*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's the one chore nobody wants to touch. Book a pickup in Columbus, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city, wait to hear back, then ask a few haulers for quotes. One calls back. Another never does. Weeks go by and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Municipal pickup schedules can work well for the right items, if your timing lines up. Most programs limit what they'll take, need a request ahead of time, and leave you to drag everything to the curb yourself. That's a hard fit for a basement or a tight deadline.
Lots of haulers want to come look before they'll give you a price, so you're stuck waiting for an estimate. Then the quote is based on how much of the truck you fill, and you often don't know the real number until it's loaded.
Donating usable things is a good idea, but local donation centers have to be careful about condition. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken pieces usually get turned away. You still have to load and drive everything there, and some of it may come back home with you.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full renovation, not for clearing out one spare room. You have to schedule the drop-off and pickup, check whether a permit is needed, and look at a big steel box in the driveway for days while you do all the lifting.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
Avg. 60 secondsPick a time that works for your schedule, including same-day availability if you book before 2PM.
No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
No in-person charges
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 Columbus 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 Columbus's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry items up narrow basement stairs, ease them through tight doorways, and clear packed garage corners. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Columbus after each job.
If it's already on your Columbus driveway or by the garage door, choose curbside, and your Loaders will lift it straight onto the truck. If it's still in a spare bedroom, an upstairs room, or an apartment unit, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry it out from inside.
| 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 strapping an old sofa to a hatchback for a Saturday run down 25th Street knows how that story ends. Your Loaders do the lifting, carrying, and loading instead, and showing up for Columbus neighbors is the part of the job they like best. Your weekend stays yours.
Bulky items rarely end up in the same place, and that matters in Columbus, Indiana. Your Loader sorts what they carry out by condition, aiming to send usable pieces toward donation and keep what they can out of landfills.
Furniture, exercise equipment, and household goods in good, clean shape may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader lifts and loads them with that goal in mind.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or some appliances, may be recycled when local options allow. Acceptance depends on the item and on what nearby facilities take.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a ruined sofa or a waterlogged mattress, are loaded by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility serving the Columbus area.
Tossing the wrong item can mean a rejected load or a state violation, so here is how disposal works for households in Columbus and across Bartholomew County.
Indiana law bars delivering loads made up mostly of vegetative matter, such as leaves, grass clippings, and brush, to a final disposal facility. Storm limbs and fall leaf piles in Columbus have to be composted or mulched instead.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require refrigerant to be recovered before refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners, and dehumidifiers are disposed of. That last one matters in Columbus, where humid summers keep basement dehumidifiers running until they quit.
Indiana's open burning rule prohibits burning household trash, including old furniture, mattresses, and demolition scraps from a remodel. Smoke from treated wood, foam, and plastics is the reason, and violations can bring enforcement from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Since 2011, Indiana law has barred televisions, computer monitors, computers, and printers from household trash headed to a landfill or incinerator. Many contain lead and other heavy metals, so they belong at an electronics recycling outlet rather than the curbside cart.
Indiana does not allow whole waste tires in landfills, so they need a tire retailer or tire recycler. Avoid leaving them stacked outside in the meantime, since tires hold rainwater and humid south-central Indiana summers turn them into mosquito breeding spots.
Lead-acid batteries from cars, trucks, mowers, and boats cannot go into mixed municipal trash in Indiana. State law requires retailers that sell these batteries to accept used ones from buyers, which makes this garage cleanout rule easy to follow.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular pickup. Rumpke's weekly service covers six cans or bags of 50 pounds or less. Bulky items like furniture or mattresses need a call to Rumpke at least 48 hours before your pickup day.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Columbus starts at $80 for a single item, 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, with the exact total confirmed before booking.
Same-day and next-day pickup are often available in Columbus, depending on the schedule when you book. Enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside jobs you usually don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Household hazardous waste such as paint, chemicals, and waste oil shouldn't go in your trash or a hauler's truck. The Bartholomew County Solid Waste Management District handles hazardous waste programs, so call them first. Their Columbus Recycling Center at 720 S Mapleton St takes items like cardboard, metals, and batteries.
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, cardboard, and other materials. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility.
You pick your items and address online, choose a time window, and see your total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader calls ahead, hauls the items from inside or outside your home, and loads them. You don't need to estimate truck space yourself.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truck space and may confirm the final cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is set before the Loader arrives.
For a few bulky items on your regular trash day, calling Rumpke 48 hours ahead is often the cheapest route. Hiring junk removal makes more sense when you need items carried out of a basement or garage, have more than a normal load, or want a specific day.
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