*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it gets harder to ignore. Book LoadUp, see your upfront quote first, and get it cleared out fast, so life in the Empire community feels lighter again.
You search for options, call the parish to ask what gets picked up, and leave messages with haulers who never call back. A week slips by, then another, and the junk is still sitting right where you left it.
Empire is unincorporated, so there's no city-run bulk program to call. Parish services may help with some items, but rules, schedules, and accepted materials can change. You'd still have to drag everything to the roadside yourself and wait for the next pass.
Many haulers want to drive down and see the job before giving a number, which is a long trip from the metro. Then the price depends on how much of the truck you fill, so you don't really know the total until the work is done.
Donation centers need items they can resell, so anything stained, broken, or worn by salt air and humidity often gets turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it, drive it there, and figure out what to do with the rest.
A dumpster can take up your driveway or yard for days, and you'll need to schedule delivery and pickup and maybe check on permit rules. Then you do all the lifting yourself, for a container that's often far bigger than the job.
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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 Empire 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 Empire's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a recliner down the steep outdoor stairs of a raised home with care and steady footing. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Empire after each job.
If the old chest freezer is already out in the yard or beside the carport, curbside is the simple choice. For a sleeper sofa stuck behind a narrow doorway inside a manufactured home, full-service has your Loaders carry it 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.
Empire is a long way from the big-box stores, and nobody wants to borrow a trailer for a round trip with a dead freezer. So skip the drive. Choose a time, and your Loader carries it out, loads it, and sweeps up the spot. Your Loaders like showing up for a working community like this one.
Bulky items are hard to move alone, and in Empire it helps to know where they end up. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, and disposal for the rest.
Furniture, appliances, and gear that are clean and in good working shape may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set these aside, though LoadUp cannot promise a receipt or tax paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or older appliances, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the rest while loading the truck.
Heavily damaged, soaked, or broken bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are taken for disposal. Your Loader carries them out, loads them, and tidies the pickup area in Empire afterward.
Miss the weekday-only compactor hours or put the wrong items in your cart, and debris can sit for days. This is how disposal works in Empire and across Plaquemines Parish.
Empire is in the Solid Waste South area, which uses the compactor site in Port Sulphur. That site is open Monday through Friday from 7 am to 3:30 pm. The Belle Chasse site is open every day from 7 am to 6 pm.
Plaquemines Parish sends construction and demolition waste to a separate C&D landfill in Belle Chasse instead of the household waste landfill in Venice. Inert materials such as concrete are held at the closed Walker Road Landfill so they can be reused on parish projects.
Parish curbside collection serves homes with public water service, and each one gets one 96-gallon roll cart at no cost. Put carts at the curb by 7 am with the handles facing the street. Pickup times vary with traffic, garbage volume, and weather.
The parish's Belle Chasse transfer and collection facility is the collection point for electronics, tires, and used oil. Before you haul these items to the closer Port Sulphur site, check whether that site takes them.
Bagged yard waste goes out with the parish's weekly curbside trash pickup, and grass clippings belong in brown paper yard bags. Cherry picker trucks collect tree limbs. Wood waste is then held or burned at the closed Walker Road Landfill.
Plaquemines Parish splits curbside pickup into two streams. The brown container is only for household garbage. Furniture and household appliances are picked up separately as trash during weekly curbside service, so they do not belong in your roll cart.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, for items the parish accepts. Plaquemines Parish Solid Waste runs weekly curbside collection of household garbage and trash, including furniture, appliances, tree limbs and bagged yard waste. Hazardous materials and construction debris generally need a different route.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Empire starts at $80, 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. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Sometimes. Availability depends on crew coverage near Empire and the time of day, so enter your address during booking to see live openings. Next-day slots are more common. For curbside pickups, you usually don't need to be home if you leave access notes.
Weekly parish collection covers normal household trash, but oversized loads, storm debris piles, and hazardous items like paint or chemicals often fall outside it. Empire has dealt with major hurricane cleanups, so ask Plaquemines Parish Solid Waste about current rules before setting a large pile out.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Items that can't be reused or recycled are taken to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed to be donated or recycled.
You pick your items and enter your Empire address online, then choose a time window and see your price upfront. On pickup day, your Loader heads to your home, removes the items, and handles the loading. The total is confirmed before you book.
Mostly pricing model and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload, often confirmed on site. LoadUp prices per item online, locked in before anyone arrives. For a full-home cleanout, a truckload hauler may suit you better.
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