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.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.
Finish clearing the space
The last few things still deserve a pickup.
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
The move is nearly done.
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.
The clear-out can be finished.
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.
You want to know it is handled.
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 few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Filled bags and boxes
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 and containers
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.
Furniture and other larger items
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.
Bulk junk removal prices in Novi
First item / additional item
Trash bag$59 / $10
Filled household box$59 / $15
Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
Box of toys$89 / $29
Dumpster Bag$300 / $250
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.
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.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
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.
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Make the handoff easy.
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.
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Show us what goes.
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.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Couches, sofas, tables and other household furniture go out as bulk items on the same day as the regular refuse collection.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Novi residential addresses, where the refuse fee collected on the summer and winter tax bills covers trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk item collection. Household furniture only, prepared so one person can handle each item within the published weight and size limits.
When & how
Set it out by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day. Bulk items ride the regular refuse day rather than a booked appointment, and the City asks for a courtesy call to Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 so the driver can be prepared.
Get it ready
Leave the piece whole and keep it three feet from the carts so the truck can reach everything. Anything that has to be reduced goes out with the pieces kept together, and the published program and rates are residential rather than commercial.
Mattresses and box springs are collected as bulk items or regular refuse on the same day as the regular refuse collection.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Novi residential addresses, where the refuse fee on the summer and winter tax bills includes bulk item collection. Household bedding only, set out where the hauler can reach it.
When & how
Put it out by 7 a.m. on the regular collection day, with a courtesy call to Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 if you want the driver prepared.
Get it ready
Set the mattress or box spring out whole where the hauler can reach it. Novi's published guidance lists no wrapping or bagging step for mattresses, and a mattress never goes into the recycling cart.
Refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, toilets and similar large household appliances are collected as bulk items on the same day as the regular refuse collection.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Novi residential addresses under the refuse fee. Household appliances only, set out on the regular collection day with any published preparation completed first.
When & how
Set it out by 7 a.m. on the regular refuse day, and call Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 ahead of time as a courtesy so the driver knows the item is coming.
Get it ready
Remove the doors from a refrigerator or freezer before set-out, since the City states the homeowner does not have to have the refrigerant removed. Drain all water from a water heater. Small household appliances such as a microwave can go into the trash container instead.
Any household item too large for the cart is handled individually as a bulk item, and extra refuse goes out in another container no larger than 35 gallons.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Novi residential addresses, where the refuse fee covers bulk item collection along with trash, recycling and yard waste. Household material only, prepared inside the published container and weight limits.
When & how
Out by 7 a.m. on the regular collection day. Bulk items ride the regular refuse day, and a courtesy call to Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 helps the driver prepare.
Get it ready
Keep every container and its contents under 60 pounds, use the provided cart, refuse bags or watertight containers with tight lids and lifting handles no larger than 35 gallons, break cardboard down to no more than three feet by two feet, and leave three feet between each cart. Refuse that cannot be handled individually needs another route.
Trash, recycling and bulky items must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the collection day, and carts should be back in by that evening. When an observed holiday falls on or before your collection day, service is one day behind for the rest of that week.
City ordinance keeps bins off the curb until 24 hours before the collection day, and receptacles have to be removed within 12 hours after collection. Keep containers where they do not create a nuisance for neighbors.
Bulk items ride the regular collection day instead of a booked appointment. The City asks for a courtesy call to Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 so the driver can be prepared, and missed collections are reported to Priority Waste as well.
Refuse goes out in the provided cart, refuse bags or watertight containers with tight fitting lids and lifting handles, no larger than 35 gallons, and no single container and its contents over 60 pounds. Items that will not fit a container are handled individually when they meet the same limits.
Paint, chemicals, liquids, motor oil, car batteries, propane tanks and other hazardous material never go in a cart, in a refuse bag or at a recycling drop-off site. Take them to a RRRASOC household hazardous waste event, or to the hazardous waste drop-off in Livonia on a weekday.
Use 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.
City of Novi Department of Public Works and Priority Waste, with the Resource Recovery and Recycling Authority of Southwest Oakland County (RRRASOC)
Contracted curbside collection
Novi households with furniture, mattresses, appliances, electronics, small construction loads, bagged refuse or other bulky household material that meets the published limits.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Novi residential addresses, where the refuse fee billed on the summer and winter tax bills covers trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk item collection. The published program has single family and condominium rates, with no opt out and no seasonal hold.
Arrange it
Set the material out by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day and call Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 as a courtesy so the driver can prepare. Bulk items do not need a booked appointment.
Hazardous material, whole tires, pianos, large car parts, riding lawnmowers and anything outside the container and weight limits is not collected, and the published program and rates are residential rather than commercial.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Novi.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Novi?+
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.
Can you pick up bags of junk today?+
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.
Do I count every object inside a bag or box?+
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.
Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?+
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.
Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?+
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.
Do I need an appointment for a couch pickup in Novi?+
No appointment is needed. A couch goes out as a bulk item on your regular collection day, and the City asks for a courtesy call to Priority Waste at 586-228-1200 so the driver can be prepared.Official guidance
Will the hauler take a mattress and box spring together?+
Yes. The City names a mattress and box spring among the bulk item examples that are collected at no additional cost on your regular collection day.Official guidance
Do I have to remove the refrigerant before a refrigerator goes to the curb?+
No. Novi's guidelines require the doors to be removed from a refrigerator or freezer, and state that the homeowner does not have to have refrigerant removed.Official guidance
Can I put extra bags beside my trash cart?+
Yes. Extra garbage goes in another container no larger than 35 gallons, the City asks that carts and containers be kept three feet apart, and carts should be removed by the evening of the collection day.Official guidance
Do I pay extra for a bulky pickup in Novi?+
No separate per-item charge is published. The refuse fee collected on the summer and winter tax bills covers trash, recycling, yard waste and bulk item collection for residential addresses, and there is no opt out or seasonal hold on the service.Official guidance
What will Novi refuse at the curb?+
Whole tires, pianos, large car parts and riding lawnmowers are not accepted. Liquid waste, motor oil, oil based paint, gasoline, batteries, fluorescent bulbs and propane tanks belong at a household hazardous waste event rather than the curb or the recycling cart. Loose needles and sharps never go in the recycling cart, and with the trash they have to be sealed in a hard container and labeled.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.