*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 the list. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Mill Valley, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the garbage company, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back, another wants to come look first, and the rest go quiet. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting there.
Free city bulk pickup programs can work well if your items qualify and you can wait for a slot. Many exclude things like hazardous materials, so check the details first. Someone still has to get everything to the street, and that's a lot to ask on a steep canyon driveway.
Many haulers want to send someone out before they'll give you a price. When they do quote, it's often by fractions of a truckload, so you can't tell what you'll pay until the crew sees the pile. That means one visit for the estimate and another for the pickup.
Thrift stores and charities need things they can resell, so a scratched dresser, a sagging couch, or an old appliance often gets turned away. Even when they accept something, you usually have to load it up and drive it over. Donation is great for the good pieces, but it won't clear out a whole garage.
A roll-off container can take up most of a narrow street, and it may need a permit or neighbor goodwill to park it there. Then you're stuck with delivery and pickup windows, plus all the lifting yourself. That's a lot of work for a basement clear-out or one bedroom of old furniture.
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 Mill Valley 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 Mill Valley's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader may haul a dresser down a long run of exterior steps from a split-level home. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Mill Valley after each job.
Choose curbside if the old washer or patio set is already on your parking pad or at the foot of the driveway, ready to load. Go full-service when items are still in an under-house crawlspace or a garage at the top of a steep, narrow drive, 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 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.
Anyone who has tried to back a loaded pickup down a one-lane canyon road, with a neighbor waiting at the blind curve, knows a dump run here is its own kind of workout. Your Loader does the lifting, the stair hauling, and the careful loading. Showing up for this town's people is the part we genuinely enjoy.
Bulky items rarely leave a Mill Valley home the same way, and where they end up depends on their condition. Your Loader sorts each load with donation, recycling, and disposal in mind, keeping what they can out of landfills.
Furniture and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when possible and where available. Your Loader sets those pieces aside, but don't expect paperwork, and handle donation directly if you need a receipt.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for reuse, like broken appliances, scrap metal, or old electronics, may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader separates them from the general load.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or collapsed sofas, are taken for responsible disposal at a permitted facility. Your Loader handles the carrying from stairs, garages, and steep driveways.
Getting disposal wrong can leave hazardous materials in a landfill or wash debris into local creeks and the Bay. These rules apply in Mill Valley and across Marin County.
Anything left in a gutter or street can wash into storm drains. Those drains flow untreated into Mill Valley's creeks and Richardson Bay. Local stormwater rules prohibit dumping into drains, so keep cleanout piles off the street before rain arrives.
California's mattress recycling law funds the Bye Bye Mattress program. Residents can drop off mattresses and box springs at participating collection sites at no charge. The steel, foam, and wood are recovered for recycling instead of taking up landfill space.
California treats leftover paint as household hazardous waste. The statewide PaintCare program takes latex and oil-based paint, stains, and varnishes free at participating drop-off sites. Marin's household hazardous waste program also accepts paint from residents.
Marin fire agencies list plants like juniper, bamboo, and acacia as undesirable near buildings because they catch fire easily. The Marin Wildfire Prevention Authority, funded by Measure C, supports defensible space evaluations and chipper programs that help residents clear this vegetation.
California's CALGreen building code requires covered construction and demolition projects to recycle or salvage at least 65 percent of nonhazardous debris. Keeping clean wood, metal, concrete, and cardboard out of mixed loads makes that target easier to document for the building permit.
State law requires a certified handler to remove refrigerants, mercury switches, and other materials that need special handling from major appliances. This must happen before the appliance is crushed or recycled, which keeps ozone-depleting chemicals from leaking into the air.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's part of a scheduled pickup. Items left out without an appointment can be treated as illegal dumping. Marin has several haulers with different rules, so confirm your hauler's bulky item policy through Zero Waste Marin's Who Is My Hauler page.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Mill Valley 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.
Often, yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is offered when you book before noon, depending on availability for your address. Enter your address during booking to see open times. Curbside pickups don't require anyone to be home.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since you can leave items out with access notes. For items inside a hillside home or canyon property, someone should be there or you can leave clear access instructions when booking.
Hazardous items like paint, solvents, batteries, and chemicals can't go in curbside bins. Marin residents can take them to the Marin Household Hazardous Waste Facility in San Rafael. Haulers also have their own limits on oversized items.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local charities and recycling facilities. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility, and landfill is avoided whenever options allow.
Pick your items online, get an upfront price, and choose a pickup window. Your Loader arrives in that window, removes the junk, and you pay the confirmed price. Items can be picked up from inside your home or from the curb.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and may confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking.
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