*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk accumulates faster than you'd think, and hauling it off yourself gets old quickly. Schedule a pickup anywhere in GR, see your price before you book, and consider it handled.
You read the city's waste rules, learn half of it needs a sticker, then start calling haulers. One wants to see the junk first, another never calls back. Two weekends pass and nothing has moved.
The city's bulk program runs on a sticker for each item, bought ahead of time, and the truck has a size limit, so anything oversized stays behind. Electronics are a separate problem entirely. Every piece still has to reach the curb by early morning, carried by you.
Most haulers price by how much of the truck bed you fill, which nobody can picture in advance. So you book a window, wait around for an estimator, and hear the real number once your items are already sitting on the sidewalk.
Reuse organizations take what they can resell, which rules out torn upholstery, pressboard dressers, and anything that stopped working. Donation hours are limited, capacity shifts week to week, and most expect you to load, drive, and unload it yourself.
A roll-off needs somewhere to sit. On older streets with short driveways, that often means a right-of-way permit before delivery, plus scheduling around drop and haul dates. Then it sits in view of the neighbors for a week while you fill 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 Grand Rapids 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 Grand Rapids's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders deal with the steep basement stairs and tight back-door turns common in century-old houses here. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Grand Rapids after each job.
Curbside makes sense when everything is already outside at the street or the end of the driveway and nothing has to come through a doorway. Pick full service when the load is still in a basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a detached garage out back, since your Loaders carry it out from where it sits.
| 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.
Lake-effect snow does not care that your basement is full. Half the year, dragging a sleeper sofa out yourself means ice, salt, and a driveway you already shoveled twice. Your Loaders do the carrying while you stay inside, and they genuinely like working for Grand Rapids people, the kind who wave at the plow driver.
What happens to a load after it leaves your driveway matters in Grand Rapids, where older homes empty out in a hurry. Your Loaders sort items by condition, so reusable pieces stay out of the waste stream when possible.
Furniture, working appliances, and household goods that are clean and structurally sound may be offered for donation when area reuse organizations are accepting them. Condition on pickup day decides.
Items too worn to resell often still hold usable material. Metal bed frames, water heaters, and e-waste can follow a West Michigan recycling pathway where available, though refrigerants and older televisions need specialized handling.
Soaked mattresses, crumbling particleboard shelving, and cracked hot tub shells rarely have a second life. Those loads go to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving the Grand Rapids area, under Michigan disposal rules.
Set a large item at the curb the wrong way in Grand Rapids and it stays there while a violation follows; Kent County rules decide the rest.
Grand Rapids collects large items and appliances only after a City Bulk Sticker is purchased, currently $40 per item, or the same fee is paid online. Unpaid items are left behind and the property owner may receive a violation.
The city caps any single bulk item at six feet by five feet because anything larger cannot fit in the collection truck. Breaking a sectional, shelving unit, or long frame into smaller pieces keeps it eligible.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require certified recovery of Freon before a refrigerator, freezer, or air conditioner is scrapped. Kent County accepts appliances with and without refrigerant at its north and south recycling and waste centers for a fee.
Michigan has banned grass, leaves, and brush from landfills and incinerators since the mid-1990s, so this material is composted instead. Grand Rapids collects it seasonally in tagged city carts or city paper bags, and residents may use the free drop-off site.
Remodeling waste is not a curbside bulk item here. Kent County accepts construction and demolition material at its transfer station and landfill, charging by weight and vehicle load. Asbestos is refused at every county public works facility.
Michigan's electronics takeback law requires manufacturers of televisions, computers, monitors, and printers to provide free recycling for residents and small businesses. Kent County also accepts electronics at its recycling and waste centers, though posted disposal fees apply there.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a $40 city bulk sticker, which you can buy at City Hall or online at grandrapidsmi.gov. Junk set out without one won't be collected and can bring a violation. Place items curbside by 7 a.m., and pickup usually happens within about a week. Any single item can't exceed 6 feet by 5 feet.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Grand Rapids starts at $80 for a single bulky item, and curbside pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, with your exact total confirmed before booking. Local truck-crew haulers like College HUNKS run roughly $99 to $699 by load size.
Yes, same-day pickup is open in most Grand Rapids zip codes when you book before noon, and next-day covers the wider Kent County area. Enter your zip during booking to see live windows for your address. For curbside jobs you don't need to be home.
Household hazardous waste like oil-based paint, solvents, automotive fluids, and rechargeable batteries can't go curbside or in the trash. Kent County's free SafeChem site at 1045 Wealthy Street SW takes them, though latex paint is not accepted. Mattresses and box springs also must be wrapped in plastic before curbside bulk pickup.
Loaders sort items and aim to donate anything still usable to Grand Rapids charities like the Salvation Army, Goodwill, and the Habitat for Humanity Kent County ReStore. Electronics and scrap metal are routed to recyclers when options allow. Whatever can't be reused is disposed of responsibly to keep it out of the landfill where possible.
You get an upfront price online or by texting a photo of your junk, then pick a date and lock the quote before anyone shows up. On pickup day your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes ahead. For in-home jobs someone should be present, while curbside pickups just need the items staged with access notes.
Pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers like College HUNKS and 1-800-GOT-JUNK quote by truck volume after an in-person estimate, so your price isn't set until the crew arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it before pickup. For single or two-item jobs that's often less than a truck-based minimum.
Yes, LoadUp handles multi-item jobs like garage, basement, and estate cleanouts in Grand Rapids, not just single pieces. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each added item is a flat charge, so a full load is priced upfront. If you can stage everything at the curb yourself, the city's $40 bulk sticker is a cheaper route for a few items.
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