*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out is nobody's idea of a good weekend. Book a quick pickup in the Bear Territory, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You look up the city's bulky item rules, call a few haulers, and wait on quotes that never come back. Somebody promises to swing by Thursday and never does. Another weekend goes by and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Berkeley's city bulk pickup program is useful, but you have to request it ahead of time and work around a municipal pickup schedule. It comes with item limits, and things like hazardous materials are left out. If you need junk gone by a certain day, it can be hard to make work.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they quote it. Then the price is based on how much of the truck your stuff fills, which is hard to judge from the curb. You often don't know the final number until the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers have to be careful about what they take. Stained, worn or broken pieces usually get turned away, and some will only accept certain kinds of items. You can end up driving a full car across town and bringing half of it home again.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut renovation. For one cleared-out room it's a lot: you have to schedule delivery and pickup, you may need a permit if it sits on the street, and on a block where parking is already tight, the neighbors will notice.
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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 Berkeley 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 Berkeley's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders regularly handle steep exterior stairs on hillside homes and low-ceilinged basements under older houses. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Berkeley after each job.
If your items are already outdoors, such as in a driveway or beside a detached garage, curbside is the simpler choice. For upstairs flats in older converted houses, apartment buildings with shared entries or a packed basement, choose full-service so your Loaders carry everything out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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 circled Shattuck hunting for a parking spot knows the problem: BART will not carry a dresser, and a rental truck turns one errand into three. Your Loaders do the lifting, carrying and loading, so your afternoon stays yours. Berkeley neighbors have plenty going on, and we love showing up for you.
Bulky furniture and remodel leftovers pile up fast in Berkeley, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, with disposal as the last resort.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets these items aside and loads them separately, so usable pieces have a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold recoverable material, like scrap metal, wood or cardboard, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them while loading, and the outcome depends on what local options accept.
Heavily damaged, soiled or contaminated bulky items that cannot be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal site serving the Berkeley area. Your Loader hauls and unloads them, and hazardous materials are not taken.
Setting the wrong item at the curb can mean a skipped pickup or an illegal dumping citation, and these rules apply specifically in Berkeley and across Alameda County.
Unlike single-cart cities, Berkeley requires residents to sort cardboard and paper into their own recycling container, apart from container recycling, with the nonprofit Ecology Center providing that curbside service. Breaking down moving boxes keeps cleanout cardboard out of the landfill cart.
California law treats refrigerants, mercury switches, and PCB-containing parts in major appliances as materials requiring special handling. They must be removed by a certified operation before a refrigerator, freezer, or air conditioner can be crushed, recycled, or landfilled.
Much of the Berkeley Hills sits in high wildfire hazard zones, and the city runs a fire fuel chipper program for residents clearing vegetation around their homes. Alameda County also bans plant debris from landfills, so brush belongs in compost or chipping.
California's green building code requires covered construction and demolition projects to recycle or salvage at least 65 percent of nonhazardous debris, and Berkeley verifies diversion through its permit process. Concrete, wood, and metal from a remodel shouldn't be mixed into household trash.
Paint, solvents, pesticides, and household batteries are banned from Berkeley's carts. Alameda County residents can drop them off free at county household hazardous waste facilities, and California's PaintCare program adds retail stores that accept leftover paint at no charge.
California's mattress recycling law funds the Bye Bye Mattress program, which accepts used mattresses and box springs free at participating collection sites. A recycling fee is collected when a new mattress is purchased, so residents have already paid for disposal.
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(678) 884-4738No, not without a scheduled pickup. Furniture or debris left on a sidewalk or public right-of-way can draw citations of up to $1,000 a day. The city's Zero Waste Division at (510) 981-7270 can explain which curbside options apply to your address.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Berkeley starts at $75, 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, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Truck-volume haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK price by how much of the truck you fill.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on the schedule in your area that day. Enter your address during booking to see the live time slots for Berkeley. Curbside pickups don't require anyone to be home, but in-home pickups need someone present or access instructions.
Berkeley's city bulky pickup is limited to one per calendar year for homes of up to 4 units, on Wednesdays only. Hazardous items like paint, batteries, and fluorescent bulbs can't go in curbside bins. Those go to the Berkeley Recycling Center at 669 Gilman Street, or to household hazardous waste programs.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever options allow. That can mean donation or reuse, such as Urban Ore in Berkeley, or recycling of scrap metal and e-waste, depending on acceptance. Anything that can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, choose your items and a time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader arrives, carries the items out, and hauls them away. You don't need to move anything to the truck yourself, even from stairs or inside the home.
The main difference is the pricing model. 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truck volume, while LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before anyone arrives. For a few items, per-item pricing is often simpler. A full garage cleanout may suit truckload pricing better.
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