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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.
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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 State College: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Furniture is named on the borough bulk item list, so a couch goes out by appointment on the Borough's Monday bulk run inside the three item limit.
Mattresses are not named on the borough bulk list or on any authority page, so the item has to be confirmed before it is set out.
White goods are named on the borough bulk list and the county authority takes appliances free at the Transfer Station, so a washer or stove has two routes.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are accepted free at the county Transfer Station, with the borough bulk run as the second route.
A television is a covered device under the state electronics law and is taken free at the county Transfer Station, or as a booked bulk item for a borough household.
Computers, monitors and peripherals are covered devices under the state law and drop free at the county Transfer Station, with the borough bulk booking as the alternative.
Building materials are refused on the borough bulk route, and only clean untreated wood has a county drop-off, with everything else priced across the refuse scales.
Exercise equipment is named nowhere, and a machine heavy enough to need two people falls foul of the borough's weight and handling limit.
Borough residents have a weekly Monday bulk run by appointment, with three items at a time and a request due the Sunday before.
Tires are refused on the borough route and go across the county scales, with a resident rate and a higher commercial rate.
The handoff matters
State College residential refuse runs Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the address, with the day set when the account is opened through the Borough Finance Department. Refuse, organics and the red-bin recycling all come on the same collection day, the cart goes to the curb by 7 a.m. with the lid closed and three feet of clearance from trees, signs and other carts, and anything that does not fit goes beside the Borough cart in a container. Loose or fine waste such as ashes, plastic wrap, pet hair, kitty litter, tissues and packing peanuts has to be bagged, while larger items such as pizza boxes and lumber scraps can go straight in the cart. Carts come back off the street the same day, and residents who leave them out are subject to a fine.
Borough solid waste page with the refuse collection days, the cart placement rules and the bagging requirementBorough cart programme page with the cart placement rules, the same-day collections and the extra material ruleBorough recycling page with the curbside material list, the drop-off-only items and the weekly scheduleBulk refuse is collected by appointment on a run that starts Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it entirely. The request has to reach the borough by five in the afternoon on Sunday, by form or by calling 814-234-7135, the items go to the curb by 6 am on the collection day and no more than 48 hours early, and no more than three items may be placed at once. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, furniture and similar household items are the collected materials, and bulk items are not picked up from alleys unless the property has no street frontage or normally uses an alley dumpster.
Borough bulk and large item collection page with the appointment system, the three item limit, the Monday run and the refused materialsBorough public works page with the Monday bulk and brush run and the warning that excessive or construction loads may carry a chargeBuilding materials, tree limbs and any part of a bulk load that weighs over 40 pounds or is too large to handle are refused. Limbs can go to the Borough Recycling and Compost Facility, building materials to the Centre County authority, and both cost money. Tires are not collected either: they may go to the Centre County Transfer Station at cost, or to the Borough Maintenance Facility by prior arrangement on 234-7135, and the borough will remove them at cost only if no private arrangement can be made. Electronics cannot be disposed of as refuse at all and must reach the county authority, which takes covered devices free.
Borough bulk and large item collection page with the appointment system, the three item limit, the Monday run and the refused materialsCentre County authority electronics page with the covered device ban, the free resident drop-off and the scale house hoursUse 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 State College.
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.
