*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up in Johnston, getting rid of it shouldn't become another project. LoadUp makes it simple: see your price upfront, book a pickup, and take the hassle off your list.
You check the town's website, call about a pickup, ask a couple of haulers for quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. Weeks pass, and the junk is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs work for some jobs, but they usually have to be scheduled ahead and come with limits on what they take and how much. And you still have to drag everything from the basement or shed out to the road yourself.
Many haulers want to send someone out for an estimate before they'll give you a number. Then they price by how much of the truck you fill, so you don't know your real cost until the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers want items they can resell, so a worn couch, a stained mattress, or a dresser with a broken drawer often gets turned away. And you still have to load everything up and drive it there yourself.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut renovation, but not for one cluttered room. You have to book the delivery and pickup, figure out whether you need a permit, give up part of your driveway, and still do all the lifting yourself.
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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 Johnston 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 Johnston's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a heavy dresser up narrow basement stairs and down a long, wooded driveway with care. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Johnston after each job.
If everything is already at the end of your driveway or outside the garage, curbside service is the simple fit. For basement cleanouts, packed sheds, or a long wooded lot where the carry is the hard part, choose full-service and your Loaders bring items out from wherever they sit.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $105 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $100 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $115 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $105 |
| 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.
Johnston sits next to Providence, so a trip down Hartford Avenue with a mattress bungeed to your roof is nobody's idea of a Saturday. Your Loader carries it up from the basement or down that long wooded driveway, so neighbors from Thornton to Graniteville get their weekend back. Your Loaders are glad to show up for Johnston.
Bulky items rarely fit a car or a weekly trash day, so where they end up matters in Johnston. Your Loader looks over each item and sorts it by condition, aiming for donation or recycling 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, though you should not expect any paperwork from the job.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as metal pieces or certain materials. Recycling is not guaranteed and depends on the item and local options.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked sofas or broken furniture, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader carries them out of your Johnston home and handles the load, with no guaranteed destination.
Tossing banned items in household trash can violate Rhode Island law and burden the Central Landfill, so here is what applies to cleanouts in Johnston and across Providence County.
Rhode Island adds a recycling fee to every new mattress and box spring sold in the state. That fee funds the Bye Bye Mattress program, which breaks old units down into steel, foam, and fiber instead of landfilling them.
Rhode Island restricts mercury-added products from ordinary trash because broken items release toxic vapor. Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent bulbs, and mercury thermostats should go to a hazardous waste collection or approved recycling site instead.
Johnston's recycling goes to the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation sorting facility located in town. Plastic bags tangle its machinery, so recyclables should go into bins loose, never bagged, and cardboard boxes should be flattened before going in.
Pesticides, pool chemicals, solvents, and similar household hazardous waste go to the Eco-Depot run by the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation. Disposal is free for Rhode Island residents, but an appointment is required before dropping anything off.
Rhode Island law keeps covered electronics such as televisions, computer monitors, and computers out of household trash. Manufacturers fund a statewide recycling program, so these items can go to participating collection sites instead.
Through Rhode Island's PaintCare program, a small fee built into the price of new paint funds collection of leftover latex and oil-based paint. Participating paint and hardware stores accept sealed, labeled containers during business hours.
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(678) 884-4738Possibly. Johnston owner-occupants can apply for a household waste permit for the RI Central Landfill. It allows one dump per month for a year, covers one permit per household, and excludes renters, commercial loads and heavy vehicles.
Johnston's recycling ordinance defines a bulk item as anything larger than two feet by two feet by four feet or heavier than 50 pounds. Standard curbside collection is built around regular trash and recycling, so confirm bulk handling with the town before leaving anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Johnston starts at $105, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is generally available in Johnston when you book before noon, depending on Loader availability. Entering your address during booking shows the live options for your neighborhood, whether Thornton, Graniteville or elsewhere.
Not if you rent. Johnston's landfill permit is limited to owner-occupied homes, covers household waste only, and allows one dump per month. Large cleanouts, renter jobs, or loads over the weight limits are better suited to a paid hauler.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to licensed disposal sites. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
You book online, pick the items and a time window, and see the total before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader typically calls ahead, then lifts, loads and hauls the items away. For curbside pickups, you don't need to be home.
Mainly the pricing model. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the cost at the property. LoadUp prices per item online and shows the total before booking. For a few items that can cost less, while a full-truck cleanout may favor a hauler.
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