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 Santa Fe
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.
Furniture, appliances, carpet, doors, lumber, pallets, mattresses and bundled brush ride one booked city collection charged by volume.
City cost & eligibility
$50 for for the first eight cubic yards of a booked large item collection, with each additional cubic yard charged at the published rate beyond that and tax added to all charges. City of Santa Fe residential Public Utilities customers whose account is not more than thirty days delinquent, with the collection booked at 505-955-2200; anything the city refuses goes over the county scale instead.
When & how
Book by phone for the next available slot, with no same-day service, and have everything at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the designated day. If the order is larger than eight cubic yards, a staff member assesses the volume during the collection week and calls to confirm the extra fee before the truck comes.
Get it ready
Containerize or bundle loose material, keep bundles and containers under 50 pounds, put broken glass, cactus and other sharp objects in a separate labelled box, and leave three to five feet of clearance from carts, mailboxes, fences, walls, meters and parked cars. Give at least one city working day of notice to cancel a booking or the collection is charged as if it happened.
Weekly carts go out by 7 a.m. and come back the next morning
Every residence has one 96 gallon green trash cart and one 64 gallon blue recycling cart, collected weekly. Carts may go out as early as 6:00 p.m. the day before, must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the collection day, and have to be back off the curb by 8:00 a.m. the following day. They go out with the wheels facing the curb, the lid closed, and nothing stacked alongside, because overflow, blocked carts and carts facing the wrong way are not collected.
Large item material goes out only on the day it is booked
A large item collection is ordered at 505-955-2200, scheduled for the next available slot with no same-day service, and collected on a designated day, so the material sits at the curb by 7:00 a.m. that morning and not before. Loose debris, plywood, boards, sheet rock and broken tile are containerized or bundled under 50 pounds, sharp objects go in a separate labelled box, and the pile stays three to five feet clear of carts, mailboxes, fences, walls, meters and parked cars.
The Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station at 2600 Buckman Road takes Santa Fe County waste Monday to Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., with household hazardous waste only on Fridays and Saturdays. Trash is charged by vehicle weight class with a minimum load charge, appliances, televisions, monitors, tires, green waste and scrap metal have their own per unit or per ton rates, drop-off recycling is free, and a load that is not covered or secured draws an after-hours charge. Size limits apply to wood, concrete and tree material, and no self dumping trailer is allowed without an exception.
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 Santa Fe Environmental Services Division with the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency
Book a city large item collection
A city household with furniture, a mattress set, an empty appliance, carpet, doors, lumber, pallets, bundled brush or a bundled renovation pile that will not fit in the cart.
Cost & conditions
$50 for for the first eight cubic yards of a booked collection, with each additional cubic yard charged at the published rate beyond that and tax added to all charges. City of Santa Fe residential Public Utilities customers whose account is not more than thirty days delinquent; the collection is booked at 505-955-2200 and the volume is assessed and confirmed before the load is collected when it exceeds eight cubic yards.
Arrange it
Call the Environmental Services Division at 505-955-2200 for the next available collection slot, then put the items at the curb in an unobstructed area by 7:00 a.m. on the designated day, with bundles and containers under 50 pounds and the pile clear of carts, mailboxes, walls and parked cars.
No same-day service, and an account more than thirty days delinquent is not eligible. The collection refuses electronics, tires, hazardous material, compressed gas and air cylinders, dirt, rocks, concrete, commercial or industrial material and anything with a title of ownership, and cancelling a booking without one city working day of notice is charged as if the collection happened.
City of Santa Fe Environmental Services Division with the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency
Take the load over the county scale at Buckman Road
A household with a cleanout load, renovation material, appliances, electronics, tires, green waste or hazardous material that the curbside collection will not take.
Cost & conditions
From $8.5 for minimum load charge for a covered self-haul trash load at the transfer station, rising by vehicle weight class with heavier vehicles and vehicles with trailers charged per ton, plus a per unit charge for appliances, a higher per unit charge for an appliance with refrigerant, a per unit charge for televisions and monitors, a per tire or per ton charge for tires, and a per ton charge for green waste, scrap metal and household hazardous waste. Santa Fe County waste only, with payment by cash, check, debit or credit card, credit limited to Visa, Mastercard and Discover, and household hazardous waste limited to Santa Fe city and county residents on Fridays and Saturdays.
Arrange it
Drive to 2600 Buckman Road, enter at the scale, and unload in the marked areas, during open hours Monday to Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Household hazardous waste is taken only on Fridays and Saturdays during the same hours, and drop-off recycling is free.
No self dumping trailers without an exception, no load over 12,500 pounds gross vehicle weight, size limits of four feet for wood and lumber, two feet by two feet for concrete, asphalt, bricks and cinder blocks, eighteen inches in diameter for tree trunks and three feet for stumps, an extra charge for an uncovered or unsecured load, and household hazardous waste must never be left at the center when it is closed.
City of Santa Fe Environmental Services Division with the Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency
Use the Caja del Rio Landfill for a heavy load
A household or small contractor with a heavy load of general trash or construction material that is easier to tip at the landfill than at the transfer station.
