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.
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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.
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.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Kettering: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress and box spring are named bulk items on the Rumpke route, and the household does not schedule anything. The condition is the wrap: an upholstered item has to be completely sealed in plastic on every side before the truck will take it.
A sofa or a large furniture item is a named bulk item and comes out on the regular service day without an appointment, inside the three item weekly allowance. Upholstered pieces follow the same sealing rule as a mattress, and oversized pieces are expected to be dismantled.
Appliances are named bulk items on the weekly Rumpke route, and the county adds a second path with two free appliance days a year. A unit that never held refrigerant can go out with the cart day, and the county accepts large household appliances free on its amnesty weekends.
Electronics do not go at the Kettering curb, because the city names them with hazardous material that must stay out of the trash and recycling. Montgomery County takes them free from county residents at the transfer and recycling facility in Moraine, which accepts televisions, monitors, computers, microwaves and small countertop appliances.
Kettering does not have an appointment system for bulk waste. Rumpke collects up to three additional items each week on the regular service day, and since January 2025 those three items include garbage bags and bundled brush as well as appliances, mattresses and furniture.
The handoff matters
The most unusual thing about waste in Kettering is the absence of an appointment. Rumpke collects up to three additional items each week on the regular service day, and the City states plainly that residents do not need to contact the hauler first. Since January 2025 the three items include garbage bags and bundled brush alongside the classic bulk list of appliances, mattresses, box springs, sofas and large furniture. Each additional trash bag counts as one of the three, and a bag has to be standard plastic no larger than 35 gallons and 50 pounds.
City residential trash and recycling page with the Rumpke single hauler contract, the holiday rule, the 2025 expansion to three additional items a week including garbage bags and bundled brush, the quarterly service rates effective July 1 2026, the bulk item list and its wrap tape and Freon certificate conditions, the bag size and weight limits, the bundled brush limits and the household hazardous waste referral to Montgomery CountyThree preparation rules decide whether a bulk item is actually collected. An upholstered item, including a sofa, a mattress, a box spring or a dining chair, has to be completely wrapped on all sides in sealable plastic, and the city states that anything not completely sealed will not be serviced. Any glass, such as a mirror, a window or a shower door, has to be taped. An appliance that contains refrigerant has to have that refrigerant removed before pickup with a certificate of removal attached to the unit. A toilet has to go out with the tank separated from the bowl, and a large piece such as a dining hutch or a ping-pong table should be separated or dismantled.
City residential trash and recycling page with the Rumpke single hauler contract, the holiday rule, the 2025 expansion to three additional items a week including garbage bags and bundled brush, the quarterly service rates effective July 1 2026, the bulk item list and its wrap tape and Freon certificate conditions, the bag size and weight limits, the bundled brush limits and the household hazardous waste referral to Montgomery CountyAll material placed out for collection has to fit inside the Rumpke provided carts or be set out as a bulk item, and every service level has to use those carts. Carts come in 95, 65 and 35 gallon sizes, and an additional trash or recycling cart carries its own quarterly charge. Between collections the ordinance requires a cart to be kept in a garage or building if possible, and on the side or at the rear of the property if it is stored outside. Carts may not sit at the curb, on the driveway or sidewalk, or at the front of the property.
City cart dimensions page stating that all material must fit in the Rumpke carts or be set out as a bulk item, that every service level must use Rumpke carts, and the 95, 65 and 35 gallon cart sizesCity cart storage ordinance page requiring carts to be kept in a garage or on the side or rear of the property and forbidding storage at the curb, on the driveway or sidewalk, or at the front of the propertyUse 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 Kettering.
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.
Wrap it completely in sealable plastic on all sides and set it beside the cart on your regular service day. A mattress and box spring are named bulk items, Rumpke collects up to three additional items each week without any call or appointment, and the city states that an upholstered item which is not completely sealed will not be serviced.Official guidance
Yes, as a bulk item. Sofas, large furniture and dining chairs are on the bulk list, Rumpke collects up to three additional items a week on the regular service day with no call needed, and an upholstered couch has to be completely wrapped in sealable plastic on all sides or it will not be serviced. A large piece such as a dining hutch should be separated or dismantled first.Official guidance
An appliance is a bulk item, so it goes beside the cart on the regular service day inside the three item weekly allowance that Rumpke collects without an appointment. Montgomery County also takes large household appliances free twice a year from county residents at 1001 Encrete Lane in Moraine, and on other days it applies its normal disposal fee. A unit that contains refrigerant needs that refrigerant removed first.Official guidance
To the Montgomery County transfer and recycling facility at 1001 Encrete Lane in Moraine, where electronics recycling is free to county residents. Computers, monitors, televisions, DVD and CD players, speakers, fax machines, phones, microwaves, copiers, small countertop appliances, cords and holiday lights are all accepted. The city keeps electronics out of the trash and recycling carts, and the county drop-off refuses large appliances such as refrigerators and freezers.Official guidance
Up to three additional items a week on your regular service day, with no scheduling or notification. Since January 2025 those three items include garbage bags and bundled brush alongside the classic bulk list of appliances, mattresses, box springs, sofas and large furniture. Each additional trash bag counts as one item, must be standard plastic no larger than 35 gallons and 50 pounds, and anything outside a Rumpke cart either counts as one of the three or is not serviced at all.Official guidance
Rumpke Waste & Recycling collects under a single hauler contract with the City of Kettering for residential properties of three units or less, and billing comes directly from Rumpke at 1-800-828-8171. Recycling is included with the trash service, and the city runs a trash hotline on 937-298-7274 for contract questions. The City also operates a Yard Debris Center and a centralized recycling drop-off at Indian Riffle Park for residents who cannot set up a subscription.Official guidance
Put it beside the Rumpke cart on your regular service day. Up to three additional items are collected each week with no call or appointment, and since January 2025 those items include garbage bags and bundled brush along with appliances, mattresses, box springs, sofas and large furniture. An upholstered piece has to be completely wrapped in sealable plastic on all sides, glass has to be taped, and a refrigerator needs a certificate of refrigerant removal attached before it will be taken.Official guidance
Batteries, paint, tires, pool chemicals, propane tanks, syringes and electronics are all named as household hazardous waste that must not go in the trash or the recycling, and they go to the Montgomery County facility at 1001 Encrete Lane in Moraine. Building and construction materials are refused at the Yard Debris Center, and grass clippings, stumps, sod, dirt and rocks are refused there as well. A refrigerant appliance cannot be collected until the refrigerant is removed and certified.Official guidance
Service is billed quarterly by Rumpke, and the rates changed on July 1, 2026. The standard curbside level is $53.22 per quarter, the houseside carryout level is $122.85 per quarter, the qualified senior curbside rate is $26.70 per quarter and the senior houseside rate is $61.50 per quarter, with an additional trash or recycling cart at $12.00 per quarter. The three weekly extra items carry no separate charge, and billing questions go to Rumpke at 1-800-828-8171.Official guidance
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