*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up quietly until the day you actually need the space back. Skip the borrowed truck and the trip across Lowndes County: pick a pickup window, see your Possum Town price upfront, done.
You call about a special pickup, wait on a truck that runs trash first, leave messages with two haulers and hear back from one. Three weekends later, it is still sitting in the garage.
Household trash runs twice a week here, and city trucks will grab furniture or an old dishwasher when manpower and truck space allow. Trash comes first, though. Tires are a no, electronics are your drive, and nothing moves until you get it to the curb yourself.
Most outfits working this market want to eyeball the load first, which means a window you wait through before anyone quotes anything. