*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and hauling it all yourself is nobody's idea of a good weekend. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and let the Creek's easiest pickup clear it out.
You search online, call the city, wait on hold, and request quotes from three haulers. One calls back, one wants to come look first, one never answers. Weeks go by, and the junk is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs can work well if you plan around them. Usually you have to request a date ahead of time, the number of pickups each year may be capped, and some items aren't accepted. Your junk also has to get all the way down a steep driveway to the street on its own.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number, then price by the fraction of a truck your junk fills. You often don't know the final total until the load is on board, which makes it hard to plan.
Donation centers look for items in good condition that they can resell, so a stained mattress, a scuffed dresser, or an old TV may be turned away. Even when they do accept something, you still have to load it and drive it over yourself.
For one garage corner or a single bedroom, a dumpster means scheduling the drop-off and pickup, maybe getting a permit or HOA approval, and having a big steel bin sitting on a quiet street for days while you fill it yourself.
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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 Walnut Creek 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 Walnut Creek's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work around HOA elevator reservations, padded hallways, and sectionals angled through narrow condo doors. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Walnut Creek after each job.
If the old fridge is already out on your driveway or beside the garage door, curbside is the simple fit. For a dresser in an upstairs bedroom of a split-level ranch home or a treadmill in a downstairs bonus room, full-service means your Loaders 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 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.
Hauling an old dresser to the dump means merging onto 680 or Highway 24 at exactly the wrong minute, and everyone here knows how that goes. Your Loaders would rather make that trip for you. They genuinely like showing up for Walnut Creek neighbors, so you can keep your weekend and skip the backup.
Bulky items pile up fast in Walnut Creek, from garage clutter in established neighborhoods to condo move-outs, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, sporting goods, and household items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets those pieces aside during loading so usable things get a second life.
Items that are worn but not donatable, such as metal frames, older appliances, or electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the load when local recycling options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky items, like a collapsed sofa or water-ruined mattress, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader hauls them to an appropriate transfer station or landfill, so you skip the dump run.
Restricted items tossed in a cart can break California law, and bulky curbside pickups only happen when scheduled. Here is how disposal works in Walnut Creek and Contra Costa County.
Under California's mattress recycling law, a retailer delivering a new mattress must offer to take back a used one at no charge. The statewide Bye Bye Mattress program, run by the Mattress Recycling Council, also supports free drop-off at participating collection sites.
RecycleSmart, the authority that manages Walnut Creek's solid waste services, lets single-family residents schedule one landfill on-call cleanup per year for up to 14 32-gallon bags of material. Size and weight limits apply, and the pickup must be booked in advance.
California's Department of Toxic Substances Control classifies electronic devices such as televisions and computer monitors as universal waste because they can contain lead and other toxic metals. It is illegal to put them in household trash anywhere in the state.
RecycleSmart handles flocked trees differently from its January curbside tree collection in Walnut Creek. A flocked tree can go out through your annual on-call garbage cleanup at no cost if it is scheduled in advance, or it can be cut to fit inside the black landfill cart with the lid closed.
Walnut Creek is served by the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District, known as Central San. Its Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility in Martinez accepts paint, solvents, pesticides and similar household chemicals from residents. These materials do not belong in any curbside cart.
Walnut Creek single-family residents can set scrap metal at the curb on Bi-Annual Reuse Day, which happens twice a year. Recyclables that are too large for the cart can also be picked up through a separately scheduled on-call recycling cleanup.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of a scheduled pickup with your garbage hauler. Items left out on their own can be treated as illegal dumping, which can bring fines. Check your hauler's bulky item rules for appointment limits and what they accept.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Walnut Creek starts at $75 for a single item, 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. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, yes, depending on Loader availability for your address and the time you book. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. Next-day slots are usually easier to find, especially on weekends and at the end of the month.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the items out with any access notes. For items inside the home or garage, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions at booking. Your Loader gives notice before arriving.
Hazardous items like paint, batteries, solvents, and chemicals can't go in regular carts. Contra Costa County runs household hazardous waste programs for these. Oversized furniture and construction debris also generally need a bulky pickup or a hauler.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to the appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item, but landfill is the last option.
Choose your items online, pick a time window, and see your price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives, checks the items, and hauls them away. You don't need to move anything yourself, and the confirmed price is what you pay.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload volume, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is set before booking. For large cleanouts, a truckload hauler may be worth comparing.
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