Surprise Junk and Trash Removal

Surprise had been justifiably praised for being a beautiful, friendly community. Part of its great appeal is its clean and pristine reputation. Surprise is trying to ensure that praise continues by developing a rather progressive bulk trash system. Most cities have pre-scheduled pick-up days, that require residents to set out large piles of garbage to be picked up at the city's convenience, meaning the junk could be there for days or weeks before being cleared out. Surprise realizes this is an antiquated policy. They don’t have pre-scheduled pick-up days, rather, each resident makes an appointment with the City when they need a collection.

Bulk trash collections days at your convenience sounds too good to be true, but what's more is, each collection is free of charge. AND you can make as many appointments as you like each year. The catch is, they will only collect a certain amount of bulk junk, once you’ve reached the threshold amount then you'll have to find another solution.

Each pickup must be less than 10 cubic yards, but the annual limit is only 20 cubic yards. So although you can schedule as many collections as you like, for free, you're probably going to max yourself out at two anyway due to sheer volume.

When you're ready, simply call the Public Works Department and schedule a collection. Make sure your bulk trash is ready by 6 a.m. on your collection day. Pile it all up very neatly in the street gutter in front of your property. This is important because crews will not collect material left on the sidewalk or on your property. On the street only. You’ll also need to make sure they crews have enough clearance to work, 10 feet of clearance to be exact. That means making sure your junk is very far away from cable boxes, cars, and fire hydrants. Although hydrants are pretty study suckers, you might come home to a nasty ticket for blocking a hydrant if you don’t pay attention.

When setting out your trash make sure you stack it up nice and neat, bag anything that is small and chop all tree branches into small manageable sizes. If they are longer than 4 feet, they will get left behind. Also don’t bother setting out automotive parts, landscaping debris, like rocks or bricks or any hazardous material. If the crew finds this stuff lurking in your bulk trash they’ll leave the whole pile behind.

On the surface, Surprise's bulk trash plan seems like a great idea, but in practice, you're going to find that it's just not enough for your needs. Lucky for you, AZ Junk is happy to serve the City of Surprise, we can come as often as you like, we can clear out as much trash as you can make and we don't discriminate when it comes to junk. We take it all.