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.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.
Finish clearing the space
The last few things still deserve a pickup.
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
The move is nearly done.
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.
The clear-out can be finished.
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.
You want to know it is handled.
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 few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Filled bags and boxes
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 and containers
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.
Furniture and other larger items
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.
Bulk junk removal prices in Evansville
First item / additional item
Trash bag$59 / $10
Filled household box$59 / $15
Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
Box of toys$89 / $29
Dumpster Bag$300 / $250
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.
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.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
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.
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Make the handoff easy.
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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Show us what goes.
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.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Furniture such as a sofa, table, chair, dresser or bookcase is accepted on the free heavy trash route rather than in the trash cart, and one item is taken per scheduled pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one heavy trash item per scheduled pickup, with a pair such as a table and chairs counting as one item; apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible.
When & how
Submit the utility heavy trash form or call Republic Services at 800-886-3345, wait for the confirmation, then place the piece where the trash and recycling carts normally go the day before the pickup.
Get it ready
Keep the piece liftable by two people and small enough to fit inside a normal collection truck, remove drawers and loose cushions, and keep it clear of the carts so the crew is not blocked.
A mattress and box spring are on the heavy trash list, and because they are usually a pair the two pieces count as the single item allowed per pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, with the mattress and box spring treated as one item because the utility counts pairs such as a mattress and box spring together.
When & how
Book the pickup through the utility heavy trash form or by calling Republic Services at 800-886-3345, then set the mattress and box spring where the carts normally go the day before the scheduled collection.
Get it ready
Keep the bedding dry and bag it in wet weather so it stays liftable, take off any frame or headboard because those are separate pieces, and never leave a mattress beside the cart hoping the weekly truck will take it.
Stoves, washers, dryers, microwaves and water heaters ride the free heavy trash route, and a refrigerator or freezer is taken only when its refrigerant has been removed and tagged by a certified professional.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one appliance per scheduled pickup, except that a refrigerator or freezer is accepted only with the refrigerant removed and tagged by a certified professional to meet the city safety guidelines.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 or submit the utility form, and for a refrigerator or freezer arrange the certified refrigerant removal and tag before the pickup is booked.
Get it ready
Empty the unit, clean and defrost it, secure or remove the doors so nothing can be trapped inside, and remove loose cords. Keep a cooling appliance out of the pile until the certified tag is in place.
Televisions are refused on the heavy trash route because they are treated as electronics that may contain heavy metals, and the county electronics recycling events take them instead.
City cost & eligibility
The county publishes the 2026 electronics recycling events and the accepted item list but no fee, so whether a television is free to drop off at the spring or fall event has to be confirmed. The events run at C&I Electronics on E. Inglefield Road in the spring and at the former Roberts Stadium parking lot in the fall, and no businesses are allowed.
When & how
Watch for the spring and fall electronics recycling dates, take the set to the published event location during the posted window, or ask the county solid waste district for the next collection if both dates have passed.
Get it ready
Keep the screen whole and dry, wipe anything that stores data, and never set a television out with heavy trash or in a cart, because the utility refuses electronics that may contain heavy metals at both the curb and the heavy trash pile.
Small electronics such as a stereo or radio are accepted on the heavy trash route, while computers, monitors and accessories are refused there and go to the county electronics recycling events.
City cost & eligibility
The county publishes the electronics recycling schedule and the accepted list of televisions, computers, monitors, printers, hard drives, laptops, fax and scanners, cell phones, DVD players, digital cameras, modems and cables, but no fee, so confirm the charge for the drop-off before a trip. Small audio electronics can go out with heavy trash instead under the utility's own list.
When & how
Take computers and accessories to a county electronics recycling event during its published window, or include a stereo or radio as the single item on a scheduled heavy trash pickup at 800-886-3345.
Get it ready
Wipe personal data from anything that stores it, keep the power supply and cables with the unit, and separate a small audio item from a computer so the right collection route is used for each piece.
A limited amount of construction and building material is accepted as a heavy trash item when it arrives in one container, while concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing are refused.
City cost & eligibility
The heavy trash route takes limited construction and building material in one container at no charge, but the utility refuses concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing there and sends items that will not fit the truck to a quoted special pickup at 800-886-3345, so the larger a project load is the more the price has to be confirmed before anything is moved.
