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 Fort Wayne: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Garbage is collected once a week by GFL Environmental from a city owned 96 or 48 gallon cart, with a published monthly rate for single family households, a higher multi-family rate and a separate monthly charge for each extra cart.
Bulk trash is not collected unless it is scheduled at least two business days ahead of the garbage collection day, and the city's bulk list is furniture, mattresses and box springs, and non-freon appliances.
Furniture is the first item on the city's bulk list, so a couch goes out on a scheduled bulk collection three feet from the garbage cart.
The handoff matters
Garbage is collected once a week from the city owned cart, and the trash and recycling carts go three feet apart. Bag the trash, fill the cart first, and put out no more than three bags when the cart is full. The city provides one 96 or 48 gallon cart per household, carts are city property and stay with the address, and an extra cart costs the published monthly fee. Collection runs a day behind for the listed 2026 holidays.
City Solid Waste page naming GFL as the hauler, publishing the residential rates and extra cart fee, the weekly collection, the 2026 holiday delays and the cart and collection tipsCity accepted items page describing the single stream yellow lid recycling cart in 96 and 48 gallon sizesBulk trash needs to be scheduled at least two business days before the garbage day through 311, and the city's examples are scheduling by Monday for a Wednesday collection and by Friday for a Tuesday collection. Keep the load to furniture, mattresses and box springs, and non-freon appliances, wrap any mattress or box spring completely in plastic, and place the items at least three feet from the garbage cart so the truck arms do not catch on them.
City bulk items page with the two business day scheduling rule, the 311 scheduling routes, the furniture, mattress and non-freon appliance list, the plastic wrapping requirement, the unacceptable items and the three foot placement ruleYard waste other than leaves can go in the city cart, grass clippings can be bagged in plastic or brown biodegradable bags up to 35 lbs, and branches have to be cut down to fit inside the cart or taken bundled to the Biosolids Facility at 6202 Lake Avenue, which is also where spring leaf clean-up leaves go because leaves cannot go in the garbage cart. Household hazardous material goes to the Allen County facility, which is open to county residents on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. plus the Tox Saturday on October 10, 2026, takes cash or check only, refuses electronics, and requires items in a box or tote rather than a garbage bag.
City yard waste page with the cart rules for grass and branches, the bag weight limit, the leaf prohibition, the Biosolids facility address and hours and the Street Department leaf scheduleAllen County household hazardous waste page with the Tuesday and Tox Saturday hours, the Recovery Road entry, the residency and payment rules, the packaging rules, the electronics exclusion and the per item notesCity household hazardous waste page referring residents to the Allen County Department of Environmental Management, with the city contact detailsUse 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 Fort Wayne.
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.
GFL Environmental collects garbage once a week from a city owned 96 or 48 gallon cart, and the day for the address is on the city look-up. The city publishes a monthly rate for single family households and a higher one for multi-family units, with a separate monthly charge for each extra cart. Trash should be bagged, the cart should be filled first with no more than three bags beside it, carts go three feet apart, and collection runs a day behind for the listed 2026 holidays. Cart requests go through 311.Official guidance
Bulk trash will not be collected unless it is scheduled at least two business days before the garbage collection day, which means scheduling by Monday for a Wednesday collection or by Friday for a Tuesday collection because weekends are not business days. Use the 311 website and choose Solid Waste then Bulk Trash Pickup, call 311, or use the 311 app. The bulk list is furniture, mattresses and box springs, and non-freon appliances, and a mattress has to be completely wrapped in plastic.Official guidance
Furniture is first on the city's bulk item list, so a couch goes out on a bulk collection that has to be scheduled at least two business days ahead of the garbage day through 311. Place it at least three feet from the garbage cart so the truck arms do not catch on it, and keep it out of the recycling cart.Official guidance
Residential garbage collection is published as a monthly rate for a single family household, a higher monthly rate for a multi-family unit and a separate monthly charge for each extra cart, and the scheduled bulk collection is part of that service with no separate fee published. Electronics go to verified recyclers or county events, whose prices are not published on the county page, and household hazardous waste goes to the county facility, which takes cash or check only and does not publish a fee schedule. Dropcurb prices its own pickup separately and shows the total at checkout.Official guidance
GFL Environmental serves as the garbage and recycling hauler for the City of Fort Wayne, and the Solid Waste Department runs the programme through 311 for cart requests, repairs and bulk scheduling. General information is available at 260-427-8311, and the department sits at Citizens Square, 200 East Berry Street, Suite 425, Fort Wayne, IN 46802.Official guidance
The bulk list is furniture, mattresses and box springs, and non-freon appliances, and nothing is collected without scheduling at least two business days before the garbage day through 311. A mattress or box spring has to be completely wrapped in plastic, and items go at least three feet from the garbage cart so the truck arms do not catch. Tires, batteries, concrete and freon appliances such as refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, water coolers and dehumidifiers are all refused.Official guidance
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