*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it only gets harder to deal with. Book a quick pickup with a clear price upfront, and let the Town get back to feeling like yours.
You search for answers, call the city, and request a few hauler quotes. One never calls back, another wants to stop by first. Two weekends later, the junk is still sitting in your garage.
City bulk pickup programs can help, but you usually have to request a date ahead of time, follow item limits, and set everything out yourself. That's a hard ask from a third-floor walk-up or a long, steep driveway.
Many haulers want to send someone out for an estimate before they'll name a price, then charge by how much of the truck you fill. You often don't know what you'll actually pay until the truck is already loaded.
Thrift stores and charities have to be careful about what they accept, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. You still have to haul everything there yourself, and anything they refuse rides back home with you.
A dumpster can take up your driveway for days, and parking one on the street may need a permit. On a narrow block with tight parking, your neighbors will notice. For one room of clutter, it's more container than you need.
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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 Oakland 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 Oakland's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader handles the awkward carries, like a sleeper sofa angled down the steep, narrow stairs of an older duplex. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Oakland after each job.
If your items are already sitting at the end of the driveway or beside a detached garage, curbside is the simpler fit. For a dresser on an upper floor of an elevator building or a crowded basement under an older bungalow, choose full-service so your Loaders 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.
Hauling a busted couch toward the dump through the MacArthur Maze at 4 p.m. is a special kind of Oakland punishment, and parking a loaded truck on a street-sweeping day doesn't help. Your Loaders handle the lifting, loading, and hauling instead, and they like showing up for the neighbors who keep this city so stubbornly itself.
Bulky items are hard to move on your own, and in Oakland the right destination depends on what shape they're in. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so usable pieces and recyclable materials stay out of the landfill when possible.
Sofas, dressers, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader carries them out and keeps them separate from the rest of your load.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as metal frames, wood, or appliances. Your Loader separates materials when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a water-ruined mattress or a collapsed couch, are hauled off by your Loader for responsible disposal in the Oakland area, through permitted facilities.
Sidewalk piles left out without a scheduled pickup count as illegal dumping and can draw a citation, so here is how disposal actually works in Oakland and Alameda County.
Oakland storm drains carry rainwater, and anything poured into them, untreated to local creeks, Lake Merritt, and San Francisco Bay. Alameda County residents can drop off paint, motor oil, and household chemicals free at county household hazardous waste facilities, including one in Oakland.
Every Oakland resident, including tenants in apartment buildings, gets at least one free curbside bulky pickup per year and can schedule it directly. Single-family homes earn a second pickup 45 days after using both a curbside pickup and a drop-off.
California classifies televisions, computer monitors, and other devices with screens as hazardous waste because they can contain lead and mercury. They cannot go in Oakland carts, but they are accepted through Oakland's free bulky collection programs.
Oakland Fire Department inspects properties in the city's very high fire hazard zone every year and requires overgrown vegetation to be cleared. Alameda County bans plant debris from its landfills, so branches and brush belong in the green cart or at a compost facility.
California charges a recycling fee when a new mattress or box spring is sold, and that fee funds the statewide Bye Bye Mattress program. The program offers free drop-off at participating collection sites, where steel, foam, and fiber are recovered instead of landfilled.
Covered construction and demolition projects in Oakland must submit a Waste Reduction and Recycling Plan with the permit, then recycle all asphalt and concrete plus at least 65 percent of remaining debris. Oakland's Bulky Block Party events also turn away construction debris.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a scheduled bulky pickup. Single-family homes get two free curbside appointments a year through Waste Management (1-888-WM-BULKY), and multi-family tenants get one. Items set out without an appointment can count as illegal dumping, which you can be cited for.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Oakland starts at $75, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge, with the exact total confirmed before booking. 1-800-GOT-JUNK prices multi-item jobs by truck volume.
Often, yes, depending on the schedule that day. Booking earlier improves your chances, and next-day slots are usually easier to get. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for your Oakland neighborhood. Free city pickups usually take longer to schedule.
Yes. Oakland residents can book a free drop-off appointment at Waste Management's Davis Street Resource Recovery Complex at 2615 Davis Street in San Leandro. The city's program covers oversized items and junk. It's the cheapest option if you have a truck and can do the lifting.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. They try to donate furniture and household goods to local charities when options allow, and recycle metals and other materials depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items and a time window online, and you'll see your total before you confirm. Your Loader usually calls or texts before arriving, then removes the items from inside or outside your home. For curbside pickups, you don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Yes, it's possible. The City of Oakland advises residents to ask any hauler for dump receipts, since a very cheap deal may mean your items get dumped illegally and you could be cited and fined. Report dumping to OAK311 by dialing 311 or (510) 615-5566.
The main difference is the pricing model. 1-800-GOT-JUNK, Junk King and similar haulers mostly price by truck volume and offer estimates, while LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a volume-based hauler may fit better.
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