*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it takes over your weekend. In the Chico area, a quick pickup and a clear price before you book can clear it out.
You look up the rules, call to ask about pickup, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back, one wants to come look first, one never answers. Weeks go by and the junk is still sitting there.
City bulk pickup programs can work if you plan ahead. You request a date, wait for an opening, and drag everything to the curb yourself. Some items, like appliances with refrigerants or electronics, may not qualify, and the next opening doesn't always line up with your move-out date.
Many haulers want to look at the pile in person before they'll give you a number. Then the quote comes as a fraction of a truckload, which is hard to picture ahead of time. You might not know the final price until everything is already loaded.
Thrift stores and charities need things they can resell, so a stained recliner or a dresser missing a drawer often gets turned away. Even items they do take usually have to be dropped off by you, and you still need somewhere for the rest to go.
A roll-off sits on your driveway for days, takes up parking, and may need a permit if it ends up on the street. You still do all the lifting yourself. For one garage corner or a spare bedroom, that's a lot of steel for a small job.
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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 Chico 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 Chico's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle narrow stairwells in older two-story rentals and detached garages packed to the rafters. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Chico after each job.
If the old patio set or a pile of pruned branches is already out on the driveway, which is easy with the wide front drives in many of Chico's newer subdivisions, curbside (outdoor) pickup is the natural fit. For a refrigerator in an upstairs apartment or a dresser in the back bedroom of an older bungalow, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it out from inside.
| 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 noon | 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.
Chico afternoons love to climb past 100 degrees, which makes wrestling a dresser or a rusted water heater into a borrowed truck a lousy way to spend a weekend. Your Loader does the lifting and loading while you stay in the shade, and they genuinely like showing up for the people who call this town home.
Most of what leaves a Chico home is bulky, mixed in condition, and not worth a dump run. Your Loader sorts each item by what shape it's in, so reuse comes first when possible and disposal covers the rest.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods that are clean and still working may be set aside for donation when possible. Donation depends on local options and condition, and no receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames, old appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the general pile.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as a water-ruined mattress or a broken sectional, go to disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and hauling out of Chico, so you skip the dump run.
Getting these wrong can mean overage charges on your bill or a municipal code violation, so here is what applies to cleanouts in Chico and Butte County.
Chico's leaf collection runs November through January to keep leaves out of storm drains and creeks. Piles must hold only leaves, with no branches, grass or bags. Once January's final pass reaches your street, no more leaves may go out.
Chico's rate schedule adds a per-item charge for bulky items containing Freon, on top of the bulky collection. Recology requires refrigerator doors removed before set-out, and Butte County sends appliances to the Neal Road Recycling and Waste Facility, not its hazardous waste facility.
Construction debris is excluded from Waste Management's Chico bulky pickups. Recology's Chico list rules out dirt, rock, concrete, asphalt and anything needing special loading equipment. Butte County's Neal Road facility handles larger quantities of nonhazardous material.
Butte County classifies computer monitors, televisions and other items containing cathode ray tubes as e-waste, and electronics are illegal to put in the garbage. The Butte Regional Household Hazardous Waste Facility takes them free from county households showing proof of residency.
Chico cart lids must close, and the city's rate schedule allows a per-lift overage charge once a second notice has been issued. Single-family accounts can keep up to two recycling and two organics carts at no additional charge, giving cleanout recyclables and yard trimmings room.
Butte County households can bring pool chemicals, latex and oil based paint, pesticides and solvents to the regional hazardous waste facility free, in household quantities up to 50 pounds, with proof of residency. Smoke detectors and ammunition are not accepted there.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled pickup from your hauler. Piles left on streets or sidewalks without an arranged collection can be treated as illegal dumping and fined. Ask your trash provider about bulky item rules and limits before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Chico starts at $75 for a single item, 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. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload.
Same-day slots are sometimes available depending on the schedule, and next-day is more common. Enter your Chico address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or leave access instructions.
Hazardous items like paint, solvents, pesticides, batteries, and fluids generally can't go in curbside bins and need a household hazardous waste drop-off. Large or oversized items may also exceed what regular service takes. Check with your trash provider or Butte County before disposing of anything restricted.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, they take furniture and household goods to local donation partners, and they try to recycle materials such as metal and cardboard. What can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility, depending on acceptance.
You choose your items online, enter your Chico address, and pick a pickup window, with the total shown before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader gives you a heads-up before arriving, then removes the items and hauls them away. You don't need to sort or carry anything.
The main differences are pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often charge by truckload and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a few items that is often cheaper, while a full-house cleanout may suit a truckload hauler.
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