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 Horseheads
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 town runs no curbside bulk collection, so furniture goes to the county scales at published single item prices or onto a hired hauler.
City cost & eligibility
$15 per couch, davenport, mattress or stuffed chair at the Chemung County Lake Street scales, with wooden furniture and construction debris charged the lower construction and demolition rate and metal furniture at the municipal solid waste rate. Loads are charged at the scale, with a municipal solid waste minimum up to 1000 pounds and a per ton rate above it and separate construction and demolition and mixed load rates. Every load has to be fully tarped, because an uncovered load is rejected.
When & how
Take the load to the Lake Street scales at 1690 Lake Street in Elmira, which is open Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the last inbound weigh at 2:45 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon from April through October with the last inbound weigh at 11:45 a.m.
Get it ready
Tarp and tie the load before leaving, sort metal from wood and from construction debris so each part is charged at the right rate, and keep hazardous material out because the county refuses fluorescent bulbs, ballasts, non-latex paint and driveway sealants at the scale.
The county item list refuses refrigerant appliances and sends residents to waste providers, while the scale sheet for the same address publishes a per unit price for them, so the route is confirmed first.
City cost & eligibility
The county item list refuses refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioners and tells residents to ask for the list of waste service providers, while the scale rate sheet for the same Lake Street address states that items with refrigerant are accepted at a published per unit price with the doors off and the unit empty. Call the county before moving the unit to confirm which rule applies that day.
When & how
Confirm the route by phone, then use the Lake Street scales during their open hours or the waste provider the county names.
Get it ready
Empty the unit and take the doors off, because that is the condition the scale sheet attaches to a refrigerant appliance, and keep the unit out of the bagged household trash and out of a curbside pile.
The county requires all loads to be fully tarped and tied down, and an un-tarped load is rejected at the scale. At the scale trailer the attendant asks what kind of material is being delivered, so the load should be sorted into municipal solid waste, construction and demolition material, mixed, or recyclables before the vehicle reaches the scale.
The five drop-off stations take seven or fewer bags of bagged residential garbage and household amounts of recyclables, using specially marked bags sold at the booth, and anything larger goes to the Lake Street scales. Recycling is free only to Chemung County residents who can show proof of identification.
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.
Town of Horseheads Highway Department with Chemung County Solid Waste Management
Haul the load to the county scales
For a household with furniture, a mattress, a television or a mixed load that no town crew will collect.
Cost & conditions
$15 per couch, davenport, mattress or stuffed chair at the Lake Street scales, with a television at a higher published price, small items, a computer monitor and tires at their own published prices, and loads by weight at the municipal solid waste, construction or mixed rates. Charged at the scale, with a minimum charge up to 1000 pounds on a load and a per ton rate above that. Every load must be fully tarped, and hazardous material is refused at the site.
Arrange it
Drive to 1690 Lake Street in Elmira during the published scale hours, keep the load tarped, and sort the material so the attendant can apply the right rate.
The site refuses hazardous waste, brush, branches, grass, leaves and Christmas trees, and the item list refuses refrigerant appliances even though the scale sheet publishes a price for them, so those go elsewhere or wait for a call to the county.
Loads of municipal solid waste, construction and demolition material and mixed loads by weight, plus bagged household trash at the adjoining drop-off station and single items priced individually, including a couch or davenport, a stuffed chair, a mattress, a television, a computer monitor, tires and small items.
Every load must be fully tarped and an uncovered load is rejected; hazardous waste including fluorescent bulbs, ballasts, non-latex paints and driveway sealants is refused; broken electronic waste is refused; and the county item list refuses brush, branches, grass, leaves, Christmas trees and refrigerant appliances even though the scale sheet prices those appliances.
Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the last inbound weigh at 2:45 p.m., and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon from April through October with the last inbound weigh at 11:45 a.m.
$15 per couch, davenport, mattress or stuffed chair, with a television at a higher published price, small items, a computer monitor and tires priced individually, and loads charged at the municipal solid waste, construction or mixed rate with a minimum up to 1000 pounds. Charged at the scale to the household delivering the load, with the tarping requirement applying to every vehicle.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Horseheads.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Horseheads?+
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 do bulky items leave a Horseheads home?+
The town does not provide curbside collection, so residents either hire one of the local haulers the town lists or drive the load to the Chemung County Lake Street scales at 1690 Lake Street in Elmira. There a couch, a mattress or a stuffed chair carries a published single item price, wooden furniture and construction debris are charged the construction rate, and everything has to arrive fully tarped because an uncovered load is rejected.Official guidance
What do I do with an old refrigerator in Horseheads?+
Ask the county first. The Chemung County item list refuses refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers and air conditioners and points residents to a list of waste service providers, while the scale rate sheet for the same Lake Street address says items with refrigerant are accepted at a published per unit price with the doors off and the unit empty. Whichever route applies, empty the unit and remove the doors before it moves.Official guidance
Who collects trash and bulky items in Horseheads?+
No town crew does. The Town of Horseheads Highway Department publishes the refuse documents and its organic material notice states that the town does not pick up or dispose of that material, so residents hire one of the local haulers the town lists or take loads to the Chemung County facilities. The county runs the drop-off stations for bagged trash and recyclables and the Lake Street scales for everything larger.Official guidance
What does the county charge at the scales?+
The county prices single items, including a couch or davenport, a stuffed chair, a mattress, a television, a computer monitor, tires and small items, and charges loads by weight with a minimum up to 1000 pounds and a per ton rate above that, splitting municipal solid waste, construction and demolition material and mixed loads into different rates. Hazardous waste is refused rather than priced, and the town sets no hauling rate because providers negotiate their own.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.