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.
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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Newton: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Newton defines a bulky item as any single non-recyclable piece too large for the blue trash cart, and the city publishes how it counts a pile. A tied roll or bundle of carpet or loose scrap wood is one item when it is no more than four feet long and fifty pounds, a dismantled wooden furniture piece is one item, all pieces of a wooden bed frame are one item, and a pair of skis is one item. The weight limit is 150 pounds per item.
The handoff matters
Both the blue trash cart and the green recycling cart go to the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day, or as early as 4 p.m. the day before. Each cart sits within three feet of the curb with the wheels and handle facing the house and the lid opening toward the street, and at least three feet from parked cars, hydrants, poles, trees, bulky waste, other carts and mailboxes. No material outside the cart is collected, and an obstructed cart may be rejected.
City recycle at the curb page with the single stream programme and lookup tool, the 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. set out window, the three feet of curb and object clearance rules with the lid orientation, the ban on material outside the cart, the cardboard flattening rule, the styrofoam drop-off rule, the free additional green cart request, the whitegoods definition and its no cost drop-off apart from the television and monitor fee with proof of payment, the Mass Save refrigerator and freezer pickup and rebate with the door removal and drawer securing rule, the curbside textile collection by appointment, and the state mattress disposal banCity managing household trash page with the one blue trash cart and one green recycling cart per household, the 35-gallon smaller cart option and its limits, the orange overflow bag rule with no bag limit but no recyclables or hazardous material inside, the statement that overflow trash, construction materials, appliances, metal items and electronics are not bulky waste, the exclusion of businesses, institutions and many multi-family properties from city collection, and the nonprofit collection programme terms under the ordinance with its cart limit, permit year and exclusion of yard waste and bulky wasteBulky items are the single non-recyclable pieces too large for the blue cart, collected at a per item price. Whitegoods covers appliances, scrap metal, electronics and large rigid plastic, collected at another per item price with a free drop-off at the Resource Recovery Center apart from televisions and monitors. Mattresses and box springs are a third route with their own prices, because the state banned their disposal. Booking the right route is what keeps a pickup from being refused.
City bulky item decision tree with the bulky item definition, the per item counting rules for carpet and scrap wood rolls, futon frames and mattresses, sectional couches and sleeper sofas, wooden bed frames and dismantled wooden furniture, skis and vacuum cleaners, the cardboard exclusion, the 150 pound per item weight limit, the per item curbside bulky price with the Sunday payment cut off and the Thursday collection slot, the refund policy, the whitegoods category with its per item curbside price and free centre drop-off apart from televisions and monitors, the full whitegoods item list covering large appliances, metal items, lawn and snow equipment with fluids removed, exercise equipment, tires and electronics, and the mattress and box spring rule with the state disposal ban, the accepted mattress types, the one item counting for a mattress and a box spring and two items for a split box spring, and the curbside and drop-off prices with the proof of payment requirementOrange overflow bags may be set beside the trash cart on collection day as long as they do not obstruct it, with no limit on the number of bags but no recyclables, hazardous material or other banned items inside. A household that needs less capacity than the standard cart can ask customer service on 617-796-1000 for 35-gallon carts, and a household whose green cart overflows most weeks can request an additional green cart at no cost.
City managing household trash page with the one blue trash cart and one green recycling cart per household, the 35-gallon smaller cart option and its limits, the orange overflow bag rule with no bag limit but no recyclables or hazardous material inside, the statement that overflow trash, construction materials, appliances, metal items and electronics are not bulky waste, the exclusion of businesses, institutions and many multi-family properties from city collection, and the nonprofit collection programme terms under the ordinance with its cart limit, permit year and exclusion of yard waste and bulky wasteCity recycle at the curb page with the single stream programme and lookup tool, the 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. set out window, the three feet of curb and object clearance rules with the lid orientation, the ban on material outside the cart, the cardboard flattening rule, the styrofoam drop-off rule, the free additional green cart request, the whitegoods definition and its no cost drop-off apart from the television and monitor fee with proof of payment, the Mass Save refrigerator and freezer pickup and rebate with the door removal and drawer securing rule, the curbside textile collection by appointment, and the state mattress disposal banUse 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 Newton.
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.
By the group, not the piece. One couch counts as one item including all sections of a sectional and the loose cushions, a sleeper sofa counts as one, all pieces of a wooden bed frame count as one, a dismantled wooden furniture item counts as one, and a tied roll or bundle of carpet or scrap wood under four feet and fifty pounds counts as one. The limit is 150 pounds per item, and heavier pieces need privately contracted service.Official guidance
The Department of Public Works collects it under its Sustainable Materials Management division, with one blue trash cart and one green recycling cart for a household that is entitled to city service. Businesses, institutions and many multi-family properties are not entitled to city collection and have to arrange private service, and a nonprofit can apply for collection for a fee under the city ordinance, limited to four sets of carts per address. Customer service is on 617-796-1000.Official guidance
It depends on the material. A non-recyclable piece too large for the blue cart, such as a couch or a dismantled wooden furniture item, is a bulky item. An appliance, a metal item, an electronic device or a large rigid plastic item is whitegoods, which has its own price and a free drop-off at the Resource Recovery Center apart from televisions and monitors. A mattress or box spring is a third route with its own prices because the state bans its disposal, and construction material is not a bulky item at all.Official guidance
Payments received by 10 p.m. on Sunday are arranged for the Thursday of the following week, unless that Thursday carries a trash delay. The city emails within one to two business days to confirm, sends a reminder on the business day before the collection, and sends a confirmation after it is done. Items go to the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day, and a cancellation only earns a refund when it is processed with a cancellation email by 10 a.m. on the business day before.Official guidance
Yes. Smaller 35-gallon carts are available on request through customer service on 617-796-1000, and the swap can apply to both carts or to the trash cart alone, but the city does not allow a smaller recycling cart with a larger trash cart. A household whose green recycling cart overflows most weeks can request an additional green cart at no cost. Overflow bags set beside the trash cart must not contain recyclables or hazardous material.Official guidance
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