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 Las Cruces
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.
The grappler is Las Cruces' bulky item service. It runs once a month on the household's normal trash pickup date and exists for the waste that will not fit in the regular container. Anything beyond that day is a self-haul load, priced at the gate or through a county collection center coupon.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. City of Las Cruces residential customers on the city solid waste and grappler service, with the monthly grappler day included in that service. Self-haul loads and county collection center loads are priced separately.
When & how
Check the Grappler Schedule for the route and pickup day, or call 575-541-2111, then put the material out on the monthly day that matches the normal trash pickup date. Self-haul loads go to the Amador Avenue Transfer Station, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep the material out of the regular container and put it at the collection point on the grappler day rather than leaving it out early. The authority notes that solid waste does not run on one listed holiday and service moves to the following day, while regular service continues on the other city holidays, so the calendar matters in those weeks.
Everything except the container waits for the monthly grappler day
The grappler service takes the waste that will not fit in the regular container, and it comes once a month on the household's normal trash pickup date rather than on demand. Residents look up their route and day on the Grappler Schedule or call 575-541-2111, and the published grappler line is 575-528-8068 with Spanish available.
The published schedule notes that solid waste does not operate on one listed holiday and that service moves to the following day, while regular service is provided on all the other city holidays. In a week with that holiday a household should check the schedule rather than assume the usual pickup date.
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.
South Central Solid Waste Authority with the City of Las Cruces Utilities Solid Waste Department
Use the monthly grappler day
A city household with furniture or another bulky item that will not fit in the regular trash container.
Cost & conditions
No charge. City of Las Cruces residential customers on the city solid waste and grappler service, with the monthly grappler day included rather than sold as a separate pickup.
Arrange it
Look up the route and pickup day on the Grappler Schedule or call 575-541-2111, then put the material at the collection point on the monthly day that matches the normal trash pickup date. The published grappler line is 575-528-8068.
The service runs once a month rather than on demand, it covers bulky waste that will not fit the container, and it is a city service with the county referral for households outside the city. The city does not publish its item list in a readable form, so confirm anything that is not obviously bulky before it goes out.
South Central Solid Waste Authority with the City of Las Cruces Utilities Solid Waste Department
Self haul to the transfer station
A household hauling its own trash, bulky item or construction load that the grappler day does not cover.
Cost & conditions
From $8.36 per load at the published 2026 minimum tip fee, with a flat rate of 17.02 dollars per load and 68.05 dollars per ton at the Amador Avenue and Chaparral transfer stations, and an untarped or unsecured load may carry an additional charge. Residential self-haul loads delivered to an authority transfer station, priced by weight or at the flat rate. The Corralitos Landfill is not offered to households because the authority says access requires a solid waste account.
Arrange it
Take the load to the Amador Avenue Transfer Station at 2865 W. Amador, open Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the last customer at 4:45 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the last load at 3:45 p.m.
The authority does not provide household pickup itself, the landfill is not the household route, and a load that is not tarped or secured may cost more at the gate. Green and yard waste has its own size rules at the same site.
Self-haul transfer station for household trash, bulky items and construction loads
Amador Avenue Transfer Station
2865 W. Amador, Las Cruces, NM 88005
Residential solid waste drop-off including household trash, bulky items, construction and demolition debris, green and yard waste, and recyclables handled at the adjacent operations, with green waste accepted from residents and businesses and chipped into compost that is free to city residents.
The authority does not provide household pickup itself and this is a drop-off site. Green waste has size rules: tree limbs no longer than five feet and no more than five inches in diameter, palm trees under two feet, no dirt or sod, and yard waste taken out of plastic bags. An untarped or unsecured load may carry an additional charge.
Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the last customer accepted at 4:45 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the last load accepted at 3:45 p.m. Phone 575-528-3800.
From $8.36 per load at the published 2026 minimum tip fee, with a flat rate of 17.02 dollars per load and 68.05 dollars per ton at this station and at Chaparral, plus an additional charge that may apply to an untarped or unsecured load. Residential self-haul loads delivered to the station and weighed at the gate, with the county collection centers available as a coupon priced alternative.
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 Las Cruces.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Las Cruces?+
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.
How does grappler pickup work in Las Cruces?+
It is a bulky waste collection for material too large for the regular container, and it comes once a month on the household's normal trash pickup date. Residents look up their route and day on the Grappler Schedule or call 575-541-2111, and the published number for grappler questions is 575-528-8068 with Spanish available. Service shifts by a day after one listed holiday, while regular collection continues on the other city holidays.Official guidance
Who collects trash in Las Cruces?+
The Las Cruces Utilities Solid Waste Department provides residential trash and grappler service for city households through the South Central Solid Waste Authority, which supplies the containers and runs the drop-off sites. The authority oversees curbside recycling inside the city limits with a 96 gallon cart collected every other week, and cart requests go through customer service at 575-541-2111. The authority office is at 2865 W. Amador and answers at 575-528-3800.Official guidance
Which Las Cruces drop-offs are free?+
The Las Cruces Recycling Center at 2855 W Amador is free for residential recyclables, glass, scrap metal, white goods, household hazardous waste and data storing electronics. Laptops, monitors and televisions carry a fee there, and a refrigerator needs certified proof that the refrigerant has been removed or pays a removal fee. A self-haul trash load at the transfer station is priced by weight or at the flat rate, and a county collection center load starts at the coupon schedule's minimum punch.Official guidance
What goes in the Las Cruces recycling cart?+
The 96 gallon cart is collected every other week inside the city limits, and the preferred materials are corrugated cardboard, plastic bottles numbered 1 and 2, copier and printer paper and aluminum, steel and tin cans. Junk mail and mixed paper, books, plastics 3 through 7, rigid plastics and chip and paperboard are accepted next, and shredded paper has to be bagged in clear bags rather than shopping bags. Materials go to the Amador transfer station tipping floor and then to a materials recovery facility in El Paso.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.