Junk removal costs in Fayetteville

A fridge and a couch don't leave your Fayetteville curb on the same day. Regular bulky items go out on your B week, the same day as your yard waste. Refrigerators, washers, dryers, bicycles and other metal items are collected only on Wednesdays, and you call 910-433-1FAY to schedule them.

Crews take up to five bulky items set neatly at the curb by 6 a.m. Six or more, or a load over 10 cubic yards, needs a special pickup scheduled ahead through FayFixIt, by phone or in person at 455 Grove Street. Keep each piece at least 4 feet from everything else: out of the road, and away from trees, power lines, mailboxes, cars and fences.

Empty furniture and appliances, and take off or secure the doors. Drain the oil and gas from lawn equipment. Glass is out, from mirrors to windows, and so are electronics, paint, propane and oxygen tanks, car parts, dirt, rocks and stumps. The city notes that TVs and computers are banned from landfills, and sends them to the electronics recycling area at the Ann Street Landfill. That landfill also takes up to five tires per household, rims off.

The service only covers property with a single-family home on it. Contractor debris stays put. So does anything dumped on a vacant lot, which the city treats as land clearing.

If the holidays bring new furniture into the house, the city's advice for the old pieces is to look at donation or reuse first, while they're still in good shape.