*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of building up until it's taking over space you'd rather use. LoadUp keeps it simple here in the middle of the Mitten: quick pickup, full price before you book.
You call about the bulk pickup and find out what it won't take. You ask two haulers for quotes. One never calls back. A couple of weekends go by and the junk hasn't moved an inch.
Trash service in town is contracted out, and a bulk item is covered only if you call ahead and beat the midweek cutoff for the Friday route. One item, at the curb, and nothing gets carried up from a basement. Outside the city limits, the option may not exist.
Most outfits want to see the pile before they will name a number, so you take time off, wait on a window, and then hear a price based on how much of the truck you fill. Add a few items and that number moves.
A donation site decides what it can resell, and that rules out stained upholstery, box springs, and anything with a broken frame. You also have to get it there yourself. Half the load ends up back where it started.
A roll-off means scheduling a drop and a haul-back, giving up the driveway for a week, and loading every piece yourself. Put one on an older residential street and you may need the city's say-so, plus neighbors watching a mostly empty box sit for days.
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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 Ithaca 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 Ithaca's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the hard part: a sleeper sofa up narrow basement stairs, a chest freezer out of a pole barn. Each is background checked and rated by real locals in Ithaca after each job.
If the load is already sitting at the end of the driveway or along the street, curbside is the simpler choice and nobody needs to step inside. Go full service when the items are still in a basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a shed set back behind the house, and your Loaders will bring everything 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.
Around here, most houses came with a pole barn, and a pole barn that has stood forty years is a storage unit with a roof. Getting a sleeper sofa out of one means a borrowed trailer and a long drive. Your Loaders would rather handle that part, because Ithaca people are easy to show up for.
Most junk removal jobs in Ithaca mix usable furniture with things that are simply finished, so condition decides the path. Your Loaders sort as they load, keeping what still has life out of a landfill when possible.
Furniture, household goods, and working items that are clean and structurally sound get set aside for donation when a mid-Michigan option is accepting that category, with no paperwork or confirmation promised.
Items too worn to donate often still hold value as material. Metal from appliances, scrap, and electronics covered by Michigan's takeback framework commonly head to recycling outlets where Gratiot County options allow.
Water-damaged sofas, broken mattresses, and remodel debris from Ithaca homes go to a licensed transfer station or landfill, handled under Michigan solid waste rules rather than left in your driveway or outbuilding.
Set the wrong item at the curb and it sits there, or draws a citation. Here is what Ithaca and Gratiot County require.
Ithaca's contracted curbside service includes one bulk item such as a mattress, stove or refrigerator each month, but only when the pickup is requested ahead. Bulk runs Friday, with requests due by noon Wednesday.
Residential collection in Ithaca covers normal household trash and specifically excludes construction and remodeling debris. Drywall, lumber, shingles, flooring and demolition material from a project need a separate disposal arrangement rather than the weekly cart.
State solid waste law keeps leaves, grass, garden debris and brush under four feet long and two inches thick out of landfills, so they must be composted. Ithaca's seasonal residents-only brush site is the legal alternative, and tree and landscaping contractors cannot use it.
Refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners and dehumidifiers fall under federal Section 608 rules, and Michigan EGLE directs that an EPA-certified technician recover the refrigerant first. Disposal sites commonly refuse units lacking a tag confirming removal.
Gratiot County operates electronics and household hazardous waste recycling for residents, and state guidance routes e-waste to a diversion center instead of the trash. Lithium-ion batteries inside devices can ignite when crushed in a packer truck.
Michigan prohibits open burning of waste containing plastic, rubber, foam, chemically treated wood, textiles or electronics. A first offense within three years brings a warning, a second a civil fine up to $75, a third up to $150.
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(678) 884-4738Granger Waste Services is the city's exclusive hauler and includes one bulk item pickup each month at no charge. You must schedule at least 48 hours ahead by calling 1-888-947-2643, items are collected on Fridays, and requests are due by noon Wednesday. For loads beyond that one item, LoadUp handles the rest.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Ithaca starts at $80, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off the base price. The first item covers the pickup fee for labor and hauling, and each additional item is a flat add-on, with your full total confirmed before you book. Granger includes one free bulk item monthly, so that route can be cheaper for a single piece.
Same-day and next-day junk removal is often open across Ithaca and the surrounding Gratiot County area when you book early in the day. Enter your zip code during booking to see live availability for your address, since open slots vary by day and location.
A few things the city route skips. Granger's residential service excludes construction and remodeling debris, and it suspends bulk collection during winter months for crew safety. Appliances with refrigerant also need the Freon professionally removed first. LoadUp Loaders take these items without a tag or a seasonal wait.
Loaders sort items when possible and aim to keep usable goods out of the landfill. Donations route to local charities and thrift outlets when they accept them, and electronics or household hazardous waste can go to Gratiot County Recycling at 989-875-5250. Whatever cannot be reused heads to a proper facility.
You book online or by phone with your price locked in before anyone shows up. On pickup day your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes ahead, then loads and hauls the junk from wherever it sits. You do not need to lift anything, and for curbside jobs you can skip being home by leaving access notes.
Pricing model and booking flow are the main differences. 1-800-GOT-JUNK and College Hunks charge by how much truck space your load fills and quote in person, so the price isn't final until the crew arrives. LoadUp prices each item online and locks the total in before pickup day.
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