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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.
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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.
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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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Schenectady: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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The city collects residential garbage itself, with collection districts published in five schedules, and the number to find an address's district is 518-382-5144.
The Bulk Waste Pickup Program was suspended on March 20, 2026 for 90 days and is being re-evaluated, and during the suspension bulk items including furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs go out on the regular garbage day at no additional cost.
Furniture and chairs are named in the city's suspension notice as bulk items that may go out on the regular garbage day at no additional cost.
Mattresses and bed frames are named in the suspension notice as bulk items allowed at the curb on the regular garbage day at no additional cost.
Appliance collection was not part of the suspension: washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators are collected only on the dates marked in red on the waste collection calendar.
The city publishes no electronics or television route, and its only named special stream is the county household hazardous waste programme, so a device has to be confirmed with the department.
Construction and demolition material is refused in the yard waste stream and the city publishes no construction collection or rate, so a project load has to be arranged privately.
Exercise equipment is not named anywhere in the city's published material, so the machine has to be confirmed with the department.
Single stream recycling has run since September 2016 and takes paper, plastic, aluminium and glass co-mingled in one container of 40 gallons or less.
Yard waste is collected on the regular garbage day from the first garbage day in April through the last garbage day in November, in 30 gallon brown paper bags.
Household chemicals labelled flammable, toxic, corrosive or reactive go through the Schenectady County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, which needs registration and serves county residents only.
The handoff matters
The Bulk Waste Pickup Program was suspended on March 20, 2026 for 90 days and is being re-evaluated, and during the suspension residents may place bulk items including furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs out for collection on their regularly scheduled garbage day at no additional cost. Put those items out with the regular collection for the district and keep them out of the recycling container, and call 518-382-5144 to confirm the current position if the timing matters.
Waste collection, the bulk suspension notice, yard waste, hazardous waste and contactAppliance collection was not affected by the bulk suspension: the city states that washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators continue to be collected only on the dates indicated in red on the waste collection calendar. Check the schedule for the district before setting a unit out, and call 518-382-5144 to confirm the next red date.
Waste collection, the bulk suspension notice, yard waste, hazardous waste and contactWaste collection schedules for the five districts and seasonal collection datesYard waste goes out on the regular garbage day from the first scheduled garbage day in April through the last garbage day in November, in 30 gallon brown bio-degradable paper bags. Plastic bags and garbage bins are not collected, a load containing litter, dirt, rocks, animal feces or construction and demolition material is not picked up, and brush under 3 inches in diameter has to be trimmed to 4 feet and tied with twine in a bundle that holds together. There are no courtesy pickups.
Waste collection, the bulk suspension notice, yard waste, hazardous waste and contactWaste collection schedules for the five districts and seasonal collection datesProducts labelled flammable, toxic, corrosive or reactive never go in a cart. The city directs residents to the Schenectady County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, which is for county residents only, requires registration, and asks for a composting facility and Resident Recycling Center permit to register. Contact the county on (518) 388-4775 or recycling@schenectadycountyny.gov.
Waste collection, the bulk suspension notice, yard waste, hazardous waste and contactWaste collection schedules for the five districts and seasonal collection datesUse 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 Schenectady.
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.
Call 518-382-5144 to find out which of the five waste collection districts your address is in, then use the published schedule for that district. The schedules are available online and at City Hall Room 9, 105 Jay Street, and questions go to Neighborhood Revitalization and Waste Collection on the same number.Official guidance
The city's notice states that on March 20, 2026 the Council voted to suspend the Bulk Waste Pickup Program for 90 days, after which it would be re-evaluated and either reinstated or the suspension extended. During the suspension, residents may put bulk items including furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs out on their regular garbage day at no additional cost, and the department on 518-382-5144 can confirm whether the suspension has since been extended.Official guidance
Yes while the bulk programme is suspended. The city's March 2026 notice states that residents may place bulk items including furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs out for collection on their regularly scheduled garbage day at no additional cost, so a couch goes out with the regular collection rather than on a separate bulk sticker day.Official guidance
Out with the regular garbage while the bulk programme is suspended. The city's March 2026 notice names mattresses and bed frames among the bulk items residents may place at the curb on their regularly scheduled garbage day at no additional cost, so a mattress does not need a separate bulk sticker during the suspension.Official guidance
Only on the dates printed in red on the waste collection calendar. The suspension notice states plainly that appliance collection procedures remain unchanged and that appliances such as washers, dryers, stoves and refrigerators continue to be collected only on the red calendar dates, so check the schedule for the district or call 518-382-5144.Official guidance
The city publishes no electronics or television collection and no drop-off for one, so call Neighborhood Revitalization and Waste Collection at 518-382-5144 and confirm the route. The only special stream the city names is the Schenectady County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program on (518) 388-4775, which is for county residents, needs registration, and covers hazardous chemicals rather than general electronics.Official guidance
Not to the curb. The city's yard waste guidelines refuse construction and demolition material, and no city construction collection or rate is published, so a renovation load has to be arranged with a private container or hauler. Call 518-382-5144 if anything about the load is unclear.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's published material, so call Neighborhood Revitalization and Waste Collection at 518-382-5144 and confirm the machine before setting it out. The bulk categories the city does name in the suspension notice are furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs.Official guidance
One of 40 gallons or smaller, with two single stream stickers, one on each side. The city states that containers larger than 40 gallons are considered oversized and that garbage in such containers will not be collected, and the stickers are available from City Hall Room 9 at 105 Jay Street. A container still bearing a yellow or blue sticker continues to be collected until the new sticker is obtained.Official guidance
Yard waste is collected on the regular garbage day from the first scheduled garbage day in April through the last garbage day in November, and 2026 service resumed on Monday, April 1, 2026. Use 30 gallon brown bio-degradable paper bags rather than plastic bags or bins, keep dirt, rocks, animal feces and construction material out, tie brush under 3 inches in diameter into manageable 4 foot bundles with twine, and note that there are no courtesy pickups for material missed or set out late.Official guidance
To the Schenectady County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program, not the curb. The programme is for county residents only and registration is required, with a composting facility and Resident Recycling Center permit needed to register. Contact the county on (518) 388-4775 or recycling@schenectadycountyny.gov, and keep products labelled flammable, toxic, corrosive or reactive out of the garbage and recycling containers.Official guidance
The city does, through the Department of General Services and its Neighborhood Revitalization and Waste Collection office at 105 Jay Street Room 9 on 518-382-5144. Collection runs on a district schedule, so call that number to find out which of the five districts the address is in, and recycling runs as a single stream collection on the same route.Official guidance
The Bulk Waste Pickup Program was suspended on March 20, 2026 for 90 days, after which the Council said it would be re-evaluated and either reinstated or the suspension extended. While it is suspended residents may put bulk items including furniture, mattresses, bed frames and chairs out on their regular garbage day at no additional cost, and appliances are unchanged because they are collected only on the red dates on the collection calendar.Official guidance
Single stream recycling takes paper, plastic, aluminium and glass co-mingled in one container of 40 gallons or smaller, and the container needs two single stream stickers, one on each side, which come from City Hall Room 9 at 105 Jay Street. A larger container is treated as oversized and anything in it will not be collected, and a container still carrying a yellow or blue sticker continues to be collected until the new sticker is obtained.Official guidance
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