When & how
Consolidate a small amount of material into one container for a scheduled heavy trash pickup, and call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 for a disposal quote when the load is larger or includes refused material.
Get it ready
Use one sturdy container rather than boxes, bags, loose piles or stacks, keep concrete, brick, steel and fencing out of the load entirely, and never place construction material in or beside the weekly cart.
No Evansville page names a treadmill, elliptical or weight machine, so exercise equipment has to be confirmed against the heavy trash lift and truck limits before it is booked.
City cost & eligibility
Exercise equipment is not on the accepted or the refused heavy trash list, so the route and the charge both have to be confirmed. A machine that two people can lift and that fits a normal collection truck is the shape the utility describes, and anything larger needs a quoted special pickup at 800-886-3345.
When & how
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 with the size and weight of the machine and ask whether it can go out as the single heavy trash item, or whether it needs a special pickup quote.
Get it ready
Strip the console and any loose weights so the frame is as light as possible, fold the deck where the manufacturer allows it, and keep the machine off the weekly cart and out of the street while the booking is arranged.
The utility books one heavy trash item per pickup at no charge as often as every two weeks, with pairs counted as a single item, and larger loads need a quoted special pickup.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one item per heavy trash pickup with pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted together; the service pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, and items that will not fit the truck are quoted separately.
When & how
Submit the utility heavy trash form so Republic Services can confirm the pickup by email, or call 800-886-3345, and place the item where the carts normally go the day before the collection.
Get it ready
Bag and tie cart trash and keep it inside the cart, because material outside the city carts is not collected except during seasonal yard service. Keep the heavy item liftable by two people, clear of the carts and off the street, and take the containers back in the day they are emptied because the city can fine residents who leave them out.
Weekly carts go out by six, and nothing sits outside them
Republic Services of Evansville collects trash weekly and single stream recycling every other week on the same day, from the city carts. Carts go to the curb or the assigned pickup point by 6 a.m. on the collection day, and material outside the city carts is not collected except during seasonal yard service. Recyclables are rinsed and placed in the 96 gallon green-lid cart without sorting, a 48 gallon cart is available on request, and finished containers come off the curb the day they are emptied because the city can fine residents who leave containers or extra trash out.
Heavy trash runs on a booking, not on the cart day
Furniture, mattresses, appliances and limited construction material leave through the free heavy trash service rather than the weekly cart. One item is accepted per pickup, with items that are usually a pair such as a mattress and a box spring counting as one, and the service can run as often as every two weeks. Book it by submitting the utility heavy trash form, which Republic Services answers by email to confirm the details, or by calling 800-886-3345, then put the item where the carts normally go the day before the pickup. The route pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, and it is limited to residents who pay for trash service on their water bill.
Electronics, tires and chemicals belong at a county event or drop-off
The heavy trash route will not take electronics that may contain heavy metals, and it names televisions, computers and computer parts or accessories, along with auto batteries and tires, concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles, privacy fencing and hazardous materials. Those items move through the county instead. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District runs electronics recycling in the spring and fall, Tox-Away days for household chemicals such as oil-based paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries, fluorescent tubes and propane canisters, a tire collection with the fall Tox-Away day for automobile and light truck tires with the rims removed, and free paper shredding twice a year. Latex paint, appliances and electronics are not accepted at Tox-Away days, and no businesses are allowed at the electronics events.
Use 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.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Schedule a free heavy trash pickup
An Evansville household paying for trash on its water bill with furniture, a mattress set, an appliance, household tools, rolled carpet or a container of limited building material to put out.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Evansville residents who pay for trash service on their water bill, for one item per pickup with pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted together; apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county residents are not eligible.
Arrange it
Submit the utility heavy trash form, wait for Republic Services to confirm the details by email, or call 800-886-3345, then place the item where the carts normally go the day before the pickup. The service runs as often as every two weeks but pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December.
One item per pickup, a two-person lift and a normal collection truck, and no electronics that may contain heavy metals, auto batteries, tires, concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles, privacy fencing or hazardous material. Anything larger needs a quoted special pickup.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Set up or change the weekly cart service
A single-family home, or an apartment or condominium building with one to five units, that needs the weekly trash cart, the every-other-week recycling cart or an extra cart.
