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.
Two bags. One filled box. Count what goes, then book it together.
Finish clearing the space
The last few things still deserve a pickup.
You have decided what is going. Now give those bags and boxes a pickup day, with a price you can see before anyone arrives.
The move is nearly done.
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.
The clear-out can be finished.
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.
You want to know it is handled.
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.
A few simple choices turn a mixed pile into a clear booking. No need to estimate how much of a truck it might fill.
Filled bags and boxes
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 and containers
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.
Furniture and other larger items
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.
Bulk junk removal prices in Tumwater
First item / additional item
Trash bag$59 / $10
Filled household box$59 / $15
Bag of clothes & bedding$59 / $10
Empty cardboard box$59 / $5
10 flattened cardboard boxes$79 / $20
Box of toys$89 / $29
Dumpster Bag$300 / $250
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.
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.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
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.
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Make the handoff easy.
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.
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Show us what goes.
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.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
There is no city or county bulky pickup program, but the county page states that LeMay Enterprises and the City of Olympia both collect large bulky items for an extra fee and can place bins on site for bigger clean-ups. The alternative is a self hauled load at the county station billed as garbage.
City cost & eligibility
The county says a bulky pickup carries an extra fee but publishes no amount, because the hauler sets it, while a self hauled load at the Waste and Recovery Center is billed as garbage with a minimum charge under 300 pounds or a per ton rate above it, so confirm the pickup price on 360-923-0111 or the load price at the gate.
When & how
Call the hauler to arrange a bulky pickup, or take the load to the Waste and Recovery Center at 2420 Hogum Bay Road NE in Lacey, open Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Get it ready
Cover and secure the load, because Washington law requires it and the WARC has an un-tarping area inside the entrance. Keep chemicals and electronics out of the load because they have their own routes, and expect to unload the vehicle yourself.
Food and yard waste has its own line on the county fee table at the Waste and Recovery Center, with a cheaper minimum than garbage, and a mixed load of garbage and yard waste is charged at the garbage rate instead.
City cost & eligibility
From $16 for the county food and yard waste minimum charge for a load under 420 pounds at the Waste and Recovery Center, with heavier loads billed at $75 per ton prorated. Waste and Recovery Center only; a mixed load of garbage and food or yard waste is charged at the garbage rate instead, and curbside food and yard waste is part of the hauler's service where the household subscribes.
When & how
Take the load to the Waste and Recovery Center, or put the curbside cart out on the hauler's collection day if the household subscribes to food and yard waste service.
Get it ready
Keep food and yard waste separate from garbage so the cheaper rate applies, keep it out of the recycling containers, and remember that used cooking oil is no longer collected at the HazoHouse, so the county asks residents to solidify it before putting it in the household garbage.
Neither the city nor the county collects curbside waste in Tumwater. LeMay Pacific Disposal serves the area with garbage, recycling, food and yard waste and a bulky pickup for furniture and home appliances, and the county states that it does not provide or oversee curbside service. LeMay customers put glass in a separate durable container at the curb between five and twenty gallons with drainage holes, and glass is also free at the county sites.
The Waste and Recovery Center at 2420 Hogum Bay Road NE in Lacey is open Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and weekends 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it is for Thurston County residents and businesses. Washington law requires loads to be covered and secured, the site has an un-tarping area inside the entrance, and payment can be cash, check, card or Apple Pay with a card processing fee added.
Use 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.
LeMay Pacific Disposal as the area hauler, with Thurston County Solid Waste for the drop-off sites
Set up service with the area hauler
A Tumwater household starting or changing garbage service, adding recycling or food and yard waste, or arranging a large item pickup.
Cost & conditions
The hauler sets its own rates and neither the city nor the county publishes a curbside price, so confirm the cart size, the collection day, the monthly charge and any charge for a bulky pickup with LeMay Pacific Disposal on 360-923-0111.
Arrange it
Call the hauler to start service, add recycling or food and yard waste, or ask about collecting furniture, appliances or another large item.
There is no city or county curbside bulky program, glass has its own container rule for LeMay customers, and general questions about the county system go to Thurston County Solid Waste on 360-867-2491.
LeMay Pacific Disposal as the area hauler, with Thurston County Solid Waste for the drop-off sites
Drive the load to the county Waste and Recovery Center
A household with garbage, furniture, bedding, an appliance, project debris, tires, scrap metal, food and yard waste or separated recyclables.
