Furniture removal in Clearwater, FL
Clearwater makes this easy. Set furniture at the curb on your regular weekly collection day and crews take it — no appointment, no form, no annual allowance to ration. Here it is simply part of the service. Two things do need a phone call first, though.
Put it at the curb. That is the whole process.
Clearwater's furniture disposal could hardly be simpler. Set it at the curb on your regular weekly collection day and crews take it. No appointment, no online form, no annual allowance to keep track of.
Plenty of cities ration bulk pickup or make you book it. Clearwater just takes it, every week, as part of the service you already pay for.
Two exceptions. Appliances and electronic equipment need a phone call first — ring (727) 562-4920 before putting them out. And electronics with rechargeable batteries do not go in the trash at all; those go to Pinellas County's household hazardous waste sites (HHW North at 29582 U.S. 19 N. in Clearwater on select Saturdays, or the HHW Center at 2855 109th Avenue N. in St. Petersburg), for the fire-risk reasons covered in our lithium battery guide.
Questions about what the crews will take go to the Solid Waste Operations Line, (727) 562-4920.
Hauling it yourself — $4.25 a carload
You probably will not need to, but if you would rather not wait for collection day it is cheap. The Pinellas County Solid Waste Disposal Complex at 3095 114th Avenue North, St. Petersburg charges:
- Car — $4.25 per load
- Pickup truck or van — $11.75 per load
- Weighed loads — $58.86/ton ($63.57 from October 1, pending County approval)
$4.25 a carload is about as cheap as a gate gets in Florida. The hours are generous too: Monday to Friday 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. A 5 p.m. Saturday close beats Fort Myers' noon comfortably.
Payment is card-based — Visa, Mastercard, American Express, plus tap-to-pay via Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay.
Donating it instead
If it is still in decent shape, donation is the only route where somebody else does the lifting and charges nothing. Habitat for Humanity ReStore, The Salvation Army and Goodwill all take furniture, and several collect larger pieces from your home free.
All of them refuse anything torn, stained, water-damaged, smoke-damaged or broken — and almost none accept mattresses at any condition. Send a photo when you book; a refused pickup costs you a week.
When the curb is not the answer
- It is upstairs, or it is heavy. Crews collect from the curb — getting it there is still yours.
- You are moving. Weekly collection is generous but it is still weekly, and a house does not empty one collection day at a time. See our moving cleanout guide.
- You live in a condo or a rental building. City collection covers single-family residents; buildings arrange their own.
- It is a beach rental turnover on a deadline. Common here, and the calendar rarely cooperates.