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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Mishawaka: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Two bulky items may go to the curb every week on the regular collection day, with no scheduling call needed.
Furniture is named on the bulk list, and anything upholstered has to be wrapped in plastic before it goes to the curb.
A mattress is a bulk item, and it has to be bagged or wrapped in plastic before it will be collected.
Appliances ride the same weekly bulk allowance, but a cooling unit only goes out with the doors removed and the refrigerant drained.
Electronics are kept out of both carts and out of the bulk pile, and instead go to the city household hazardous waste center, which lists electronics among its accepted items.
Construction material is refused in the trash cart and in the bulk allowance, with contractor debris named specifically.
Exercise machines are not named on the accepted list, so the item has to be confirmed before it goes to the curb.
The handoff matters
Up to two bulky items go out on the regular collection day, and no appointment is needed because the drivers identify the items during service and call them in. A mattress, a couch, a box spring or any upholstered piece has to be fully wrapped in plastic and sealed. An item that is not wrapped may be left behind, the contractor is sent back for a special pickup and the published charge for that return trip is applied to the customer.
City trash and recycling page with the Waste Management partnership, the utility bill billing, the 96-gallon trash cart, the 6 a.m. set-out, the two bulk items a week, and the accepted and refused lists for both the trash cart and the recycling cartCity bulky waste collection reminder with the two item weekly allowance without scheduling, the plastic wrapping and sealing requirement for mattresses and upholstered furniture, and the published charge when an unwrapped item forces a special return pickupThe city points household chemicals, paints, solvents, batteries, bulbs, tires and electronics to its household hazardous waste center at 828 Kerr Street in South Bend, with a seasonal site on East 5th Street in Mishawaka, and the city also states that the service will accept material directly from a home. Appliances containing refrigerant, medicine, compressed gas tanks, tractor and semi tires, vehicle and boat batteries and fire extinguishers are refused there.
City environmental center page with the household hazardous waste seasonal and main locations, the phone number, the accepted list covering aerosols, rechargeable batteries, corrosives, mercury, paints and solvents, pesticides, poisons, car and pickup tires, waste fuels, oils and lubricants, bulbs and electronics, and the refusal list covering freon appliances, building materials, medicine, gasoline engines, tractor tires, compressed gas tanks, vehicle batteries, trash and fire extinguishersUse 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 Mishawaka.
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.
Two. The city and the contractor guide both allow up to two bulky items on the regular collection day, with no separate scheduling, and the drivers call the items in for collection when they see them at the curb.Official guidance
Appliances containing refrigerant that has not been properly drained, concrete, brick, asphalt and roofing, batteries, construction debris from a contractor, auto parts, tires, motor oil and filters, gasoline, tree stumps and hazardous waste are all on the refused list.Official guidance
Yes. The city requires all mattresses and upholstered furniture, including couches and box springs, to be fully wrapped in plastic and properly sealed. An unwrapped item may be left behind during regular service and a special return pickup is then charged to the customer.Official guidance
Chairs, tables, armoires, cabinets, chests, headboards, sofas, dressers and interior doors are named on the acceptable bulk list, along with carpet and padding rolled and tied into bundles no longer than four feet and no heavier than 50 pounds.Official guidance
Bag it or wrap it in plastic and seal it properly before it goes to the curb, which the city requires for mattresses and upholstered furniture. The guide lists a mattress bagged or wrapped in plastic as an acceptable bulk item, and an unwrapped item may be left behind.Official guidance
Yes. Up to two bulky items go out each week, so a mattress and its box spring use the whole weekly allowance when they go out together and have to wait for the next week if a third large piece is ready.Official guidance
The doors come off and the refrigerant is evacuated by a professional first. The city's transition page says the freon has to be taken out before the unit is left at the curb, and the guide refuses an appliance containing refrigerant that has not been properly drained.Official guidance
Washers, dryers and hot water heaters are named as acceptable bulky items, along with refrigerators and freezers once the doors are removed and the refrigerant is drained. Small household appliances such as microwaves and toasters are also named, and appliances with undrained refrigerant are refused.Official guidance
To the city household hazardous waste center, which lists electronics among its accepted items. Electronics are refused in the trash cart, the recycling cart and the bulk allowance, so they never go to the curb.Official guidance
Yes. The city page prints the center address and phone number but carries season dates that have not been updated, so call (574) 235-9971 before a trip to confirm the hours and any quantity or item limit.Official guidance
No. Construction waste is on the list the city keeps out of the trash cart, and the guide lists construction debris from a contractor, concrete, brick, asphalt and roofing as non acceptable bulk items. The load moves with a private hauler or a container instead.Official guidance
Tree stumps are refused as bulk items, and the yard waste program is limited to leaves and green material rather than soil or construction fill. Dirt, sod and stumps are handled with a private hauler or a container like the rest of a project load.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not on the accepted bulk list, which names furniture pieces, small appliances and refrigerators and freezers instead. Call customer care at (866) 797-9018 and describe the machine before it goes out.Official guidance
Fold or break the frame down, remove the loose weights and the console, and keep the pieces together in one spot at the curb. If the machine is accepted, it uses one of the two weekly bulky item slots.Official guidance
Waste Management collects household trash, recycling and bulky items under the city contract, and the city bills the service through the Mishawaka Utilities business office. The curbside service is mandatory, residents cannot opt out and use another hauler for household trash, and the leaves and Christmas trees are handled by the city street department instead.Official guidance
Yes. An unwrapped mattress or upholstered item may be left behind, the contractor is sent back for a special pickup and the city states that a 100 dollar charge is then applied to the customer. Wrapping and sealing the item before it goes to the curb avoids the return trip.Official guidance
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