*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book a quick pickup in Crete, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city office, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One quotes high, one never calls back, and weeks later the pile in your garage or basement hasn't gone anywhere.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they often come with item limits, advance requests, and set days that may not match your timeline. Appliances, renovation debris, and anything stuck in a basement usually still need you to get them to the curb.
Many haulers want to come out for an in-person estimate before naming a number, then price by fractions of a truckload. You won't know the real cost until the truck is in your driveway and the decision feels already made.
Thrift stores and charities have to be selective, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Even items they accept usually mean loading your own vehicle and hauling them over, then figuring out what to do with the rest.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full gut job, not one cluttered spare room. You may need permission for street placement, coordinate drop-off and pickup windows, and live with a big bin on your driveway while neighbors toss in their extras.
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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 Crete 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 Crete's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry heavy loads up steep, narrow basement stairs in older two-story homes and through tight back-porch doorways. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Crete after each job.
If your items are already sitting on the driveway or just outside a detached garage, curbside pickup lets your Loaders load them straight from there. Full-service fits better when a sleeper sofa or an old treadmill is still in an upstairs bedroom of an older house, since your Loaders carry it 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.
Loading a busted recliner into the pickup, then spending half a Saturday on the road toward Lincoln just to unload it, is nobody's favorite chore. Your Loaders would rather carry it out of the basement for you. They like showing up for Crete neighbors, and your weekend is better spent anywhere else.
Getting rid of bulky items is only half the job in Crete. Where they end up matters too. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, steering items toward donation or recycling when possible and disposal when needed.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean shape may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside, though no donation receipt is promised, since Loaders are independent contractors.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold useful materials, like metal frames or scrap wood, may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader separates them from the rest of the load where available.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are hauled away by your Loader for responsible disposal, using the local facilities that serve Crete and Saline County.
Nebraska landfills have to refuse certain items outright, so a mixed cleanout load can be turned away. These are the rules that apply in Crete and Saline County.
State law bars landfills from accepting yard waste such as grass clippings and leaves from April 1 through November 30. Composting or mulching in place keeps a spring or fall yard cleanup from turning into a disposal problem.
Cardboard is accepted in Crete's no-sort curbside recycling along with aluminum, paper, and plastics, but recycling totes are collected every other Thursday. Plan a move-out around the schedule on the city's online calendar, and rinse food and beverage containers first.
Nebraska prohibits landfills from accepting discarded household appliances, so they typically go to scrap metal recycling instead. Units that hold refrigerant, such as refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners, must have it recovered under federal rules before they are scrapped.
Crete's weekly garbage service, provided through The Garbage Company-Waste Connections, is built around wheeled totes. For anything too large to fit, residential customers can schedule a bulk special collection pickup through the WasteConnect mobile app, which also has a search tool for proper item disposal.
After the holidays, Crete keeps a designated Christmas tree disposal site along South Main Avenue, so real trees don't have to be crammed into a garbage tote during the winter holiday weeks, when collection schedules and Transfer Station hours often shift.
Large cleanout and remodeling projects quickly outgrow a single garbage tote. For residential or commercial work sites within the City of Crete, the city points residents to Waste Connections to arrange roll-off dumpster or container rentals delivered on site.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, but only through Waste Connections. Crete households get two bulk item pickups per year, and you can schedule a special collection through the WasteConnect app. Anything left out without a scheduled pickup can count as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Crete starts at $80, and curbside or outdoor pickup takes a flat $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 or next-day pickup is often possible in Crete, depending on Loader availability and your schedule. Live availability for your address shows during booking. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, but indoor jobs need access arranged.
Household hazardous waste like paint, lawn chemicals, used oil, and antifreeze needs a special collection event, not regular trash. Crete's transfer station also requires appliances with freon to have it removed and tagged before disposal.
Yes. The transfer station at 478 County Road 2300 is open Tuesdays 1 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fees apply to certain items, so the free route can be cheaper if you have a truck and the time to haul.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition.
You pick your items and a time window online, see the full price upfront, and book. A Loader typically calls or texts before arrival, then lifts, loads, and hauls the items away. You pay the price confirmed at booking.
Pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may need an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For larger cleanouts, a truckload hauler can sometimes fit better.
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