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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.
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 Reading: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A mattress or box spring is one bulky item in the weekly curbside allowance, and the two pieces have to be set out in separate weeks because each counts as its own item.
A couch or other household furniture goes out as the weekly bulky item with the normal trash, as long as it is not hazardous material and not so large or heavy that the crews refuse it.
Non-cooling appliances go out as the weekly bulky item, while a refrigerator, freezer, air conditioner or other cooling appliance is refused unless it carries a tag signed by a certified technician stating the refrigerant was professionally removed.
One large electronics item can be collected at the curb each week, but the pickup has to be requested first through the city iRequest system or the service centre, and it is not offered to multi-family buildings of five units or more.
Small construction pieces ride the bulky item allowance, but nothing over 70 pounds or longer than three feet is collected, and the material has to arrive in a separate container or bundle.
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's bulky item rules, so a treadmill or weight machine is confirmed with the city before it is set out, and an item the crews call excessively heavy is refused.
Used tires are collected from city residences at no additional cost, limited to four tires per pickup and twelve per household a year, and only passenger car, van or light truck tires of 17 inches or less without rims.
City collection allows four trash bags of up to 55 gallons each plus one bulky item every week, and a clean-out beyond that is a private hauler job rather than a city service.
The handoff matters
A property on city collection may set out four trash bags of up to 55 gallons each, plus one bulky item, on the collection day for the address. Mattresses and box springs each count as one bulky item and go out in separate weeks.
Trash and recycling FAQ: weekly bag and bulky item allowance, restricted items, cooling appliance tag rule and mattress ruleSpecial collections: bulky items, electronics pickup by request, tires and leaf collectionHazardous items labelled caution, flammable, toxic, corrosive, poison, danger, explosive, warning or volatile cannot go out at all, so paint, automobile fluids, pesticides and household chemicals take a different route. A refrigerator, freezer or air conditioner is refused unless a certified technician has removed the refrigerant and tagged the unit.
Trash and recycling FAQ: weekly bag and bulky item allowance, restricted items, cooling appliance tag rule and mattress ruleDrop-off recycling and special disposal routes for hazardous waste, electronics, batteries, bulbs, sharps and medicationsSpecial collections: bulky items, electronics pickup by request, tires and leaf collectionConstruction debris heavier than 70 pounds or longer than three feet is not collected, and construction material has to be in a separate container or bundle. The city states that excessively large or heavy items of any kind are left for a private hauler or junk removal company.
Trash and recycling FAQ: weekly bag and bulky item allowance, restricted items, cooling appliance tag rule and mattress ruleSpecial collections: bulky items, electronics pickup by request, tires and leaf collectionOne large electronics item a week is collected at the curb, but only when the request goes through the iRequest website or app or the customer service centre on 1-877-727-3234. The service is not available in multi-family buildings with five or more units.
Special collections: bulky items, electronics pickup by request, tires and leaf collectionUse 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 Reading.
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.
No. Each counts as one bulky item, and the city requires them to be set out in separate weeks. Both pieces have to be completely wrapped in plastic before they go to the curb, and the weekly allowance is one bulky item alongside four bags of trash.Official guidance
Yes. The city requires a mattress or box spring to be completely wrapped in plastic, which keeps it dry and keeps it from being refused at the curb. The item then rides with the normal trash on the collection day for the address.Official guidance
The city allows one bulky item a week with the normal trash, and household furniture is not on the restricted list, so a couch goes out on the collection day for the address. Anything excessively large or heavy is refused, so a sectional or an oversized piece may need a private hauler.Official guidance
Hazardous materials are refused, which includes anything labelled caution, flammable, toxic, corrosive, poison, danger, explosive, warning or volatile, such as paint and automobile fluids. Construction material over the published size limits and cooling appliances without a technician tag are refused as well.Official guidance
Only with paperwork. The city refuses refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and other cooling appliances unless the refrigerant has been professionally removed and the item carries a sticker or tag signed by a certified technician. Once tagged, it goes out as the weekly bulky item with the normal trash.Official guidance
Those are household bulky items rather than cooling appliances, so they go out with the normal trash on the collection day for the address inside the one item weekly allowance. Empty them and secure the doors, and use a private hauler for anything the crews consider excessively heavy.Official guidance
Yes. One large electronics item is collected at the curb each week, but the city requires a request through the iRequest website or app, or a call to the customer service centre on 1-877-727-3234, and it is not available in multi-family buildings with five or more units.Official guidance
Extra or small electronics go to the Berks County Electronics Recycling Center, iGreen Electronics, Best Buy or a mobile phone carrier. Alkaline batteries may go in the trash, while rechargeable and lithium batteries must go to a collection point, and fluorescent or compact fluorescent bulbs go to a bulb or county electronics site.Official guidance
Only small pieces. Construction debris heavier than 70 pounds or longer than three feet is not collected, and what is set out has to be in a separate container or bundle. Anything larger needs a private hauler.Official guidance
To a private hauler or junk removal company, because the city refuses oversized and overweight material and the household carts are not a construction route. Hazardous material from the project still goes to the county household hazardous waste collection days.Official guidance
Exercise equipment is not named in the city's bulky item rules, which allow one bulky item a week and refuse excessively large or heavy pieces. Ask the Citizens Service Center on 1-877-727-3234 before the collection day, and use a private hauler if the machine is refused.Official guidance
Up to four tires per pickup and twelve per household per year, free, from private residences. Only non-commercial passenger car, van and light truck tires of 17 inches or less without rims are accepted, and business tires are refused.Official guidance
To the Berks County recycling centre the city names for larger quantities. The city's own collection stops at the annual household limit, and tires from a business are not part of the residential programme at all.Official guidance
Four trash bags of up to 55 gallons each, plus one bulky item, on the collection day for the address. Mattresses and box springs count as one bulky item each and go out in separate weeks, and cooling appliances need a certified technician tag before they are accepted.Official guidance
The city provides the default trash and recycling collection for residential properties with six or fewer units, and eligible properties were enrolled automatically unless a private agreement predating July 23, 2020 covered them. A property that is not enrolled applies through the city, and the fee then appears on the monthly water bill.Official guidance
Not through the weekly allowance. Four bags and one bulky item a week is the city service, and the city refuses excessively large or heavy items and directs those loads to a private hauler or junk removal company. Planning repeated weekly set-outs is the other option, inside the same limits.Official guidance
Contact the Citizens Service Center on 1-877-727-3234, or apply through the city's waste collection application if the property is not already enrolled. The city service is the default for residential properties with six or fewer units, and eligible properties were enrolled automatically unless a private agreement predating July 23, 2020 covered them.Official guidance
Trash and recycling are collected Monday through Friday except on certain holidays, and the day for an address is confirmed on the city collection schedule. The bulky item and the bags go out on that same collection day.Official guidance
To the Berks County Solid Waste Authority collection days, or a private hauler can collect them at the home. The city refuses hazardous material at the curb, which includes anything labelled caution, flammable, toxic, corrosive, poison, danger, explosive, warning or volatile.Official guidance
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