*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up quietly until it is suddenly in the way. Book a pickup online here on Michigan's Sunrise Side, see a real price before you commit, and have it all hauled off.
You start by checking what the city picks up, then what the county facility takes, then you call a couple of haulers and hear back from one. Weeks pass. The pile has not moved.
What the city hauls for free is bagged lawn waste and brush, not household junk. Piles go out by early Monday morning on the posted schedule, brush is size capped, and a pile with the wrong material in it gets a door hanger instead of a pickup.
Most haulers want to see the load in person before they name a price. That means scheduling a walkthrough, waiting around for it, then hearing a truckload estimate that shifts once loading starts. You learn the real number after the work is already done.
Donation centers have to resell what they accept, so a sagging sectional or a dresser with water damage gets turned down at the door. Hours are limited, large furniture is often capped, and you still have to get it there yourself.
A roll off eats the driveway for a week, needs a level spot out of the way, and may require permission if it has to sit on the street. You still load every piece yourself, which is the part you wanted help with.
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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 Alpena 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 Alpena's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Century-old houses here hide narrow basement stairs with a hard turn at the landing. Your Loaders are background checked and rated by real locals in Alpena after each job.
Curbside works when the load is already at the street or stacked in the driveway, which is simple enough on the deep lots and detached garages common around town. Choose full service when the sofa or chest freezer is still inside a back bedroom, an attic, or a seasonal property you are closing up, and your Loaders carry it out.
| 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.
Nothing is a quick trip from Alpena, and a dump run in a borrowed truck is the longest one of all. Add February ice on the basement stairs and that sleeper sofa stays put another year. Your Loaders carry it out, load it, and go. Showing up for people here is the good part.
Clearing a garage in Alpena usually turns up a mix: a few things still usable, a few long past saving. Condition decides the route, and your Loaders sort items as they load rather than afterward.
Furniture and household goods that are clean, intact, and still worth using can go to a donation outlet when one in the Alpena area is open and accepting that day.
A broken dresser or a dead washer still holds material worth pulling out. Where recycling options are available in northeastern Michigan, your Loaders separate metal, wood, and electronics before the rest moves on.
Water-damaged sectionals, moldy carpet, and mattresses that have sat in a wet basement head to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving the Alpena area, loaded and hauled out by your Loaders.
Material set out wrong in Alpena gets tagged with a door hanger or refused outright, so these City of Alpena and Alpena County rules matter.
Beginning in 2026 the city requires brown compostable paper bags for curbside lawn waste, and black plastic bags will not be collected. Michigan law keeps yard clippings out of landfills, so everything picked up gets composted instead.
Piles may not exceed roughly six feet by six feet, must contain brush only, and must be stacked with cut ends facing the street. Crews door hanger rejected piles, and material must clear the right of way within seven days.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require certified refrigerant recovery from refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers before disposal, and Michigan landfills regularly reject charged units at the scale. The county recovery facility runs scheduled Freon collection days for a fee.
Alpena County's unstaffed recycling bins accept paper, cardboard, plastic and cans only. Televisions, monitors, computers and similar devices must go to the Alpena Resource Recovery Facility or a countywide electronics collection event, not beside a full bin.
By intercounty agreement, waste generated in Alpena County goes to the Montmorency-Oscoda-Alpena landfill, which takes household trash, construction and demolition debris and shingles. That same site turns away trees, stumps, branches and brush, which need composting or chipping.
Alpena ordinance requires household trash in containers with tight-fitting lids, placed out no earlier than the night before pickup. Residents subscribe individually with private haulers, so oversized and bulky items fall outside that routine weekly collection.
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(678) 884-4738Alpena has no citywide bulk trash pickup, so residents subscribe to private haulers like Greenway or PAC Sanitation for service. Household trash must sit in containers with tight lids and go out no earlier than the night before collection. Junk dumped at the curb without an arrangement can trigger code enforcement.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Alpena starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and your full total is confirmed before you book. Local roll-off dumpsters run around $500 for a 40-yard load.
Often, yes. Same-day and next-day junk pickup is available across much of the Alpena area when slots are open. Enter your zip code during booking to see live dates for neighborhoods like City Center, Ashland, and Alpena Junction.
Not with your regular junk. Paint, cleaners, automotive fluids, fluorescent bulbs, fertilizers, and fuel tanks go to the Alpena Resource Recovery Facility, the county's permanent household hazardous waste drop-off. Haulers and curbside crews cannot legally take these items.
Loaders sort loads when possible and aim to donate usable furniture and goods. Paper, glass, plastic, and metal can route to Alpena County recycling, and scrap metal may go to local yards like Greenway. Whatever cannot be reused is disposed of responsibly to avoid the landfill when options allow.
You get an upfront price online or by texting a photo of your junk, then pick a date. On pickup day your Loaders call ahead, confirm the items, and handle all the lifting and loading. For curbside items you don't need to be home, just leave access notes at booking.
Mainly the pricing and booking. Local haulers like Greenway focus on recurring trash service and dumpster rentals, while national names like 1-800-GOT-JUNK quote by truckload after an in-person look. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before anyone arrives.
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