Junk Removal in New Westminster, BC

New Westminster is small, old and partly on an island, and each of those shapes a junk job here. It was incorporated in 1859 and was British Columbia's first capital, and a lot of its housing is older stock: heritage houses with narrow staircases, and low-rise apartment blocks that never got an elevator. There are condo towers too, along the Quay. Queensborough sits apart from the rest of the city, at the upstream end of Lulu Island.

Before you book anyone, it helps to know what the City itself offers. New West has no free large-item collection. Its Special Pick-Up Service is paid and quoted, runs on Thursdays only, and collects from the curb rather than from inside. It takes most furniture and household appliances but refuses a long list, from hot tubs and pianos to renovation materials. The full rules are further down this page.

We handle the rest: things that have to be carried out of a suite, items on the City's refused list, and jobs that can't wait for a Thursday. A general New West load usually goes to Metro Vancouver's United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre, which the City describes as sitting near the New Westminster–Coquitlam border.

The City's Official Community Plan maps ten residential neighbourhoods: Queensborough, Connaught Heights, the West End, Moody Park, Brow of the Hill, Glenbrooke North, Queen's Park, Massey Victory Heights, McBride Sapperton, and Downtown, which takes in Quayside.

Queen's Park is a Heritage Conservation Area. Each house in it is classed as Protected or Non-protected. On a Protected house, any change visible from the street, windows and doors included, needs a Heritage Alteration Permit first; interior work, repainting, routine maintenance and changes at the back of the house do not. Clearing out a basement or attic never touches those rules; swapping street-facing windows or doors does, and that permit is the owner's to get.

Walk-ups are the other building type to plan around. Many older apartment blocks have no elevator, so every couch and dresser leaves by the stairwell.

Downtown and Quayside take in the condo towers along the Quay. Quayside's residents are represented by a board of elected strata representatives, covering an estimated 6,500 people, so expect elevator bookings and strata rules there.

Queensborough sits in the Fraser's floodplain behind perimeter dykes the City maintains, and most new buildings there have to meet a flood construction level.

Stairs before trucks. In a walk-up or a heritage house, the stairwell sets the pace. Tell us how many flights and how tight the turns are.

Resident permit parking. Some New West blocks are signed for resident permit parking. If yours is one, say so when you book so we can plan where the truck stops.

Using the street itself. The City requires a Street Occupancy Permit for the temporary closure of a street, including any part of a road, lane or sidewalk, and allows five to ten business days to process one. Disposal bins and moving trucks are among the applications it lists. If the only spot near your door is on a busy street, raise it early.

Lanes after snow. The City clears lanes only for a medical emergency or other special circumstance. After a snowfall, a pickup planned for the lane may have to move to the street.

Queensborough. It's on Lulu Island, so a load from there crosses the river on its way to the Coquitlam centre.

A general New West load usually goes to the United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre, Metro Vancouver's site at 995 United Boulevard in Coquitlam. It's the drop-off the City itself points residents to, and it's billed on Metro Vancouver's schedule, shown in the fee table above. The 10am–2pm weekday peak minimum applies at this centre.

The City's Special Pick-Up Service is the municipal option for bulky items. It is quoted per job and paid in advance, with no refunds once paid. The 2026 rates, in effect from 1 January, are a $55 minimum that includes one item, then $35 for each additional mattress, $30 for each additional box spring, and $30 for each additional appliance or piece of furniture. Collection runs on Thursdays between 7am and 4pm, with none in a week that has a statutory holiday; payment is due by Tuesday at 4:30pm for that week's Thursday. Items go out by 7am, on City property: the front or back curb, or beside a multi-family garbage bin, never in an underground parkade. Mattresses must be wrapped in plastic, and cabinets and shelving broken down. It refuses large rugs, car parts, tires, car seats, vehicle batteries, commercial appliances, electronics, hot water tanks, propane tanks, exercise equipment, pianos, bagged garbage, yard waste, construction and renovation materials (including sinks, toilets, bathtubs, hot tubs, flooring, doors and windows), and anything hazardous (City of New Westminster: Special Pick Up Service, checked 27 September 2026).

Some City options cost less than any hauler. Extra yard trimmings can go to United Boulevard free for New West residents who bring them in a personal vehicle with proof of residency. Households on City curbside collection can put out extra garbage bags with a $5 Tag-a-Bag tag; garbage is collected every two weeks. Recyclables from the curbside program can be dropped at United Boulevard or the Queensborough Landing Return-It depot at no charge.

We sometimes donate usable pieces from a load. That's never a promise, and we don't publish recycling percentages we can't evidence.