*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $85. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast and gets old quicker. In Van Meter, a quick pickup and an upfront price you see before booking can clear it out without the runaround.
You look up the city's rules, call around to haulers out of the metro, and wait for callbacks that never come. A few weekends go by, and the pile in the basement hasn't moved an inch.
City bulk pickup programs work well for items they accept, but a small city's schedule may not match your timeline. Refrigerant appliances, tires, and electronics often need separate handling, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself.
Plenty of haulers want to come look before giving you a number, and some charge by how much of the truck you fill, not by what you're getting rid of. You won't know your real total until the work is done.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, scratched dressers, and older electronics often get turned away. Most also expect you to load and haul the items to them yourself, which doesn't help when they're heavy.
A roll-off bin makes sense for a full teardown, not for a spare bedroom or a shed of rusted tools. You'll schedule delivery and pickup, give up driveway space for days, and still have to lift every item over the side 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.
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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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Van Meter's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry old chest freezers up narrow basement stairs and haul worn equipment out of cramped outbuildings. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Van Meter after each job.
If a brush pile or a worn-out riding mower is already sitting on your driveway or at the edge of the yard, curbside pickup lets your Loaders load it right where it sits. Full-service is the better fit for items still indoors, like a dresser on the second floor of an older home in town, since your Loaders bring it down and out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $85 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $80 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $95 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $85 |
| 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.
In a town where everybody knows whose pickup is loaded down on a Saturday, nobody needs a second trip with storm limbs, a rusted-out grill, and a dead push mower from the shed. Your Loaders carry it out from wherever it's sitting, and they like showing up for Van Meter neighbors.
Bulky items in Van Meter rarely fit regular trash service, so where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, aiming to keep usable pieces in circulation when local options allow.
Furniture, tools, and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader sets these aside for that path. No donation receipt is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable parts, like metal frames or old equipment, may be recycled where available. Handling for e-waste and appliances with refrigerants depends on local options.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as waterlogged lumber or broken-down furniture, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loaders haul them from the garage, yard, or shed. The final destination depends on local arrangements.
Setting out the wrong item, or the right item packed the wrong way, can leave it sitting at the curb after collection day. These rules apply in Van Meter, Dallas County.
Latex paint cannot go in the recycling cart. Offer leftovers to someone who can use them first. Otherwise, once no liquid is visible in the can, it can go out with household garbage. Oil-based paint requires an appointment at South Central Iowa Landfill.
Furniture, mattresses, and springs too large for the cart are collected any Monday once a bulk waste sticker from City Hall is attached. A separate truck handles these items, so expect pickup at a different time than regular trash.
Van Meter still allows open burning of yard waste only, so leaves and branches qualify but household trash and lumber do not. Never burn on pavement, on sidewalks, or in culverts. Waste Connections also offers yard waste collection for residents who would rather not burn.
Appliances fall outside the bulk sticker program. Stoves, refrigerators, microwaves, washers, clothes dryers, dishwashers, furnaces, air-conditioners, water heaters, dehumidifiers, and fluorescent fixtures go to South Central Iowa Landfill in Winterset for a per-item fee, or Waste Connections can collect them for a quoted fee.
Cardboard boxes go in the biweekly recycling cart only when folded flat, and boxes contaminated with food are not accepted. Plastic bags are also excluded, so put packing materials in the cart loose instead of bagging them.
Carpet and construction debris count as bulk waste only when cut and tied in four-foot sections that weigh no more than 50 pounds each. Small boxed do-it-yourself remodeling projects under the same 50-pound limit also qualify.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits your regular Waste Connections service. Van Meter's garbage and recycling page covers what the city hauler takes, so check it before setting out oversized loads. Items left out that the hauler won't take can be treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Van Meter starts at $85 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often yes. Same-day or next-day pickup is offered when you book before 2PM, depending on Loader availability for your address. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Van Meter allows burning of yard waste only, and not on pavement, sidewalks, or in culverts. Waste Connections also offers yard waste collection. Furniture, appliances, and general junk can't be burned, so those need a hauler or a drop-off at a regional facility.
Loaders aim to donate items in good condition and try to recycle what can't be donated, depending on acceptance at local facilities. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to a disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition.
You pick your items online, enter the Van Meter address, and choose a pickup window with upfront pricing. Before arrival, your Loader sends a heads-up. The Loader then removes the items from inside your home or from the curb, depending on the option you chose.
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