*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup, see your price before you commit, and get your Lomita space back.
You look up city rules, call about a pickup, and ask a few haulers for quotes. One never calls back, another wants to come look first. Two weekends later, the junk is still sitting there.
City bulk pickup programs work well if you can wait for your date and drag everything to the curb yourself. Item limits and exclusions apply, and an appliance stuck in a back bedroom or a heavy pile behind a duplex won't make it out to the street on its own.
Many haulers won't commit to a number until someone shows up to eyeball the pile. Then the price depends on how full the truck gets, so you're left guessing about the cost until the job is already half done.
Thrift stores turn away stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and anything with broken parts, and that makes sense. But that leaves you holding everything they rejected. You still have to haul it there yourself, and donation only covers part of the load at best.
A dumpster sitting in your driveway for a week is a lot for clearing one garage. You may need a permit if it goes on the street, you have to book both delivery and pickup, and on a quiet residential block, neighbors notice. You still load it 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 Lomita 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Lomita's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders get a sleeper sofa through a narrow bungalow doorway or carry a dresser down apartment stairs. Every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Lomita after each job.
If the old washer or bagged yard clippings are already on your driveway, outdoor curbside pickup is the quicker fit. For a packed detached garage, an upstairs townhome bedroom, or a side yard behind a gate, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything out for you.
| 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.
Between tight bungalow driveways and a Saturday crawl along PCH, a dump run with a couch is a lot to ask of your weekend. Your Loader does the carrying and loading instead. Helping Lomita neighbors get their space back is the kind of work your Loaders genuinely like showing up for.
Big, bulky items in a Lomita garage or duplex rarely all belong in the same place. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal happens when local options allow.
Clean, working furniture and household goods may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets aside items in good shape, though acceptance depends on what nearby donation channels are taking at the time.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like a broken bookcase or an old appliance, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates what can go that route from the rest.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a ruined sofa or a waterlogged mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out and loads them, and the final site depends on the load.
Putting banned items in a trash cart can leave the cart unemptied or bring a violation notice, so here is how disposal works in Lomita and Los Angeles County.
Lomita's storm drains carry runoff untreated toward local waterways and the ocean, and Los Angeles County stormwater rules prohibit dumping yard waste into them. Branches, leaves and grass clippings belong in the organics cart, which state law now requires residents to use.
California adds a recycling fee to every mattress and box spring sold, which funds the Bye Bye Mattress program's free drop-off sites. State law also requires retailers delivering a new mattress to offer to take back the old one at no charge.
California law requires refrigerants and mercury switches to be removed from major appliances like refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners before crushing or recycling, and a certified appliance recycler must do that work. Releasing refrigerant into the air violates both state and federal rules.
California's green building code requires permitted construction and demolition projects to recycle or salvage at least 65 percent of nonhazardous debris. Cities enforce this through the building permit process, so concrete, lumber and drywall from a Lomita remodel should reach a recycling facility.
Los Angeles County Public Works and the County Sanitation Districts host free household hazardous waste and e-waste roundups for county residents. State transport rules cap each trip at 15 gallons or 125 pounds, so a large garage cleanout may take several visits.
California classifies televisions, computer monitors and many other electronic devices as universal waste, so it is illegal to throw them in household trash. Since 2005 the state has collected a fee on new covered screens to fund recycling, and county e-waste roundups accept them free.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. Junk left on a street or sidewalk without an arranged pickup can be treated as illegal dumping in California. Check with the City of Lomita or your trash hauler about bulky item collection rules and scheduling before you set anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Lomita starts at $75, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Availability depends on the schedule in your area that day, so enter your address during booking to see open times. Scheduling ahead gives you the most options. For curbside pickups you usually don't need to be home.
Hazardous materials such as paint, solvents, pesticides, batteries, and chemicals generally can't go in regular trash or a standard junk haul in California. Los Angeles County runs household hazardous waste drop-off events and collection sites for these. Check county guidance for current locations.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, good furniture and household goods may go to local charities, and recyclable materials may go to recyclers. Whatever can't be donated or recycled is taken to an appropriate disposal facility.
You book online, pick your items and a time window, and see the total price before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader gives notice before arriving, then removes the items and loads them. Nothing is added to the price once you've booked.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out and add access notes when you book. For pickups inside your home, someone should be there, or you can leave clear access instructions at booking.
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