*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it quickly turns into one more thing on your list. LoadUp gets it picked up fast, with your price shown before you book.
You search online, call the village office or your trash hauler to ask about bulky items, leave messages for a couple of local haulers, and wait. A few weeks later, the pile in the garage hasn't moved.
Some trash contracts include bulky item pickup, but you usually have to call ahead, wait for a set day, and drag everything to the street yourself. Refrigerators, tires, electronics, and renovation debris often aren't accepted, so part of the pile can stay behind.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number, and then they price it by fractions of a truckload you can't measure yourself. You may not know what you're actually paying until the truck is already full.
Thrift stores and charities need things they can resell. That means stains, broken frames, missing parts, and worn upholstery get turned away. You still have to load everything, drive it over, and haul the rejects back home.
A roll-off container can take up your driveway for days, may scuff the pavement, and needs delivery and pickup scheduled around the hauler's calendar. You still do all the lifting and tossing yourself, for a job that may only fill a corner of the bin.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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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.
No in-person charges
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 Energy 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 Energy's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A steep basement staircase or a detached shed at the back of the lot is routine work for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Energy after each job.
If you've already moved old patio furniture or a worn-out push mower to the end of your driveway, curbside pickup lets your Loader load it up from outdoors and haul it away. For a treadmill in a back bedroom or boxes stacked deep in the garage, choose full-service, and your Loaders will carry everything out from where it sits.
| 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.
Wrestling an old swing set into a pickup in July humidity, then driving to a disposal site, is nobody's idea of a Saturday in southern Illinois. Your Loader does the lifting, carrying, and hauling away while you stay in the shade. Your Loaders genuinely like showing up for the people of Energy, and it shows.
When you clear out a garage or basement in Energy, what happens to the items afterward matters as much as getting them out. Your Loader sorts by condition, so usable things have a chance at a second life.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and where local options allow. Your Loader can set those items aside, but don't expect any paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or old exercise equipment, may be recycled when local options allow. Availability near Energy varies, so nothing is guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soaked, or broken bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are loaded by your Loader and taken to an appropriate disposal facility, so you never make a dump run yourself.
Open dumping debris or trashing an appliance with Freon still inside breaks Illinois law, and these are the rules that apply to cleanouts in Energy and Williamson County.
Illinois makes it illegal to open dump clean or general construction and demolition debris, including roofing shingles, plumbing fixtures, and non-asbestos insulation. The Illinois EPA advises homeowners to make sure proper disposal costs are spelled out in any contractor's bid.
The county recycling program, now run by Progress Port, accepts cardboard and boxboard, books, and standard size plastic and wooden pallets. Glass, styrene or Styrofoam, and plastic bags are not accepted, and office paper must be bagged or boxed, not loose.
Illinois has banned white goods from landfills since July 1, 1994 unless their mercury switches, Freon, and PCBs are removed. That covers refrigerators, freezers, ranges, water heaters, air conditioners, and humidifiers, so a worn-out window unit after a humid Southern Illinois summer qualifies.
Since January 1, 2012, Illinois law has banned electronics such as computers and TVs from landfills. Clearing out a back bedroom full of outdated tube televisions means sending them to an electronics recycling option rather than putting them in the trash.
Illinois has banned landscape waste from landfills since July 1, 1990, and that includes grass clippings, leaves, and tree limbs. When spring thunderstorms knock branches down across Energy, that debris has to go to a landscape waste option such as composting.
Williamson County sends all household hazardous waste, paint, and motor oil to Illinois EPA sponsored collections. Its recycling program also refuses gas or aerosol cans and motor oil bottles. Residents are told to check with the local health department for collection dates.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless your hauler or the village has told you it will take it. Energy is a small village, so trash service is often private and set by your hauler. Illinois law treats dumping waste on property that isn't a permitted site as illegal open dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Energy starts at $80, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, but it depends on Loader schedules near Energy, Herrin, and Carterville. Enter your address at booking to see live openings. If same-day is full, the next available slot is shown right there.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups, since items can be left out with access notes. For items inside your home, someone should be there, or you can leave access instructions at booking. Your Loader will give notice before arriving.
Illinois bars electronics and yard waste from landfills, and paint, chemicals, and batteries need special handling. Ask your hauler what it accepts. Loaders can take many bulky items, but hazardous materials generally need a household hazardous waste program.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, good furniture and household goods may go to donation partners, and recyclable materials may go to recyclers. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items online, enter your Energy address, and choose a time window. You see the total price before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader arrives, confirms the items, carries them out, and hauls them away, so you don't lift anything.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total shown before booking. For a few items that can cost less, but a full-house cleanout may suit a truckload hauler.
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