Junk Removal in Brockton, MA

Brockton's city trash program takes one bulk item a week at the curb, charges $20 each for mattresses, couches and TVs, and tells residents to call a private hauler for property cleanouts and construction debris. Count On Me! is that hauler. We do junk removal in Brockton MA from our base in Assonet, straight up Route 24. Send a photo or book a free on-site estimate, get an exact price first, and we carry it down the stairs, load it and sort what Massachusetts won't let anyone throw away.

Triple-deckers, rentals and stairs: Brockton's housing

Brockton grew as a shoe-manufacturing city, and workers' housing went up fast near the factories and rail lines: wooden multi-family buildings on small lots, most famously the triple-decker. Later neighborhoods filled in with single-family and two-family houses on former farmland. Only about half the city's homes are single-family units, and close to 45% of households rent. For junk removal that means stairs: a couch coming down from a third-floor unit, a mattress through a narrow back hall, a basement shared by three apartments.

Rentals turn over all year, and when a tenant moves out the landlord is left with what didn't fit in the truck. Landlords and property managers in Brockton call us for move-out cleanouts and recurring pickups, because the city's one-item-a-week rule can't clear an apartment before the next lease starts.

Junk removal services in Brockton

• Scheduled & Recurring PickupsFor Brockton landlords and property managers: unit turnovers, basement clear-outs in multi-family buildings and recurring pickups on a schedule you set.
• Furniture RemovalCouches, sectionals and bedroom sets carried down triple-decker stairs, with no prepaid $20 tag and no one-a-week limit.
• Mattress RemovalAny number of mattresses and box springs taken in one visit and delivered for recycling, as Massachusetts law requires.
• Construction & Demolition Debris PickupKitchen cabinets, bathtubs, sheetrock and doors from Brockton renovations: the debris the city's trash program won't collect.
• Appliance RemovalRefrigerators, washers, dryers, stoves and air conditioners hauled out without a request form or a wait for trash day.
• Estate CleanoutsWhole Brockton houses and apartments emptied before a sale, with family keepsakes set aside and usable items donated when they can be.

Brockton's bulk pickup rules, the Recycle Depot and what the city won't take

The city's trash service, run by Republic Services, covers one- to five-family homes that pay the trash fee; condominiums and businesses aren't included, and residents with a private hauler or dumpster must arrange bulk pickups with that hauler. Each household gets one barrel of trash a week (up to 50 pounds) and one free bulk item or appliance a week. Mattresses and box springs, couches and loveseats over 59 inches, and TVs and computer monitors cost $20 each, prepaid online at least 48 hours before your trash day. Appliances need a request form two business days ahead, refrigerator doors off and gas drained from mowers and snowblowers.

Mattresses and textiles have been banned from the trash in Massachusetts since November 1, 2022, which is why the city charges for them separately. Construction debris and doors aren't collected at all. For property cleanouts, auto parts and demolition debris (bathtubs, kitchen cabinets, pipes, sheetrock, tree stumps, rocks, soil), the city's own advice is to call a private hauler. A full apartment, a garage or a renovation pile is exactly that job: we take it all in one trip, no weekly limit and no prepaid tags.

The Recycle Depot at 300 Oak Hill Way takes recycling, tires, propane tanks, car batteries, motor oil and clothing, and runs an annual household hazardous waste day. Yard waste drop-off there is for residents only, not contractors. We don't take hazardous waste, chemicals or propane, so those go to the Depot. Dried-out latex paint cans can go in the trash with the lids off.

Getting started in Brockton

1. 1

   Call or text a photo

   Show us what's going and tell us which floor it's on, whether there's a back stairway, and where the truck can park.

2. 2

   Free estimate first

   We price from photos or come out for a free on-site estimate. You get the exact price before any work begins, no obligation.

3. 3

   Choose the time

   Same-day pickup when the schedule has room. For a lease end or a closing, tell us the date and we book around it.

4. 4

   We carry it down and out

   We do all the lifting, down every flight, load the truck and sweep the space we emptied.

5. 5

   Sorted the right way

   Mattresses, appliances, TVs, metal and textiles go to recycling; usable furniture goes to donation when it can. The rest is disposed of properly.

Brockton junk removal questions

Sources (4)

1. brockton.gov/city-departments/public-works/trash-recycling/
2. brockton.gov/city-departments/public-works/resources/bulk-items-and-yard-waste/
3. oldcolonyplanning.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Brockton_Housing_Strategy_Plan.pdf
4. mass.gov/guides/massdep-waste-disposal-bans