*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, getting rid of it becomes one more chore you didn't plan on. LoadUp makes it simple: book a quick pickup and see your price upfront.
You look up borough rules, call around for a hauler, and wait on callbacks that may never come. Meanwhile the old couch stays on the porch, the shed stays full, and another season goes by.
Sterling is unincorporated, so there's no city program that sends a truck to your curb on a set schedule. Free drop-off at a borough transfer site may be an option, but you still have to load everything, haul it there, and check which items they accept.
Lots of haulers want to come look at the job before they'll give you a number, and for rural properties that can mean waiting days. Then the quote comes in as a fraction of a truckload, so you don't really know the final price until they're done loading.
Secondhand shops and charities need items they can actually resell, so stained mattresses, worn furniture, and anything broken usually gets turned away. Even when they take something, you're the one loading it up and driving it in, and the stuff they reject still needs somewhere to go.
A rolloff container makes sense for a full teardown, but for a single room or a cluttered garage it's far too much. You'll have to arrange delivery, find a level spot on your property that won't sink during breakup, and do all the lifting and loading 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 Sterling 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 Sterling's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries dressers down steep loft stairs and through narrow cabin doorways. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Sterling after each job.
If the old freezer or brush pile is already out by your gravel driveway, curbside (outdoor) pickup is the simple choice. For a packed shed, a crawlspace, or furniture still inside a seasonal rental, choose full-service and your Loaders carry everything out for you.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Sterling is unincorporated, so there's no city bulk pickup to wait on, and a dead chest freezer or a shed flattened by snow won't load itself into your truck. Your Loader does the lifting, carrying, and loading from the porch, shed, or driveway, because neighbors who keep this community running deserve a break from the heavy part.
Bulky items pile up fast on rural acreage and in cabins, so knowing where they end up matters in Sterling. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader can lift and load them separately from the rest of the pile.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like scrap metal or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Options in a rural borough can be limited, so this depends on the job.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or collapsed shed debris, are handled through responsible disposal under Kenai Peninsula Borough solid waste rules, since Sterling is unincorporated.
Arrive with a refrigerator or oversized tire and the load goes back home with you. Here is how disposal works in Sterling under Kenai Peninsula Borough rules.
The Sterling Transfer Facility takes appliances that contain no refrigerant, and only two per day from each source. Refrigerators and freezers that hold refrigerant are excluded, and clearing several washers or ranges means spreading drop-offs across multiple days.
Building materials such as carpet, drywall, pallets, plumbing, and wiring are accepted at the Sterling Transfer Facility, but lumber is limited to 8 feet or less. Cutting long boards before loading avoids a second trip.
Since 2016, the Kenai Peninsula Borough has closed the Sterling Transfer Facility on Sundays from October through April to save costs. Plan cold-season cleanouts for another day so a loaded trailer is not left sitting until the facility reopens.
The Sterling Transfer Facility accepts plastic items such as clean open-top drums, PVC pipe, and large kid toys. Drums that are sealed or still hold residue do not meet that description, so empty and open them before loading.
The Sterling Transfer Facility accepts regular sized tires, and leaving them mounted on rims is fine. Oversized tires fall outside what the site accepts, which matters when clearing out a shop or a vehicle that has sat for years.
Metal has its own entry on the Sterling Transfer Facility's accepted list, and the borough gives auto parts, conduit, pipe, and steel as examples. On rural properties with years of stored parts and piping, sorting out the metal first keeps loads organized.
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(678) 884-4738No, Sterling is unincorporated and has no city curbside junk pickup. Residents haul waste to the Sterling transfer site or hire a hauler. Dumping on roadsides or public land is illegal, so check with Kenai Peninsula Borough Solid Waste at 907-262-9667.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Sterling starts at $105, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day availability depends on Loader coverage along the Sterling Highway corridor that day. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and in-home jobs need someone present or access instructions.
Sterling's transfer site is a self-service, unstaffed drop point with drive-up dumpsters, so it suits ordinary household trash. Bulky, hazardous, or restricted loads may need other Borough facilities. Call Borough Solid Waste at 907-262-9667 to confirm what each site accepts.
Often yes, if you have a truck, time, and a load that's allowed. Sites without scales charge by cubic yard of your vehicle and trailer capacity. Hiring out saves the lifting, the trip, and the vehicle space, which matters on a long drive from Sterling.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local options. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition and what nearby partners will take.
Pick your items online, get an upfront price, and choose a time window. A Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then removes the items from your home, garage, or curb. The total you were quoted is confirmed before anyone shows up.
LoadUp prices per item online, so you see a locked quote before booking. Many traditional haulers, including national names like 1-800-GOT-JUNK, price by truckload and may confirm cost on site. Local haulers vary, so compare quotes for your specific job.
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