*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until it starts taking over. Book a pickup anywhere around I.C., see your upfront price before you commit, and get the load gone on a day that works for you.
It starts with an hour of reading pickup rules, then a call that ends with someone telling you to check with your hauler. Two quote requests go out. One comes back. Weeks pass and the junk hasn't moved.
Municipal pickup schedules run on item limits and advance requests, and the left-behind list is longer than most expect: refrigerant appliances, tires, remodeling debris. Whatever does qualify still has to travel from the basement or the barn out to the curb on your back.
The old model starts with someone driving out to look at your pile, then quoting by how much of the truck it fills. You find out what you owe after the work is done, which is a strange way to agree to anything.
Resale outlets only want what sells: clean, current, no rips, no missing hardware. They rarely take mattresses, and nobody is walking up your stairs to get a sofa. A well-meaning donation run often ends with half the load back in the garage.
A roll-off means scheduling a delivery, surrendering your driveway for days, and loading every piece yourself anyway. Weight caps and prohibited items still apply. Add a spring thaw or a snowed-in approach and that container becomes a second problem parked out front.
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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 Imlay City 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 Imlay City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Basement stairs that turn at the bottom, a garage packed wall to wall: your Loaders do the lifting. Each is background checked and rated by real locals in Imlay City after each job.
Curbside works when everything is already staged outside at the driveway or street edge, which is simple enough on a wide rural drive and harder once Michigan winter turns the apron to ice. Choose full service when the load is still inside a basement, a back bedroom, or the far end of a pole barn, and your Loaders carry it out from where it stands.
| 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.
Around here most driveways have a truck in them, which is why "I'll haul it myself" has been the plan since before the last Blueberry Festival while the treadmill sits in the pole barn. Your Loaders do the lifting instead, no borrowed trailer needed. Showing up for folks here is genuinely the good part of the job.
Most of what leaves an Imlay City garage or pole barn still has some life left in it. Your Loaders sort by condition on pickup day, aiming at donation or recycling first and landfill last when local options allow.
Furniture, working appliances, and household goods that are clean and undamaged may be offered to a nearby secondhand outlet when your Loader finds one accepting them. No receipt or confirmation is provided.
Torn mattresses, scrap-adjacent metal, and dead electronics rarely resell, but the materials inside still matter. Where available, your Loaders can bring those items to a regional processor that handles that category.
Water-damaged couches, rusted-through barn finds, and anything broken past use still have to come off your property. Your Loaders bring these to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving the Imlay City area.
Set the wrong pile at the curb and it simply stays there, flagged as a violation, so these Imlay City and Lapeer County rules matter.
Michigan's Part 115 solid waste law keeps leaves, grass, garden debris and small trimmings out of municipal landfills so the material gets composted instead. That is why yard waste travels a separate route from household trash here.
Imlay City collects brush on the first and third Monday of each month from April through November, and branches set out for chipping cannot exceed four inches in diameter. Outside that window, brush waits or goes privately.
The city states it is not responsible for heavy volumes of brush generated by tree trimming, tree removal or property clearing. Those jobs fall to the property owner to arrange separately rather than stacking the results curbside.
Curbside yard waste runs Tuesdays in season and must go in marked yard waste carts or biodegradable bags, with branches an inch or less bundled. Containers and bundles cannot exceed forty pounds, and raking loose to the curb is not allowed.
Michigan EGLE requires refrigerant in refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners and dehumidifiers to be recovered by an EPA certified technician before disposal, and most transfer stations and scrap yards want proof that step happened.
Under the state's Part 173 takeback law, makers of televisions, monitors, computers and printers must offer Michigan households free recycling for those covered devices, giving residents an alternative to burying electronics in the trash stream.
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(678) 884-4738J&J Disposal runs city trash pickup on Tuesdays, and one large item like a mattress, couch, or chair is free once per month. For anything beyond that single item, call J&J at (810) 417-1275 to arrange a paid special pickup. Appliances, tires, and construction debris are not taken on regular routes.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Imlay City starts at $80 for one bulky item, with a flat $5 off when it is left at the curb or driveway. The first item covers the pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book.
It depends on Loader schedules in your Lapeer County zip, though same-day or next-day slots are often open when you book early in the day. Enter your Imlay City address at checkout to see live dates. J&J's free monthly large-item pickup runs only on your Tuesday trash day.
No, J&J Disposal does not collect appliances, tires, batteries, or construction debris on its regular routes. In Michigan, refrigerators, freezers, and AC units also need their Freon removed and certified by a licensed technician before disposal. LoadUp Loaders can haul these heavy appliances so you skip arranging a separate scrap run.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever possible. Furniture and working appliances may go to local donation spots like the Goodwill on North Cedar Street or the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Lapeer. Metals and electronics are routed to recyclers when options allow.
You get an upfront price online by listing your items or texting a photo of the junk, then you pick a date. On pickup day your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes before arrival. For bigger jobs like a garage or full property cleanout, an on-site estimate can be arranged first.
National haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King price by the truckload after an in-person look, so the quote lands once the truck is already in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before anyone shows up. Local options like J&J or AAA Rousse are great for a single free item or a dumpster rental.
Yes, hazardous materials are off-limits for most haulers, LoadUp included. That covers paint, chemicals, solvents, asbestos, medical waste, propane tanks, and loose automotive fluids. Michigan residents can drop household hazardous waste at EGLE-supported collection events instead of setting it out curbside.
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