*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on your whole week. LoadUp makes it simple: book a pickup, see your price first, and get your space back.
You search online, call the county, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. A week goes by, then another, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Shelby is unincorporated, so there's no city bulk pickup program to call. Where county or municipal pickup schedules exist, they often limit what's accepted, may require you to request pickup ahead of time, and still expect you to drag everything to the road yourself.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number, which on a rural lot can mean days of waiting. Then the quote is based on how much of the truck you fill, and the final price is often unclear until loading is done.
Donation centers look for clean items in good working order that they can actually resell. Stained upholstery, worn appliances, storm-damaged patio furniture, and broken equipment usually get turned away. You're also the one loading and driving it there, with no guarantee it gets accepted.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full renovation. For a spare room or shed cleanout, you get a big box sitting on your property for days, delivery windows to plan around, possible placement rules to check, and every heavy item still lifted in by hand.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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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.
No in-person charges
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 Shelby 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 Shelby's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Narrow stairs down to a lake-house basement or a crowded detached shed far from the driveway take careful lifting. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Shelby after each job.
If you can roll an old washer or a pile of storm limbs to the end of your driveway, outdoor curbside service keeps things simple. On larger rural lots, where items often sit in a back workshop or outbuilding, full-service lets your Loaders carry them out from wherever they are.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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.
Out here, nothing is a quick errand. Your driveway may be long, your yard may run to the tree line, and a trip to drop off one load can swallow a Saturday and half a tank of gas. Your Loaders like showing up for neighbors in Shelby, doing the lifting so you can keep your weekend.
Bulky items pile up fast on larger lots and lake-area properties, which is why knowing where things end up matters in Shelby. Your Loader sorts by condition, so reusable pieces get a second life when local options allow.
Items in good, clean condition, like working appliances, sturdy furniture, or exercise equipment, may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Availability varies, so reuse is never guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, such as old electronics, metal frames, or broken appliances, may be separated for recycling where available. Acceptance depends on what local facilities currently take.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses, rotted lumber, or storm debris from a Shelby property, are handled through responsible disposal in line with local rules. Hazardous materials are not accepted.
Burning or dumping cleanout debris illegally can bring state and county enforcement, so these are the disposal rules that apply in Shelby and unincorporated Shelby County.
Shelby County Environmental Services helps the Alabama Department of Environmental Management enforce state burn laws. Those rules limit open burning mainly to natural vegetation, so household garbage, furniture, and construction scraps don't belong on a backyard burn pile.
Curbside recycling was dropped from the unincorporated county contract in 2022 because providers would not bid with it included. Instead, the county offers recycling stations around Shelby County that take cardboard and paper only, which is where moving boxes can go.
The Shelby County Regional Landfill on Highway 70, between Calera and Columbiana, takes both municipal solid waste and construction debris. It accepts trash, garbage, and debris from commercial customers and the general public Monday through Saturday.
Shelby is an unincorporated community, so it has no municipal sanitation department. Shelby County Environmental Services manages the residential garbage franchise for unincorporated areas. That curbside contract is with Waste Management, and the county has renewed it through September 2028.
The county's solid waste plan says most unauthorized dumping happens in unincorporated, rural areas, and Environmental Services runs a litter control program. The regional landfill has also held free disposal days for residents, which give bulky leftovers a legal place to go.
Shelby County Environmental Services takes applications for landfill user permits and issues them at no charge. If you plan to take your own cleanout loads to the Highway 70 regional landfill, apply before your first trip rather than after the truck is loaded.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular collection. Shelby is unincorporated, so garbage service runs through a franchise managed by Shelby County Environmental Services. Piles left outside normal service can count as illegal dumping, so confirm what your hauler takes.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Shelby starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Availability depends on crew capacity near Shelby County and the time you book, and next-day slots are more common for rural areas. Enter your address during booking to see the real openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
Yes, a landfill user permit is required. Shelby County Environmental Services issues these at no charge to the customer, and the county runs the Highway 70 landfill. Dump fees and accepted materials vary, so check with the county before you load your truck.
Loaders sort items and try to donate usable furniture and household goods to local charities when they accept them. Recyclable materials go to recycling options when available. Whatever is left goes to an appropriate disposal facility, and no outcome is guaranteed.
You choose your items online, get an upfront price, and pick an arrival window. Your Loader typically calls or texts before arriving, then removes and loads everything. Items can be picked up from inside your home, garage, or outside, and the confirmed price is what you pay.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truck volume, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online before booking. For a few items that can cost less, while a full cleanout may suit truckload pricing.
It can be, if you have a truck, time, and the muscle. Dump fees and fuel apply, and you need a county landfill permit for the Highway 70 landfill. Paying for pickup makes more sense for heavy or bulky loads, or when you lack a vehicle.
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