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.
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You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
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.
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.
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 clear count. An exact price.
A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
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 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.
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.
First item / additional item
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Ithaca: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress is not a curbside item in Ithaca, and the county points bulky items to disposal by weight at the Recycling and Solid Waste Center.
A couch is one of the bulky items the county names for disposal by weight at the Recycling and Solid Waste Center.
Refrigerant units carry a published per unit charge and other appliances are charged as trash by weight at the county center.
Electronics and undamaged rechargeable batteries go to the county electronics drop-off area, which publishes no fee in the readable pages.
The county center is authorised to receive construction and demolition debris, which is charged as a weighed load.
Exercise equipment is not named on the city or county pages, so the disposal route has to be confirmed.
Bulky and truck loads are charged by weight at the county center, with punch cards and coupons for smaller loads.
The handoff matters
Trash tags are required to pay for collection at six dollars each, or 36 dollars per sheet, and each tag covers up to 35 pounds. One tag goes on every can or bag, cans holding several bags may not exceed 70 pounds, and no container may exceed 32 gallons or 70 pounds when filled. Trash goes at the curb the night before the collection day because crews begin at 4 a.m., and all tag sales are final.
City trash collection page with the tag system, the container limits, the holiday rule, the county recycling boundary and the yard waste rulesCity trash, yard waste and tag page with the weekly and every other week cadence, the tag prices and the sellersYard waste collection runs from April into November on the weeks opposite recycling and on the same day as trash but later in the day, and a one and a half dollar tag is required for each can, bag or bundle. Only natural material from the resident's property counts, paper bags or open cans without lids are used, plastic bags are refused and a rejected plastic bag draws a special collection fee of 20 dollars plus weight, brush is tied in bundles no longer than four feet, branches may not exceed two inches in diameter, and nothing may weigh more than 50 pounds.
City trash collection page with the tag system, the container limits, the holiday rule, the county recycling boundary and the yard waste rulesCity trash, yard waste and tag page with the weekly and every other week cadence, the tag prices and the sellersA valid solid waste permit is required to drop off anything with an associated fee, including trash by weight, tires and Freon units, and to sign up for household hazardous waste events, while single stream recycling, food scraps and other free materials need no permit. The Recycling and Solid Waste Center is at 160 Commercial Avenue and opens Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., every person on the tip floors must wear a high visibility vest, and uncovered loads carry published fines.
County trash permits and fees page with the permit costs, the punch card and coupon amounts, the per ton rate, the refrigerant charge and the bulky item guidanceCounty page giving the Recycling and Solid Waste Center address and hoursCounty recycling and materials management hub with the tip floor safety vest rule, the household hazardous waste sign-up rule and the office contactUse 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.
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Before you book
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Ithaca.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
To the county Recycling and Solid Waste Center at 160 Commercial Avenue, because city curbside collection is for bagged trash and yard waste under the tag system. The county says paying by weight is a good option for bulky items such as mattresses and couches, at 110 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, and a valid solid waste permit is required for anything with an associated fee.Official guidance
City curbside collection is tag based trash and yard waste, so furniture is not part of it. The county names mattresses and couches as bulky items that are best handled by paying by weight at the Recycling and Solid Waste Center, at 110 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, and a valid solid waste permit is required for anything that carries a fee.Official guidance
At the county Recycling and Solid Waste Center. Refrigerant units such as refrigerators and air conditioners carry a published per unit charge, other appliances are charged as trash by weight at 110 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, and a valid solid waste permit is required because the load has an associated fee.Official guidance
To the electronics drop-off area at the county Recycling and Solid Waste Center, 160 Commercial Avenue, during normal operating hours, where undamaged rechargeable batteries are also taken. The readable fee schedule lists no electronics charge, so confirm the current fee with Tompkins County Recycling and Materials Management at 607-273-6632, and keep damaged lithium batteries on the household hazardous waste event route.Official guidance
Not at the curb. The county's Recycling and Solid Waste Center is authorised under its DEC permit to receive construction and demolition debris and other non-recyclable material for landfill disposal, and a valid solid waste permit is required for any load with a fee, with trucks and larger loads charged 110 dollars per ton and a 20 dollar minimum. Uncovered loads also carry published fines.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's curbside rules or the county's bulky item guidance, so call Tompkins County Recycling and Materials Management at 607-273-6632 and confirm whether the machine is accepted as a weighed load at the Recycling and Solid Waste Center, and what it costs with the permit.Official guidance
Through the county Recycling and Solid Waste Center at 160 Commercial Avenue, with a valid solid waste permit because the load carries a fee. A five punch trash card and a one vehicle coupon are each 15 dollars, trucks and larger loads are charged 110 dollars per ton with a 20 dollar minimum, and the county recommends paying by weight for bulky items such as mattresses, couches or truck and trailer loads.Official guidance
The City of Ithaca provides curbside trash and yard waste collection for city residents, paid for with trash tags at six dollars each and yard waste tags at one and a half dollars each, while recycling inside the city is run by Tompkins County every other week on the same day as trash. The Streets and Facilities Division answers schedule questions at 607-272-1718 from 245 Pier Road, and the county office at 122 Commercial Ave handles permits and fees at 607-273-6632.Official guidance
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