Junk Removal in Taunton, MA

Taunton's curbside trash takes one bulky item a week per building, and it can't be a mattress, a recliner or a sofa bed. Everything else waits in the driveway or goes to the Convenience Center on East Britannia Street, open three days a week. Count On Me! does junk removal in Taunton MA from Assonet, a short run up Route 24. Call or text us a photo, get an accurate price before any work begins, and we carry it all out, load it and sweep up. Family-owned, licensed and insured, with 5+ years hauling junk on the South Shore.

What Taunton properties need

Taunton is a city of about 59,400 people (2020 census) and the Bristol County seat, and much of it is older housing: modest wood-frame single- and multi-family homes, many more than 100 years old, in neighborhoods like Weir Village and Whittenton and the streets around Taunton Green, with newer subdivisions out toward East Taunton, Westville and North Taunton. Old houses mean narrow back stairs, tight cellar doors and attics reached through a hatch. That's where a clean-out takes two people and a plan, not a trip in the family car.

Plenty of Taunton buildings are two-, three- and four-family, and the city's rules put the owner on the hook. Curbside service only covers buildings of four units or fewer, curbside waste has to come from that household, and owners of rental or commercial properties without their own collection can be fined $200 per item, per day. When a tenant leaves a couch, a mattress and a kitchen's worth of bags, it has to be gone before the next showing. We do turnover clean-outs and recurring pickups for landlords and property managers.

For a move or an estate, the city's one-item-a-week pace means a houseful of furniture would take months at the curb. We clear it in a visit, set aside what the family is keeping, and pull out what can be donated.

Junk removal services in Taunton

• Furniture RemovalSofa beds, recliners, sectionals and dressers carried down Taunton's narrow stairs, including the pieces the city won't take at the curb.
• Mattress RemovalMattresses and box springs out of the bedroom and off to recycling, with no Convenience Center trip and no curbside no-show fee.
• Scheduled & Recurring PickupsTurnover clean-outs and repeat pickups for Taunton landlords and property managers, so nothing sits at the curb long enough to draw a fine.
• Estate CleanoutsOlder Taunton houses emptied cellar to attic before a sale, with keepsakes set aside and usable furniture pulled for donation.
• TV & Electronics RemovalFlat screens, old tube TVs and computer monitors, which Taunton's curbside program won't collect, carried out and recycled.

Taunton bulky items, mattresses and the Convenience Center (and when you need a hauler)

Taunton's curbside trash, collected by Republic Services, takes household waste in the city's orange pay-as-you-throw bags plus one bulky item per week per building: an upholstered chair, a sofa, a piece of furniture. The city's regulations (July 2023) exclude sofa beds, recliners, mattresses and box springs, TVs and computer monitors, and all construction, demolition and remodeling debris. Washers, fridges and large metal go out only by appointment with the city's contractor, one day a month. Anything left at the curb after 7 PM the day after collection can bring a fine, starting at $50.

The Convenience Center on East Britannia Street takes much of the rest for a fee, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays only: mattresses and box springs $35 each, washers and dryers $20, fridges and ACs with Freon $30, TVs $10 to $20 by size, car tires $10 and truck tires $25 (rates effective July 12, 2023). It turns away mattresses that are wet, heavily soiled or show mold or bed bugs, and its rate sheet has no line for loose furniture or construction debris.

Massachusetts has banned mattresses and textiles from the trash since November 1, 2022, along with appliances, screens, tires, metal and clean construction materials, so every load gets sorted. We sort, carry and haul it in one trip. We don't take hazardous waste: oil-based paint, solvents and chemicals go to Taunton's household hazardous waste day, next held Saturday, August 21, 2027, and propane tanks go to the Convenience Center.

Getting started in Taunton

1. 1

   Call or text a photo

   Send a picture of what's going. Tell us the floor, the stairs and where the truck can park; in older Taunton neighborhoods that matters more than the pile size.

2. 2

   Get the price first

   We price from the photo or come out for a free, no-obligation estimate. You know the exact number before any work begins.

3. 3

   Pick a time

   Same-day pickup when the schedule has room. Landlords can set a date around a move-out or book recurring pickups.

4. 4

   We do the lifting

   Our crew carries everything out, from the third floor, the attic hatch or the cellar, and loads the truck.

5. 5

   Sweep, sort, recycle

   We sweep up, then sort: metal, mattresses, electronics and appliances to recycling, usable furniture to donation when we can, the rest disposed of properly.

Taunton junk removal questions

Sources (8)

1. taunton-ma.gov/283/Solid-Waste-Recycling
2. taunton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/500/
3. taunton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/496/
4. taunton-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/5790/
5. taunton-ma.gov/Faq.aspx?QID=168
6. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunton,_Massachusetts
7. mass.gov/guides/massdep-waste-disposal-bans
8. mass.gov/doc/mattress-waste-disposal-ban-recycling-guidance-for-municipalities/download