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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.
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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.
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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 Bay City: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress or box spring counts as the one bulk item a property may set beside the cart each week on the regular trash day. Larger loads and extra pieces go to the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, where furniture is charged per piece.
A couch, recliner or other furniture piece is a bulk item in Bay City, so one piece goes out beside the city cart on the regular trash day or the furniture goes to the drop-off center by appointment for a per piece charge.
Appliances stay out of the curbside trash and out of the cart. Stoves, water heaters, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers go to the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, where white goods are charged per item.
Batteries, electronics and televisions do not belong in the curbside recycling cart. They go to the drop-off center by appointment, where televisions are charged per unit and loose electronic waste is charged by the container.
Building, remodeling and demolition material never goes to the curb, and no contractor debris is collected. Homeowner generated material can be taken to the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, where it is charged by the cubic yard.
Exercise equipment that will not fit the city cart counts as the weekly bulk item, so one treadmill, bench or machine goes out with the regular trash or the equipment goes to the drop-off center by appointment.
Tires are not collected at the curb and do not go in the recycling cart. Passenger car and truck tires go to the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, when the center has storage trailers or end markets available, and the rate is per tire.
Scrap metal is kept out of the curbside recycling cart and is handled at the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center, which the city names as the route for the materials curbside recycling cannot take.
Bay City takes one bulk item, or two kitchen-size 13-gallon bags, beside the cart on the regular trash day. A move-out or clean-out is larger than that allowance, so it is billed as a solid waste nuisance or needs a paid drop-off load.
The handoff matters
Set trash and bulky items out no sooner than 4 p.m. the day before your regular pickup and no later than 7 a.m. on pickup day. Bring empty containers back in before 8 a.m. the day after collection and store them out of public view, and note that crews do not repeat routes for trash set out late.
Trash collection guidelines, weekly bulk item allowance and overflow rulesThe city issued 96-gallon cart is the only container crews will empty, and personal cans are not collected. Place the cart away from trees, poles, fire hydrants, mailboxes and parked cars, leave three feet between containers and other items, and keep the lid shut all the way.
Trash collection guidelines, weekly bulk item allowance and overflow rulesSanitation guide covering collection, recycling, trash and bulk items, yard waste and brushThe weekly service covers what fits in the cart plus one bulk item or two kitchen-size 13-gallon bags, and the extra piece is collected by a different truck on the same day. Cardboard is not a bulk item and will not be collected outside the cart, even when it is broken down.
Trash collection guidelines, weekly bulk item allowance and overflow rulesSanitation guide covering collection, recycling, trash and bulk items, yard waste and brushCarpet must be rolled, taped or tied and cut into sections no longer than three feet and no more than eight inches in diameter, with no more than two bundles a week. All trash has to be bagged, and boxes are not accepted as trash containers.
Trash collection guidelines, weekly bulk item allowance and overflow rulesSanitation guide covering collection, recycling, trash and bulk items, yard waste and brushThere is no collection on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. When one of them falls on a weekday, pickup for the rest of that week runs one day late and the Friday route runs on Saturday. Other holidays do not change the schedule.
Trash collection guidelines, weekly bulk item allowance and overflow rules2026 recycling collection calendar and seasonal remindersUse 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 Bay City.
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.
One. Bedding counts toward the single bulk item a residential or commercial unit may set out with the weekly trash, and it is collected by a different truck than your cart. A second mattress waits for another week or goes to the drop-off center, where mattresses are charged per piece.Official guidance
Yes, by appointment. The furniture rate covers mattresses, box springs, couches and reclining chairs, each charged at the published rate for the piece. Book through the Drop-Off tab of the ReDirectory or call 989-894-8312, bring identification and exact change, and plan to unload the mattress yourself.Official guidance
Yes, as the one bulk item a residential or commercial unit may set out with the weekly trash. It is collected by a different truck than the cart on your regular trash day. Leave it beside the cart on the easement or at the edge of the roadway, keep it out of the street, and do not put it inside the trash cart.Official guidance
A couch is charged per section and a reclining chair is charged each, at the rates printed on the drop-off sheet, which also lists mattresses and box springs separately. An appointment is required, the city rate needs proof of residency, and staff do not help unload.Official guidance
No. Appliances are listed both as material city trash crews will not collect at the curb and as material that stays out of the city trash cart. The route the city publishes is the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, or hold the appliance until you have another plan.Official guidance
White goods and appliances are charged each at the published drop-off rate, with stoves, water heaters, dishwashers, clothes washers and dryers as the city's examples. Call 989-894-8312 to confirm a unit holding refrigerant, and bring identification, exact change and your own help for unloading.Official guidance
Televisions are charged per unit, with flat screen sets on one published rate and cathode ray tube sets on a higher rate. An appointment is required, city pricing applies to owner-occupied properties with homeowner generated, non-contractor material, and cathode ray tube acceptance depends on end markets being available.Official guidance
The Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center takes electronic waste and household batteries by appointment at 2900 N Water Street. Batteries must be sorted and prepared before you arrive, lithium batteries are not accepted, and loose electronic waste is charged per full 18 gallon recycling bin.Official guidance
No. City trash crews do not pick up building, remodeling or demolition material and no contractor debris is collected. Building materials, concrete and yard waste also stay out of the city trash cart, so the published route is the drop-off center by appointment.Official guidance
The drop-off center takes concrete, asphalt, mixed material, shingles and vinyl siding by appointment, each charged by the cubic yard with a one cubic yard minimum. City rates apply to owner-occupied properties with homeowner generated, non-contractor material, and you unload the load yourself.Official guidance
Yes. The city defines bulk items as the large pieces that will not fit the city issued trash cart and names equipment alongside bedding and furniture, so one piece goes out with your weekly trash and is picked up by a different truck.Official guidance
No. Tires are listed among the items city trash crews will not collect at the curb, and they also stay out of the curbside recycling cart. The published route is the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, when storage trailers or end markets are available.Official guidance
Yes. The published rate for a passenger car or truck tire off the rim is lower than the rate for the same tire mounted on a rim. Tires are accepted as storage trailers or end markets are available, so confirm the current rate and availability when you book.Official guidance
No. Scrap metal is on the list of materials to keep out of curbside recycling, and the city directs those materials to the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center instead. An appointment is required and the center is open to any zip code.Official guidance
No scrap metal rate is published on the drop-off sheets, so call 989-894-8312 to confirm how your load will be priced. Book an appointment, bring identification, and plan to unload the metal yourself because staff do not assist.Official guidance
A clean-out or move-out is far past the weekly allowance of one bulk item or two kitchen-size bags, and the city bills solid waste nuisances including clean-out and move-out occurrences. The published route is the Bay City Recycles Drop-Off Center by appointment, which charges by item or by load, and city residential customers can request a dumpster rental as available.Official guidance
One bulk item or two kitchen-size 13-gallon bags, placed beside your city cart on the regular collection day. The piece is picked up by a different truck than the cart, and anything past that allowance is an added expense that can be billed as a solid waste nuisance.Official guidance
Call the Sanitation Division at 989-894-8312. A cart the city confirms was missed during collection or only partly emptied is eligible for a call back when the city is told by noon of the next business day, and crews do not return for trash set out after the collection window.Official guidance
Schedule an appointment through the Drop-Off tab of the ReDirectory at baycityrecycles.org or call 989-894-8312. Bring exact change and identification proving residency, and plan to unload your own items because no assistance is provided.Official guidance
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