*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it owns the garage. Skip the waiting and the heavy lifting: book a pickup in Ypsi online, see an upfront total first, and get it gone.
You read the trash contract, call whoever handles pickup at your address, leave messages with two haulers, and hear back from one. A month later, the junk is still sitting exactly where you left it.
Bulk collection exists, but the City of Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township run separate contracts with separate limits. Expect capped item counts, excluded categories like refrigerant appliances and renovation debris, a collection date you do not choose, and everything dragged out front by you.
Most haulers will not quote you until a truck is sitting in your driveway, then price by how much space your load takes. That number can move while they are loading, and you are negotiating on the spot with the garage already half empty.
Area resale shops have standards: no stains, no tears, nothing missing hardware, and often no mattresses at all. Several have moved or closed in recent years. You still load it, drive it over, and hope the piece passes inspection at the door.
A roll-off ties up your driveway for days, and putting one on the street can mean a permit. Older rear drives and shared alleys rarely have the room for it. You also load every piece yourself, in whatever weather February decides to send.
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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.
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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 Ypsilanti's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Getting a treadmill up narrow basement stairs or out through a bulkhead door takes planning. Your Loaders are background checked, then rated by real locals in Ypsilanti after each job.
If the load is already stacked at the end of the driveway or along a rear alley, curbside service fits and your Loaders simply load it up. If a dresser is still sitting in a second-floor unit of a converted house or down a basement staircase, book full service so your Loaders handle the stairs, doorways, and corners.
| 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.
Every August, leases flip and half the town's furniture lands on porches and tree lawns at once. The rest of the year it's a basement or a back garage that filled up quietly. Your Loaders know these narrow drives and alleys, and they like showing up for the people who live on them.
Most of what gets cleared out of an Ypsilanti basement or garage is not trash by default. Condition decides the path, so your Loaders aim for donation or recycling when local options allow, and disposal when they do not.
Furniture, working appliances, and household goods that are clean and structurally sound can go to area donation or reuse outlets when possible. If you want paperwork for a deduction, donate it yourself first.
Items too worn to resell may still have value as material. Where available, your Loaders take metal, electronics covered by Michigan takeback rules, and refrigerant appliances to outlets accepting that category that day.
Soaked mattresses, mold-damaged sectionals, and busted exercise equipment usually have one honest ending. Your Loaders take those to a licensed transfer station or landfill serving the Ypsilanti area after anything salvageable is pulled out.
Setting out the wrong item in Ypsilanti can mean a skipped cart, a rejected pickup, or a compliance citation, so here is what the city and Washtenaw County require.
The city's contracted hauler runs bulk collection citywide on Fridays, and every pickup must be arranged in advance. One bulk item per week is free, with a $20 charge for each additional item set out.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers are refused at the curb unless the refrigerant has been removed by an HVAC company and the unit tagged as certified. Refrigerator and freezer doors must also be taken off.
Ypsilanti's bulk program will not take concrete, brick, block, asphalt, dirt or stone, and points construction debris toward the Recycle Ann Arbor Recovery Yard for reuse or recycling. Lumber needs nails pulled, lengths under four feet and twine bundling.
State solid waste law bars grass, leaves, garden debris and small brush from Michigan landfills to preserve capacity and encourage composting. That is why Ypsilanti runs seasonal yard waste collection from April into December and rejects yard waste mixed with trash.
Michigan's electronics takeback law requires makers of computers, monitors, printers and televisions to offer residents free recycling, because these devices carry lead, mercury and other contaminants. Washtenaw County also accepts electronics at its registration-required cleanup events.
Oils, stains, solvents and propane or helium cylinders are barred from curbside bulk collection, as are tires, wheels and auto parts. Washtenaw County takes paint, batteries, cleaners and automotive fluids from residents at two drop-off centers by appointment.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a scheduled bulk pickup. The City contracts Stevens Disposal, which collects bulk items on Fridays and requires you to book ahead by email at bulk@stevensdisposal.com or by calling 734-279-2611. Single-family homes get two bulk items per week, and extras need paid labels from City Hall or risk fines.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Ypsilanti starts at $80 for a single item, and booking a curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base fee for labor and hauling, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your exact total is confirmed upfront before you book.
Same-day pickup is open in most Ypsilanti zip codes when you book early in the day, and next-day is available across Washtenaw County. Enter your zip during booking to see live availability for your exact address before you commit.
Stevens Disposal caps curbside bulk items at 100 pounds each, does not accept boxes as containers, and requires furniture and cabinets to be broken into individual pieces. Construction debris often has to go to the Recycle Ann Arbor Recovery Yard instead. Loaders can take heavy and oversized junk without that prep.
Loaders sort items when possible and aim to donate usable pieces to local charities and recycle metal and appliances whenever options allow. Heavy items like refrigerators and washers hold over 100 pounds of recyclable material. Whatever cannot be reused goes to a licensed disposal site, not just the nearest landfill.
For curbside pickups, no. Leave items out with access notes and you can skip the appointment entirely. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or you can provide access instructions at booking. Your Loader calls roughly 30 minutes before arrival.
Pricing and booking flow. College Hunks Hauling Junk and The Junkluggers both serve Ypsilanti but quote by truckload volume, usually after an in-person estimate. LoadUp prices per item online and locks your rate before anyone shows up, so there is no driveway surprise.
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