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 Bothell: start with the item’s collection rules, then choose the arrangement that fits.
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A sofa is named among the bulky items that do not fit the carts, and since July 1, 2025 a household may book two bulky pickups a year at no extra cost.
A mattress is named on the bulky item list and is also one of the materials the city's thirty dollar recycling vouchers cover at the Shoreline transfer station.
Large appliances are named on the bulky item list, and the city's vouchers pay towards recycling a refrigerant appliance at the Shoreline transfer station while non-refrigerant appliances recycle there free.
A television smaller than two feet in any direction and under sixty pounds can be booked on a Recology special item pickup, and anything larger goes to the free E-Cycle Washington programme.
Small appliances and electronics up to two feet in each direction are eligible for a special item pickup and for drop-off at the Recology Store, while larger items go to E-Cycle Washington.
No curbside construction route is published, but clean wood is one of the materials the city's thirty dollar recycling vouchers cover at the Shoreline transfer station, and concrete washout has its own code rules.
Exercise equipment is not named on any Bothell list, so a treadmill or weight machine has to be confirmed as a bulky item before it goes out.
Bulky items that do not fit the carts come off the kerb on request, with two pickups a year included at no extra cost since July 1, 2025.
The handoff matters
Recology collects garbage, recycling and organics for every City of Bothell customer, and the city's own rules are mostly about preparation. Recyclables have to be empty, clean and dry, with jars and bottles rinsed and the blue cart lid closed so paper stays dry, and nothing may be bagged because loose plastic bags jam the sorting machinery. The compost cart takes meat, bones and shells, dairy and eggs, fruit and vegetable scraps with the stickers taken off, spoiled leftovers, food soiled paper and napkins, yard trimmings and untreated wood, while pet waste and glass must never go in. Service days come from the city map or the Recology calendar, and a missed collection is reported to the city and to Recology on (425) 453-0220 within 24 hours.
City garbage, recycling and compost page with the Recology contract, the empty clean and dry recycling rules, the compost accepted list and the missed collection contactsThe kerbside answer for anything that will not fit a cart is a booked bulky item pickup, and the city has included two of them a year at no extra cost since July 1, 2025. Recology's scheduling form is the booking route, and the examples the city gives are the three items this guide is asked about most often: sofas, mattresses and large appliances. A household that would rather haul its own material can use the voucher route instead, and a household that still has the item after two bookings has to wait for the next year or use a voucher or a special item pickup.
City special item recycling and disposal page with the two free bulky pickups a year, the thirty dollar recycling vouchers, the Shoreline transfer station address and hours, the voucher programme rules and the drop-off lists for styrofoam, textiles, plastic film, batteries, paint and electronicsThe city issues two vouchers worth thirty dollars each per household per year towards recycling CFC appliances, clean wood, yard waste, mattresses and box springs at the Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station at 2300 N 165th St., which opens Monday to Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Vouchers are requested online or collected at the Recology Store, must be requested by November 1 and used by November 30, and any charge above the voucher value is the resident's to pay. Much of the rest of the special material is also handled at that station: rigid styrofoam blocks, clothing and other textiles, and plastic film are accepted there free, although garbage bags and plastic seal bags are prohibited. Small electronics, small appliances under 2 feet, batteries, oils, styrofoam and textiles can also be booked as a special item pickup, larger e-waste goes to the free E-Cycle Washington programme, paint goes to PaintCare drop-offs, and household chemicals go to the King County Wastemobile when it visits the UW Bothell campus at 18115 Campus Way NE from 10 am to 5 pm on its published dates.
City special item recycling and disposal page with the two free bulky pickups a year, the thirty dollar recycling vouchers, the Shoreline transfer station address and hours, the voucher programme rules and the drop-off lists for styrofoam, textiles, plastic film, batteries, paint and electronicsCity hazardous waste page with the King County Wastemobile dates and UW Bothell location, the permanent county facilities and the home collection help lineUse 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 Bothell.
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.
