*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 the list. Book a pickup with your upfront price shown before you commit, and let LoadUp take it from there.
You call the town office, leave messages for a couple of haulers, and wait. One quotes a visit next week, another never calls back. Meanwhile the pile in the shed hasn't moved since last season.
Small towns like Etna usually don't run city bulk pickup programs, and where drop-off arrangements exist, you still load and haul everything yourself. Hours can be limited, some items need special handling under Maine rules, and a heavy couch doesn't fit in most cars.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, which can mean a long wait for a visit to a rural address. Then the price depends on how full the truck looks, so you don't really know the cost until the job is done.
Donation centers need items they can resell, so worn furniture, stained mattresses, and broken appliances often get turned away. You might also have a long drive to the nearest one, and anything they refuse rides back home with you.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut job, but for a barn corner or a few rooms it's a lot. You schedule delivery and pickup, find level ground on your driveway, and still lift every heavy item into it yourself.
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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 Etna 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 Etna's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting an old chest of drawers down a steep barn loft stair takes care, and your Loaders carry it out steadily. Each is background-checked and rated by real locals in Etna after each job.
If a worn-out recliner and a pile of old fencing are already sitting at the end of a long gravel driveway, curbside, or outdoor, service fits. Choose full-service when your Loaders need to bring things out of the house, a back shed, or a garage set well off the road, and availability is confirmed when you book.
| 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 noon | 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 with a barn, a shed, and a gravel driveway that disappears into the trees knows a junk pile doesn't clear itself, and a loaded pickup on a spring mud road is no fun. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading, and they like showing up for Etna neighbors. Availability is confirmed when you book.
Big, bulky items are hard to move alone on a rural property, and where they end up matters. In Etna, your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reuse and recycling come first when local options allow.
Furniture and household items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside from the rest of the load, and availability is confirmed at booking.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or wood, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the heavily damaged pieces while loading.
Heavily damaged, soaked, or contaminated bulky items, such as a moldy mattress from a basement, are handled as responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out, and acceptance of any item is confirmed when you book.
Tossing the wrong item can mean a rejected load at the drop-off or a state violation, so here is how disposal works for residents of Etna in Penobscot County.
Maine requires a burn permit for outdoor brush fires. You can get one through the town or through the Maine Forest Service online system in participating towns. Spring is the riskiest time, when snowmelt exposes dry grass and leaves, and permits can be denied on high-danger days.
Maine's electronic waste law keeps televisions, computer monitors, desktop computers, and laptops out of landfills and incinerators because they contain lead and other heavy metals. Households bring them to a municipal collection point, and manufacturers pay for the recycling from there.
Under the federal Clean Air Act, the refrigerant in refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and air conditioners must be properly recovered before the appliance is scrapped or crushed. Many Maine drop-off sites keep these units apart from other scrap metal for that reason.
Maine's paint stewardship program, run by PaintCare, lets residents return leftover latex and oil-based house paint, primers, stains, and varnishes at participating retail stores. It's an easy fix for the half-empty cans that pile up in garages and sheds.
Maine's open burning rules ban burning construction and demolition debris, painted or pressure-treated wood, shingles, and household trash because they release toxic smoke. Only clean brush and untreated wood qualify, so material torn out during a remodel has to be disposed of another way.
Maine bans throwing out mercury-added products, which often turn up in older farmhouses and basements. Compact fluorescent bulbs, fluorescent tubes, and old mercury thermostats need to go to a recycling program or a universal waste collection point instead.
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(678) 884-4738Not on a random day. Etna's weekly Wednesday pickup only takes household trash in official Etna bags (25 lbs max) and sorted recycling. Bulky items are accepted at the town's twice-yearly curbside cleanup, spring and fall, when set out by 7:00 a.m.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Etna 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, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day and next-day service are offered in Etna when availability allows, and rural spots along Route 2 can book out sooner than Bangor. Enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside items, you generally don't need to be home.
Etna's twice-yearly curbside cleanup accepts appliances, mattresses, furniture, and metal, but not yard debris and some other categories. The town also runs separate tire and electronics drop-off days, so those items need to be saved for those dates.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Items that can't be donated or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes depend on the condition of each item.
Pick your item and address online, choose a time window, and see your total before you confirm. Loaders arrive in that window, and you'll get a heads-up before they show up. They then handle the carrying and loading, including from basements, barns, and garages.
If you can wait for the spring or fall cleanup and your items are accepted, the town option is the cheaper choice. A hauler makes sense when you need items gone on your schedule, from inside the house or garage, or when they fall outside the town's accepted list.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload and often confirm the cost on-site. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see your total before booking. For one or two items, that can mean a smaller bill than paying for a truckload.
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