Every town in the Charleston area has its own rules for couches, mattresses, appliances and yard debris, and each county runs its own drop-off sites with their own hours and ID rules. This guide puts those rules in one place, checked against the official town and county pages, with the date each page was last checked.
Start with your town's bulk pickup page if the item can go to the curb, or your county's drop-off page if you can haul it yourself. If you'd rather not lift it at all, each page also covers when a hauler or mover is worth it and what that usually costs.
Big junk jobs: cleanouts, debris and demolition
- Construction and renovation debrisTown limits, county drop-off rules, dumpsters and costs
- Estate and whole-house cleanoutsTown limits, donation pickup, drop-off rules and costs
- Hoarding cleanupCosts by home size, disposal rules and who lists it
- Hot tub removalTown rules, drop-off for the pieces and costs
- Shed removal and demolitionTown rules, where the pieces go and costs by size
Latest guides
- Christmas and New Year's pickupDec 21, 2026 to Jan 2, 2027, town by town
- Christmas tree disposalCurbside composting, drop-off sites and prep rules
- Get rid of a couchCurbside, drop-off, donation or haul-away
- Get rid of a mattressCurbside rules, drop-off and donation by town
- Moving in hurricane seasonStorm season, heat, rain, tidal flooding and permits
- Moving truck at the dumpTruck and trailer rules in all three counties
- Downtown moving truck permitsStreet permits, meters, tides and the August rush
- SC license and car tax45-day license rule, county car tax, DMV and voting
- Old appliance disposalFridges, washers and stoves: curbside, drop-off or donate
Bulk pickup by town
- CharlestonBulk items at the curb on your regular day
- Folly BeachMajor items by appointment only
- Goose CreekRequest before 7 AM on your trash day
- HanahanFurniture Mondays, appliances and TVs Tuesdays
- Isle of PalmsBulk and yard debris days change by season
- James IslandJIPSD's 2-item weekly limit, or City rules
- Johns IslandCity service or optional county service
- Kiawah and SeabrookQuarterly Brown Trash on Kiawah; SIPOA on Seabrook
- Moncks CornerCall by 3 PM Tuesday for Wednesday pickup
- Mount PleasantFurniture and appliances on garbage day
- North CharlestonWeekly bulk pickup plus a free trash trailer
- Sullivan's IslandWednesdays, call ahead for large items
- SummervilleMonthly curbside bulk pickup, no booking needed