Junk removal in Bryan, from the Eastside to RELLIS

Bryan runs brush and bulky collection once a week, Monday through Friday. Furniture, appliances and big branches all count. Have it at the curb by 7 a.m. on your day, or 6 a.m. June through August, and don't put it out more than 48 hours early.

Placement matters. Piles need to sit at least five feet from buildings, fences, posts, hydrants, parked cars and meters, and not under branches or power lines. Brush and bulky go in two separate piles, and brush gets cut into pieces no longer than eight feet. If the crew skips something, you'll find a door hanger saying why.

There's a cap, too: 22 cubic yards, about one truckload, per home per week. Past that you pay extra or haul it to Twin Oaks yourself. The Brazos Valley disposal guide compares Bryan's rules with College Station's.

The curb service won't take household chemicals, and leaving them out can earn a citation. It also skips leftover construction and demolition material from remodels, landscaping, sidewalks and driveways, plus concrete, brick and rock. The 95-gallon cart is off-limits for furniture, appliances, construction debris and electronics.

Refrigerators, freezers and AC units are a special case. Bryan charges to pick them up and certify the refrigerant, even if the unit is empty, unless it was certified first. Tires go to the city's Used Oil and Tire Recycling Center at 1111 Waco St., free for Bryan residents, up to eight per visit and off the rim.

Bryan's rental market isn't just A&M overflow. Blinn's Bryan Campus is a commuter school, and Blinn has no housing in Bryan or at RELLIS. Its students who move out of the family home end up renting here like everyone else.

RELLIS covers 3,300 acres north of the Brazos River and west of town. Before it was a Texas A&M campus it was Bryan Army Air Field in World War II, then Bryan Air Force Base. Back in town, the Eastside district was created to protect the character of Bryan's older homes.

Bryan will take a washer or dryer with the weekly bulky pickup. A fridge, freezer or AC unit costs extra to have the city certify the refrigerant, even if it's empty. If you'd rather not wait for your day or haul it to Twin Oaks, ME3 Junk Solutions can carry it out of the kitchen and take it. The landfill's charge for handling the refrigerant is built into the price you hear up front. See appliance removal.

Bryan's curb service specifically refuses leftover material from remodeling, landscaping, sidewalk and driveway projects. That covers most of what a weekend renovation produces. Lumber, cabinets, flooring, drywall and broken brick get loaded and hauled, with heavy material priced by weight. Concrete from a sidewalk or driveway job isn't something we haul yet. More on construction debris removal.

A third of Bryan homes date from before 1980, many in neighborhoods like the Eastside. When one of those houses has to be emptied for a sale, it's rarely one weekend's work. ME3 Junk Solutions walks it first, gives one firm price, and works room by room, setting aside anything the family wants kept. See estate cleanouts for how it works.

The same trailer that hauls junk out can bring material in. ME3 Junk Solutions delivers mulch, topsoil, fill dirt, sand, gravel, crushed concrete and river rock around Bryan for homeowners, landlords, property managers and contractors. It's dump-and-go: the pile lands where you point. The delivery fee goes by distance from the supplier, and the pricing page has the tiers.