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1-800-GOT-JUNK alternatives in Riverside and the Inland Empire

1-800-GOT-JUNK runs a Riverside territory, but it is one of several options across a two-county region. Here is a neutral map of the alternatives, and where…

5 things the City of Riverside's bulky pickup won't take

The City of Riverside gives you two bulky appointments a year, five items each. Put the wrong thing out and it stays at the curb. Here are the five…

Air conditioner disposal in Riverside: window units, portables and old condensers

A large window AC unit is $109 to have carried out; an outdoor condenser is $115. The City of Riverside's bulky pickup takes neither. Here is why, and how…

Apartment cleanout cost in Riverside: studios, one-bedrooms and full units

A furnished one-bedroom in a Riverside garden complex usually fills about half a truck, which is $431. Here is how apartment cleanouts are priced, item by…

Bed frame disposal in Riverside: metal, wood, bunk beds and adjustable bases

A standard metal bed frame is $68 to have carried out. A solid or upholstered king frame is $152. Here is how frames fit into the City's five-item bulky…

Can you leave furniture on the curb in Riverside?

Only with a booked appointment, only from 24 hours before, and only five items at a time. A sofa that never touches the curb is $126. Here are the rules…

Estate cleanout cost in Riverside: what a full house really runs

A full truck holds about 16 cubic yards and costs $732. A long-held three-bedroom Riverside house with a packed garage often needs two. Here is how estate…

Garage cleanout cost in Riverside: the Inland Empire's basement

A 10-by-10 patch of garage floor stacked a little over two feet high is about half a truck: $431. In a region with no basements, the garage is where 20…

Hoarding cleanup cost in Riverside: what to expect, and how to price it

A heavily filled Inland Empire house often takes two or three full trucks, $732 each. Here is how hoarding cleanouts are priced, what a junk removal crew…

Horse property cleanouts in Norco, Woodcrest and Jurupa Valley

A full truck of barn and tack-room junk is $732; a small disassembled shed is $186. Norco, Woodcrest, Mira Loma and Lake Mathews have the kind of large-lot…

Hot tub removal cost in Riverside and across the Inland Empire

A standard hot tub hauled out of a Riverside backyard is $390; a 6–8 person spa is $501. No City bulky program will touch one. Here is what the job…

How to get rid of a couch in Riverside without losing a weekend

A standard sofa carried out of a Riverside home is $126. A 3-piece sectional is $185. Here is how that compares with every free and DIY route in the Inland…

How to get rid of a mattress in Riverside and the Inland Empire

A queen mattress carried out of a Riverside home costs $103 with JunkRabbit. Here are the other four routes, what each one really asks of you, and when each…

How to get rid of a refrigerator in Riverside when the City won't take it

The City of Riverside's bulky-item program does not take refrigerators at all. A standard fridge carried out of your kitchen is $164. Here are the other…

How to get rid of a TV in Riverside: old tube sets and flat screens

A 55-inch flat screen carried out of a Riverside living room is $68, though as a lone item it bills at the $100 minimum. TVs cannot go out on the City's…

How to get rid of appliances in Riverside: washers, dryers, stoves and water heaters

A washer and dryer carried out of a Riverside garage are $133 + $128 = $261. Here is which appliances the City's bulky pickup takes, which it refuses, and…

How to pick a junk hauler in Riverside: eight questions that sort them out

Illegal dumping fines in California start at $250, and they can follow your furniture back to your address. Here are eight questions to ask any Inland…

Inland Empire bulky-item pickup rules, city by city

Moreno Valley residents can book up to four free bulky pickups a month. A few miles away, City of Riverside residents get two a year. Here is what each…

Is it illegal to dump furniture in Riverside? Yes, and here is what it costs

A first conviction for illegal dumping in California is $250 to $1,000. A sofa and a loveseat together can cross the one-cubic-yard line that turns it into…

Junk removal vs dumpster rental in Riverside: which one fits your job

A full 16-cubic-yard truck, loaded by the crew and hauled the same day, is $732. A dumpster sits in your driveway while you do the loading. Here is how to…

