Junk removal costs in Orlando

Orlando ties its large item pickup to yard waste day, and you don't have to schedule it. Inside city limits, you can set out up to two large items that a crew can load by hand: a standard fridge, a washer or dryer, a sofa, a dresser, a toilet or a sink. Look up your yard waste day and put them at the edge of your property, clear of the street, the sidewalk, mailboxes, hydrants and storm drains.

The words that matter there are "by hand." Something too big or heavy to load by hand needs the city's claw truck instead. The city will tell you if your pile needs one, and that pickup is charged by the type and amount of what you're throwing out.

For a bigger cleanout, Orlando has an option worth knowing about: it will collect a dumpster bag. Buy a "dumpster-in-a-bag" kit, set it between the curb and the sidewalk, and fill it with furniture, old appliances or construction debris. Then request a pickup. Keep food, yard waste, paint and chemicals out of it, and stay under the weight rating printed on the packaging. If the bag breaks, the city can't take it.