*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up and becoming a hassle nobody has time for. LoadUp gives the village a simpler way out: a quick pickup and a clear price before you book.
You check the village website, call to ask what qualifies, request a few hauler quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. Weeks slip by, and the pile in the garage or basement hasn't moved an inch.
Municipal pickup schedules work fine for a chair or two, but limits on item counts, types, and timing mean appliances, renovation debris, or a full basement often don't qualify. You still have to drag everything to the curb yourself and wait for the scheduled day.
Many haulers want to send someone out for an estimate before giving a real number, then price by vague fractions of a truck. You might not know the final cost until the work is done, and comparing quotes means more appointments on your calendar.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained mattresses, worn couches, and broken appliances usually get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it, drive it there, and figure out what to do with everything they decline.
A roll-off container means picking a size, booking delivery and pickup, possibly checking village permit rules, and leaving a huge bin in the driveway for days. Your neighbors will notice, and you're still the one carrying every heavy load out to it.
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 Lansing 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 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 Lansing's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader angles a sleeper sofa up narrow basement stairs or out of a packed detached garage. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Lansing after each job.
If the broken patio set and old grill are already waiting on your driveway, curbside is the simpler pick. For an upstairs bedroom set, a garage full of boxes, or a cleared-out apartment unit, full-service means your Loaders go inside and 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.
Loading a busted recliner into your car and joining the Kingery Expressway crowd for a dump run is nobody's idea of a Saturday. Your Loader arrives in the scheduled window, does the lifting, and clears the load from your garage or basement, because Lansing neighbors deserve a weekend that stays theirs.
Lansing homes tend to hold bulky leftovers like old sectionals, worn mattresses, and basement appliances, so where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each load by condition, favoring reuse when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Your Loader can separate them during the visit, but please don't count on any paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available, such as metal-heavy appliances or electronics. Your Loader sorts these out, and local options vary by item.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken-down couches, go to proper disposal. Your Loader loads them out of your Lansing home, garage, or yard so you don't have to haul them.
A misplaced toter or a mixed load can leave junk sitting uncollected at the curb, so here is how disposal actually works in Lansing, Cook County.
By Illinois law, yard waste must not be mixed with garbage. Lansing's yard waste season runs April 1 through the second full week of December, so branches snapped by winter ice or snow have no curbside yard waste pickup until spring.
Lansing's curbside recycling takes glass bottles and jars only. Mirrors and window glass, dishes and drinking glasses, and light bulbs are specifically on the not-accepted list, so a cracked mirror or old dish set from a cleanout cannot go in the yellow-lidded toter.
Lansing's garbage service through Homewood Disposal includes disposal of one large item each week, such as a sofa, mattress or cabinet. Clearing out a full room of furniture? Spacing pieces across several collection weeks keeps everything within the included allowance.
Flattened cardboard boxes are accepted in Lansing's yellow-lidded recycling toters, which are collected every other week. Recycling trucks do not travel down alleyways and will not empty toters left there, so set them curbside by 6 a.m. or the night before.
Illinois bans televisions and computer monitors from landfills, so they cannot go out with regular trash. Homewood Disposal will collect and recycle up to two old televisions or computer monitors per Lansing address each year at no charge, scheduled in advance.
Garbage bags set out in Lansing may weigh no more than 50 pounds each. When a cleanup project produces more than the cart holds, the extra must sit neatly at the curb in a manageable pile sized for one person to load.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits your village trash collection rules. Dumping items outside your regular service or on property that isn't yours can count as illegal dumping in Illinois. Check with the Village of Lansing about bulk item rules, since they may differ by hauler.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Lansing starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside 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, depending on Loader availability for your address and the time you book. Next-day slots are more common. Enter your zip code during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups, you usually don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Most curbside programs, including those in Cook County suburbs, limit bulky items, construction debris, and hazardous materials like paint, chemicals, and batteries. Illinois also bans electronics and yard waste from landfills, so ask your hauler what it accepts before setting anything out.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to a proper disposal facility, and Loaders try to keep as much out of landfills as options allow.
Pick your items and your zip code online, choose a time window, and see your price before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader sends a heads-up before arriving, then removes the items from inside your home or from the curb, depending on what you booked.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items outside with any access notes at booking. For pickups inside your home, garage, or basement, someone should be there, or you can leave clear access instructions with your booking.
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