The City of Frisco collects bulk trash once a month on your regular trash and recycling day, but you have to book the pickup first. Each pickup covers up to five items, and no item can be longer than 6 feet in any direction or heavier than 50 pounds. For bigger or mixed loads, Frisco runs Chunk Your Junk, a quarterly drive-up event at the Environmental Collection Center where residents unload their own items.
Key Takeaways
- Bulk pickup requests close at noon on the business day before your scheduled pickup.
- The next Chunk Your Junk event is Saturday, November 7, 2026, from 8 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
- Chunk Your Junk requires a driver’s license and a City of Frisco water bill with a matching address.
- Apartment residents are not eligible for Chunk Your Junk.
- Neither city program will remove items from inside your home.
How Curbside Bulk Trash Pickup Works in Frisco
You book a bulk pickup online, and Waste Connections, the city’s collection contractor, picks it up on your regular trash and recycling day during your assigned week of the month. That week falls in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th week, depending on your address.
The city’s Schedule A Bulk Waste Pickup form asks for your City of Frisco account number, printed on your water and trash bill. The list closes at noon the business day before pickup, and you can change a request until two business days prior by replying to the confirmation email.
The City of Frisco Bulk Trash Pickup page and booking form set the item rules:
- Item count: Up to five items per monthly pickup, chosen from the form’s list of approved items. An item is one separate object, so a desk in two sections counts as two.
- Size and weight: Nothing longer than 6 feet in any direction or heavier than 50 pounds.
- Bags and boxes: Bagged or boxed trash doesn’t count as bulk.
- Unlisted items: Anything you didn’t list on the request stays at the curb. Use the form’s Special Item Request field to ask about anything not on the list.
Set items out by 7 a.m. on pickup day where your carts are normally collected, at the curb or in the alley, and keep them about 3 feet from other objects. Crews can’t step onto private property, and they have until 7 p.m. to finish. Neither the city’s bulk pickup page nor its booking form lists a fee for standard bulk pickup.
How Frisco’s Chunk Your Junk Event Works
Chunk Your Junk is a quarterly City of Frisco drop-off event at the Environmental Collection Center, 6616 Walnut Street. Residents drive through a line of stations and unload their own items, except household chemicals, which an attendant unloads while you stay in the car.
The next event is Saturday, November 7, 2026. The line opens at 8 a.m., and the City of Frisco Chunk Your Junk page recommends being in line by 12:30 p.m. because waits run long. Enter at First Street and North County Road heading south. The event is drive-up only, so walk-ups and dogs aren’t allowed, and each station has to be unloaded in five minutes or less.
Only Frisco residents with a City of Frisco utility billing account can take part. Bring a driver’s license and a city water bill showing the same address. Commercial accounts and commercial-sized loads are turned away.
Stations run in this order:
- Paper shredding (up to four boxes per vehicle)
- Bundled cardboard
- Plastic bags and Styrofoam
- Prescription medication (pills removed from their bottles; no needles or syringes)
- Yard waste and untreated wood
- Metal
- Trash
- Recycling
- Household chemicals, electronics, and refrigerators
- Items for donation
Each vehicle can bring no more than two TVs and 20 total gallons of household chemicals and paint. Appliances that contain Freon, a refrigerant used in refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners, cost $40 each, billed to your Frisco utility account.
How Bulk Pickup and Chunk Your Junk Compare
Bulk pickup brings the city to your curb on a schedule, while Chunk Your Junk asks you to bring the load to the city.
| Factor | Curbside Bulk Pickup | Chunk Your Junk |
| Where | Your curb or alley | Environmental Collection Center, 6616 Walnut Street |
| When | Your collection day, once a month | One Saturday each quarter |
| Booking | Online form by noon the prior business day | None, drive up during event hours |
| Who can use it | Requires a City of Frisco account number | Frisco utility customers, apartments excluded |
| Limits | 5 items, each up to 6 ft and 50 lb | 4 shredding boxes, 2 TVs, 20 gallons of chemicals and paint |
| Who lifts | You carry items out | You unload, except household chemicals |
| Works well for | A few small, light pieces like a chair or end table | Mixed loads of recycling, metal, yard waste, electronics, and chemicals |
| Cost | No fee listed | Free for most items, $40 per Freon appliance |
Where to Drop Off Junk in Frisco Between Events
Three city sites take many of the same materials on regular hours, so you don’t have to wait for the next quarterly event.
- Environmental Collection Center (6616 Walnut Street): Bundled cardboard, plastic bags, Styrofoam, recycling, and donations. Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Household Chemical and Electronics Disposal and Reuse Center: Household chemicals, electronics, and Freon appliances. Open Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3 p.m., Wednesday from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. This is the option the city points apartment residents to.
- Custer Road Transfer Station (9901 Custer Road, Plano): Trash, yard waste, and untreated wood. Open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hours can change, so check the city’s site before you load up.
When Hiring a Junk Removal Crew Makes More Sense
A crew makes sense when an item breaks the city’s size or weight limits, sits inside the house, or has to go before your pickup week comes around. Frisco homeowners usually call for one of these reasons:
- A sofa, sectional, sleeper sofa, or piano, which typically runs well past the 50-pound limit (see our couch removal service)
- A garage or storage room full of mixed items that would take months of five-item pickups to clear (see garage cleanouts in Frisco)
- A move-out or listing date that doesn’t line up with your assigned week
- Items still upstairs or deep inside the house
Mattresses follow their own disposal rules, covered in our guide on how to dispose of a mattress in North Dallas.
Junk Quest provides junk removal in Frisco from its McKinney base. The crew carries items out from inside your home and loads the trailer. Usable pieces go to donation partners such as Habitat for Humanity ReStore and the Salvation Army, and recyclables go to certified recycling facilities. Pricing is based on how much trailer space your load fills, starting at $120, and you get the price before any work begins.
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Junk Quest removes furniture, appliances, and garage clutter from inside Frisco homes, with a quick turnaround when you call early. Check the items we take, then call (469) 996-1696 for a no-obligation upfront quote.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do I find my bulk pickup week in Frisco?
Open the City of Frisco GIS General Map and turn on the Bulky Waste Pick-up layer under City Services. It shows whether your address falls in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th week of the month.
2. What won’t Frisco bulk pickup take?
The city excludes household hazardous waste, electronic waste, recyclables, large metal items, and construction or remodeling waste. Examples include refrigerators and freezers, TVs, cardboard boxes, water heaters, helium canisters, carpet beyond one 6×6 section, and fencing beyond one panel or five loose boards. Construction trash has to go to Melissa Landfill instead. The city says this list isn’t complete, so call 972-292-5900 to confirm anything unusual.
3. How do I get rid of metal items in Frisco?
You can book a curbside metal pickup for a one-time $15 fee. You can also drop metal off free at 6616 Walnut Street during household chemical and electronics hours, or at 4030 W. Plano Parkway (Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., two free drop-offs per month). Both sites require your current Frisco water bill and a matching ID.
4. Does Chunk Your Junk happen if it rains?
Yes. The event runs rain or shine, though the city may pause it during severe weather. Call 972-292-5900 for updates on event day.
5. Can I shred documents in Frisco between Chunk Your Junk events?
Yes. The city offers a small-charge shredding service on the second Saturday of every month, with no line to wait in. Shredding at Chunk Your Junk itself is free.
