Yard Waste Removal Brea CA
Yard waste removal Brea CA for green waste, trimmings, and outdoor cleanup beyond what your cart can hold. Same-day pickup, upfront pricing.
✅ Same-Day When You Call Early | ✅ Upfront Pricing | ✅ Curbside from $99 | ✅ We Donate & Recycle When Possible
Yard Waste Removal Brea CA — What We Haul
🌿 Green Waste, Trimmings and Branches
Grass clippings, hedge trimmings, fallen branches, and general yard debris from a cleanup or a landscaping project, in whatever volume your organics cart can’t handle in a single collection cycle.
🪑 Patio Furniture and Outdoor Items
Old patio sets, planters, umbrellas, and anything else that’s been sitting in the yard past its useful life and is ready to go. These often come bundled with a broader yard waste removal Brea CA job rather than as a standalone pickup.
Estimating Your Load
Not sure how much you have? This is the part of yard waste removal Brea CA that trips people up most, since nobody measures their yard in cubic yards. A quarter truck is roughly a pickup bed’s worth. A half truck is closer to two full green carts. Most single-tree trims or a weekend of yard cleanup land in the quarter to half truck range, and a full landscaping overhaul can run larger. Call and describe what you’re clearing if you’re not sure where it falls, and we’ll give you a range before we arrive so there’s no guessing on either end.
Green Waste vs What the City Takes
Brea residents have an organics cart under state law, and Republic Services collects routine green waste in it every week. That cart is the right answer for regular yard maintenance, and there’s no reason to pay for a hauler when the cart already covers it — we’d rather tell you that upfront than take a job the cart could’ve handled. Hiring makes more sense when a project produces more volume than the cart holds in a cycle, or when the material doesn’t fit standard cart limits, like branches too long or bulky items the cart wasn’t built for.
Where Yard Waste Goes
This is where a yard waste removal Brea CA hauler actually differs from just tossing everything in the trash. Green waste we haul is routed to Valencia Greenery at Olinda Alpha Landfill when possible. Valencia Greenery processes green waste into compost and mulch and makes it available back to the public. See the OC Waste & Recycling compost program for how residents can pick some up themselves.
Yard Waste Removal Pricing in Brea
- Curbside pickup — from $99. A small load already bagged or bundled at the curb.
- Quarter truck — $175 to $225. Roughly a pickup bed’s worth of trimmings and branches.
- Half truck — $225 to $325. A weekend cleanup or about two full green carts worth.
- Three-quarter truck — $325 to $475. A larger landscaping job or several trees’ worth of debris.
- Full truck — $475 to $675. A full property cleanup or a major landscaping overhaul.
See the full pricing breakdown for what changes the price, or head back to the Brea Junk home page for the rest of our services.
Have items you can put at the curb?
Curbside pickup starts at $99 — you stage it, we load and go.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does yard waste removal cost in Brea?
Curbside pickup starts at $99, and full-service loads run from $175 for a quarter truck up to $675 for a full truck, based on volume.
Roughly how much fits in a quarter truck load?
About a pickup bed’s worth — a single tree trim or a modest cleanup usually fits.
Can I just use my green cart?
For routine yard maintenance, yes. Hiring makes more sense once a project produces more volume than the cart holds, or for material the cart isn’t built for.
Do you take fencing and old sheds?
Yes, once it’s down. We haul away fencing, shed panels, and lumber that’s already been removed, but we don’t do the tear-down or demolition ourselves.
Where does the green waste go?
Green waste is routed to Valencia Greenery at Olinda Alpha Landfill when possible, where it’s processed into compost and mulch and made available back to the public.
Ready to Clear the Yard?
Call and describe what you’re clearing — most yard waste removal Brea CA requests get a quote in a couple of minutes.