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 Rockford: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Bulk items are household items too large for an approved container and they are collected on the same day as the regular garbage, with preparation rules instead of an appointment.
A mattress is a bulk item in Rockford, and the City publishes specific preparation rules for king size sets and for bedding that has been infested.
Appliances are bulk items on the regular collection day, and a unit that holds refrigerant needs a technician certification that it is refrigerant free.
Covered electronic devices cannot go in an Illinois landfill and are not collected with the garbage, so they go to one of three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful centers, where televisions and monitors carry a published fee.
Construction material is not one of the residential streams, so a project load goes through the special waste vendor list or a self haul rather than the garbage day.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere in the City material, so the machine has to be verified with the hauler before it goes out as a bulk item.
The handoff matters
Rockford collects garbage, yard waste in season and bulk items on the same day, and each one has its own rules. Household trash is unlimited in containers or bags of 13 to 40 gallons under 50 pounds, yard waste goes out in paper bags or in a can of 32 gallons or less marked with a large X, and a bulk item goes out reduced to a safe size rather than left whole.
Rock River Disposal City of Rockford page with the unlimited weekly trash, the container sizes, the recycling toter and the yard waste rules and seasonCity weekly yard waste page with the growing season window, the Christmas tree collection, the bag size rule and the bundle limitsCity weekly bulk item page with the same day collection, the fee schedule reference, the preparation rules and the landfill self haul optionThe City publishes preparation rules instead of an appointment. A toilet tank comes off the bowl, boards, poles and other long solid objects are cut into sections no longer than four feet, bedding and furniture that has been infested is wrapped in plastic, a king size box spring is cut in half and a king size mattress folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and a refrigerant containing appliance needs a licensed technician's certification that it is refrigerant free.
City weekly bulk item page with the same day collection, the fee schedule reference, the preparation rules and the landfill self haul optionCovered electronic devices are banned from Illinois landfills and are not collected with household garbage, so they go to one of three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling centers, where televisions and monitors carry a published fee. Household chemicals go to the cooperative center at 3315 Kishwaukee Street, and neither stream belongs in the garbage, the recycling toter or a yard waste pile.
City electronic waste page with the landfill ban, the covered device list, the three Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful centers and the published television and monitor feesCity household hazardous waste page with the Kishwaukee Street facility, its hours, the accepted list, the five gallon limit, the tire allowance and the end of latex paint acceptanceA resident may transport bulk items personally to the Winnebago landfill instead of using the curbside collection, and for material the household hazardous waste facility cannot take the City publishes a list of permitted regional special waste vendors covering material from commercial, industrial and agricultural sources along with tires and electronics. The City labels that list a courtesy rather than a recommendation.
City weekly bulk item page with the same day collection, the fee schedule reference, the preparation rules and the landfill self haul optionCity commercial, industrial and agricultural waste page listing the regional special waste vendors for material the hazardous waste facility cannot takeUse 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 Rockford.
The City states that bulk items are subject to the bulk refuse rates in its fee schedule without restating the rates on the page, so the amount depends on the item and has to be confirmed with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489. An atypically large item has to be verified before it goes out at all.Official guidance
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.
No. Rockford collects bulk items on the same day as the regularly scheduled garbage collection, so the work is in the preparation rather than the booking. An atypically large item still has to be verified with Rock River Disposal on 815-965-2489 before it is set out.Official guidance
Separate a toilet tank from the bowl, cut boards, poles and other long objects into sections no longer than four feet, wrap bed bug infested mattresses and furniture in plastic, cut a king size box spring in half and fold a king size mattress in half secured with tape or rope, and attach a licensed refrigeration technician's certification that a refrigerant containing appliance is refrigerant free.Official guidance
As a prepared bulk item on the regular garbage day. A king size box spring is cut in half and a king size mattress is folded in half and secured with tape or rope, and anything that has been infested is wrapped in plastic before it goes to the curb.Official guidance
A certification attached to the unit by a licensed refrigeration technician stating that it is now refrigerant free, which the City requires for any appliance containing refrigerant such as a refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner. The unit then goes out with the bulk items on the regular garbage day.Official guidance
To a Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful recycling center, because covered electronic devices are banned from Illinois landfills and are not collected with household garbage. Disposal is free except for televisions and monitors, which carry a published fee, and only intact residential devices are accepted.Official guidance
Televisions and monitors are the only covered devices with a charge. Sets under 19 inches are at the lowest published fee, sets 19 inches and over are higher, and projection televisions and wood console televisions are higher again, with payment by debit preferred and major credit or debit cards accepted.Official guidance
Not on the garbage day. The City's residential service covers garbage, recycling, yard waste and household bulk items, and for material the household hazardous waste facility cannot take it publishes a list of permitted regional special waste vendors, while a resident may also transport bulk items personally to the Winnebago landfill.Official guidance
Verify it first on 815-965-2489, because the City names mattresses, furniture, appliances and other oversized household items but not exercise equipment. If it is accepted it goes out with the bulk items on the regular garbage day, sectioned so the crew can handle it safely.Official guidance
Rock River Disposal, under a contract managed by the City's Community and Economic Development department, with city contracted collection mandatory for every residential dwelling unit of four families or fewer. The City customer service center on 779-348-7300 handles billing and new service, and the hauler on 815-965-2489 handles the containers and collection problems.Official guidance
Yard waste pickup runs only during the spring, summer and fall growing seasons and then stops for winter, with a Christmas tree collection in early January. The hauler describes the season as typically beginning in April and ending in late November, and the City announces the start and end of each season by press release and social media.Official guidance
City of Rockford residents may bring up to four passenger tires per vehicle per day to the household hazardous waste center on Kishwaukee Street during its weekend hours. Commercial and agricultural tires are not accepted there, and the City's vendor list includes a tire recycling company for larger quantities.Official guidance
The City customer service center on 779-348-7300 handles billing and new service, and the department that manages the refuse contract is Community and Economic Development.Official guidance
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