Junk removal costs in Fayetteville

Fayetteville makes you pick a lane for curbside bulky pickup. The city's Recycling and Trash Collection division sorts items into three categories: bulk household, bulk metal and bulk brush. Each pickup covers one category, with up to five items in it. So a couch and a dead washer don't ride on the same pickup.

Household means couches, chairs, mattresses, doors without glass, wooden swing sets, and carpet up to three 6-by-6-foot rolls. Metal means major appliances, mowers and tillers, and metal lawn furniture. A fridge, freezer, AC unit or water cooler also needs the online Freon Recovery Request form and a per-unit charge. Brush means limbs up to 12 feet long and 12 inches thick, three pickup-truck loads at most.

The yearly pickup is for single-family homes, duplexes and townhomes with trash carts. Call to schedule before anything goes to the curb, and the date may be two or more weeks out. Set items out by 5 a.m., no more than 12 hours early, within 5 to 6 feet of the curb.

Residents who are solid waste customers also get four drop-offs a year at the Trash Transfer Station on South Happy Hollow Road, up to 1,340 pounds per trip. Bring a recent Fayetteville utility bill and your driver's license. Drywall is on the drop-off list, and paneling in limited amounts, with no contractors allowed.

If one category won't cover your mess, there's a trade. You can give up your curbside pickup and take a fifth drop-off instead.