Junk removal costs in Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge counts out-of-cart trash by the piece. Once a week, on your out-of-cart day, crews take up to 10 items, and no more than three of those can be bulky ones like a couch, a mattress, a water heater, a tire or a lawnmower. Anything past ten waits for the following week. Don't bag bulky items, and keep bags, branch bundles and bulk in three separate piles.

That cap shapes a big cleanout. A whole house would take weeks at the curb, so the other routes are a private hauler or a trip of your own. The city-parish's self-service drop-off on Starwood Court takes furniture, bikes, toys, scrap metal and yard waste on weekdays, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. You'll need a Louisiana driver's license or a utility bill with your East Baton Rouge Parish address, and you unload it yourself. Small homeowner projects count too, such as one room of flooring, a toilet, or a few fence sections. Appliances, electronics, tires, roofing debris and anything a contractor tore out don't.

Curbside service only covers what your household made. Remodeling and demolition waste, eviction furniture and commercial waste aren't part of it. Buildings bigger than a triplex use dumpsters instead of carts.

Tree work gets one more rule. Branches go out at no more than 5 feet long, 6 inches across and 40 pounds. And if you take down a tree yourself, hauling off the trunk is your job.