*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out is a chore nobody wants. Book a quick pickup in the Fishtown of Cape Ann, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You check the city website, call a hauler or two, and wait on callbacks that never come. Someone else wants to stop by for an estimate first. Weeks go by and the junk is still sitting there.
Gloucester's municipal pickup schedules can handle some bulky items, but you usually have to book ahead, follow sticker or prep rules, and drag everything to the curb yourself. Some regulated items, like mattresses and appliances, come with extra steps. On a steep driveway, that last part is the hard part.
Many haulers won't commit to a number until someone has walked through your basement in person. Then the quote depends on how much of the truck they think your load fills, and that guess can change on pickup day. You don't know the real cost until the truck is already in your driveway.
Donation centers want items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still have to load it, drive it over, and make it in during their hours. Whatever they decline comes back home with you.
A roll-off container is built for full renovations, not one cluttered spare room. On tight lanes you may need a permit to put it on the street, then you're working around delivery and pickup dates. Meanwhile it takes up your neighbors' parking for days, and you still do all the lifting.
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.
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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 Gloucester 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 Gloucester's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Bringing a dresser down the narrow, turning staircase of an older multi-story house takes care, and your Loaders handle it. Each is background-checked and rated by real locals in Gloucester after each job.
Choose curbside if your items are already outside, at the street or the bottom of your driveway, ready for your Loader to load onto the truck. If they are still in a basement, a back shed, or at the top of a steep Cape Ann driveway, full-service means your Loaders carry them out from where they sit.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $105 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $100 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $115 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $105 |
| 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.
A dump run with a sofa strapped down gets old fast when summer traffic backs up toward the rotary and every road feels like the only road. You pick a time, and your Loader carries it out and hauls it away. LoadUp and your Loaders like showing up for Gloucester, year-round neighbors and summer people alike.
Bulky furniture and appliances pile up fast in Gloucester, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, so usable items get a second life when possible and the rest is handled responsibly.
Couches, dressers, tables, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets aside usable pieces as they carry them out, and local donation options decide what can be accepted.
Items that are worn but not donatable, like scrap metal, broken frames, or damaged fixtures, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates what local options allow, since recycling depends on material and current rules.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items go to disposal through licensed local facilities, such as a transfer station or landfill. Your Loader loads them safely, and rules for regulated items like mattresses or appliances vary.
In Gloucester, items set out without the right sticker, bag, or appointment stay on the curb, so these rules for Gloucester households in Essex County decide what actually leaves.
Gloucester stopped collecting toilets at the curb after the facility receiving the city's waste changed what it accepts. Older city guidance listed toilets as bulk sticker items, so a sticker no longer makes a discarded toilet eligible for pickup.
The DPW will not take refrigerators, freezers, A/C units, or dehumidifiers containing Freon at its metal drop-off. These go curbside on the first Thursday of the month with an appliance sticker sold only at the DPW, bought by noon the day before.
Spring and fall curbside yard waste weeks take leaves and grass clippings only in paper leaf bags or loose in marked barrels. Outside those weeks, the city Compost Facility at Dogtown accepts yard waste on the last Saturday of each month.
Gloucester treats each section of a sectional as its own bulk item, stickers must be visible from the street, and each housing unit gets one bulk item per week. When automated carts begin October 1, 2026, bulky pickups are scheduled directly with Casella.
Massachusetts bans mattresses from disposal, and Gloucester handles them through a separate UTEC recycling pickup booked and paid online. A mattress and box spring count as two items, and pickup does not extend to porches or spots behind locked gates.
Items that are at least 80 percent metal, such as water heaters, file cabinets, and gas grills without propane tanks, are accepted at the DPW Yard on the last Saturday morning of each month. Propane tanks themselves are refused.
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(678) 884-4738Only if it fits in an official purple city trash bag, or a bulk item has a $25 Bulk Item Sticker from DPW or the Building Center on Harbor Loop. Unstickered bulk items get left behind. Businesses and non-profits aren't eligible for city pickup.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Gloucester starts at $105, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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.
Same-day slots are sometimes open depending on the schedule, and next-day is more common. Enter your address at booking to see live availability for Cape Ann. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For indoor jobs, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Bulk items are limited to one per unit per week with a sticker. Appliances, TVs and monitors need a separate $35 DPW sticker, and toilets are no longer taken curbside. Mattresses and box springs must be recycled, not trashed, under a Massachusetts waste ban.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Depending on acceptance, good furniture and household goods may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recyclers. Anything that can't be donated or recycled is taken to an appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items online, enter your Gloucester address, and choose a time window. You see the total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader typically gives notice before arriving, then carries items out from inside or outside, so you don't have to lift anything.
Pricing model and quoting. Traditional haulers typically price by truckload and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total locked in before booking. For a few items it's often cheaper, while a full-house cleanout may suit a truckload hauler.
For a single bulk item, the $25 city sticker is usually cheaper, if you can wait for your trash day and live in a home of four units or fewer. A hauler fits better for several items at once, heavy pieces you can't carry to the curb, or timing that can't wait.
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