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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Book by 2pm for same-day pickup.
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Finish clearing the space
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.
Choose my itemsReady for pickup
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.
Your pickup is booked.
Your confirmation comes straight to your phone.
The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Gary: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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The city publishes that residents may dispose of one bulk item with each weekly Republic Services collection, and Gary residents may also self-haul larger loads to the city dump sites.
Republic Services collects household garbage every week, and the city recycling program collects an approved bin every other week from addresses registered with the recycling department.
The handoff matters
Gary does not run an appointment system for bulky material. One bulk item goes out with each weekly Republic Services collection, so place it with the cart, keep it clear of the mailbox and the cart itself, and call (219) 662-8600 when the hauler has to confirm the item.
City recycling page with the Republic Services weekly garbage collection, the one bulk item per weekly pickup, the transfer station addresses and restrictions, the biweekly recycling rules and the electronics, hazardous waste, brown bag, shredding and NIPSCO appliance sectionsA Gary resident may bring a pickup-truck-size load to 1525 Clay Street or 102 W. Columbus Drive three times a month at no charge, in a car or pickup truck only. Bring a driver's licence or state ID showing a Gary address, and expect to be turned away with a trailer, sideboards, commercial vehicle, dump truck or box truck.
City environmental affairs page with the two dump and recycle locations, the residency identification rule, the three-load monthly limit, the trailer prohibition and the household hazardous waste pointerCity recycling page with the Republic Services weekly garbage collection, the one bulk item per weekly pickup, the transfer station addresses and restrictions, the biweekly recycling rules and the electronics, hazardous waste, brown bag, shredding and NIPSCO appliance sectionsThe biweekly recycling bin goes at the curb in front of the house rather than in the alley, the night before the collection day, with three feet of space around it. Bring it back the same day, and keep unapproved items out so the address is not removed from the program.
City recycling page with the Republic Services weekly garbage collection, the one bulk item per weekly pickup, the transfer station addresses and restrictions, the biweekly recycling rules and the electronics, hazardous waste, brown bag, shredding and NIPSCO appliance sectionsUse 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 Gary.
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.
The city publishes one bulk item with each weekly Republic Services collection. Anything larger or additional has to go to one of the two city dump sites, where a Gary address may bring a pickup-truck-size load up to three times a month.Official guidance
Republic Services answers collection questions at (219) 662-8600, and a garbage cart is requested through (219) 883-1027 or (219) 944-0595 extension 1918. The city recycling department answers at 219-882-8445.Official guidance
Yes. The city requires an address to be registered for the biweekly recycling program by calling 219-882-8445, and existing customers had to confirm they would continue under the guidelines that began July 1, 2026. Only paper, glass, cardboard and aluminium and tin cans belong in the bin.Official guidance
Diapers, plastic bags, shoes and clothes, food waste, yard waste and greasy pizza boxes are among the items the city lists as not acceptable in the recycling bin. A bin with unapproved material receives a yellow tag and the material has to be removed before it is serviced.Official guidance
There is no published charge for the one bulk item that rides with the weekly Republic Services collection, and a Gary address may also bring a pickup-truck-size load to either city dump site three times a month free of charge. The NIPSCO appliance recycling program collects eligible working appliances from the home at no charge as well.Official guidance
Household hazardous waste goes through the Lake County mobile collection program rather than the trash, with sites including the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point, the Hobart City Barns, Munster, Whiting, Highland, Lowell, Griffith, Cedar Lake and the Gary Recycling Department. Only Lake County household residents may use it, and batteries from cars, trucks and boats, asbestos, explosives, propane cylinders over five gallons and business waste are refused.Official guidance
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Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.
