*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it has a way of taking over your week. Book LoadUp in Alton, see a real price before you commit, and get it picked up fast.
You search online, call about bulky pickup, request a few hauler quotes, and wait. One calls back, another never does. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage, waiting on you.
City bulk pickup programs can work well for a single item at the curb. But you usually have to request a spot on the schedule, follow item limits, and drag everything out yourself. Appliances, electronics, and renovation debris may follow separate rules or not qualify.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before quoting, then price by how much of the truck you fill. That leaves you guessing until they show up, and the final number can shift once loading starts.
Donation centers have to be choosy about condition, so a stained mattress, a worn recliner, or a broken dresser often gets turned away. Even accepted items usually need you to load, haul, and drop them off yourself.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut job, not a basement cleanout. You may need a permit to put it on the street, a delivery window, and room for it to sit, while neighbors look at it for days and you still do all the lifting.
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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 Alton 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 Alton's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry bookcases and sleeper sofas up narrow basement stairwells and through the tight doorways of older homes. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Alton after each job.
If the old recliner is already in your driveway or next to a detached garage, choose curbside pickup and your Loader will load it from there. If items are still inside, like a treadmill in the basement or a desk at the top of steep front steps on a hillside lot, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry them out for you.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Anyone who has tried to back a rented truck up a steep Alton street, then wrestle a dresser out of a basement with narrow stairs, knows it's a workout nobody signed up for. Your Loaders handle the carrying, the stairs, and the hauling. They like showing up for neighbors who keep these old houses going.
Bulky items are hard to move alone, and in Alton's older homes with steep basement stairs, where each piece goes afterward matters. Your Loader sorts by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal fits each item when local options allow.
Furniture and household items in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader carries them out carefully, though donation depends on availability and is never guaranteed.
Items that are damaged but not donatable, like worn metal furniture or broken frames, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates what can be recycled when possible, and special-handling items depend on local options.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or collapsed sofas from an Alton garage, are hauled off by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate local facility.
Curbside items set out wrong in Alton can be left behind, and some materials are banned from Illinois landfills outright. Here is what applies across Alton and Madison County.
Illinois law bars white goods such as refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners from landfills unless refrigerant, mercury switches and PCB-containing components are removed first. That is why cooling appliances follow a separate handling path from ordinary bulky furniture.
Single-family homes in Alton can schedule up to five bulk items, four times a year, at no charge through the city's Republic Services contract. Each item must weigh 50 pounds or less and be at the curb by 6 a.m.
Illinois has banned landscape waste such as leaves, grass clippings and brush from landfills since 1990, and Alton's bulk collection guidelines list yard waste as unacceptable. Branches and storm-downed limbs need a separate yard waste or composting route.
Under the state's Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, televisions, computer monitors, computers, printers and other covered electronics have been banned from Illinois landfills since 2012. They cannot go out with household trash and must go to an electronics recycling collection program.
Alton's bulk program accepts carpet and mattress sets, but items must be free from infestation. Bedding or rugs showing signs of bed bugs or other pests will not qualify for pickup, so inspect pieces before scheduling a bulk day.
Alton's bulk collection guidelines list lead- or oil-based paint and varnish as unacceptable. These materials are treated as household hazardous waste, so keep them for a hazardous waste collection event instead of setting them at the curb beside furniture.
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(678) 884-4738Not as extra junk on your own. Curbside service in Alton generally covers regular household trash through your hauler, and oversized items or piles left out without arranging pickup can count as illegal dumping. Check with your hauler or the city about bulk item rules.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Alton starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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. Truckload haulers usually price by volume.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in your area. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for Alton, including Upper Alton and Middletown. Next-day and later slots are typically easier to get.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items out and add access notes at booking. For items inside your home, someone should be present, or you can give clear entry instructions. Your Loader contacts you before arriving.
Hazardous materials such as paint, chemicals, and batteries usually can't go in regular trash or standard hauls. Large or heavy items often need special arrangements too. Ask your hauler or Madison County waste officials about household hazardous waste drop-off options.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible. Depending on acceptance, good items may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials may go to recyclers. Anything that can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and a time window online, and the price is shown upfront before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader arrives in the window, removes the items, and handles loading. You don't need to haul anything to the truck yourself.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload volume and may give estimates on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For big cleanouts, a truckload hauler may fit better.
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