*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you see. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup and a clear quote upfront, so Alachua can get its space back.
You search online, call the county, leave messages for a few haulers, and wait. One sends a vague quote, another never calls back. Two weekends later, the junk is still sitting in the garage.
City and county bulk pickup programs can handle the basics, but they usually have item limits, set collection days, and rules about what goes out and how it's prepared. If your address sits outside city limits, or you need it gone this week, the timing rarely works.
Many haulers want to see the junk in person before they'll give you a number, then price it by how much of the truck it fills. You often won't know the final total until it's loaded, which makes it hard to plan or compare.
Donation centers want items they can resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, broken appliances, and older electronics often get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it, drive it there, and figure out what to do with everything they won't take.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full gut renovation, not a spare bedroom or a pile of yard debris. You have to plan the delivery and pickup windows, give up driveway space, maybe check HOA or permit rules, and still do all the heavy lifting yourself.
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Most companies charge by truck space, and the price often changes on arrival. LoadUp charges by item, based on exactly what you're removing.
Across all options, not just ours: a real breakdown of what Alachua residents typically pay, so you know what's fair before you book.
Sofas, dressers, bed frames, tables, and more hauled away with ease.
Available in twin, full, queen, king, and California king sizes.
Covers refrigerators, washers, dryers, ovens, dishwashers, water heaters, and more.
Whole-property cleanouts for moves, estates, evictions, and renovations.
TVs, monitors, computers, printers, stereo equipment, and small electronics.
Includes treadmills, ellipticals, weight benches, stationary bikes, and home gym systems.
Add a single bulky item like a couch, dresser, or mattress to your booking.
Mixed everyday items including broken goods, old decor, and accumulated clutter.
Bagged trash, loose debris, and general household waste of all kinds.
Covers drywall, lumber, tile, fixtures, and mixed demolition scrap.
Includes branches, brush, grass clippings, leaves, and other organic yard waste.
Desks, chairs, filing cabinets, cubicle panels, and other office items included.
Moving boxes, shipping cartons, and leftover packing cardboard.
First item includes the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on. *See Alachua's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders maneuver a dresser through narrow doorways and down steep porch steps in older homes. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Alachua after each job.
If a worn-out treadmill or bagged yard debris is already waiting at the end of your driveway, choose curbside and your Loaders will grab it and go. For a packed garage in the Turkey Creek area or a back shed on a semi-rural lot, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it all out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| Multi-item pickup | Bundle & save | Add-on items in the same pickup for less | from +$15 |
| Item add-on | Optional | Bundle with your junk pickup | from +$15 |
| Full cleanout | Volume discount | Entire room junk removal | Custom |
| Disassembly service | Optional add-on | Large or difficult-to-move items | Custom |
* Starting prices. Final price confirmed by ZIP code and pickup conditions. Volume discounts applied automatically.
Let's be honest, wrestling a busted water heater into a pickup under a North Central Florida July sun, with a thunderstorm brewing by three, is nobody's idea of a Saturday. Your Loader does the lifting and hauling while you stay in the shade. Showing up for Alachua neighbors is the best part of the job.
Bulky items need somewhere sensible to go once they leave your property, and that matters in Alachua, where garages, sheds, and backyards fill up fast. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse when local options allow.
Furniture, sporting goods, and household items in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting, and no paperwork or receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal frames, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Handling depends on what local options accept at the time of pickup.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as waterlogged furniture or broken construction debris, are hauled away by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate local facility, as local rules allow.
Put remodeling scraps in a bulk pile or stack brush past the size limits and it can sit uncollected. These rules apply in the City of Alachua and Alachua County.
City guidance tells residents to contact the Florida Division of Forestry before attempting to burn yard waste. The city also calls home composting one of the most environmentally friendly options, and Alachua County's Waste Management Division offers free information and backyard compost bins.
The city excludes construction materials and remodeling or demolition debris from bulk item pickup, and its yard waste definition also rules out boards and lumber. That material has to be disposed of separately through Waste Pro, the city's collection contractor, instead of regular curbside service.
Waste pickup inside city limits is part of City of Alachua utilities. Service starts when the electricity is turned on, and the monthly charge appears on the utility bill. Each residence should already have its own assigned garbage cart and recycling cart.
Inside city limits, Waste Pro picks up bulk items such as couches, tables, chairs, desks, washers and dryers at no additional charge. Bulk items must be kept separate from all other trash or debris and set out no earlier than 5 pm the day before.
Residential collection does not run on Sundays or on six holidays, including Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Pickups on or after a holiday move one day later for the rest of that week, so Friday collection, including bulk items, shifts to Saturday.
City curbside yard waste is capped at 4 cubic yards weekly, piled no bigger than 4 feet high, 3 feet wide and 12 feet long. Limbs must be under 5 feet, 40 pounds and 6 inches across, tighter than the county's 8 inches.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's part of your regular collection rules. Bulk piles left outside without an arranged pickup can count as illegal dumping under Florida law. Check your hauler's bulk item rules for Alachua or Alachua County before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Alachua starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, but it depends on Loader availability for your address and the time you book. Enter your Alachua zip code during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be there or leave access notes.
Hazardous materials like paint, chemicals, solvents, and fuel generally can't go in regular trash or standard junk loads. Alachua County runs a separate household hazardous waste drop-off program for them. Check the county's solid waste office for current hours and accepted items.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, they try to donate furniture and household goods to local charities and recycle metals and other materials whenever possible. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You select your items and your Alachua address online, then pick a pickup window and see the full price upfront. Your Loader sends a heads-up before arriving, then carries the items out and loads them. You don't need to move anything to the curb first.
The main differences are pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload and may give an estimate when the truck arrives. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler can be a better fit.
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