Junk removal costs in Jackson

In Jackson, the second trash day of the week is the one that matters for a couch. The City of Jackson collects garbage twice a week from single-family homes, duplexes and triplexes. Your first collection day is household garbage only. Your second takes household garbage plus two bulk items and bagged leaves. A couch or other furniture, a mattress or box spring, a toilet, a TV or a radio each counts as a bulk item. Appliances and tires go on a separate pickup, on Wednesdays.

Old carpet counts as construction debris, and the city's curbside collection doesn't take construction debris. The same goes for wood, concrete, brick, rock and sand, plus paints, oils, chemicals and recyclables.

Timing matters on both ends. A bulk pile can go roadside no earlier than 24 hours ahead and has to be out before 7 a.m. on your pickup day. Appliances and tires need to be at the curb by 7 a.m. Wednesday. Questions go to Richard's Disposal, the collection contact the city lists.

For a remodel, or a cleanout bigger than two pieces at a time, the city owns and runs a rubbish disposal site on the I-55 South Frontage Road in Byram. It takes construction and demolition debris, brick and concrete, tree limbs and stumps, furniture, tires, and appliances with the motor removed. It charges by the cubic yard.

Don't worry if the truck hasn't come by dinnertime. The collector has from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. to get to your street.