San Antonio sits on the Balcones Escarpment. Alamo Heights is a city of its own, almost surrounded by San Antonio, at 801 feet, and the Monte Vista Historic District was built mostly from 1890 to 1930. When Zelbi opens in San Antonio, giving away a dresser starts with one photo, and a neighbor nearby claims it.
Skip the donation drop-off in San Antonio
The city runs four bulky waste centers, open Tuesday through Saturday. Bring a recent CPS Energy bill and photo identification. The centers take furniture and mattresses, but they turn away clothing and bed linens.
Zelbi skips the trip. When Zelbi opens in San Antonio, you take one photo, Zelbi writes the listing, and you choose a pickup time. Clothing, which the city's centers turn away, can be listed too.
Free furniture pickup in San Antonio
The city's curbside pickup for brush and bulky items comes two times a year, announced by a door hanger several weeks ahead. An off-schedule pickup comes with its estimated cost left on the hanger.
Heat is a factor here: temperatures reach 90°F or above on an average of 116 days a year, according to the National Park Service. With curbside pickup, you set the time the item goes out, and the claimer confirms it in the app.
Free stuff near you in San Antonio
Searches for "donation centers near me" and "craigslist free stuff" each run in the 100-1K range every month across the San Antonio metro. On Zelbi, each listing sits on a map as a neighborhood area rather than an address, so your home stays private.
Monte Vista has homes that Alfred Giles and Harvey Young had designed by 1910, and Tobin Hill took its name from seven houses the Tobin family erected in the 1880s and 1890s.
Items on Zelbi are free. The only charge is a $2 platform fee, paid by the person who claims an item; giving something away costs nothing.
A simpler alternative to Craigslist free, Freecycle, Buy Nothing and Trash Nothing
Craigslist's sites page lists a Texas entry for San Antonio under the code sanantonio. On Zelbi, your exact address goes only to the person who claimed it, and only after the payment is authorized.
One photo
Zelbi drafts the listing from the picture, and you never retype a description.
Accounts behind claims
Every claim is tied to a Zelbi account and an authorized payment.
Times you set
You pick the day and time, and with curbside pickup the claimer confirms it in the app.
Zelbi is an independent app. It is not affiliated with Craigslist, The Freecycle Network, the Buy Nothing Project or Trash Nothing. Their names belong to their owners.
Moving or decluttering in San Antonio?
Apartment vacancy here was 15.7% in the first three months of 2026, the highest of the 50 largest U.S. markets, according to CoStar data that CultureMap reported. Before a lease ends, photograph what won't fit the next place, and let a neighbor claim it.
The city's military page gives "Military City USA" as a nickname for Joint Base San Antonio, which has about 70,000 members. UTSA says residence hall students check out by noon the day after their last final exam, and when Zelbi opens in San Antonio, you set the pickup time.
Bring Zelbi to San Antonio
From Alamo Heights to the Pearl, the things you no longer need can find a new home nearby once Zelbi opens in San Antonio.
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