*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on you. Book a fast pickup with LoadUp, see your upfront quote first, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One never calls back, and another can't come out for weeks. Meanwhile, the pile under the lanai keeps soaking up rain.
Hawaii County doesn't run household bulk pickup the way many mainland cities do. Most residents haul their own junk to a transfer station, where mattresses, appliances, or large loads may be limited or sent elsewhere. You still have to load a truck and make the drive yourself.
Many haulers want to drive out and look before they give you a quote, and on a rural South Kona lot that can mean days of waiting. Then the price comes by the fraction of a truckload, and extra charges sometimes show up only after the work starts.
Donating is worth trying for furniture in good shape, but local thrift stores have limited space and strict standards. Anything stained, broken, or mildewed from the humidity usually gets turned away, and few of them pick up from a gravel drive. You still need a plan for the rest.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full renovation, not for clearing a closet or one spare room. Delivery out to the slopes has to be scheduled, a steep or narrow driveway can make placement impossible, and the bin sits there for days while the neighbors watch it fill.
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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.
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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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Captain Cook's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Carrying a mildewed dresser down rain-slick lanai steps or out of a backyard shed is routine work. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Captain Cook after each job.
If you have already set worn furniture or bagged debris at the bottom of a long gravel driveway, curbside keeps your rental turnover simple. Choose full-service when your Loader needs to carry items out of a farm shed, a carport storage room, or an upstairs bedroom.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $95 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $90 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $105 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $95 |
| 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.
Hauling a soggy mattress or a busted fridge up a winding road to a transfer station, with afternoon rain rolling in, is nobody's idea of a good weekend. Humidity turns anything stored in a shed or on a lanai heavy fast. Your Loader does the lifting and loading, and genuinely likes showing up for neighbors here.
Bulky items pile up fast on larger South Kona lots, so where they end up matters. In Captain Cook, your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, steering items toward donation, recycling, or disposal when local options allow.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets aside usable pieces so they have a chance at a second home, where available.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled when possible. Metal, appliances, and electronics are common candidates, though options on Hawaii Island are limited and spread out.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture from humid sheds, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader loads them and handles drop-off at an appropriate site for that item.
Showing up on the wrong day or with a banned item can mean hauling your load back home, so know these rules for Captain Cook and greater Hawaii County.
Hawaii County asks residents not to transport any ohia vegetative material to its facilities, even if it looks healthy, and to compost it on site to slow Rapid Ohia Death. In Kona, state rules also restrict moving coconut rhinoceros beetle host materials like green waste.
Hawaii County directs construction and demolition debris to the West Hawaiʻi Sanitary Landfill rather than to its Recycling and Transfer Stations. Residential customers are exempt, but all other customers need a Solid Waste Facility Disposal Permit before disposing of waste there.
Hawaii County does not treat microwave ovens, fans, vacuums, or toys as electronic waste or as appliances for recycling purposes. So these common cleanout items need a different route than the County's appliance drop-off.
Appliance and scrap metal recycling at the Keʻei Transfer Station runs Tuesdays and Fridays only. Residents must check in with the attendant because unattended drop-offs aren't allowed. Household appliance recycling at County facilities is free, with a limit of one appliance per resident per day.
Under Act 151, passed in 2022, manufacturers must fully fund collection, transportation, and recycling of all electronic devices in Hawaii. The state Department of Health oversees the program and lists take-back collection centers serving Hawaii County residents.
County scrap metal bins refuse automobiles, including riding lawnmowers, plus engines, motors, transmissions, and other metal holding fluids. Propane, oxygen, and acetylene tanks are also banned, and only sedans, SUVs, pickup trucks, or mini-vans may bring scrap metal.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Captain Cook is a rural South Kona community, and Hawaii County residents typically self-haul household rubbish to a county Recycling & Transfer Station such as Keei. Leaving junk on roadsides or vacant land counts as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Captain Cook starts at $95 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day and next-day pickup are offered when availability allows, but South Kona is far from the main Kailua-Kona service area, so slots can vary. Entering your address during booking shows the live options. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
County transfer stations don't take hard bulky items such as hide-a-beds with metal frames. These must go directly to the West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill, and tip fees can apply. Oversized loads and construction debris also have limits, so check the county's rules before hauling.
Loaders aim to donate and recycle whenever possible, depending on acceptance. Usable furniture and household goods may go to West Hawaii reuse options like Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Kona or King's Daughters Thrift Store in Kealakekua. Items that can't be reused are disposed of properly.
You book online, choose the items and a pickup window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day your Loader calls about 30 minutes before arrival, then carries the items out, loads them, and cleans up. You don't need to haul anything to the curb yourself.
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