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.
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A clear count. An exact price.
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.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
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The local disposal guide
Bulk junk removal in Harlingen: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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Large items go out with the monthly brush and debris sweep or through a special pickup requested from public works.
Furniture is directed to the brush and debris schedule rather than the garbage container.
No Harlingen page names bedding, so the piece has to be confirmed before it goes out.
Appliances are not named on the city pages, so the route and any refrigerant condition have to be confirmed.
The city's recycling page prints one electronics route, local stores that sell office equipment and electronics, and it names no television, so the store route is published and a television is confirmed with public works.
Construction material is refused in the garbage container and moves in a city-rented open-top container.
No list names exercise equipment, so the item is confirmed with public works first.
The handoff matters
Construction debris, building materials and furniture may not go in the garbage container, because the material damages equipment and containers and a contaminated container is left behind. Furniture and bulky items go out with the brush and debris collection instead, and a project load needs a city-rented open-top container.
City public works FAQ with the six feet of clearance rule, the refusal of construction debris, building materials and furniture in containers, the direction to put furniture and bulky items out under the brush and debris schedule, the placement rules, the blocked container referral to code enforcement and the city-only open-top container rental ordinance with its account and container formsBrush and debris collection covers all city residential garbage accounts and the operation is split into four service areas, each serviced once a month. Crews start in the northwest on the first full week of the month and move counterclockwise, staying on an area into the following week if delays occur, and the brush page publishes the area being serviced with the crew locations. Brush goes in a separate pile from debris, and improper placement can bring a door hanger.
City brush collection schedule with the four service areas, the once a month sweep starting in the northwest on the first full week, the separate pile requirement for brush and debris, the door hanger for improper placement and the published current collection statusResidents with an alley put brush and limbs in the alley directly behind the property without blocking it, and residents without an alley put them at the front by the roadway or street edge. Material may not go on the street, the sidewalk, a vacant lot, another person's property or a storm drain, and blowing clippings or limbs into a street or drain is prohibited because it causes drainage problems and possible flooding.
City residential brush pickup guidelines brochure with the accepted tree limbs, brush trimmings, garden clippings and vegetable matter, the monthly service, the exclusion of vacant and unoccupied property, the alley and street edge placement rules, the storm drain prohibition and the compliance and public works contactsA city ordinance requires that all open-top containers be rented exclusively through the City of Harlingen, with an exception only when the city cannot supply one because of availability or shortage. Residential and commercial customers complete the accounts receivable set-up form and the open-top container terms and conditions form from the sanitation operations page, then contact the office to arrange payment.
City public works FAQ with the six feet of clearance rule, the refusal of construction debris, building materials and furniture in containers, the direction to put furniture and bulky items out under the brush and debris schedule, the placement rules, the blocked container referral to code enforcement and the city-only open-top container rental ordinance with its account and container formsUse 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 Harlingen.
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 public works on (956) 216-5300. The sanitation division lists large debris collection as a special pickup service, and the brush and yard waste ordinance that sets those charges is linked from the transfer station page.Official guidance
No. The city states that garbage containers may not contain construction debris, building materials or furniture, and that furniture and bulky items should be placed out according to the brush and debris collection schedule rather than in the container.Official guidance
No. The city lists furniture among the contents a garbage container may not hold and sends furniture and bulky items to the brush and debris collection schedule instead.Official guidance
The city divides the collection operation into four service areas and services each one once a month, starting in the northwest on the first full week and moving counterclockwise. The brush collection page publishes the current area and crew locations.Official guidance
The city pages name tree limbs, brush trimmings, garden clippings and other vegetable matter for the monthly collection and describe large debris as a special pickup service, but they do not name a mattress, so confirm the piece with public works before setting it out.Official guidance
With the debris pile at the property edge or in the alley, depending on whether the address has an alley, and never on the street, sidewalk or a storm drain, because the city prohibits placement that interferes with drainage.Official guidance
The city pages describe a special pickup service for large debris and a monthly debris sweep, but they do not name appliances, so public works is the confirmation point on (956) 216-5300 for the route and any charge.Official guidance
No Harlingen page publishes a refrigerant step, so ask when the pickup is arranged. Remove the doors before the unit goes out so it cannot trap a child, and keep it out of the garbage container.Official guidance
The city's recycling page sends electronics to local stores that sell office equipment and electronics, and it names no television anywhere, so a television is confirmed with public works on (956) 216-5300 before it is put out.Official guidance
The city refuses construction debris, building materials and furniture in containers and publishes no electronics acceptance, so an electronic item should not be placed in the container until public works confirms the route.Official guidance
No. The city states that garbage containers may not contain construction debris or building materials because the material can damage equipment and containers, and a contaminated container is left unserviced.Official guidance
No. A city ordinance requires all open-top containers to be rented exclusively through the City of Harlingen, with an exception only when the city cannot provide one because of availability or shortage. Residential and commercial customers complete the account and container forms and arrange payment with the office.Official guidance
The published list of what the city collects covers tree limbs, brush trimmings, garden clippings and other vegetable matter for the monthly sweep and large debris through the special pickup service, but it does not name a fitness machine, so confirm the piece first.Official guidance
The special pickup charges sit in the city's brush and yard waste ordinance, which sets the collection and special pickup fees, so the office confirms the amount when the pickup is arranged on (956) 216-5300.Official guidance
The sanitation division of the public works department, which collects garbage and brush from residential and commercial areas and hauls it to the city transfer station. Garbage runs twice a week for residential accounts and up to six times a week for commercial ones.Official guidance
To the transfer station at 4900 E. Harrison Road, where refuse is loaded into large aluminum transfer trailers and transported to the City of Brownsville Landfill under the rules of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.Official guidance
In two city ordinances linked from the transfer station page: one for brush and yard waste collection services and charges, and one for solid waste and sanitary transfer station charges. Neither could be read during this research, so the office confirms the amounts.Official guidance
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