Junk removal costs in Santa Rosa

The lawnmower can't ride along with the couch in Santa Rosa. Recology Sonoma Marin, the city's hauler, won't take anything with an internal combustion engine on a bulky pickup. It also turns away car parts that have held fluids, propane tanks, liquids, dirt, rock, concrete and hazardous waste.

Around Sonoma County, whether bulky pickup is free depends on your hauler. Zero Waste Sonoma lists free bulky pickup, by appointment, for residential customers of every hauler but one. Customers of Sonoma Garbage Collectors, which serves the city of Sonoma, pay for theirs. Recology covers Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Healdsburg and Cloverdale, while Windsor and Sebastopol are on Sonoma County Resource Recovery. The county's list puts electronics and extra yard debris on the bulky menu too.

In Santa Rosa, Recology's pickup is for furniture, mattresses and appliances. Residential customers get two free pickups a year, and each one can hold up to 3 cubic yards, which Recology also puts at 600 gallons. If you live in an apartment or another multi-family building, you're eligible too, but your property manager has to make the booking. No single item can be bigger than 4 feet by 4 feet by 2 feet; household appliances and TVs are the only exceptions. A fridge or freezer carries a Freon charge, even on one of the free pickups.