Dallas has one of the more generous city bulk programs in Texas — a real monthly pickup, at the curb, included with your sanitation service. It also has a 10-cubic-yard limit, a $60-per-5-yards overage bill, a long excluded list (no fridges, no TVs, no debris), and no coverage at all for apartments. Here's the whole system in plain English — and what to do when it doesn't fit your pile.
Send a photo — flat price in seconds, scheduled on your date
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Every Dallas residence and duplex on city sanitation gets one brush-and-bulky collection week per month, assigned by district (find yours on the city's collection calendar). You put up to 10 cubic yards of qualifying material just behind the curb in front of your home, between Thursday and Sunday before your week, and automated arm-and-claw trucks collect it during the week. That's the whole deal — free within the rules, with real teeth when you break them.
| ✅ Accepted | 🚫 Not accepted |
|---|---|
| Household furniture, carpet, mattresses | Refrigerators, freezers, ACs, dehumidifiers — anything with coolant or chemicals |
| Toilets, bicycles, toys | Electronics — TVs, computers, microwaves, stereos |
| Stoves, washers, dryers, water heaters | Construction & demolition debris — brick, concrete, glass panes, mirrors, roofing |
| Tree limbs (≤8" diameter, ≤10 ft), bagged clippings | Paints and chemicals; auto parts and tires; dirt, soil, sod |
| Bagged household garbage (that belongs in your roll cart) |
Also excluded: every apartment, condo community and commercial property — the program serves residences and duplexes only. Rules per Dallas Sanitation's brush & bulky page (current as of August 2026 — always check your district's calendar).
Honestly: often. If you live in a house or duplex, your pile is furniture and limbs rather than fridges and debris, it fits in 10 yards, you can physically get it to the curb, and — the big one — your timeline can wait for your district's week, the city program is free and you should use it. We'd rather tell you that than haul something you didn't need to pay for.
| Dallas brush & bulky | JunkRabbit | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost | Free within limits; $60/5 yd over | Flat, photo-quoted; $75 minimum |
| Timing | Your district's week, monthly | Your date — same-day when windows allow |
| Labor | You carry everything to the curb | We load from garage, backyard, or third floor |
| Fridges / TVs / debris | Never | Yes — priced flat, routed correctly |
| Apartments | Not served | Served, deposit-safe |
| Where it goes | Landfill | Donation first, recycling, then landfill |
Use the free week when it fits — it's a genuinely good program for houses with patient timelines and compliant piles. Call us for everything it excludes: the wrong items, the wrong housing type, the wrong week, or the pile you'd rather not carry. One photo gets you the flat price either way, and if the honest answer is "wait for your city week," we'll tell you.
Free, no signup — exact quote from a photo
Upload a Photo & Get Quote →Once a month. Every Dallas residence and duplex with city sanitation service has an assigned brush-and-bulky collection week each month, by district. You set materials out between Thursday and Sunday before your week, behind the curb in front of your home, and crews collect during the week with automated arm-and-claw trucks.
Up to 10 cubic yards per month — roughly a pile 6 ft deep by 15 ft long by 3 ft high. Once per calendar year you can request a 20-cubic-yard oversize collection through Dallas 311, submitted before your collection week begins. Go over the limit and the city still usually collects it — then automatically bills you $60 per 5 cubic yards, in 5-yard increments, with possible citations on top.
No appliances containing coolant, gas or chemicals (refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, dehumidifiers, lawnmowers), no electronics (TVs, computers, microwaves), no construction or demolition debris (bricks, concrete, glass panes, mirrors, roofing), no paints or chemicals, no auto parts or tires, no dirt or sod, and no bagged household garbage. It also isn't available to apartments or commercial properties at all.
You wait for next month's week — setting out early is a code violation that can draw enforcement. If the pile can't wait (a move-out, a sale closing, a landlord deadline), a paid pickup is the legitimate alternative: flat photo-quoted pricing, scheduled on your date, loaded from wherever it sits rather than dragged to the curb.
No — brush and bulky collection covers residences and duplexes with city sanitation service. Apartment and condo communities are on private hauling, so their residents' big items are the property's problem, usually via bill-backs on whoever left them. A flat-priced pickup from the unit is the deposit-safe route.
Within the rules, yes — it's covered by your sanitation service. The costs appear at the edges: $60 per 5 cubic yards if you exceed the 10-yard limit, enforcement citations for early or non-compliant set-outs, and your own labor getting everything to the curb. For the items the program excludes entirely (fridges, TVs, debris), disposal is on you either way.