Junk Removal in Apache Junction, AZ

Curbside trash is mandatory in Apache Junction for single-family homes and anything up to a fourplex, and one bulk pickup a month comes with it. It runs by zone on a Wednesday. Meridian to Ironwood is the first Wednesday, Ironwood to Idaho the second, Idaho to Tomahawk the third, and Tomahawk to Goldfield the fourth.

There are a few rules to get it right. You call the city's hauler a week ahead. The pile can't be bigger than six feet by six feet by six feet, and it goes in front of the home on your property, not on the sidewalk, the street or the alley. It can't go out more than 24 hours early. Extra pickups are available by appointment for a fee.

The list of what the bulk pickup won't take is long, and a good part of it is stuff we haul. Appliances with refrigerant are out, so an old fridge or freezer waits for us, and it goes where the refrigerant gets recovered properly (appliance removal has the details). Bricks, concrete, asphalt, dirt, rock and roofing are out. So are construction pieces over 25 pounds or longer than three feet, and metal like rebar and fence posts. A busted slab, a pile of brick, old lumber from a torn-down carport or a chain-link run with its posts all fit under construction debris removal, and the metal gets pulled out for recycling. Concrete, dirt and rock are heavy, so weight counts in the quote.

Loose grass, leaves and twigs don't go in the city pile either. We'll load them loose, with no bagging needed, under yard waste removal.

Paint and chemicals are the exception for us too. The city posted a notice about a Household Hazardous Waste Day in early October, so check its news page for the details. It also holds a Free Dump Week four times a year at the Apache Junction Landfill: one pickup-bed load per household, up to 500 pounds, with proof of residency and a hard hat and vest. If you've got a truck and a small load, it's worth a look.

An older city-commissioned survey estimated about 50,000 winter visitors living in Apache Junction from roughly November through March, around 20,000 of them in RV parks. For a lot of households, that makes two natural times to clear things out. At the start of the season, a park model or a second home gets opened up and the owner finds what the summer did: a patio set baked brittle, a mattress that sat through the heat, a fridge that quit while nobody was home. At the end of it, someone's locking up and heading north, and the last job is getting rid of what they aren't taking.

Give us your departure date when you call and we'll work back from it. Booking a few days ahead is the safe way to land the day you need. In an RV or mobile home park, the lanes can be tight, so tell us about the gate, any park rules, and where the trailer can sit. If it can't get close, we'll carry. Recliners, sofa beds and dressers go under furniture removal.

You describe the load, we give you a free estimate, and the price comes from how much of the trailer it fills. Gravel yards, long carries and heavy material can move that number, so mention them, and you'll hear the price before we start. We do the lifting and sweep up the spot before we leave. Summer afternoons go past 110 degrees, so we like an early start.

Apache Junction is where a lot of the area's disposal happens. Queen Creek's self-haul program and Pinal County's disposal list for San Tan Valley both point to sites here, and we work both of those towns too. The junk removal page covers everything we haul, and the service areas page lists every town.