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 Akron
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.
Akron has two bulk routes: large individual items go out on the normal weekly collection day with no appointment, and a large volume of bags, boxes or trash from a cleanout or move uses a Special Bulk Volume pickup, three of which are allowed per home each year.
City cost & eligibility
The city publishes no separate fee for large items on the normal collection day or for the three Special Bulk Volume pickups allowed each year. Confirm the volume and the timing with the 3-1-1 Call Center at 330-375-2311 or at 330-375-2311 from a cell phone.
When & how
Large items go out on the normal weekly collection day, three feet apart from the cart. A Special Bulk Volume pickup must be scheduled at least one working day before the collection day through 3-1-1 or 330-375-2311, and nothing goes to the curb until 4:30 p.m. the day before.
Get it ready
Keep hazardous waste, construction and demolition material, concrete, plaster, dirt, bricks, drywall and roofing out of the pile, because those are barred from the carts. Carts go out by 4:30 a.m., sit three feet apart with lids closed, and come back in by 6 p.m.
Scrap tires are refused at the ReWorks household hazardous waste collection, and ReWorks states that there are no free disposal options for them, so tires go to a vendor or to a Recycling Days event.
City cost & eligibility
ReWorks states plainly that there are no free disposal options for scrap tires and tells residents to contact vendors directly for fees and hours, so the price depends on the vendor you choose. Confirm the current terms before you load.
When & how
Call the vendor or watch for the next ReWorks Recycling Days event, which has collected scrap tires in the past. Year round vendor options listed by ReWorks include Lightner Tire at 780 E Waterloo Rd in Akron, 330-724-7436, and Liberty Tire Services of Ohio at 14864 Lincoln St. SE in Minerva, 330-868-0097.
Get it ready
Keep tires out of the carts and off the bulk pile, because the curbside collection and the ReWorks hazardous waste collection both refuse them. Note that Ohio requires registration with the Ohio EPA to transport more than ten tires in the state.
Akron picks up furniture, dressers, mattresses, couches, televisions, bookcases, doors, bicycles, windows and tied bundles such as carpet, wood, brush, branches and fencing on the normal weekly collection day, with no appointment. Put the items at the curb by 4:30 a.m., at least three feet apart from the city cart and from anything else, and keep them out of the street and off the sidewalk.
A large amount of bags, boxes or trash after cleaning out a house, basement or garage, or after moving out, needs a Special Bulk Volume pickup. Each home is allowed three a year, the pickup has to be scheduled at least one working day before the collection day through 3-1-1 or 330-375-2311, and nothing should go to the curb before 4:30 p.m. the day before.
ReWorks takes household hazardous waste at 1201 Graham Road in Stow on Thursdays from 2 to 7 p.m. during its season, and no container may be larger than five gallons. Only material generated at your own Summit County home is accepted, and nothing from a business, school, non-profit or government source qualifies. Asbestos, embedded batteries, compact fluorescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes and mercury items each have their own packing instructions, and latex paint, electronics, Freon containing appliances, scrap tires and construction debris are refused.
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 Akron Public Works Bureau with ReWorks, the Summit County solid waste authority
Weekly curbside large item collection
Furniture, mattresses, couches, televisions, bookcases, doors, bicycles, windows and tied bundles of carpet, wood, brush, branches or fencing from a one, two or three family home in Akron.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no separate fee for large items set out on the normal collection day, and no appointment is needed. Confirm anything unusual with the 3-1-1 Call Center at 330-375-2311.
Arrange it
Set the items out on the household's normal weekly collection day, at the curb by 4:30 a.m. and at least three feet from the city cart, which has to be out too because the city empties only its own carts.
Hazardous waste, roofing material, concrete, plaster, dirt, sand, gravel, bricks, drywall and demolition or construction material are not permitted in the carts and are not part of this route. A large volume of bags or boxes rather than individual items needs a Special Bulk Volume pickup.
City of Akron Public Works Bureau with ReWorks, the Summit County solid waste authority
Special Bulk Volume pickup
A household clearing out a house, basement, garage or apartment with a large amount of bags, boxes or trash that will not fit in the cart.
