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 Hempstead
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.
Bulky household items leave through a scheduled Special Pickup, and the town also runs Clean-Up Days when residents can put out extra bagged or bundled rubbish. Clean-Up Days have their own exception list, and every loose item has to be bagged or bundled and under 75 pounds.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Town of Hempstead sanitation customers in the communities the department serves, for the special pickup and Clean-Up Day programmes, neither of which carries a published fee.
When & how
Schedule a Special Pickup on 516-378-8484, or put extra rubbish out on a scheduled Clean-Up Day, with everything at the kerb before 5 a.m. on your regular collection day and no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before.
Get it ready
Bag or bundle loose items to roughly two feet by four feet and keep each one at or below 75 pounds, never use cardboard boxes to hold refuse, and keep construction debris, large furniture, appliances, windows, tires, car batteries, oil and freon items off a Clean-Up Day pile. Confirm the exact Clean-Up Day with the town, because the published page and the printed guide disagree on one February date.
Household garbage goes to the kerb before 5 a.m. on the collection day and no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before. Cans may be no larger than 45 gallons, no can or bag may weigh more than 75 pounds, and cardboard boxes may not be used to hold refuse.
Furniture, mattresses, appliances, electronics, carpeting and other bulky items leave through a Special Pickup arranged on 516-378-8484, not with the weekly rubbish. The department gives the specific disposal instructions and placement when the pickup is booked.
On a Clean-Up Day, loose material has to be bagged or bundled to roughly two feet by four feet and stay under 75 pounds. Large furniture, appliances, windows, construction debris, tires, car batteries, oil and anything containing freon are excluded and go through Special Pickup, the disposal area or S.T.O.P. instead.
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.
A household with furniture, a mattress, an appliance, electronics, carpeting or a bulky metal item.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Town of Hempstead sanitation customers in the communities the department serves. The town publishes the special pickup list with no fee attached.
Arrange it
Call the bulk collection and special pickup line on 516-378-8484 for the appointment and the disposal instructions, then place the item where the department says.
Construction and demolition debris is not on the special pickup list, freon units are collected separately, oil storage tanks must be cleaned and cut in half, and bedding has to be sealed in a bedbug-proof bag.
A household with extra bagged rubbish or bundled material that does not fit the weekly collection.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Town of Hempstead sanitation customers, for a programme the town publishes with no fee.
Arrange it
Put bagged or bundled material out on a scheduled Clean-Up Day, with each bundle about two feet by four feet and under 75 pounds.
Large furniture, appliances, windows, construction debris, tires, car batteries, oil and freon items are excluded and have to use Special Pickup, the disposal area or S.T.O.P. The town's page and its printed guide disagree on one February 2026 date, so confirm the day before setting anything out.
Self haul in the Town of Hempstead means the Homeowner Disposal Area at 1600 Merrick Road in Merrick, and the gate criteria decide who can use it. It serves residents of the town's unincorporated areas except Sanitation District 1, plus residents of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport, with proof of residency and a non-commercial vehicle, one trip a day. The yard takes appliances, metal, batteries, electronics from town residents, furniture, tires, small amounts of construction debris bundled or canned, masonry limited to two cans per trip with no dirt, propane tanks up to 20 pounds, drained automobile parts, waste oil up to five gallons, latex paint and recyclables. It refuses medical and hazardous waste, so oils and solvents belong at a S.T.O.P. event, and vehicles that do not meet the criteria or that tow a trailer are charged commercial disposal rates. Curbside collection rules and Homeowner Disposal Area criteria2026 sanitation holiday collection guide with community list and programme datesS.T.O.P. accepted and not accepted items
Town drop-off yard
Town of Hempstead Homeowner Disposal Area
1600 Merrick Road, Merrick, NY 11566
Appliances, metal, batteries, non-burnable items, electronics, furniture, tires, latex and water based paint, construction and demolition debris that is bundled, bagged or canned, propane tanks of 20 pounds or less, stone material within two 32 gallon cans per trip, compost within three bags or two 32 gallon cans per trip, automobile parts including frame parts, crankcases, transmissions and drained engines, waste oil up to five gallons per visit, and recyclables.
Residents of the town's unincorporated areas except Sanitation District 1, plus residents of the villages of Hempstead and Freeport, with proof of residency and non-commercial vehicles. One trip per day per vehicle. Incorporated village residents outside those two villages cannot use the yard, vehicles towing any size of trailer pay commercial disposal rates, pickup trucks need a cap or a load no higher than the bed with no bed mounted toolbox, vans need a back seat, a side door with windows, no top racks, no interior doors behind the driver and no shelving, dirt and medical or hazardous waste are refused, and oil based paint is routed to S.T.O.P.
Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., except Town of Hempstead observed holidays.
No charge. Town residents who meet the published residency and vehicle criteria, with no drop-off fee published. Vehicles outside those criteria, and any vehicle towing a trailer, are charged commercial disposal rates, which the town does not publish, so confirm the amount on 516-378-4210 option 8.
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 Hempstead.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Hempstead?+
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 is a Special Pickup in the Town of Hempstead?+
It is a scheduled collection for items the weekly rubbish route does not take, and residents request one on 516-378-8484 for specific disposal instructions. The published list includes appliances, furniture, mattresses, carpeting, electronics, furnaces, water heaters, metal objects and bicycles.Official guidance
What are the town Clean-Up Days?+
They are scheduled days when residents can put extra rubbish and other items out for pickup, with loose items bagged or bundled to about two feet by four feet and no item over 75 pounds. Large furniture, appliances, windows, construction debris, tires, car batteries, oil and freon items are excluded and go through Special Pickup or S.T.O.P. instead.Official guidance
Who collects garbage in the Town of Hempstead?+
The town's Sanitation Department collects household garbage and recycling itself in the communities it serves, which the 2026 guide lists as Barnum Island, Bay Park, Bellmore and North Bellmore, Bethpage, East Meadow, Harbor Isle, Levittown, Lido Beach, Merrick and North Merrick, North Lynbrook, Point Lookout, Salisbury and South Westbury, Seaford, Uniondale and Wantagh. The department answers on 516-378-4210.Official guidance
What are the curbside set-out rules in Hempstead?+
Cans may be no larger than 45 gallons and no can or bag may weigh more than 75 pounds. Material goes out before 5 a.m. on the collection day and no earlier than 7 p.m. the night before, and cardboard boxes may not be used to contain refuse.Official guidance
When are the town's S.T.O.P. and e-cycling days in 2026?+
S.T.O.P. events run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and include March 7 at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, May 9 at Baldwin Park, July 18 at the Levittown parking field, September 19 at Valley Stream State Park and December 6 back at Eisenhower Park. E-cycling and shredding days run 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. and include May 17 at North Woodmere Park, September 27 at the Town Transfer Station in Oceanside and October 24 at the Department of Public Works in Hempstead.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.