*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on the list. LoadUp lets you book a pickup, see your price before you commit, and get your space back.
You search online, call around to find out who handles trash pickup out your way, and leave messages with haulers who never call back. A few weeks later, the junk is still in the garage.
In a village this size, a scheduled bulk pickup may not exist at all. If your trash service does offer one, it usually has item limits, set dates, and rules about what goes to the curb. And you still have to drag everything there yourself.
Many haulers want to come look before they give you a number, and that can mean waiting days for someone to make the drive up Route 51. Then the price is based on how much of the truck you fill, so you won't know the final total until loading is done.
Donation centers only accept items they can resell, so a worn recliner or a dented washer usually gets turned away. You also have to load it and drive it there yourself, and you'll probably end up hauling some of it back home.
A dumpster makes sense for a full renovation, not for a spare bedroom or one corner of the shed. You have to schedule the drop-off and pickup, find room for it on your lot, and lift every heavy piece over that high steel wall 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 De Soto 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 De Soto's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader lifts items up steep basement stairs and out of crowded sheds behind the house. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in De Soto after each job.
Choose curbside if you can roll a broken mower or an old grill to the end of a long gravel driveway. Choose full-service for a chest freezer in the basement or a loft full of old furniture in a detached garage, and your Loaders will 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.
When your lot runs long and your only truck is borrowed, a dump run means hauling that old freezer out of the barn by yourself and giving up a Saturday. Your Loaders would rather do the lifting. They carry it from the shed, garage, or back acreage, and they like showing up for De Soto neighbors.
Bulky items rarely have an easy exit from a rural lot, so where they end up matters. In De Soto, your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the lifting, and availability can vary in this part of Jackson County.
Worn or damaged items that can't be donated may be taken to recycling where available, such as scrap metal from old appliances. Options nearby can be limited, so recycling is never guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or broken bulky pieces, like a ruined sofa or waterlogged mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader carries them out from the garage, shed, or yard and loads them for you.
Sending banned items to the landfill can get loads refused and lead to state violations, so these are the rules for junk in De Soto and Jackson County.
Illinois bans whole used tires from landfills, and tire retailers must accept a used tire for each new one sold. Tires left in a yard also hold rainwater, which gives mosquitoes a place to breed during humid Southern Illinois summers.
Illinois law says white goods such as refrigerators, freezers, water heaters, and air conditioners can't be collected for landfill disposal until their refrigerants, mercury switches, and PCB-containing parts are removed. Those materials can damage the ozone layer and pollute groundwater.
Illinois EPA rules ban open burning of household garbage and construction or demolition debris, because the smoke can carry toxic pollutants. Some landscape waste burning may be allowed where local ordinances permit it, so check village rules before lighting a brush pile.
Under the Illinois Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act, residents can't send televisions, computer monitors, printers, computers, facsimile machines, videocassette recorders, or video game consoles to a landfill. Manufacturer-funded collection programs exist so these devices get recycled instead.
Illinois bans lead-acid batteries from landfills, and stores that sell them must take back used ones from customers buying replacements. That means old car, truck, mower, or boat batteries found during a garage cleanout have a legal return option.
Illinois has banned landscape waste from landfills since 1990, so branches, leaves, and grass clippings have to be composted, mulched, or handled separately. This matters in Southern Illinois, where spring thunderstorms and high winds often bring down tree limbs.
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(678) 884-4738Generally no. De Soto is a small village in Jackson County, and items left curbside without an arranged pickup can be treated as illegal dumping under Illinois law. Check with the village hall or your trash hauler about bulk pickup rules before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in De Soto starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $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.
Sometimes, depending on Loader availability in the Carbondale area. Same-day and next-day slots show up when you enter your address during booking. For curbside pickups you usually don't need to be home, and for indoor jobs someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Hazardous items like paint, chemicals, batteries and motor oil usually can't go in household trash, and large bulky items often aren't collected on regular routes. Ask your village hall or trash hauler what is accepted. Loaders can haul many bulky items, but hazardous materials are typically restricted.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance at nearby facilities. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
You pick your items and address online, see the price upfront, and choose an available time window. A Loader then arrives, removes the items, and handles the loading. You'll know your total before anyone shows up, with no surprise truckload estimate.
The main differences are the pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and may estimate on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking, which can suit small jobs. Large cleanouts may fit a truckload model better.
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