Cost & conditions
The city publishes no separate fee for a Special Bulk Volume pickup and allows three per home each year. Confirm the volume and timing with the 3-1-1 Call Center at 330-375-2311.
Arrange it
Schedule at least one working day before the collection day through 3-1-1 from a landline or 330-375-2311 from a cell phone, then put the material at the curb no earlier than 4:30 p.m. the day before the pickup.
Three pickups per home per year, and the material still cannot include hazardous waste, roofing material, concrete, plaster, dirt, sand, gravel, bricks, drywall or demolition and construction debris.
A household with old tires that the curbside collection and the ReWorks hazardous waste collection both refuse.
Cost & conditions
ReWorks states there are no free disposal options for scrap tires and tells residents to contact vendors directly about fees and hours, so the price depends on the vendor.
Arrange it
Call a vendor such as Lightner Tire at 780 E Waterloo Rd in Akron, 330-724-7436, or Liberty Tire Services of Ohio in Minerva at 330-868-0097, or ask the retailer that sells you new tires to take the old ones.
ReWorks refuses scrap tires at its household hazardous waste collection, and Ohio requires registration with the Ohio EPA to transport more than ten tires in the state. Watch for a ReWorks Recycling Days event, which has collected scrap tires in the past.
Most of Akron's bulky material never leaves the neighbourhood: furniture, mattresses, couches, televisions, bookcases, doors, bicycles, windows and tied bundles go out on the normal weekly collection day three feet from the city cart, and a whole cleanout uses one of three Special Bulk Volume pickups a year booked a working day ahead. What has to be hauled is the material the city and ReWorks both refuse at the curb: household chemicals, which go to the seasonal ReWorks collection at 1201 Graham Road in Stow on Thursdays during its season, and scrap tires, which ReWorks says have no free disposal option and which go to a tire vendor. Electronics are refused at the hazardous waste collection and move through a ReWorks Recycling Days event or a private recycler. Trash, recycling and large itemsHousehold hazardous waste hubScrap tire optionsElectronics recycling options
Scrap tire vendor
Lightner Tire
780 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH 44306
Scrap tires from Summit County residents and businesses.
ReWorks lists this vendor as a year round scrap tire option but sets no prices or hours and states there are no free disposal options for scrap tires, so call 330-724-7436 first. Tires are refused at the curbside collection and at the ReWorks household hazardous waste collection, and transporting more than ten tires in Ohio requires Ohio EPA registration.
Call Lightner Tire at 330-724-7436 to confirm the current hours, fees and any tire size limits.
ReWorks publishes no vendor prices and states that there are no free disposal options for scrap tires, so the charge is confirmed directly with the vendor at 330-724-7436.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Akron.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Akron?+
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 much bulk will Akron take?+
Large single items are collected weekly at no appointment when they are set out on the normal collection day three feet from the cart. A large amount of bags, boxes or trash from cleaning out a house, basement or garage needs a Special Bulk Volume pickup, which must be scheduled at least one working day ahead through 3-1-1 or 330-375-2311, and each home is allowed three of those a year.Official guidance
Where can I take old tires in Akron?+
To a tire vendor, because ReWorks states that there are no free disposal options for scrap tires and refuses them at its household hazardous waste collection. The vendors ReWorks lists for Summit County residents include Lightner Tire at 780 E Waterloo Rd in Akron and Liberty Tire Services of Ohio in Minerva, and the Recycling Days events have collected scrap tires in the past.Official guidance
Do large items need an appointment in Akron?+
No. The city states that furniture, dressers, mattresses, couches, televisions, bookcases, doors, bicycles, windows and tied bundles of carpet, wood, brush, branches and fencing are collected weekly when they are set out on the normal collection day, three feet from the city cart. Only a large volume of bags, boxes or trash from a cleanout needs a booked Special Bulk Volume pickup, and each home gets three of those a year.Official guidance
What cannot go in an Akron cart?+
Hot ashes, hazardous waste, roofing material, concrete, plaster, dirt, sand, gravel, bricks, drywall and demolition or construction materials. Carts must be the city-issued ones, trash has to be bagged inside the trash cart, carts go out by 4:30 a.m. at least three feet apart with the lids closed, and they come back in by 6 p.m. An additional cart costs a one-time fee.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.