Junk removal costs in Shreveport

Shreveport won't haul away an old piano, even on a bulky pickup. The same goes for an organ, a trampoline, a swing set, a swimming pool or its cover, gas-powered tools, auto parts, and stumps and roots.

What the program does take is furniture, appliances, tires and brush. It's for homes only, and it starts with a request to Public Works, by phone or through the city's online Report A Concern tool. Once you've asked, the pile can go out. A crew collects it on a later day, separate from your regular garbage.

Each request covers one pile, no bigger than 15 feet long, 6 feet wide and 6 feet high, with four tires at most. Leave 5 feet between the pile and your carts, mailbox, fence, utility poles and parked cars, and keep it out from under low limbs and power lines. Limbs can be up to 8 inches across and 6 feet long.

Old kitchen cabinets count as building material here, so the bulky crew leaves them. So do carpet, flooring, tile, countertops, a toilet, old fencing, concrete and rocks. If a contractor tore it out, the city says the debris is the contractor's to dispose of.

Across the Red River, Bossier City runs its own curbside pickup for large items like appliances and furniture, for homes only. There, you call Solid Waste at least one day before your scheduled pickup day.

Back in Shreveport, the bulk crew won't stop at a vacant lot or a commercial property.