*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it gets harder to ignore. Book a quick pickup in the LBC, see your price upfront, and get your space back without lifting a thing.
You look up the city's rules, call a few haulers, and wait on quotes that never come back. Somebody suggests a dumpster. Weeks go by and the junk is still sitting in the garage, right where it was.
City bulk pickup programs are a good deal if your timing and your items both fit. You'll have to schedule ahead, follow the rules on what's accepted, and get everything to the pickup spot yourself, and some apartment buildings use different service entirely.
Lots of haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, which you're guessing at, so you don't really know what you'll pay until the job's done.
Donation centers want items they can actually resell, so stains, broken parts, and worn-out pieces often get turned away. That still leaves you hauling everything there, dealing with whatever they won't take, and making a second trip.
A dumpster is made for a full remodel, not one bedroom or a crowded side yard. You may need a permit to put it on the street, it takes up parking your neighbors use, and you're the one tossing every item over the side.
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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 Long Beach 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 Long Beach's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the awkward parts, like easing a sleeper sofa down the narrow stairwell of a courtyard walk-up. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Long Beach after each job.
If the old dresser is already out on your driveway or beside a detached garage, curbside keeps things simple. For anything still in an upstairs condo, a high-rise unit where the elevator may need reserving, or the back bedroom of a bungalow, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry it out from where it sits.
| 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.
Anyone who has circled a Long Beach block twice for parking, then carried a mattress down two flights of apartment stairs, knows the struggle. Add street sweeping days and a borrowed pickup that never shows, and the weekend is gone. Your Loaders handle the lifting and loading, and they like showing up for neighbors here.
Not every bulky item has the same fate, and in Long Beach that matters when you're clearing a garage or a move-out unit. Your Loader sorts by condition, so usable pieces can be kept out of landfills when local options allow.
Furniture and household items that are clean and in good shape may be taken by your Loader to donation partners when local options allow, so they can find a second home instead of a dump.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation, such as scrap metal or broken fixtures, may be recycled where available. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and options depend on the material.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken-down bulky items that cannot be donated or recycled are taken by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate local facility, so nothing is left behind or dumped on a street.
An unscheduled couch at the curb or paint poured into a gutter can become a dumping report or ocean pollution, so these Long Beach and Los Angeles County rules matter.
Long Beach accepts tree branches and yard debris on a Special Collection only when tied in bundles no longer than 4 feet and no heavier than 40 pounds. Everyday yard trimmings belong in the green organics cart instead.
Batteries, paint, oil, and garden chemicals cannot be thrown in Long Beach trash or poured into streets, where rain washes them into storm drains and the ocean. California law also limits each trip to a collection site to 15 gallons or 125 pounds.
For safety, Long Beach requires refrigerators and freezers set out for Special Collection to have doors removed or duct-taped shut. The service cannot enter private property for insurance reasons, so appliances must already sit at the regular collection spot.
Long Beach lists electronics among materials that cannot be thrown in the trash. Computers, monitors, and television sets can go out on a Special Collection, or to the free county collection center in Signal Hill on second and fourth Saturdays.
Long Beach Special Collections take tires only up to 16 inches in size, with a maximum of five tires per pickup. Larger tires do not qualify, and a regulatory fee may apply to items that need special handling.
Long Beach does not take bulky items with regular trash because they can fill a truck before its route ends. City-serviced accounts get 12 free Special Collections per year, each capped at 8 large items or 25 bags, bundles, or boxes.
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(678) 884-4738Only for a scheduled pickup. Long Beach gives each residential account four free Special Collections a year for bulky items, and a fee may apply for items needing special handling. Items left out without an appointment can be treated as illegal dumping and fined.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Long Beach 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, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. The city's four free yearly collections cost nothing.
Often, depending on the schedule. Same-day and next-day slots vary by neighborhood and time of day, so enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Hazardous items like paint, batteries, chemicals and electronic waste don't belong in regular trash or bulky collection. Long Beach residents can take them to the city's Environmental Collection Center at 2755 California Avenue in Signal Hill. Check the city's current drop-off days before you go.
Loaders sort items and try to donate usable pieces and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
You pick your items and a time slot online, and you see the price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives in the scheduled window, usually after a heads-up message. The Loader removes the items from where you've pointed, and you pay once the job is done.
Pricing model. 1-800-GOT-JUNK prices single items individually but prices two or more items by the volume they take up in the truck. LoadUp prices per item online, with the first item at the base fee and each additional item a flat add-on, all confirmed before booking.
If you can wait for the appointment and have bulky items within the city's rules, the four free yearly Special Collections are hard to beat. A paid service fits better when you need a faster date, help carrying items out of the house, or items the city won't take.
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