Junk removal costs in Davenport

Davenport puts bulky pickup on your recycling calendar. Bulky items go out every other week, on your recycling day, and the service comes with the solid waste fee for single-family homes through three-plexes inside city limits. The calendar and route map online show whether you're on the North or South route. Bulky means anything one person can't lift or that won't fit in the garbage cart, like furniture, appliances and tires.

A move or a big clean-out can outgrow that. For those, the city has a Special Call for Service. One request, made on an online form, covers up to 5 cubic yards, which the city puts at about 80 bags of 33 gallons or a large pickup load. For a few extra bags, buy stickers at a grocery or hardware store. Each bag can hold up to 33 gallons and weigh up to 50 pounds. One can sit on top of the cart. The rest go at least 4 feet away, sticker facing the street or alley.

What the city truck won't take, the Waste Commission of Scott County may. Its landfill handles household waste and construction and demolition material, and the commission runs programs to recycle shingles, scrap metal and tires. Paint, pesticides and cleaners go to its Household Hazardous Material Facility on Carey Avenue.

Electronics split by size. An old TV set outside the cart rides the city truck to the commission's Electronics Recovery Facility. A game system, a DVD player, a printer or a tangle of Christmas lights has to go there with you.