Cost & conditions
From $21 for the county garbage minimum charge for a load under 300 pounds, with heavier loads billed at $136 per ton prorated, drop boxes at $21 per cubic yard, construction debris drop boxes at $35 per cubic yard and roofing debris drop boxes at $54 per cubic yard. Thurston County residents and businesses, with card payments carrying a $2.00 processing fee, all rates including the 3.6 percent state refuse tax where applicable, and a $30 insufficient funds fee.
Arrange it
Cover and secure the load, uncover it in the un-tarping area inside the entrance, take it to 2420 Hogum Bay Road NE in Lacey during open hours, and check in at the scales.
Televisions, monitors and refrigerated appliances carry an extra per item handling fee and are accepted at the WARC only, asbestos needs its own preparation and rate, and drop box loads are limited to eight cubic yards with no mechanized dumping.
Household garbage, sod, railroad ties, appliances, construction and demolition debris, roofing debris, televisions and monitors, refrigerated appliances, asbestos by arrangement, food and yard waste, passenger tires, scrap metal, clean separated recyclables at no charge, clean clothing donations, and the HazoHouse for household chemicals
Televisions, monitors and refrigerated appliances carry an extra per item handling fee and are accepted here only, asbestos needs preparation and a higher rate, construction debris cannot be recycled, food and yard waste loses its cheaper rate in a mixed load, tires are limited to five per day per vehicle, and loads must be covered and secured
Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., closed New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
From $21 for the county garbage minimum charge for a load under 300 pounds, with heavier loads billed at $136 per ton prorated and drop boxes at $21 per cubic yard. Thurston County residents and businesses, paid by cash, check, debit or credit card or Apple Pay with a $2.00 card processing fee, all rates including the 3.6 percent state refuse tax where applicable.
Residential garbage and recycling, with tires and scrap metal handled as garbage because the site cannot separate them
Loads must be eight cubic yards or less with larger loads sent to the Waste and Recovery Center, no mechanized dumping is allowed so material has to be unloaded by hand, and refrigerated appliances are not accepted
Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
From $21 for the county drop box rate of $21 per cubic yard with a one cubic yard minimum for garbage loads, or the $21 minimum under 300 pounds at the transfer station rate. Thurston County residents and businesses, with loads limited to eight cubic yards at this site.
Residential garbage and recycling, with tires and scrap metal handled as garbage because the site cannot separate them
Loads must be eight cubic yards or less with larger loads sent to the Waste and Recovery Center, no mechanized dumping is allowed, and refrigerated appliances are not accepted
Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day
From $21 for the county drop box rate of $21 per cubic yard with a one cubic yard minimum for garbage loads. Thurston County residents and businesses, with loads limited to eight cubic yards at this site.
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Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Bulk junk removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Tumwater.
How much does bulk junk removal cost in Tumwater?+
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.
Can you pick up bags of junk today?+
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.
Do I count every object inside a bag or box?+
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.
Can you pick up a small loose pile of household junk?+
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.
Can I book bags, boxes and furniture together?+
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.
How do I get rid of a couch in Tumwater?+
Call LeMay Pacific Disposal on 360-923-0111 and ask about a bulky pickup, which the county says carries an extra fee, or haul the couch to the Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center where it is billed as a garbage load with a minimum charge under 300 pounds or a per ton rate above that.Official guidance
What does yard waste cost at the Thurston County site?+
Food and yard waste has its own minimum charge for a load under 420 pounds with a per ton rate above that, and it is accepted at the Waste and Recovery Center only. A load that mixes garbage with food or yard waste is charged at the higher garbage rate instead.Official guidance
Who handles curbside trash in Tumwater?+
A private hauler. Thurston County does not provide or oversee curbside collection and its hauler table names LeMay Pacific Disposal for Tumwater and the rest of north Thurston County on 360-923-0111, while the city's own service directory treats recycling centers as a non-city service and points to Thurston County Solid Waste.Official guidance
Is there a bulky item pickup in Tumwater?+
The county page states that LeMay Enterprises and the City of Olympia both pick up large bulky items for an extra fee and can place bins on site for larger clean-ups, but it publishes no amount, so the price comes from the hauler. The alternative is a self hauled load at the county station billed as garbage.Official guidance
What does the Thurston County station charge?+
Garbage carries a minimum charge for a load under 300 pounds with a per ton rate above that, construction and roofing debris have their own drop box cubic yard rates, televisions, monitors and refrigerated appliances add an extra per item handling fee, food and yard waste has a cheaper minimum, and clean separated recyclables and clothing donations are free. Card payments add a processing fee.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Get the last things off your list.
Choose your bags, boxes and larger items. See the price and book a day that works.