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No town truck comes for bulk items. That leaves two routes, and the town names both of them. Here is how to choose.
Cornelius, North Carolina is a town in Mecklenburg County with its own garbage and yard-waste rules, so Charlotte's bulky-item program does not apply here, and neither do the programs in Pineville, Mint Hill or Concord. The three notes below quote three different Town of Cornelius Solid Waste Services pages: bulk item pick-up, garbage collection, and yard waste.
The first route is the town's own first instruction: take the item to a disposal facility yourself. With a truck or trailer and a second person to lift, that is a real option, and for some loads it is the sensible one. The town's bulk page lists disposal facilities by name, among them the North Mecklenburg Recycling Center and the North Mecklenburg Landfill. For what Mecklenburg County's drop-off centers charge, see the drop-off section on our homepage, and where junk goes in Mecklenburg for what happens after the drop-off.
The second route is a private hauler. The town mentions that as something residents can also do. That sentence recommends no particular hauler, and this page does not claim the town recommends us. 704 Junk is one private hauler. We come inside, lift it, load it, and take it away, so you do not rent a trailer or make the drive. That covers furniture, appliances, mattresses, remodel and construction debris, limbs and storm debris, and garage, estate and lake-house cleanouts around Lake Norman. Our prices are on the homepage and in the 2026 cost guide; this page does not reprint them.
Text a photo to (704) 459-5052 or email [email protected]. Ordinary bagged garbage and yard waste that meet the town's rules go out with the weekly pickup, and you do not need us for those. A bulk item has no town pickup at all, so the choice there is between your own trip to a facility and a hauler who carries it out.
Three town facts from three pages: there is no bulk pickup; garbage is weekly, with a defined full-can limit; yard waste is weekly, with measured rules.
No town bulk pickup. The town's first answer is your own trip to a disposal facility, and a private hauler comes second. The Town of Cornelius says it without a hedge: “The Town does not provide bulk item pick-up services.” Then it gives the first route. The town writes: “Such materials must be taken to an appropriate disposal facility.” That trip is the resident's own, and for anyone with a vehicle and help it is a real choice.
The second route is added, not substituted. In the town's words: “Residents can also contract with a private hauler to pick such items up from their property.” That sentence recommends no particular hauler. 704 Junk is one private hauler a resident could contract with.
What counts as bulk is a list the town leaves open. The town writes: “Bulk items include, but are not limited to:” The named examples start with appliances. One line reads: “Household appliances such as dishwashers, dryers, refrigerators, etc.” Furniture of every type is on it too. Another line reads: “Mattresses, upholstered furniture, lawn furniture, and other types of furniture.” The list also names oversized toys, exercise equipment, water heaters, bicycles, and any other non-household material.
Cardboard has its own size line, and only large pieces are on it. The town writes: “Cardboard larger than 2 feet long x 3 feet wide x 2 feet high.” None of these items rides a town truck. If you would rather not load and drive it, carrying it out of the house and hauling it away is the job we do.
Quoted from the Town of Cornelius, Solid Waste Services, Bulk Item Pick-Up: Bulk Item Pick-Up (cornelius.org), fetched September 25, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a town bulk-item rule. It is not a 704junk hauling price, not a City of Charlotte curbside rule, and not a Mecklenburg County drop-off fee. Checked September 2026.Weekly garbage is collected, by Waste Pro for the town, from a rollout container with the lid closed. The town's garbage page opens with the schedule: “Garbage is collected once per week by Waste Pro.” That pickup is routine. Ordinary household trash that follows the rules is the town's job, not ours.
How the trash has to sit is spelled out. The town writes: “All trash should be bagged.” Yard waste is a separate stream with its own page. The town puts it this way: “Do not put yard waste in your rollout container.”
The lid is the measure of full. In the town's words: “A full trashcan has the ability to be closed.” The page then defines overfilling. The town writes: “Overfilled cans are those with an excess of three bags.” That sentence defines an overfilled can. It is not an allowance for extra bags beside the container.
A can that breaks the rules waits. The town writes: “Household garbage that does not meet the above criteria will not be picked up.” The page adds that the garbage is then collected at the next scheduled pickup, and it sets one more condition: “You may not leave your container at the curb until the next pick-up date.” A one-off overflow, a garage purge, or a pile that is not bagged household garbage is a different job, and a private hauler is one option for it.
