*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it quietly takes over your space and your weekends. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup and a clear price up front, and get your corner of the Jewel City back.
You check the city website, call a few haulers, and wait on quotes. One never calls back and another wants to come by first. Weeks go by and the pile is still in the garage.
Glendale's bulky item pickup can handle some large items, but you have to schedule it ahead, there are usually limits on how much and what kind goes out, and you have to get everything to the street yourself. That's a problem if your move-out date is coming up fast.
A lot of haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a price, and then they charge by how much of the truck you fill. You won't know the real cost until the truck shows up and they're sizing up your pile.
Donation centers only take items they can resell, so a stained mattress or a wobbly dresser usually gets turned away. Even good furniture has to be loaded, driven over, and carried in by you, and whatever they don't take comes home with you.
Clearing out one room or a single garage rarely fills a dumpster. You still have to arrange delivery and pickup, possibly get a permit if it sits on the street, and give up a parking spot on a crowded block. Then you do all the loading yourself.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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No waiting on callbacksLocal Loaders arrive at your location, haul away the junk, and dispose of it responsibly when options allow.
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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 Glendale 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 Glendale's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A dresser coming down the narrow stairs of an older walk-up apartment is routine work for your Loaders. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Glendale after each job.
If your items already sit at the bottom of the driveway or beside the curb, curbside pickup keeps things simple. For a sofa in an upstairs condo or a desk at the top of a steep hillside lot, full-service pickup has your Loaders carry everything out from inside.
| 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 tried crossing Glendale at five o'clock knows the 134, the 5, and the Glendale Freeway take turns going nowhere, and a mattress strapped to your roof makes it worse. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading so you skip the drive. LoadUp and your Loader genuinely enjoy showing up for Glendale neighbors.
Where a bulky item ends up depends mostly on its condition, which is why routing matters for junk removal in Glendale. Your Loader sorts what is usable from what is not, so less goes to disposal when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. If you need a donation receipt, arrange the donation yourself, since receipts are not provided with pickup.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like broken metal frames or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates materials when possible, though acceptance depends on the item and local options.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as a ruined mattress or waterlogged sofa, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and the item goes to an appropriate facility serving the Glendale area.
Putting out a refrigerator that still holds refrigerant, or tossing an old TV in the trash, can break state law. Here is how disposal works in Glendale and across Los Angeles County.
Many Glendale neighborhoods near the Verdugo Mountains and San Rafael Hills sit in mapped fire hazard zones. California law requires up to 100 feet of defensible space around homes there, so dead brush and cut branches should be removed rather than stockpiled.
California classifies televisions and computer monitors as universal waste because they can contain lead, mercury, and other metals. They cannot go in a Glendale trash cart. They can be recycled through authorized e-waste collectors or the city's bulky item pickup.
Glendale's Integrated Waste Management Division picks up appliances, electronics, televisions, furniture, and other large items for free. Single-family and 2 to 4 unit properties must request a pickup at least three business days before collection day. Larger buildings go through property management.
California treats paint, solvents, and pool chemicals as household hazardous waste. Los Angeles County holds free collection events, and PaintCare retail sites take leftover paint. Pouring these liquids into gutters is illegal because storm drains carry runoff untreated toward the Los Angeles River.
Under California's mattress recycling law, a retailer delivering a new mattress must offer to take back the used one at no extra charge. The state's Bye Bye Mattress program also funds free drop-off sites, keeping mattresses out of landfills and illegal dumps.
California law requires refrigerants, mercury switches, and other hazardous parts to be removed from major appliances like refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners before they are crushed or recycled. Federal rules require certified technicians to recover the refrigerants so ozone-depleting gases are not released.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a scheduled pickup. Glendale Integrated Waste Management offers free bulky item pickup for single-family and 2-4 unit homes. Request it at GlendaleCA.gov/BulkyPickup at least three business days before your collection day. Items left out without a request can be reported as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Glendale 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. Glendale's own bulky pickup is free, and local haulers often list starting prices of about $80 to $225.
Same-day pickup is often possible in Glendale, depending on Loader availability for your address and time of booking. Enter your address during booking to see the live openings. City bulky pickup is slower because it needs three business days of notice.
The city program covers appliances, electronics, TVs, furniture and other large household items, but it isn't meant for hazardous materials like paint or chemicals. Those go to a household hazardous waste site. The county runs one-day collection events in Glendale, with the next listed for November 14, 2026.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill, so they try to donate furniture and household goods to local charities when options allow. Electronics and metal are recycled whenever possible. Anything that can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility, depending on acceptance.
You book online, choose your item or items and pickup time, and see the total before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader gives you notice before arriving, then carries the junk out and loads it. For curbside pickups, you don't need to be home.
The free city pickup is the better deal if you can wait and your items are eligible. A paid service makes sense when you need faster pickup, have items from a property with 5 or more units, or want the Loader to haul from inside your home or garage.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and confirm the cost at an estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, so the total is locked in before anyone arrives.
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