, elliptical or home gym as a collected item.
Approved bulk items are collected weekly on the regular collection day at no additional charge, with no limit on the number of items.
Yard waste and food organics are collected in unlimited quantities for no additional charge from April through mid-December in the resident's own rigid container or a rented village cart.
The village names scrap metal as material that does not belong in the curbside recycling stream, and loose metal is not on the approved bulk item list.
The handoff matters
Refuse, recycling, organics and your bulk items all ride the same weekly collection day, out as early as 4:30 p.m. the day before and no later than 6:30 a.m. that morning. A late set-out is not collected until the following week, and empty carts are taken in the same day as collection.
Single family refuse, recycling and bulk item collection rules, the curbside set-out window, cart placement, white goods handling, brush and construction debris limits, special collections and the Christmas tree datesOrganics and yard waste program with the container and bag specifications, brush limits, cart rental and the seasonal collection windowSolid Waste Newsletter 2025 with the electronics acceptable items list, the SWANCC weekly drop-off locations, the Glenview Transfer Station hours and rates, white goods handling, organics and bulk item schedules and the household hazardous waste listsCarts sit on the driveway apron at the curb line or on the parkway with the handle facing away from the street, a two foot gap from the next cart, mailbox and sign post, and the lid closed. Nothing goes on top of a closed lid, and carts are not stored in front of the property between collection days.
Single family refuse, recycling and bulk item collection rules, the curbside set-out window, cart placement, white goods handling, brush and construction debris limits, special collections and the Christmas tree datesSolid Waste Newsletter 2025 with the electronics acceptable items list, the SWANCC weekly drop-off locations, the Glenview Transfer Station hours and rates, white goods handling, organics and bulk item schedules and the household hazardous waste listsAll garbage has to be in the refuse cart. Anything outside the cart that is not on the approved bulk item list is left behind, so hold it for the next week or call Republic Services for a special pickup, and charges apply to that collection.
Single family refuse, recycling and bulk item collection rules, the curbside set-out window, cart placement, white goods handling, brush and construction debris limits, special collections and the Christmas tree datesSolid waste FAQs on the two carts, cart sizes and exchange, garbage left outside the cart and latex paint handlingAppliances are an appointment with a fee paid on the pickup day, televisions, computers and other electronics go to the Wednesday drop-off at Public Works because Illinois bans them from landfill, and paint, solvents and chemicals belong at the appointment-only household hazardous waste collection rather than the cart or the bulk pile.
Single family refuse, recycling and bulk item collection rules, the curbside set-out window, cart placement, white goods handling, brush and construction debris limits, special collections and the Christmas tree datesRecycling programs page with the electronics drop-off location, Wednesday schedule and weekly item limit, plus the battery, bulb, styrofoam, plastic bag, textile and medication programsHousehold hazardous waste collection with the appointment-only event at Public Works, the eligible and ineligible item lists and the long-term Illinois facilitiesUse 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 Mount Prospect.
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.
Yes. Mattresses and box springs are both on the village's approved bulk item list, collected weekly on the regular collection day at no additional charge with no limit on the number of items.Official guidance
Yes. Furniture is on the approved bulk item list and is collected weekly on your regular collection day with no additional charge and no limit on the number of items. Garbage that is not on the list still has to stay inside the refuse cart.Official guidance
Appliances are a separate appointment, not part of the free bulk pile. Call Republic Services at 847-981-0091 to arrange the collection and pay the published additional fee on the pickup day.Official guidance
Televisions of all types are accepted at the electronics drop-off at the Public Works Facility, 1700 W. Central Rd., on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. from April through October, with a limit of 7 items each week. Illinois bans televisions and computers from landfills, so they cannot go in the refuse cart.Official guidance
One cubic yard, either in the refuse cart with the lid able to close or as bundles up to 5 feet and 50 pounds. Roughly six bundles equal one cubic yard and doors count as one bundle. Anything over one cubic yard needs a paid special collection arranged with Republic Services at 847-981-0091.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not on the village's approved bulk item list, so it is not automatically collected. The village says that list is not exhaustive, so call Public Works at 847-870-5640 with the machine type before you set it out.Official guidance
No. Bulk items are collected weekly on the regular collection day at no additional charge and there is no limit on the number of items, as long as the pieces are on the approved bulk item list. Garbage that is not on the list stays in the cart or becomes a paid special pickup.Official guidance
In your own rigid container up to 95 gallon, in a rented village cart, or in a biodegradable kraft paper bag of no more than 32 gallons and 50 pounds for yard waste only. Organic food scraps have to go in a rigid container, plastic bags are refused, and a rigid container up to 32 gallon is limited to 50 pounds.Official guidance
Loose scrap metal is not on the approved bulk item list, and the village names scrap metal as material that does not belong in the curbside recycling stream, so call Public Works at 847-870-5640 with the item first. The village points residents who self-haul to the SWANCC transfer station in Des Plaines, where acceptance of loose metal should be confirmed at 847.724.9205 before loading.Official guidance
Refuse, recycling, bulk items, brush and organics all go out on the same weekly collection day. The curb window opens at 4:30 p.m. the day before collection and closes at 6:30 a.m. on the collection day, and anything set out late waits for the following week.Official guidance
Republic Services handles the village's special collections at 847-981-0091, including appliances and any load of excess trash, non-bulk items, construction debris over one cubic yard, large tree limbs or stumps. Public Works at 847-870-5640 answers questions about the carts, the approved bulk item list and anything the village pages do not cover.Official guidance
Paint, solvents, cleaners, motor oil, antifreeze and similar material never go in the refuse cart or the bulk pile. The village hosts appointment-only household hazardous waste collections at the Public Works Facility at 1700 W. Central Rd., and residents can also use the long-term Illinois facilities in Chicago, Naperville and Rockford. Latex paint is the exception: dry it out with an absorbent and put the can in the garbage cart.Official guidance
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