*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
Junk builds up slowly, and then it is suddenly in the way of everything. LoadUp keeps it simple for J-Town: schedule a pickup, see your price upfront, and leave the heavy lifting behind.
You look up what the town will take, call to set an appointment, then call a hauler or two. One never calls back. The other wants to see it first. Weeks pass, and the pile hasn't moved.
Bulky waste here runs by appointment on your normal collection day, with a separate call and separate days for TVs and computers. Nothing gets taken from a basement or a back deck, and it all has to be at the curb by 7 a.m.
A hauler wants to walk the property before quoting anything, then prices by how much space your load takes up in the truck, a number you have no way to check. The figure quoted on the phone and the total at the curb rarely match.
Reuse and charity outlets hold a condition standard, and they should. Stained upholstery, swollen particle board, and anything missing hardware gets turned down at the door. Even when a piece qualifies, you are the one loading it and driving it over.
One container sits in the driveway for a week so you can empty a single room. Street placement usually means a permit, delivery and haul-off land on the rental company's schedule, and you still do every bit of the lifting 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 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.
Older houses here often mean a narrow basement stairwell or a bulkhead door barely wider than the couch. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Johnston after each job.
Curbside works when everything already sits in the driveway or at the street edge, which suits the deep driveways on many of Johnston's postwar ranches and split-levels. Full service is the better call when the dresser is still upstairs or the old freezer is behind a detached garage, since your Loaders do the carry-out.
| 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.
Half the houses here still have their original basement stairs: steep, narrow, and ending at a bulkhead door that fights back. Every wet spring sends another soaked pile up those steps. Your Loaders handle the carry, and they like showing up for the families in Graniteville and Hughesdale who have held the same house for decades.
Most junk removal jobs in Johnston mix a few usable pieces with a lot that is past saving. Your Loaders sort as they load, so each item leaves on the path its condition actually warrants.
Furniture, working appliances, and household goods still in clean, usable shape may be offered to local reuse and charitable outlets when those outlets are accepting them. No donation outcome is guaranteed.
What is too damaged to donate often still holds recoverable material: appliance metal, mattress components, electronics. Your Loader separates those for recycling outlets where available, since Rhode Island keeps several out of trash.
Soaked basement furniture, rotted sheds, and hot tubs past repair have no second life. Your Loaders carry those out and take them to a licensed disposal facility, which keeps the weight off your own vehicle.
Leaving the wrong item at the curb in Johnston can earn a violation notice and leave the pile sitting there. These Providence County rules decide what actually gets taken.
Johnston collects bulky waste at the curb on your regular collection day, but only after the town's contracted hauler schedules it. Town code counts anything larger than two by two by four feet, or heavier than fifty pounds, as a bulk item.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners are listed separately from other white goods in Johnston because the refrigerant must be recovered by a certified technician before the metal shell can be recycled. Appointments are required either way.
Rhode Island's Electronic Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling Act has banned televisions, monitors, computers and similar display devices from the Central Landfill since 2009. Johnston runs curbside e-waste collection Tuesdays and Thursdays by public works appointment.
Johnston picks up leaf and yard waste free on your regular day, but it has to be in brown paper bags or loose in a barrel. Brush needs cutting to four foot lengths, bundled and light enough for one person to lift.
Renovation materials fall outside Johnston's curbside program and must reach a licensed facility, such as the state's residential drop-off area in town, where individual residents pay commercial rates. Rhode Island law penalizes unlicensed dumping up to $5,000 per day.
A statewide recycling fee collected at purchase funds free mattress and box spring recycling in Rhode Island, and the Johnston landfill will not take them for disposal at all. Soiled, wet or torn units get rejected.
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(678) 884-4738Not without an appointment. Johnston's regular trash collection excludes furniture of any kind, so the town's hauler Rambone Disposal takes it curbside on your normal day only if you call 401-946-1360 first. Items left out unscheduled get skipped and can trigger a nuisance order.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Johnston starts at $105, and curbside or outdoor pickups take a flat $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each additional piece is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book. Truckload haulers usually run $200 to $500 for similar jobs.
Same-day pickup is often open in Johnston zip codes when you book in the morning, and next-day covers the rest of Providence County. Enter your address during booking to see live slots, since availability shifts with Loader schedules around the area.
Quite a bit. Furniture, mattresses, box springs, and scrap metal need an appointment through Rambone Disposal, and TVs and computers are collected only on Tuesdays and Thursdays after a call to the DPW at 401-231-4000. Household hazardous waste like paint and chemicals must go to the free Eco-Depot drop-off at RIRRC by appointment.
Loaders sort when they can, aiming to donate usable goods to local charities and recycle metal, electronics, and other materials whenever options allow. Johnston is home to Rhode Island's only landfill, the RIRRC Central Landfill on Shun Pike, so keeping items out of it matters. Only what can't be diverted ends up there.
You book online with an upfront price, then pick a date. For curbside or driveway pickups you don't need to be home, just leave items accessible with a note. For in-home removal, someone should be present or provide access instructions. Your Loader calls about 30 minutes before arrival.
Mainly the pricing and booking flow. Those haulers charge by truckload volume and often quote in person, so your price isn't locked until the truck is in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before anyone shows up, which tends to be cheaper for one or two item jobs.
Yes. Loaders carry items out from inside the home, including basements, upstairs rooms, and garages, not only from the curb. Note the location and any stairs when you book so the crew arrives ready. Leaving items outside for curbside pickup takes $5 off the price.
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