*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up in SaMo, it gets old fast. LoadUp makes the fix simple: book a quick pickup, see your real price before you commit, and get your space back.
You check the city's website, call a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. One quote is vague and another needs a site visit. Two weeks later, the junk is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs work well if your timing is flexible and your items qualify. You usually request a pickup ahead of time and then wait for an open slot. Some items aren't accepted, and nobody comes inside to carry anything down your stairs.
Many haulers want to see the junk in person before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck it fills, which you can't really judge ahead of time. You don't know the real total until the crew is standing in your driveway.
Donation centers want items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Even when they'll take something, you usually have to load it, drive it there yourself, and hope it passes inspection.
A roll-off container for one room's worth of stuff means booking a drop-off and pickup, finding a spot for it on narrow residential streets, and maybe getting a permit if it goes on the street. Then you still have to haul everything out to it yourself.
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 Santa Monica 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 Santa Monica's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry that dresser down the narrow stairs of a third-floor walk-up, pivoting through tight landings. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Santa Monica after each job.
Curbside works well when your items are already out on a bungalow driveway or next to an alley garage. If everything is still inside a multi-unit building, choose full-service so your Loaders can handle the hallways, elevator, and stairs and 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.
Let's be honest, strapping an old dresser to your car and creeping down Lincoln Boulevard, then circling for parking, is nobody's idea of a Saturday. Santa Monica already asks a lot of your patience. Your Loaders handle the lifting and the loading, and they genuinely like showing up for neighbors here who deserve their weekend back.
Most junk doesn't need to end up in a landfill, and the right destination depends on its condition. In Santa Monica, your Loader sorts what they haul out by what's still usable, recyclable, or neither.
Furniture, housewares, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader can set usable pieces aside, though acceptance depends on what local donation channels are taking at the time.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like broken metal frames or old electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader handles them in general terms, since local recycling options vary.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as ruined couches or water-damaged mattresses, go to disposal when no other option fits. Your Loader hauls them out and takes them to a licensed facility.
Set construction debris or hazardous waste out with bulky items and it stays behind uncollected. These are the rules that apply in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County.
Residents now get a free door-to-door household hazardous waste pickup through CleanEarth for items like motor oils, fuels, and paints. Meanwhile, city runoff rules prohibit storing unsealed containers of building materials or lawn and automotive care products uncovered outdoors.
Bulky collection takes tree trimmings combined into bundles no longer than three feet and no more than ten pounds. City code prohibits dumping landscape debris into a storm drain or catch basin, since alley and street runoff flows to the beaches.
The Resource Recovery and Recycling Division collects mattresses, furniture, and other items too large for a refuse container Monday through Friday, but caps each request at five items to keep service equitable. Allow seven to 10 days for collection.
Construction debris is excluded from bulky item collection. Projects under Santa Monica's construction and demolition ordinance must divert at least 70 percent of that material through reuse or recycling, file a waste management plan, and use only City-permitted waste haulers.
Santa Monica's free resident recycling events accept CRT, LCD, OLED, and plasma screen TVs and monitors, plus printers with ink cartridges removed. Los Angeles County SAFE Centers also take electronic waste at no cost from any county resident.
Large appliances such as refrigerators and freezers are picked up by a separate truck and may not be removed with other bulky items. Santa Monica's resident recycling events have also accepted refrigerators, mini-fridges, and washing machines.
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(678) 884-4738Only for a scheduled bulky item pickup. Call Santa Monica 311 at (866) 311-7266 first, then place items curbside or in the alley. Each residential unit gets up to three free bulky pickups a year, up to five items each. Unscheduled piles can be reported as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Santa Monica starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or outdoor pickup. 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. The city's free bulky pickups cost nothing within their limits.
Same-day pickup is often possible depending on Loader availability, and you can enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside or outdoor items, you don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or leave access notes.
Hazardous items like paint, batteries, and e-waste aren't regular curbside material. Santa Monica offers a no-cost door-to-door household hazardous waste program through CleanEarth, plus quarterly e-waste events. Bulky pickups may also carry a fee depending on the bulk or weight of the items.
Loaders aim to keep items out of the landfill whenever options allow. Usable items may go to local donation partners and recyclable materials to recycling facilities, depending on acceptance. Anything that can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items online, enter your Santa Monica address, and choose a pickup time. You see the total price before booking. On pickup day, your Loader sends a heads-up before arriving, then removes the items and handles loading and hauling.
Mainly the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King generally price by truckload and may confirm the final price on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking, which can suit small jobs. Full-garage cleanouts may fit truckload pricing better.
If your load fits within three free annual pickups and five items each, the city option is the cheapest, though you wait for a scheduled date and items must sit curbside. A hauler fits better when you need faster timing, indoor pickup, or have more than five items.
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