The short answer
Televisions are electronic waste, which puts them in the category municipal collection is least likely to accept alongside ordinary bulky items. Check your own town's current page before you count on it — Raleigh, Cary, Apex, Garner, Morrisville, Wake Forest and Holly Springs each set their own terms, and an unincorporated Wake County address may be served privately.
The flat prices: TV under 42 inches $62, TV 42 to 65 inches $68, TV over 65 inches $73. The per-visit minimum is $75, so a single small set makes the visit $75 — which is a good argument for clearing the rest of the electronics drawer at the same time.
The prices
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| TV (Under 42") | $62 |
| TV (42" to 65") | $68 |
| TV (65"+) | $73 |
| Computer Monitor | $58 |
| Desktop Computer / Tower | $62 |
| Printer (Home / Inkjet) | $58 |
| Box of Electronics | $77 |
| Stereo / Sound System | $52 |
| Speaker System (Large) | $57 |
| Entertainment Center / TV Stand | $96 |
A den going out entire — a 55-inch set and the stand it sat on — is $68 + $96 = $164. Add a large speaker system and it is $68 + $96 + $57 = $221.
The rear-projection problem
The older ranch homes inside the Beltline have dens, and a surprising number of those dens still contain a rear-projection or large CRT television from the early 2000s. They are enormously heavy, the weight is all in the back, and they were carried in before a renovation narrowed something.
It is still $73 for anything over 65 inches, and $68 from 42 to 65. There is no surcharge for weight, for the two-person lift, or for the fact that it has to come down a turning staircase in a Five Points house. If the cabinet it sits in is going too, the entertainment center line is $96.
Why TVs need handling rather than tipping
Televisions contain circuit boards, metals, plastics and — in older sets — leaded glass. That is why they are treated as a separate stream almost everywhere and why they show up on exclusion lists rather than acceptance lists. It is also why a TV left at a curb tends to stay there.
A screen that has been rained on or dropped is worse again. A Piedmont thunderstorm arriving on a June afternoon turns a set on the driveway into a broken one, and broken glass in a television is a genuinely unpleasant thing to be handling. Keep it inside until the truck is at the house.
RTP households upgrade often
The Triangle has an unusually high concentration of tech and pharma households — Research Triangle Park, Morrisville, Brier Creek, and the corridor out toward Durham — and those households replace screens more often than average. The result is a steady flow of perfectly working four- and five-year-old televisions leaving Wake County houses.
If yours still works, try to rehome it first. Neighborhood groups in Cary, Apex and North Raleigh move working sets quickly, more quickly than they move almost anything else, because everyone here drives and a TV fits in a back seat. If it does not work, there is no market and no point in waiting — $68 and a date.
May move-out, monitors and dorm electronics
When NC State empties in May, the electronics layer is monitors, towers, printers and small sets. A computer monitor is $58, a desktop tower is $62, a home printer is $58, and a Box of Electronics — cables, chargers, peripherals, the drawer nobody sorted — is $77.
Those are all under or near the $75 minimum individually, so the sensible move is to put them on the same visit as the furniture. A twin mattress at $82 plus a monitor at $58 plus a box of electronics at $77 is $82 + $58 + $77 = $217 for a student room cleared off Avent Ferry in one pass.
Wipe it first
Modern televisions are accounts. A smart set carries logins for streaming services and sometimes a network password. Factory-reset it before it leaves the house — the option is in the settings menu, it takes a few minutes, and it is much simpler than dealing with it afterwards.
Same for a desktop tower at $62. If it holds anything you care about, get the drive off it or remove the drive entirely before the visit. We are not going to go through it, but the right time to handle that is while it is still in your house.
Booking it
Tell us the sizes, or send a photo of the wall it is on. You get a flat total before anyone is dispatched. Carry-out is included from any floor — a bonus room over the garage in Holly Springs, a third-floor walk-up near Hillsborough Street, a den at the back of a 1950s ranch. No stair charge, no walk-up fee, no e-waste surcharge.
Frequently asked questions
How much does TV removal cost in Raleigh?
$62 for a set under 42 inches, $68 from 42 to 65 inches, and $73 for anything over 65 inches. That includes carrying it out and disposing of it, with no e-waste surcharge. The per-visit minimum is $75, so a single small set makes the visit $75.
Will bulk pickup take a television?
Usually not. Electronics are among the categories most commonly excluded from municipal bulky collection, and terms vary between the Wake County towns. Check your own town's current bulky-item page, and if televisions are excluded, $68 buys a date you choose.
Can you take an old rear-projection or CRT set?
Yes. Size determines the price, not weight — $73 for anything over 65 inches, $68 from 42 to 65. There is no surcharge for the two-person lift or for bringing it down a turning staircase in an older house inside the Beltline.
Should I wipe the TV before you take it?
Yes. A smart TV holds streaming logins and sometimes your network password. Run the factory reset in the settings menu before the visit. Do the same for a desktop tower at $62 — pull the drive if it holds anything you care about.
Can you take the stand and the speakers too?
Yes, on the same visit. An entertainment center or TV stand is $96, a large speaker system is $57, a stereo is $52. A 55-inch set plus the stand comes to $68 + $96 = $164.