JunkRabbit vs 1-800-GOT-JUNK in Riverside: how the two models compare

Both are full-service: a crew comes in, lifts and hauls. The difference is how the price is set. JunkRabbit publishes it in advance, a $126 sofa or a $241…

Landlord turnover cleanouts in Riverside: clearing units between tenants

A typical left-behind load in a Riverside rental is a mattress, a couch and some bags: $103 + $126 + $35 + $35 = $299. Here is how landlords and property…

Mattress disposal laws in Riverside: wrapping, set-out times and the dumping fines

Illegal dumping in California starts at a $250 fine for a first conviction. Here is what the state, the county and the City of Riverside actually require…

Mobile home cleanouts in Hemet, San Jacinto, Sun City and Perris

Mobile homes are 8.7% of Riverside County's housing, and most city bulky programs do not serve parks. A furnished single-wide often fits in about half a…

Moving-out cleanout in Riverside: clear what is not coming with you

The sofa that will not fit the new place is $126 to have carried out; a half-truck of everything else is $431. Here is how to plan a move-out cleanout in…

Renovation debris removal in Riverside: kitchens, bathrooms, flooring and drywall

A full kitchen cabinet rip-out is $293 to haul away; a quarter truck of broken concrete is $219. The City of Riverside's bulky pickup takes none of it. Here…

Renting a truck vs hiring junk removal in Riverside: the honest math

Riverside County landfill fees are low: a pickup bed costs a flat $15.70 at the gate. But the rental, the fuel, the lifting and the Saturday add up. Here is…

Riverside junk removal price list: every common item and truck load

A sofa is $126, a refrigerator $164 and a full 16-cubic-yard truck $732, anywhere from Downtown Riverside to Moreno Valley. These are the published flat…

Storage unit cleanout cost in Riverside, by unit size

A packed 10×10 storage unit costs $587 to clear; a 10×20 is $1174. In the Inland Empire, a lot of those units hold the overflow of a move from Orange County…

The $99 junk removal myth: what a low advertised price usually leaves out

JunkRabbit's order minimum is $100, and a sofa is $126 with the carry-out included. Here is why a headline price that sounds lower often is not, and the…

The best time to schedule junk removal in Riverside: by season, week and hour

The price is the same every day of the year: a sofa is $126 on a Tuesday morning or a Saturday night. What changes is heat, demand and how much of your own…

The cheapest way to get rid of furniture in Riverside, ranked

A pickup-truck load at a Riverside County landfill costs a flat $15.70. The City's bulky pickup costs nothing. Both have catches. Here is every route ranked…

TV and electronics disposal in Riverside: computers, monitors, printers and the garage box of cables

A box of mixed electronics is $77 to have picked up; a desktop tower is $62. None of it can go out on the City of Riverside's bulky pickup. Here is a…

UCR move-out junk removal: clearing a Canyon Crest or University Avenue apartment

A twin mattress is $82, a futon $111 and a dorm-size mini fridge $115. With 26,000-plus students and a June lease cycle, UCR move-out is the one week a year…

What mattress recycling really costs in Riverside

The gate fee for a separated mattress at a Riverside County landfill is $0. The real cost is the truck, the tarp and the Saturday morning. Here is the…

What Riverside residents actually pay for junk removal

A single sofa is $126. A half-truck garage is $431. Here is what common jobs cost at published prices, and why the number moves.

What to do with old furniture in Riverside: reuse, sell, curb or haul

Most old furniture in an Inland Empire home lives in the garage, not a basement. A standard dresser is $126 to haul away, but reuse and the City's program…

Where does junk actually go in Riverside and the Inland Empire?

Riverside County's landfills charge $52.68 a ton for routine trash, among the cheapest gates anywhere. But a lot of what leaves an Inland Empire garage…

Who picks up old appliances in Riverside and the Inland Empire

In the City of Riverside, the answer for a refrigerator is not the City. A fridge pickup from inside your home is $164. Here is who actually collects which…

Why insured haulers matter more than price in Riverside

A standard sofa carried out by vetted, insured haulers is $126. An uninsured crew might quote less, until a dented door frame, a hurt back on your stairs or…

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