Cost & conditions
$15.3 per month per residential unit on the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility bill, with a one-time $100 fee for each additional trash or recycling cart. Single-family residential dwellings and multi-family buildings such as apartments and condominiums with one to five units; multi-family buildings that use dumpsters may opt out of the city collection.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 to request an additional trash or recycling cart, or to set up service at a new address, and watch the utility bill for the monthly charge.
The rate covers one trash cart and one recycling cart per unit, extra carts are a separate one-time charge, and material outside the carts is not collected outside the seasonal yard service.
Evansville Water & Sewer Utility and Republic Services of Evansville, with the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District
Get a quote for an extra-bulky special pickup
A household whose item such as a swing set is too large for two people to lift into a normal collection truck.
Cost & conditions
The utility directs residents to call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 for a disposal quote and to schedule a special pickup, and it publishes no rate, so the amount is confirmed by the quote rather than quoted here.
Arrange it
Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 with the size of the item, ask for the disposal quote, and schedule the special pickup, or use another disposal provider.
This is a quoted service rather than the free heavy trash allowance, so the price depends on the item, and the same call also covers loads that include material the heavy trash route refuses.
Self hauling in Evansville means using the Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District programmes and the two listed drop-off yards. Tri-State Resource Recovery at 1511 Harriet Street takes sorted glass, plastics 1 to 7, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans and mixed paper from Monday to Friday and on the second Saturday morning of the month, with bins reached from Read Street, and it refuses mirrors, china, ceramics and dishware. The Laubscher Meadows Landfill recycling area at 2121 Wimberg Road takes cardboard, plastics, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans and paper on weekdays, with no glass and no trash. Televisions, computers, monitors, printers, laptops, hard drives, cell phones and similar devices go to the county electronics recycling events in the spring and fall, and household chemicals such as oil-based paint, solvents, pesticides, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries, fluorescent tubes and propane canisters go to a Tox-Away day. Automobile and light truck tires with the rims removed are collected with the fall Tox-Away day, and confidential paper is shredded free twice a year at Wesselman Woods for county residents. None of these programmes publish a drop-off fee on the retained pages, so confirm the charge before loading. Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District page with the 2026 electronics recycling and Tox-Away dates, tire collection, paper shredding, Tri-State Resource Recovery and the Laubscher Meadows recycling area
County listed recycling drop-off with sorted containers
Tri-State Resource Recovery
1511 Harriet Street, Evansville, IN
Sorted glass, plastics 1 to 7, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans and mixed paper including newspaper, magazines and office paper. Accepted glass includes food and beverage containers without lids, drinking vessels such as pint, wine and mason jars, candle jars with leftover wax, windows, shower doors and table tops with the frames and hardware removed.
Recyclables have to be sorted into the individual labelled containers. Mirrors, china, ceramics and dishware are refused, and the residential drop-off window is limited to the second Saturday of each month.
Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and residential drop-off on the second Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Bins are reached from Read Street off Morgan Avenue near Garvin Park.
The county page lists the site, its hours and its material rules but no fee for the drop-off, so confirm the charge with the site before loading a vehicle.
Free recycling drop-off area at the county landfill
Laubscher Meadows Landfill recycling area
2121 Wimberg Road, Evansville, IN
Cardboard, plastics 1 to 7, aluminum cans, bi-metal cans and paper, based on the signage posted at the site.
The area takes recyclables only, with no glass and no trash, and the landfill is entered from N. St. Joseph Ave. at the landfill sign and then the first left into the recycling area.
Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Questions go to 812-963-9098.
No charge. The county district page describes this as the landfill's free recycling service area, and it accepts only the listed recyclables.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Evansville.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Evansville?+
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.
Can you pick up bags of junk today?+
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.
Do I count every object inside a bag or box?+
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.
Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?+
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.
Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?+
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.
