*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and getting rid of it always seems to be the job that waits. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get it hauled away without the hassle.
You search the town website, call during office hours, and leave messages with a few haulers. One quotes by phone, one wants to visit first, one never calls back. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting there.
Town-run options for bulky waste, where offered, usually come with conditions: certain items only, set dates or a self-haul to a drop-off site, and separate rules for appliances or electronics. And nobody comes inside to carry a sleeper sofa up from the basement.
Many haulers want to walk through your attic or garage before giving a number, then price by how much of the truck you fill. The final figure often isn't clear until everything is loaded, which makes planning a cleanout feel like guesswork.
Donation drop-offs want items in good, sellable shape, and many turn away stained upholstery, worn mattresses, older TVs, or anything missing parts. Even when something qualifies, you still have to get it there yourself, and the leftovers still need somewhere to go.
A roll-off makes sense for a gut renovation, not a spare-room cleanout. You may need permission to place it on the street, it sits for days across your driveway, and you're still the one hauling a broken dresser and boxes of old paperwork out to it.
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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 Putnam 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 Putnam's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle steep, narrow basement stairs and low attic hatches common in older New England homes, and every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Putnam after each job.
If you can roll an old washer or a stack of lumber to the end of your driveway, curbside (outdoor) pickup keeps things simple. For contents tucked in a barn loft or an upstairs bedroom of an older house, choose full-service and your Loaders bring everything out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Old New England houses hold on to everything: the steamer trunk in the attic, the workbench in the cellar, the dresser that went up a narrow staircase decades ago and was never meant to come back down. Your Loaders handle the stairs and the lifting, and they like helping Putnam neighbors finally clear that space.
Bulky items pile up fast in older Putnam homes, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, so less heads to disposal.
Furniture, housewares, and other items in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader can separate them from the rest as everything comes out of the house.
Items too worn to donate, like scrap metal, broken appliances, or damaged wood furniture, may be recycled where available. Your Loader sorts them apart from general debris when possible.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you don't haul anything to a transfer station.
Arriving without proof of residency or bringing items the state bans from trash can get your load turned away, so here is what applies in Putnam, in Windham County.
Under Connecticut's paint stewardship program, run by PaintCare, a fee built into the price of new paint funds collection. Residents can return leftover latex and oil-based paint, stains, and primers to participating retail drop-off sites without an extra charge.
Large household items go to the Pomfret/Putnam Transfer Station in neighboring Pomfret on the third Saturday of each month, from 9 AM to 1 PM. Residents must bring proof of residency and be able to unload everything themselves.
Connecticut limits residential open burning to brush from your own property, and only with a permit from the local open burning official. Burning leaves, grass, construction debris, or household trash is prohibited, and burning is not allowed on high fire danger or poor air quality days.
State law bars covered electronic devices, including televisions, computer monitors, desktop and laptop computers, and printers, from household trash. Manufacturers fund the recycling system, so residents can drop these items at municipal collection points at no cost.
State law prohibits disposing of grass clippings at landfills and trash-to-energy plants, and leaves are a designated recyclable. Leaving clippings on the lawn returns nutrients to the soil, while fall leaves belong in composting rather than bagged household trash.
Connecticut was the first state to pass a mattress stewardship law. A fee collected when mattresses and box springs are sold funds the Bye Bye Mattress program, which lets participating towns and transfer stations send them to recycling instead of disposal.
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(678) 884-4738Not bulky junk. Putnam's curbside service covers regular household trash and recycling through the town's Casella program. Bulky waste has its own drop-off day, and items left on the street without arrangements can count as illegal dumping.
Yes. Bulky waste days run the third Saturday of each month from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Pomfret/Putnam Transfer Station, 10 Nora Lane, Pomfret. You need proof of Putnam residency, and you have to unload everything yourself.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Putnam starts at $80, 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. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in the Quiet Corner. Next-day slots are more common. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, and for indoor jobs someone should be present or leave access notes.
Large metal items and appliances like stoves, washers, and air conditioners are handled separately by town crews on set collection periods. Hazardous waste has its own annual collection day run with Thompson. Regular curbside trash service doesn't take any of these.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when acceptance allows. They try to recycle metal, cardboard, and electronics whenever possible. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
You choose your items online, pick a time window, and see your total before you confirm. A Loader will call or text before arriving. They do the lifting and loading from inside the home, garage, or curb, so you don't have to carry anything.
The main difference is the pricing model. Many traditional haulers price by truck space and confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload quote can still make sense.
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