Yes, through a bulky item pickup booked with Recology, which is the route the city names for items that do not fit in the carts, including sofas, mattresses and large appliances. Since July 1, 2025 a residential customer may request up to two bulky item pickups per year at no extra cost, so a couch uses one of the two bookings for that year.Official guidance
One of the two free bulky item pickups each household may book a year with Recology will take it from the kerb, because the city names mattresses among the items that do not fit in the carts. A household that would rather haul it can request one of the two thirty dollar recycling vouchers the city issues each year, which cover mattresses and box springs at the Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, available from January 1 to November 30 with any cost above the voucher value paid by the resident.Official guidance
A large appliance counts as a bulky item that will not fit in the carts, so it can go out on one of the two free pickups a household may book each year with Recology. The city also issues two thirty dollar recycling vouchers a year towards self hauled disposal of refrigerant type appliances at the Shoreline Transfer Station, and non-refrigerant appliances can be recycled at that station for no fee, with any cost above the voucher value paid by the resident.Official guidance
The size decides. If the set is smaller than 2 feet in any direction and under 60 pounds, schedule a special item recycling pickup from Recology. Anything larger goes through E-Cycle Washington, which the city describes as a free programme for Washington residents with drop-off locations listed at ecyclewa.org. No fee is published for the Recology pickup, so confirm it at (425) 453-0220 before the set is moved.Official guidance
Devices up to 2 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet can be scheduled on a Recology special item pickup, and the same rule of smaller than 2 feet in any direction with a 60 pound limit applies to electronics booked through the e-waste route, while the Recology Store takes small appliances under 2 feet for drop-off. Anything larger goes to E-Cycle Washington, which the city describes as a free programme for Washington residents. No pickup fee is published, so confirm it with Recology.Official guidance
No curbside route is published. Clean wood is one of the materials the city's thirty dollar recycling vouchers cover at the Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, and concrete is handled under the municipal code's storm drain rules, which prohibit discharging concrete, cement, gravel, silt or sediment and require washout areas at least 50 feet from any storm drain, ditch or water body with a lined pit or berm. Confirm anything else with the city or the transfer station before hauling it.Official guidance
No Bothell page names exercise equipment, so the item has to be confirmed rather than assumed. The bulky pickup route covers items that do not fit in the carts and names sofas, mattresses and large appliances as examples, with two free pickups a year since July 1, 2025, so call Recology at (425) 453-0220 to ask whether a treadmill or weight machine qualifies.Official guidance
Two a year at no extra cost. The city says that beginning July 1, 2025 residential customers may request up to two bulky item pickups per year through Recology, using the bulky item scheduling form, for items that do not fit in the curbside carts such as sofas, mattresses and large appliances. Anything the bulky service will not take still has a route, through the special item pickup, the thirty dollar recycling vouchers, E-Cycle Washington or the Wastemobile.Official guidance
Recology King County provides garbage, recycling and organics collection to all City of Bothell customers under the city contract, with billing and account management moving to a new Recology customer portal from February 2026. Recyclables go in the blue cart empty, clean and dry and never bagged, organics go in the compost cart with stickers off and no pet waste or glass, and missed collections are reported to the city and to Recology on (425) 453-0220 within 24 hours or by email to bothell@recology.com.Official guidance
Two a year at no extra cost since July 1, 2025. A residential customer books them with Recology through the bulky item scheduling form, and they cover items that do not fit in the curbside carts, with sofas, mattresses and large appliances named as examples. A household with more material still has the voucher route, the special item pickup and the county drop-offs rather than unlimited kerbside collection.Official guidance
The city issues up to two vouchers worth thirty dollars each per household a year, while supplies last, for residents inside Bothell city limits. Vouchers cover CFC appliances, clean wood, yard waste, mattresses and box springs at the Shoreline Recycling and Transfer Station, they must be requested by November 1 and used by November 30 within the January 1 to November 30 programme window, they do not cover commercial disposal, and any charge above the thirty dollar value is paid by the resident. Request them through the city form or collect them at the Recology Store.Official guidance
Household hazardous waste goes to the King County Wastemobile when it visits the UW Bothell campus at 18115 Campus Way NE, open 10 am to 5 pm on its published dates, which in 2026 fall in February, April, May, July, August and October, with permanent King County and Snohomish County facilities as alternatives and a home collection service for residents aged 65 or older or with disabilities. Electronics follow a size rule: items smaller than 2 feet in any direction and under 60 pounds can be booked on a Recology special item pickup, and anything larger goes to the free E-Cycle Washington programme.Official guidance
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