Quoted from the Town of Cornelius, Solid Waste Services, Garbage Collection: Garbage Collection (cornelius.org), fetched September 25, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a town garbage-collection rule. It is not a 704junk hauling price, not a City of Charlotte curbside rule, and not a Mecklenburg County drop-off fee. Checked September 2026.Yard waste is collected weekly too, with measured rules for bags, leaves and limbs. The town's yard-waste page sets the day: “Yard waste is collected every week on the same day as garbage.” Yard waste that follows the rules below is the town's pickup, not ours.
Clear plastic bags may be tied, and any bag that is not clear has to be left open. The town adds a weight line: “Bags over 50 pounds will be left on the curbside.” Leaves have a weekly count. The town writes: “Waste Pro will collect up to 20 bags of leaves per week.” Loose material is out, in the town's words: “Loose piles of grass (of any kind) or organic matter will not be serviced.” Pampas-grass-type material has to be bagged.
Limbs are collected when they fit a measured shape. The town writes: “Tree limbs will be collected only if they meet the following specifications:” Each limb must be no larger than five inches in diameter and no longer than four feet. For the stack, the town writes: “Stacked in piles that do not exceed four feet high x four feet long x four feet wide.” Piles also need two feet between them.
Remodel leftovers are not yard waste. The town writes: “Yard waste does not consist of construction debris, demolition debris, dirt, brick, block, sod, mud, pavement, or any other material that could be defined as household waste or non-compost material.” Yard waste that breaks the rules is tagged and not picked up, and it may not wait at the curb; once it conforms, it is collected on the next pickup day. Townhome residents schedule yard-waste pickup through Town Hall. Oversize limbs, oversize stacks and construction debris fall outside this pickup; a private hauler is one option.
Quoted from the Town of Cornelius, Solid Waste Services, Yard Waste: Yard Waste (cornelius.org), fetched September 25, 2026, HTTP 200. This is a town yard-waste rule. It is not a 704junk hauling price, not a City of Charlotte curbside rule, and not a Mecklenburg County drop-off fee. Checked September 2026.Straight answers to what Cornelius residents ask before they hire a hauler — including when hauling it yourself is the better call.
Yes. 704 Junk serves Cornelius. We haul furniture, appliances, mattresses, construction debris, and full cleanouts, lake-house cleanouts around Lake Norman included, and we come inside to do the lifting. The town does not run bulk item pickup, so the other route is taking the item to a disposal facility yourself, and for some loads that is the better one. Text a photo and we will say which it is.
No. The town's bulk page says it does not provide bulk item pick-up services. Its bulk list, which is not limited to the items it names, includes household appliances such as refrigerators, and mattresses, upholstered furniture and other types of furniture. The town's first instruction is to take such items to an appropriate disposal facility yourself. It adds that residents can also contract with a private hauler to pick them up from their property. 704 Junk is one private hauler; this page does not claim the town recommends us.
Not the big ones. The town's bulk list includes cardboard larger than 2 feet long by 3 feet wide by 2 feet high, and the town does not pick up bulk items. Trash should be bagged and go in the rollout container, a full can is one whose lid closes, and the town defines an overfilled can as one with an excess of three bags. Household garbage that does not meet those rules is not picked up that day; it is collected at the next scheduled pickup, and the container may not stay at the curb until then.
Not as yard waste. The town's yard-waste page says yard waste does not consist of construction debris, demolition debris, dirt, brick, block, sod, mud, pavement, or any other material that could be defined as household waste or non-compost material. Limbs are collected weekly only if each is no larger than five inches in diameter and no longer than four feet, stacked in piles no more than four feet high, four feet long and four feet wide, with two feet between piles. Bags over 50 pounds are left, clear bags may be tied and any other bag must be left open, leaves are collected up to 20 bags per week, the town runs curbside leaf vacuuming from November 1 through the end of January, loose piles of grass or other organic matter are not serviced, and Pampas-grass-type material must be bagged. Yard waste goes only on the curb of the house that generated it, never on the sidewalk. Townhome residents schedule yard-waste pickup through Town Hall. Yard waste that breaks the rules is tagged and not picked up, and it may not wait at the curb; once it conforms, it is collected on the next pickup day. Remodel debris and limbs past those sizes fall outside the weekly pickup: hauling them yourself to a disposal facility is one route, and a private hauler such as 704 Junk is another.
Text or email a photo to (704) 459-5052 or [email protected]. We reply with a rough estimate and confirm the price on-site before we touch anything. If a trip to a disposal facility would suit the job better, we will say so.
Text a photo. If a trip to a disposal facility makes more sense, we will tell you. If you want it carried out of the house, we will quote the haul.