Submit the Bulk Refuse Pickup Form or call 814-234-7135 during business hours, Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Furniture is one of the items the borough names as collected, along with refrigerators, stoves and washing machines, and the run starts on Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it. Requests are due by 5 pm on Sunday, the load has to be out by 6 am, and no more than three items go out at once.Official guidance
That has to be confirmed, because the borough bulk list names furniture, refrigerators, stoves and washing machines rather than mattresses or box springs, and the county authority publishes nothing for them either. The route that exists for large household items is the by-appointment bulk collection booked through 814-234-7135 for the Monday run, and the borough warns that a load it considers excessive may carry a charge.Official guidance
Two places. Refrigerators, stoves and washing machines are named on the borough bulk item list, so a household can book them on the Monday bulk run through 814-234-7135. The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority also accepts white goods at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, covering air conditioners, dehumidifiers, washers and dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks, while refusing propane bottles, fuel tanks, drums and insulated pipe.Official guidance
It can go to the county Transfer Station free of charge, because the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts white goods from any county resident at no cost and names refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers. A borough household can also put the refrigerator on the bulk item list through 814-234-7135. Nothing retained here states whether the refrigerant has to be removed first, so ask at the scale house before the unit leaves the house.Official guidance
To the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, where covered devices such as televisions, desktop computers, monitors, laptops and computer peripherals are taken from residents free of charge, Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm, through Gate 1 to the scale house. A borough household can also request the television as a bulk item, because the borough accepts electronic devices only as a bulk collection and sends them to the authority.Official guidance
The county authority takes them free. Covered devices under the state electronics law include desktop computers, monitors, laptops and computer peripherals, and the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority offers a free resident drop-off Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm through Gate 1 at the scale house. The borough also lists electronics as a drop-off-only item in its recycling guidance and will collect a device as a booked bulk item.Official guidance
No. Building materials are on the borough's not collected list for bulk refuse, alongside tree limbs and anything over 40 pounds. Clean untreated wood and pallets do have a route: the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority accepts clean wood, timber, pallets, yard trim, brush, stumps up to 24 inches across and empty cable spools at its wood programme for a per ton charge with a minimum, while painted or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture are refused there.Official guidance
No page names a treadmill, elliptical or weight machine, and the borough refuses any part of a bulk load that weighs over 40 pounds or is too large to handle, which most machines are. The bulk item collection is the route to ask about, booked through 814-234-7135 for the Monday run, and the department also warns that a load it considers excessive may carry a charge.Official guidance
Three items. The borough collects bulk refuse by appointment on a Monday run, with no more than three bulk items at a time, a request due by 5 pm on Sunday and the load at the curb by 6 am. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and furniture are named as collected, while building materials, tree limbs and anything over 40 pounds or too large to handle are refused, and the borough warns that an excessive load may carry a charge.Official guidance
The borough does not collect tires at the curb, so they go to the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority. Resident tires brought in a personal vehicle are charged a minimum for a load up to 560 pounds and pro-rated by the ton above that, commercial quantities are charged more, oversized tires of 44 inches or more add a per tire charge, and dirty tires carry the highest tonnage rate. The borough can also arrange drop-off at the maintenance facility if you call 814-234-7135 first.Official guidance
The borough does. Residential refuse collection runs Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday depending on the address, with the day set when the account is opened through the Borough Finance Department, and each household gets a Borough cart. Organics ride the green-lidded cart, red-bin recycling is collected by the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority on the same day, and anything that does not fit goes beside the cart in a container, except during the leaf season when brush and loose leaves follow their own routes.Official guidance
Bulk refuse is collected by appointment on a run that starts Monday each week unless a Monday holiday cancels it. The request has to be in by five in the afternoon on Sunday, by form or on 814-234-7135, the items go to the curb by 6 am and no more than 48 hours early, and no more than three items may be put out at once. Refrigerators, stoves, washing machines and furniture are named as collected, and building materials, tree limbs and anything over 40 pounds or too large to handle are refused.Official guidance
To the county authority. Covered devices under the state electronics law, which include televisions, desktop computers, monitors, laptops and computer peripherals, cannot be disposed of as refuse and take a free resident drop-off at the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm, through Gate 1 to the scale house. A borough household can also request a device as a bulk item, because the borough accepts electronics only as a bulk collection and sends them to the authority.Official guidance
All the white goods on the authority list: air conditioners and dehumidifiers, clothes washing and drying machines, dishwashers, metal pots and pans, furnaces and electrical heaters, water heaters, refrigerators and freezers, stoves, ovens, microwaves and helium tanks. They are accepted at the Transfer Station from any Centre County resident for no charge, while sealed units such as propane bottles, medical lab machinery, gasoline and fuel tanks, drums, barrels, paint cans, tar buckets, insulated pipe and lighting fixtures are refused.Official guidance
Neither goes in the borough bulk pile. Tires are refused at the curb and go to the county Transfer Station, where resident loads are charged a minimum up to 560 pounds and pro-rated by the ton above that, commercial quantities cost more, tires 44 inches or larger add a per tire charge and dirty tires carry the highest tonnage rate. Clean untreated wood, pallets, yard trim and brush have their own programme at the same site for a per ton charge with a minimum, while painted or treated wood, railroad ties, landscape ties and furniture are refused.Official guidance
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