Junk removal costs in Wilmington

One cleanout in Wilmington can bring three different trucks to your curb. The city asks for bulky items, metal bulky items, electronics and yard waste in separate, neat piles, because each kind is collected separately.

Bulky pickup is by appointment only. Call Recycling and Trash Services or use the online form by 4:30 p.m. on the business day before your trash day, or it rolls to the next week. Name everything you're putting out when you book. Then set it out no sooner than noon the day before. A pile that wasn't called in, or that went out early, counts as a code violation.

To the city, bulky means oversized wood, plastic, metal, furniture or electronics that won't fit in your cart. Extra bags of household trash don't qualify; they need an orange extra-trash sticker. Pull or bend over the nails in old lumber, for the crew's safety. Tires, rocks, concrete, liquids, dirt and pallets are never taken. Neither is anything too large or heavy for the crew, or debris from work you hired a contractor to do.

TVs and computers have a second route: New Hanover County's Household Hazardous Waste Facility on Highway 421 North, open weekdays and Saturday mornings.

Downtown runs on its own system. If you live or run a business in the Central Business District, from Water Street to 3rd Street, your collection comes through the city's "Bag-It" program, and the office will tell you how it works for your address.