Junk removal in Rockledge

Rockledge, FL

Rockledge's special pickup

Rockledge runs its own trash trucks. Its special pickup takes furniture, mattresses and appliances once a week, as long as they're at the curb and on the list.

Rockledge's Sanitation Division does the collecting itself. Large items like furniture and mattresses don't go with regular garbage. They go on the city's weekly special pickup, and you have to call them in before the city's cutoff to get on the list. Special pickups also take appliances: microwaves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, refrigerators and freezers, with the doors taken off (City of Rockledge).

The line that matters most is this one: "We cannot pick up these items from garages, carports or backyards." Everything has to be at the curb.

Big yard piles

Branches have to be cut to five feet or less, each piece under 50 pounds, and stacked the same direction. Cans can't hold more than 32 gallons or weigh over 50 pounds. A pile bigger than what fits in the city's claw truck is on the owner. You can haul it yourself, or the city's Sanitation Division can assess it for a disposal charge (city yard trash page). If a tree company cut it, the city says that company or the owner hauls it.

Where we fit

Rockledge is mostly houses. About 78 percent of its homes are single-unit buildings, and about 78 percent are owner-occupied (ACS 2024 5-year). That means garages, and garages are exactly where the city truck can't go. If you can drag the dresser to the street before the cutoff, use the city. If it's buried behind the car, or there's more than one person can move, send us photos.

Loads from Rockledge usually go to Brevard County's Central Disposal Facility in Cocoa, after anything usable comes out for donation or scrap. That landfill takes household garbage, appliances, yard waste and carpet.