Service · Donations
Usable furniture and working appliances go to Habitat ReStore. The rest to Washoe County's licensed transfer stations.
The routing promise on every Reno haul-away — sorted on site before the truck loads, priced in writing before the wheel turns, and the donation receipt or transfer station manifest is in the end-of-job packet that lands at the same time as the photo thread.
Why this matters
Two destinations.Both are part of the plan.
Every Reno haul-away lands at one of two licensed destinations. Usable pieces fund local affordable housing through Habitat ReStore. The rest routes through Washoe County's licensed transfer stations, the regulated downstream of the haul.
Usable furniture and working appliances go to Habitat for Humanity ReStore. The resale funds Habitat for Humanity of Nevada's local affordable housing work — every dishwasher that powers back on in a ReStore customer's kitchen is a contribution to the next Habitat build in Washoe County.
Items that don't pass the ReStore bar — broken furniture, non-working appliances, drywall scrap, mattresses, e-waste, tires — go through Washoe County's licensed transfer stations, the regulated downstream of the haul. Nothing goes to the curb. The transfer station manifest is filed with the end-of-job packet.
The split
Where the items on the truck actually go.
The crew sorts on site before the truck loads. Usable pieces carry over to Habitat ReStore. Everything else is tagged for the licensed transfer station — weighed, filed, and receipted the same day.
Usable, working, clean. Photographed and routed before the truck loads.
Usable furniture
Couches, dining sets, dressers, beds, side tables, and the like. Anything still in usable shape with intact frames and clean fabric.
Working appliances
Refrigerators, washers, dryers, ranges, microwaves that power on and complete a cycle. Cleared, tagged, and routed with a donation receipt.
Building materials & cabinetry
Cabinetry offcuts, surplus doors and drawer fronts, the stack of trim that didn't get used, clean lumber in good condition. ReStore resells to homeowners and contractors.
Beyond reuse. The regulated downstream of the haul, never to the curb.
Broken furniture
Couches with torn frames, particle-board dressers that have failed at the joints, mattresses past their useful life. Not ReStore-grade; goes to the transfer station.
Non-working appliances
Dryers that don't heat, fridges with dead compressors, microwaves with failed magnetrons. Tagged and routed to e-waste handling where applicable.
Drywall, tile, flooring scraps
Post-renovation debris — drywall cutoffs, tile offcuts, LVP ends, the foam corners and pallet wrap from the appliance delivery. Construction category, weighed at the station.
Mattresses, e-waste, tires
Mattresses stack separately and are charged per the category surcharge on the quote screen. E-waste (old printers, monitors, cables) and any tires on the load go to the licensed downstream the same way.
Sample breakdown
A typical estate cleanout. About 60 / 40, per load.
An illustrative look at what leaves a two-bedroom estate on a single load. The actual split depends on condition — a property held for decades tilts heavier toward ReStore, a recent move-out tilts the other way.
Why this is illustrative
We don’t quote a quarterly number; the breakdown below is what an actual cleanout looks like — yours may run higher or lower.
The reusable, working, clean half — the dining set, the working fridge, the sleeper sofa, the small kitchenware, and the rest of what passed the crew walk-through.
Solid-wood dining set
Seats six, all chairs present, surface scratches only.
Refrigerator (working)
Runs cold, seals tight. Cleared and tagged.
Sleeper sofa (clean)
Fabric intact, frame solid, no pet damage.
Coffeemaker and small kitchenware
Working small appliances, sealed boxes of dishes, a few sets of glassware.
The non-reusable side — mattresses past useful life, the particle-board dresser with failed joints, the dead window AC, the small yard debris pile.
Particle-board dresser (broken)
Failed at the side-rail joints. Already separated from the solid-wood pieces.
Two mattresses (older)
Past useful life, stained beyond cleaning.
Old window AC unit
Compressor dead, refrigerant sealed at the licensed e-waste handler.
Yard debris (small pile)
Brush from a side yard, a folded stack of garden fencing.
The actual split depends on condition at the property; the numbers above are illustrative for a single two-bedroom estate load. Heavy-construction jobs tilt toward the transfer station; probate-held vacant homes often tilt toward ReStore.
Receipt at end of every job
One packet. Donation receipt + transfer station manifest.
The end-of-job packet includes the Habitat for Humanity ReStore donation receipt for everything routed to donation and the Washoe County transfer station manifest for the disposal portion. Time-stamped, signed by the crew leader at finish, and ready for the probate filing, the listing packet, or the homeowner’s records — whatever the next step on the property is.
Ready to schedule
Lock the price in writing. Hold a same-day slot.
Build the quote on the calculator or send the address and a few photos. We will reply the same day with the truck-load step, the starting price, and the destination split we’ll log on the end-of-job packet.
Three questions we hear
From estate managers, probate realtors, and homeowners.
Anything not answered here — call or email. A real person picks up during business hours.
Do you really donate to Habitat ReStore?
Yes. Usable furniture, working appliances, and clean building materials are photographed and routed to Habitat for Humanity ReStore before the truck loads. The donation receipt arrives with the end-of-job packet — keep it for probate filings or for any property owner who wants the charitable contribution documented.
What happens to the rest?
Everything that doesn't pass the ReStore bar — broken furniture, non-working appliances, drywall scrap, mattresses, e-waste, tires — goes through Washoe County's licensed transfer stations, the regulated downstream of the haul. Nothing is set curbside. The transfer station manifest is filed with the same packet as the donation receipt.
Do I get a receipt?
Yes. The end-of-job packet has both — the Habitat ReStore donation receipt for everything that went to donation, and the Washoe County transfer station manifest for the disposal portion. One packet, time-stamped, signed by the crew leader at finish. Probate realtors and estate managers attach it directly to the file.