*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until clearing it out feels like a project of its own. In Torrance, LoadUp makes it simple: book a quick pickup and see your real price upfront.
You check the city's pickup rules, call a few haulers, and wait on quotes that may never come back. Meanwhile, the garage stays full and another weekend passes with the junk still there.
Torrance's bulky item program can help, but you have to schedule ahead, follow item limits, and get everything to the curb yourself. Some items, like construction debris or hazardous materials, may not qualify, and the pickup date may not match your move-out or remodel timeline.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll quote it, then charge by how much of the truck you fill. You often don't know what you'll pay until the truck is loaded, and by then it's hard to say no.
Donation centers want clean, working items that they can actually resell. Stained couches, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned away, and you still have to load, haul, and unload everything yourself, with no promise they'll accept it.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut remodel, but clearing one room doesn't need one. A dumpster can take up your driveway for days, may need a permit if it sits on the street, and can annoy neighbors or break HOA rules.
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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 Torrance 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 Torrance's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry a sleeper sofa down a narrow condo stairwell or up a steep hillside driveway with care. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Torrance after each job.
If the old washer is already on your driveway, or your garage door is up with everything stacked near the opening, curbside (also called outdoor) pickup is the simpler fit. For a dresser in an upstairs bedroom, a condo unit off a shared hallway, or a shed tucked behind a side gate, choose full-service and your Loaders will 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.
Strapping a busted dresser into the car, crawling down Hawthorne Boulevard on a Saturday, then waiting in line at the dump is a rough way to spend a weekend. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading from your garage, side yard, or driveway, and they genuinely like showing up for neighbors here.
Big, bulky items pile up fast in Torrance garages, and where they end up matters as much as getting them out. Your Loader sorts what can be reused, recycled, or disposed of, based on condition and local options.
Furniture, housewares, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets these aside as you go, depending on what local donation channels are currently accepting.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or some electronics and appliances, may be recycled where available. Acceptance depends on local options and item type.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as water-ruined sofas or broken remodel debris, go to an appropriate disposal site near Torrance once reuse and recycling are not realistic options.
Tossing the wrong item can bring a citation or send toxic runoff toward the ocean, and these rules apply to cleanouts in Torrance and across Los Angeles County.
Pressure-treated lumber from fences, decks and garden beds contains chemical preservatives that can include arsenic and chromium, so California regulates it as treated wood waste. It cannot go in household carts and must go to facilities authorized to accept it.
A recycling fee is collected on every new mattress and box spring sold in California. That fee funds the Bye Bye Mattress program, which takes used ones at no charge at participating collection sites so they stay out of landfills.
Storm drains in Torrance and across Los Angeles County carry runoff to the ocean without treatment. Debris, paint flecks and loose trash left near the curb during a storm can wash toward local beaches, and putting pollutants into storm drains is prohibited.
California law treats refrigerants, mercury switches and certain other parts of major appliances as materials that require special handling. They must be removed before refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners are crushed or recycled, which keeps ozone-depleting gases out of the air.
Pool chlorine, pesticides, paint and motor oil are household hazardous waste, and California bans them from trash carts. Los Angeles County runs free household hazardous waste roundups, and permanent S.A.F.E. Centers take these materials from county residents at no cost.
Since 2006, California has classified televisions, computer monitors, laptops and other electronics as universal waste, so none of them can go in household trash. Many contain lead or mercury and must go to an authorized e-waste collector or recycler.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, once per calendar year per address if you have City trash service. Call 855-354-5623, Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. The City takes up to 20 items on your regular collection day, placed five feet from your bins. Items left out without scheduling can count as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Torrance 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. Traditional haulers often bill by the truckload.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on the schedule in your area. Enter your address during booking to see the live availability for your zip code. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Household hazardous waste such as paint, solvents, pesticides and batteries can't go in your bins or the bulky item pickup. Torrance directs residents to LA County S.A.F.E. Centers and CleanLA collection events. Dumping these materials in the trash, on the ground or down drains is illegal.
Torrance sends large item pickups, except electronics and metal appliances, to the landfill rather than recycling them. The City suggests donating usable items to Goodwill, Salvation Army, Habitat for Humanity or Beacon House. Loaders aim to donate or recycle when options allow, depending on acceptance.
You get a price online or by texting a photo of your items, then pick a time window. The total is confirmed before booking. On pickup day, your Loader arrives, loads everything, and hauls it away. Large cleanouts like a garage or attic may get an on-site estimate.
Mainly the pricing model. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the final number on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before booking. For a full property cleanout, a truckload-based or on-site estimate can still make sense.
The free city pickup is better if you can wait for your collection day and have fewer than 20 items. A hauler fits when you need faster scheduling, want items taken from inside your home, or have already used your annual free pickup.
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