Can a couch go out with the heavy trash pickup?+
Yes. The heavy trash list names a sofa along with a table, chair, dresser and bookcase, and the service is free for Evansville households who pay for trash service on their water bill. One item is accepted per pickup, so a single sofa is a straightforward booking; schedule it through the utility form or by calling Republic Services at 800-886-3345 and put it out the day before.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Evansville?+
Through the free heavy trash pickup. The utility lists a mattress and box spring among accepted furniture, and because the service counts items that are usually a pair as one item, a mattress with its box spring uses a single booking. Schedule it with the utility form or Republic Services at 800-886-3345 and place it out the day before the pickup.Official guidance
Will Evansville take a refrigerator or a washer?+
A washer, dryer, stove, microwave or water heater is accepted on the free heavy trash route, one appliance per pickup. A refrigerator or freezer is also accepted, but only with the refrigerant removed and tagged by a certified professional to meet the city safety guidelines, so arrange that work before booking at 800-886-3345.Official guidance
Where does a television go in Evansville?+
Not on the heavy trash truck. The utility refuses electronics that may contain heavy metals, and it names televisions and computers specifically. The Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District runs electronics recycling events in the spring and fall that accept televisions, computers, monitors, printers and laptops but refuse copy machines, microwaves and appliances, so watch for the published event date and confirm the fee before loading.Official guidance
Can computers and stereos go in the heavy trash pile?+
A stereo or radio can, because the utility lists small electronics such as a stereo or radio as an accepted heavy trash item. A computer, monitor or computer accessory cannot, because the utility refuses electronics that may contain heavy metals and names computers and computer parts or accessories. Those go to a county electronics recycling event instead, and no businesses are allowed at the events.Official guidance
How much construction material will the heavy trash crew take?+
One container of limited construction and building material is accepted as the single item on a heavy trash pickup, but it cannot be presented in boxes, bags, loose piles or stacks, and concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing are refused outright. Anything larger or heavier than the crew can lift into a normal truck needs a quoted special pickup through Republic Services at 800-886-3345.Official guidance
Will a treadmill go out with heavy trash?+
No Evansville page names a treadmill, so it has to be confirmed rather than assumed. The utility's test for a heavy trash item is that two people can lift it and it fits inside a normal collection truck, and anything bigger needs a quoted special pickup. Call Republic Services at 800-886-3345 with the machine's size and weight before booking.Official guidance
How many items can one heavy trash pickup take?+
One item per pickup, although the utility counts things that are usually a pair, such as a mattress and a box spring or a table and chairs, as a single item. The service is free for Evansville households who pay for trash on their water bill and can run as often as every two weeks, but it pauses for fall leaf collection from November through mid-December and refuses anything a two-person lift cannot handle.Official guidance
Who collects trash and heavy trash in Evansville?+
Republic Services of Evansville collects household trash weekly and single stream recycling every other week under the city programme run through the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, and the same company runs the free heavy trash pickup that residents schedule by form or by calling 800-886-3345. The heavy trash route covers Evansville addresses that pay for trash service on their water bill, while apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county addresses are not eligible.Official guidance
Is heavy trash pickup free in Evansville?+
Yes for eligible households. The utility offers free heavy trash pickup as often as every two weeks to Evansville residents who pay for trash service with their water bill, with one item per pickup and pairs such as a mattress and box spring counted as a single item. The route pauses during fall leaf collection from November through mid-December, apartment complexes, mobile home communities, businesses and county residents are not eligible, and an item too large for a two-person lift into a normal truck needs a quoted special pickup instead.Official guidance
What will the heavy trash crew not take in Evansville?+
The utility refuses auto batteries and tires, electronics that may contain heavy metals including televisions, computers and computer parts or accessories, construction materials such as concrete blocks, bricks, steel poles and privacy fencing, hazardous materials, and items too large to fit a normal collection truck. Anything a two-person lift cannot handle, such as a swing set, needs a quoted special pickup through Republic Services at 800-886-3345.Official guidance
Where do Evansville paint, chemicals and tires go?+
To a Vanderburgh County Solid Waste District event rather than the curb. Tox-Away days take oil-based paint, solvents and thinners, pesticides, herbicides, household chemicals, motor oil, antifreeze, gasoline, auto batteries and fluids, smoke detectors, fluorescent tube lights, fire extinguishers, rechargeable batteries, aerosol cans, pool chemicals, propane canisters and e-cigarettes, but not latex paint, appliances or electronics. Automobile and light truck tires are collected with the fall Tox-Away day and the rims must be removed, with no semi or tractor tires and no business tires, and the retained pages publish no drop-off fee, so confirm the charge before loading.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.