Cost & conditions
From $62.5 per ton for a cash customer load under 18,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, with a lower per ton rate at 18,000 pounds and over and separate per ton rates for special waste such as sludge and petroleum contaminated soil. Waste generated in Santa Fe County only, with cash customers admitted Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Arrange it
Take the load to the landfill off Wildlife Way, enter through the scale, and pay by cash, check, debit or credit card at the gate. The site is closed on Sundays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
The landfill takes no tires, and its own page describes the site as self dumping trailers only with some exceptions, so a trailer load has to be checked before arriving. Appliances, electronics and hazardous material belong at the transfer station counters instead of the landfill face.
County transfer station with appliance, electronic, tire, green waste and hazardous waste drop-off
Buckman Road Recycling and Transfer Station (BuRRT)
2600 Buckman Road, Santa Fe, NM 87507
Self-hauled trash by the load; free drop-off recycling of glass, cardboard, mixed paper, plastic and cartons; electronic waste; appliances and appliances containing refrigerant; scrap metal; televisions and computer monitors; tires; clean and contaminated green waste; household hazardous waste for Santa Fe city and county residents on Fridays and Saturdays; carpet padding; books and recorded media; and household hazardous waste reuse items.
Waste and recycling are accepted from Santa Fe County only; no self dumping trailers without an exception; loads over 12,500 pounds gross vehicle weight are refused, as are other bulky items at staff discretion; wood and lumber are limited to four feet, concrete, asphalt, bricks and cinder blocks to two feet by two feet, tree trunks to eighteen inches in diameter and stumps and root balls to three feet; household hazardous waste is taken only on Fridays and Saturdays and must never be left behind when the center is closed; and an uncovered or unsecured load draws an after-hours charge.
Monday to Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., with household hazardous waste on Fridays and Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. ; closed New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
From $8.5 for minimum load charge for a self-haul trash load, with loads under 4,500 pounds gross vehicle weight charged per vehicle, the rate rising through the 4,500 to 5,500 and 5,500 to 6,500 pound classes, heavier vehicles and vehicles with trailers charged per ton, appliances charged per unit, appliances with refrigerant charged at a higher per unit rate, televisions and computer monitors charged per unit, passenger tires charged per tire, commercial truck tires charged at a higher per tire rate, scrap metal, glass, recyclables, green waste and household hazardous waste charged per ton, and drop-off recycling at no charge. Santa Fe County households paying at the scale by cash, check, debit or credit card, with credit limited to Visa, Mastercard and Discover; household hazardous waste is for Santa Fe city and county residents only.
County landfill for heavy trash and construction loads
Caja del Rio Landfill
149 Wildlife Way, Santa Fe, NM 87506
General trash and construction material from Santa Fe County, weighed at the scale and charged by the ton, with separate rates for special waste such as sludge and petroleum contaminated soil.
Waste generated in Santa Fe County only; no tires at all; the site describes itself as self dumping trailers only with some exceptions, so a trailer has to be checked before arriving; closed Sundays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day; appliances, electronics and hazardous material belong at the transfer station counters rather than the landfill face.
Cash customers Monday to Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Pre-approved commercial account holders may enter Monday to Friday and Saturdays 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
From $62.5 per ton for vehicles under 18,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, with a lower per ton rate at 18,000 pounds and over, a higher per ton rate for immediate burial and separate rates for petroleum contaminated soil, sludge and other special waste. Waste generated in Santa Fe County only, paid at the gate by cash, check, debit or credit card, and commercial account holders must be pre-approved.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Santa Fe.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Santa Fe?+
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.
What can go in a Santa Fe large item collection?+
Appliances that are empty, barbecues with the fuel and charcoal out, brush and green waste in bundles with limbs cut to four feet, carpet, doors, furniture that is empty, lawnmowers with the fuel and oil drained, lumber, mattresses and box springs, and pallets. The load is charged by the eight cubic yard volume, everything is at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the appointed day, bundles stay under 50 pounds, and the city refuses electronics, tires, hazardous material, dirt, rocks, concrete and anything with a title.Official guidance
How do I book a large item pickup in Santa Fe?+
Call the Environmental Services Division at 505-955-2200 and take the next available slot, because no same-day service is offered. The collection is charged by volume for the first eight cubic yards with each additional cubic yard charged after that and tax added, an account more than thirty days delinquent is not eligible, and a load larger than eight cubic yards is assessed and confirmed before it is collected. Items go to the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the designated day, and cancelling without one city working day of notice is charged as if the collection happened.Official guidance
Can renovation debris go in a Santa Fe large item pickup?+
Partly. Loose construction debris, plywood, boards, sheet rock and broken tile are allowed only if they are containerized or bundled in parcels under 50 pounds, and they ride the volume based large item collection booked at 505-955-2200. Dirt, rocks and concrete are refused at the curb, so those loads go over the county scale at the Buckman Road transfer station, where wood and lumber must be cut to four feet, concrete and asphalt to two feet by two feet, tree trunks to eighteen inches and stumps to three feet.Official guidance
What can I do with extra bags of trash in Santa Fe?+
Buy bag tags and attach one to each extra bag. Tags are sold in sheets of five, by phone from Utility Billing at 505-955-4333 or in person at 801 W San Mateo Rd, and tagged bags go to the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the regular collection day beside the city cart. Untagged bags and overflowing carts are not collected, and large items, appliances, electronics, tires and hazardous material never belong in a bag because they have their own routes.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.