*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it has a way of taking over your weekends. Book a quick LoadUp pickup, see your price upfront, and get your Orinda home back to feeling like your own.
You look up the city's bulk rules, leave a message with the hauler, and request a few quotes. One company never calls back, another wants to stop by first, and weeks later the garage still looks the same.
Municipal pickup schedules can help when your items qualify, but they usually need to be booked ahead and set out at the curb. On a steep, winding street, getting heavy furniture down the driveway is still your job, and some items aren't accepted at all.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number, then price it by how much of the truck you fill. You often don't know the final cost until the load is on board and you can't easily say no.
Thrift stores and charities take what they can resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and dated cabinets from a kitchen remodel often get turned away. Many also expect you to drop items off yourself, and that's hard when the pile is heavy.
A debris box needs a flat place to sit, and many lots here have narrow driveways, tight curves, and mature oaks overhead. Add delivery and pickup scheduling plus a big bin your neighbors see for days, and it's too much for clearing one room.
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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 Orinda 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 Orinda's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting a dresser out of a split-level home means narrow interior stairs and tight landings, which your Loaders handle carefully. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Orinda after each job.
Curbside works when the old patio set or bagged clutter is already waiting at the bottom of a long, sloped driveway. Choose full-service when things are still in a lower-level rec room or a garage tucked under the deck, and your Loaders will carry them out.
| 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 commutes through the Caldecott Tunnel knows Highway 24 can swallow an evening, and an old sofa roped onto a borrowed pickup is not how you want to join that line. Skip the transfer station run. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading, and they like showing up for neighbors here.
Bulky items rarely leave a home the same way, and in Orinda a good sorting plan matters as much as the lifting. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal fits the item.
Furniture and household goods in clean, usable shape may be set aside for donation where available. Your Loader can separate those pieces from the rest so they have a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but still hold usable materials, like metal frames or wood, may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader sorts them apart from true trash when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky pieces that can't be reused go to proper disposal. Your Loader hauls them from garage or yard to an appropriate facility. Hazardous materials have separate handling rules.
Throwing banned items in the trash can break California hazardous waste law, so here are the rules residents of Orinda and Contra Costa County should check before a cleanout.
California pays for a mattress recycling program with a fee collected on new mattress sales. Residents can drop off used mattresses and box springs at participating collection sites at no charge, and the steel, foam, and fiber stay out of landfills.
Orinda sits in steep hills with high wildfire risk, so clearing dry vegetation is a yearly chore. When trimmings won't fit in your organics cart, single family homes can book recycling or organics on-call clean-ups through RecycleSmart up to four times a year.
RecycleSmart sends porcelain toilets and sinks to construction and demolition debris box service, not the regular carts. Bigger remodels that need permits also fall under California's green building code, which requires that at least 65 percent of construction waste be diverted from landfills.
Single family homes in Orinda can schedule one landfill on-call clean-up per year through RecycleSmart. Each one covers up to 14 bags of 32 gallons or the same amount in items. No single bag or item can weigh over 50 pounds or be longer than 4 feet.
In California, paint, pesticides, pool chemicals, and motor oil count as hazardous waste and can't go in any curbside cart. Residents of central Contra Costa County, including Orinda, can take them to the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District's household hazardous waste facility in Martinez.
Under state universal waste rules, you can't throw out TVs, computer monitors, household batteries, or fluorescent bulbs with regular garbage. RecycleSmart offers curbside pickup for electronics on request for an additional fee, so these items don't need to go in any cart.
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(678) 884-4738Not without a scheduled pickup. Items left at the curb with no appointment can be treated as illegal dumping. Orinda curbside service is run by Republic Services, (925) 685-4711, so call them to ask what bulky items your plan covers and how to schedule.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Orinda starts at $75, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes $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 you book.
Same-day slots are sometimes open depending on the schedule that day. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for Orinda. For curbside or driveway pickups you don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be there or leave access notes.
Oversized furniture, construction debris and hazardous materials like paint or chemicals often fall outside standard curbside service. Check with Republic Services at (925) 685-4711 for Orinda limits. A hauler can take bulky loads, but hazardous items need a household hazardous waste drop-off.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to licensed disposal sites. Outcomes vary by item condition, so diversion from landfill isn't guaranteed.
Pick your items and enter your Orinda address online, choose a pickup window, and see your price before you confirm. On pickup day, Loaders arrive in the window, remove and load the items, and haul them away. You'll get a heads-up before they arrive.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and often confirm cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, locked in before booking. For large cleanouts, a full-truck hauler can be the better fit.
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