A bulky-waste pickup that's cheap but curbside-and-scheduled, a Metro transfer station that charges by the trip, and no sales tax anywhere — Portland's disposal math, worked out guide by guide.
There are six genuine ways to get junk out of a Portland house. Here is what each is good at, what it is bad at, and which one fits your job.
Bulky-item collection covers less than people assume, and it is curbside only — which in a city of basement stairs is the part that matters.
Before the contractor starts, the space has to be empty. A Portland basement clear is usually a half to a full load — $431 to $732 — and the demo debris is…
A small window unit is $87, a large one $109, a portable $85, an outdoor condenser or heat pump $115. Refrigerant recovery is part of the job, not an extra…
A one-bedroom in a Buckman fourplex usually runs a quarter to a half truck — $241 to $431. Studios in the Pearl frequently come in under that on…
There is no stair charge. A sofa out of a Sellwood basement is $126, the same as one in the front room — and the basement stair is the entire reason people…
A standard metal or platform frame is $68. Solid, upholstered or storage frames are $126, or $152 in king. All of it comes down the stair at the same price.
The price never moves: a sofa is $126 on a Tuesday in February and on the last Saturday of August. Availability is a different story.
On your own parking strip, briefly, in dry weather, with something usable — mostly fine. Everything else is abandonment, and in this city it gets reported fast.
Between June and September, free routes genuinely work here. The rest of the year the cheapest real option is a flat price — sofa $126, loveseat $119,…
Donation first is the right instinct in this city. It also fails for specific, predictable reasons — and knowing them in advance saves you two weeks.
A full truck load is $732. Most whole-house estate clearances in Portland need one to two of them, and the basement is nearly always the reason.
A detached single-car garage in Cully or Montavilla is typically a quarter to a half truck — $241 to $431. The damp is what makes it bigger than you think.
A full truck load is $732. Most hoarding cleanups in Portland need two to four of them, and they work far better staged across several days than forced into…
A hot tub or spa is $390, flat. That covers breaking it down and carrying it out of a back garden that a truck cannot reach, which in inner Portland is most…
A queen is $103. A mattress and box spring together is $143. Both include the carry down whatever stairwell your 1920s house happens to have.
A standard fridge is $164, a side-by-side or French door $183. Refrigerant recovery is included, and so is bringing the basement freezer up the stairs.
A TV is $62 to $73 depending on size, carried out from any floor. Oregon also has a free statewide drop-off route, and it is worth knowing which one fits…
A couch is $126, carried out from wherever it sits. That is the whole number, whether it is on the parking strip or wedged in a Buckman basement stairwell.
A refrigerator is $164, a washer $133, a dryer $128. Refrigerant handling is part of the job, not a line added at the end — and retailer haul-away only…
Four red flags settle most of it: a deposit before anything is confirmed, a price quoted on arrival, no written quote, and cash only.
Yes. Leaving furniture on a street, a lot, or someone else's curb is illegal dumping and it is actively reported in this city. A legal sofa pickup is $126.
Every price, published, before you book. Visit minimum $75. Oregon has no sales tax, so the quoted total is the total.
A dumpster is a container, not a service. On a narrow inner-eastside lot the hard questions are where it sits, what permit it needs, and who carries…
The difference is not the truck. It is when you learn the price. Our numbers are published: a couch is $126, a quarter load is $241, the visit minimum is $75.
Most abandoned-property turnovers are a quarter to a half truck — $241 to $431 — and the thing that actually costs you is the days, not the load.
A mattress is not ordinary curbside waste anywhere in this metro. Here is how the rules actually work, and the flat alternative — twin $82, queen $103, king…
A mattress is one of the more recyclable things in your house — if it is dry. A queen collected is $103; a set is $143. The drop-off route is free but has…
Most Portland move-out leftovers are a quarter to a half truck — $241 to $431. The August rush is the thing to plan around, not the price.
Nine months of rain finishes off almost everything stored on a Portland porch, deck or carport. A patio table is $89, chairs are $30 each, a propane grill $71.
Construction debris is $120 and masonry is $219 per quarter truck — priced differently because one is bulky and the other is heavy. That distinction decides…
A 5x10 is typically a quarter truck at $241. A 10x10 is a half at $431. A packed 10x15 is often the full $732.
A $99 ad is almost never the price of the job. Our floor is a $75 visit minimum and every item above it has a published flat rate — a couch is $126, a…
A TV is $62 to $73 depending on size, a box of electronics is $77, a computer monitor is $58. Oregon has statewide e-waste drop-off too — here is when each…
The rental is the cheap part. The Metro gate fee, the fuel, the second person and the six hours are the expensive part. A flat $126 couch pickup is the…
The single most common Portland job is one couch at $126. After that it clusters: a bedroom around $326, a garage at $241, a basement at $431.
Five options, in the order worth trying them. Four of them are free and three of them waste a week. A sofa hauled away is a flat $126, a loveseat $119.
Reuse first, then the material streams, then the regional transfer stations. In this city the deciding factor is usually not policy — it is whether the…
A standard refrigerator is $164. A washer is $133 and a dryer is $128. All three include getting the thing up out of a Portland basement, which is the part…
The savings on an uninsured hauler are small. The exposure — damage to a 110-year-old stairwell, a dumped load traced back to you — is not.
2026 flat prices, no sales tax — the complete list.
The $18-trip, 7-day, curbside route vs same-day full-service.
Self-haul tipping fees vs we-carry-it-out — the honest math.
Curbside, donation, self-haul, franchise, or flat $126.
Flat photo price vs the on-site truck-size quote.
Mattress from $111, flat price, same-day, no sales tax.