*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of stacking up quietly until it finally gets in your way. Schedule a pickup anywhere in Waterford Twp, see your price before you book, and skip the heavy lifting.
You read the township's pickup rules twice. You call two haulers, and one never calls back. You look up drop off hours and realize you'd need a truck. A month in, the pile hasn't moved.
The township contract covers one bulk item a month, set at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day. No call needed, which is genuinely useful. But remodel debris isn't included, a shed's worth of stuff isn't one item, and nothing gets carried up from your basement.
Most haulers want to see it first. So you book a window, wait around, and get a number based on how much of a truck your pile fills. Add a flight of stairs or a long walk down to the water, and that number moves again.
Thrift and reuse organizations have standards, and they should. Upholstery with a water stain from a lakeside storage room gets turned down. So do older electronics and anything torn. You can offer what's in good shape, but the rest of the load is still sitting there.
A roll off means a container parked in your drive for days, a delivery window you plan around, and permission questions if it crowds the street or a shared lake access easement. Then you fill it yourself, one armload at a time, in whatever weather shows up.
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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 Waterford 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 Waterford's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Walkout basements, steep lake-lot stairs, and single-car garages packed tight: your Loaders plan the carry before they lift. Every Loader is background checked and rated by real locals in Waterford after each job.
If everything is already out at the end of the driveway or stacked beside the garage, curbside handles it. Go with full service when the items are still down a basement stairwell, sitting on a lakeside deck, or behind a narrow shared drive where your Loaders need to do the carrying.
| 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, the garage doubles as seasonal storage. Pontoons, patio sets, and kayaks shuffle in and out all year, and the worn-out stuff gets shoved against the back wall until the car lives outside. Your Loaders know the narrow lake drives and the basement stairs, and they like showing up for neighbors in Clintonville and Four Towns.
What happens after your Waterford pickup depends on the item and its condition. Furniture, appliances, and electronics often have reuse or recycling options around Oakland County when local facilities allow, while worn or water damaged pieces do not.
Clean, structurally sound furniture and working household goods can sometimes find a second home through area reuse organizations. If a receipt matters to you, contact a charity directly before your pickup is scheduled.
Items too damaged to reuse may still have recycling value, especially metal appliances, mattresses, and electronics, which Michigan handles under general state requirements. Availability depends on what Metro Detroit facilities accept that day.
Moldy basement sectionals, waterlogged dock gear, and crumbling remodel debris from Waterford homes usually head to a licensed transfer station or landfill, since no reuse or recycling option realistically exists for them.
Setting the wrong item at the curb in Waterford Township can mean a skipped pickup or a citation, so Oakland County's disposal rules reward a careful read.
Waterford Township's residential collection contract includes one bulk item per month, placed at the curb by 7 a.m. on your normal collection day. No call ahead is required, but anything beyond that single item falls outside the contract.
Refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners and dehumidifiers hold refrigerant that an EPA certified technician must recover before the unit is scrapped or landfilled. Michigan environmental regulators note disposal sites commonly want proof that recovery already happened.
State solid waste law bans yard clippings from landfill disposal so they get composted instead. Waterford collects unlimited yard waste in season, roughly early April through mid December, in paper bags or clearly marked containers under fifty pounds.
State scrap tire law prohibits whole tires from landfill disposal and routes them to registered collection sites, processors, end users or tire retailers. Transporting more than ten scrap tires requires a registered hauler carrying a manifest.
Oakland County operates no countywide household hazardous waste program, so paint, solvents, batteries and electronics move through local programs and consortium events instead. Old screens and devices carry lead and mercury that contaminate soil and groundwater.
Township ordinance and Michigan's environmental protection act prohibit open burning of yard waste, brush, construction and building materials, garbage and household trash. Only seasoned firewood in a small recreational campfire is permitted, and burning household waste is a state civil infraction.
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(678) 884-4738Waterford's contracted hauler, Priority Waste, collects one bulk item per month at no extra charge. Just set it at the curb by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day, no call needed. Items like stumps, sand, gravel, and dead animals are not accepted curbside. Call 248-861-2987 to confirm an item qualifies.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Waterford starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item covers the pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, with your full total confirmed upfront before booking. Local truckload haulers like College Hunks run roughly $99 to $699 depending on volume.
Same-day pickup is often available in Waterford zip codes when you book early, and next-day is common across Oakland County. Enter your address during booking to see live availability. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, just leave items out with access notes.
Waterford runs a Convenience Center at 790 Burnt Mill Road, open Saturdays 8 a.m. to noon for bulk trash drop-off. Residents get six free visits a year and need a free permit from the Clerk's office at Town Hall. It accepts items like tires, shingles, hot tubs, pianos, and pallets that curbside skips.
Loaders sort items and aim to keep usable goods out of the landfill whenever possible. Furniture and appliances in good shape may go to the Habitat for Humanity ReStore on Highland Road in Waterford, which resells donations to fund local home builds. Recyclables are routed to proper facilities, and the rest goes to licensed disposal sites.
You get an upfront, itemized price online or by texting a photo of your junk, then choose a pickup window. The price is locked in before anyone arrives, so there's no on-site haggling or surprise fees. On pickup day your Loader typically calls about 30 minutes before arrival.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like College Hunks and 1-800-GOT-JUNK price by truck volume and usually require an on-site estimate, so your cost isn't set until the crew shows up. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in beforehand, which is often cheaper for single or two-item jobs.
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