*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it only gets harder to ignore. Skip the dump runs in Medulla: pick a time, see your price before you book, and get it hauled away fast.
You search online, call the county to ask what qualifies, leave messages for a few haulers, and wait on callbacks that may never come. Meanwhile the junk sits in the garage for another weekend, then another.
Polk County's bulk collection helps, but it comes with rules. Some items have to be scheduled ahead, some aren't accepted, and there are limits on how much you can set out. You also have to drag everything to the roadside yourself first.
Lots of haulers want to come out and look before they'll give you a number, then price by how much of the truck you fill. You often don't know what you'll pay until the crew is standing in your driveway.
Thrift stores and charities have to be choosy. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned away, and you still have to load and drive everything there. Whatever they won't take comes right back home with you.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full renovation. For a few pieces of furniture or a garage cleanout, though, you're working around delivery and pickup dates, giving up driveway space for days, and doing all the heavy lifting yourself.
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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.
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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 Medulla 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 Medulla's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders angle a sleeper sofa through the narrow doorway and entry steps of a manufactured home, then load it themselves. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Medulla after each job.
If the old dryer or bagged yard debris is already sitting in the driveway of a ranch-style home on a roomy lot, curbside is the simpler fit. Choose full-service when items are still inside a townhouse or manufactured home and you want your Loaders to carry 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 noon | 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.
Medulla runs on cars and Florida weather, and neither is kind to a Saturday spent wrestling a sofa into a borrowed truck in August heat, with a thunderstorm timing itself for the last carry. Your Loaders do the lifting and loading instead, and they genuinely like showing up for the neighbors who keep this community going.
Where a couch, mattress, or old appliance ends up matters as much as getting it out of your Medulla home. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reuse and recycling happen when local options allow.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in clean, usable shape may be donated when possible. Your Loader loads them separately, though acceptance depends on item condition and what local donation options are available.
Items too worn to reuse may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates metal, electronics, and other recyclable materials when local options allow, though recycling is never guaranteed and varies by item.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky items, like a broken sofa or waterlogged mattress, are hauled by your Loader to an appropriate disposal site serving the Polk County area, based on local options.
A curbside pile that breaks the rules, such as move-out debris, simply is not collected. These are the rules that apply in Medulla under Polk County's unincorporated solid waste service.
Polk County says broken TVs and computer monitors cannot go in regular garbage. Residents can drop off electronics at no additional fee at the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility at the North Central Landfill, limited to five components per visit.
Polk County's furniture and appliance collection, formerly called bulk waste, runs once a month on a pre-set day. Items must sit within three feet of the curb and at least three feet from other fixed objects, and eviction or move-out loads are not collected.
Yard waste must be bagged, bundled or containerized for Polk County collection, and each bundle, bag or container should weigh less than 30 pounds. Up to four containers are collected per week, placed within three feet of the street.
After a storm, Polk County asks residents to separate storm debris from household trash, bulk items and routine yard waste, because a separate organization collects storm debris in line with FEMA and county requirements. Bulk collection will likely be suspended in the meantime.
Curbside furniture and appliance collection only accepts household items that were never structurally attached to the house, and construction debris is excluded. The county's pilot Customer Convenience Center at the Northeast Landfill accepts residential construction debris from Polk County residents at a flat rate.
Polk County has discontinued curbside recycling, so materials once recycled at the curb now go to a drop-off container at the North Central Landfill. Old recycling carts can be reused for household or yard waste until they are no longer serviceable.
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(678) 884-4738Not as a standing pile. Medulla is unincorporated Polk County, so trash and bulk rules come from the county and your hauler, and junk left out with no pickup arranged can be treated as illegal dumping. Confirm bulk limits with Polk County Solid Waste first.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Medulla starts at $80, with $5 off for curbside or outdoor pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on charge, and your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, yes, depending on Loader availability for your address and time of day. Same-day and next-day slots are offered when open, and you can book online or by phone. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home.
Polk County residents can drop off household chemicals and electronics for free at the Household Hazardous Waste facility, 5 Environmental Loop S. in Winter Haven. Listed hours are Friday 8 a.m. to noon and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Call (863) 284-4319 to confirm.
The North Central Landfill disposal fee rose to $46 per ton on October 1, 2025, with a 5 percent annual increase approved for the following five years. Self-hauling can be cheaper for a heavy load if you own a truck and have the time.
Loaders try to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on what facilities accept. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to a licensed disposal site. Outcomes vary by item condition.
Choose your items and enter your Medulla address online or by phone, then pick a time window and see your total upfront. Your Loader typically calls ahead before arriving, does the lifting and loading, and hauls everything away.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers generally price by truck space and may confirm a quote on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler can make sense.
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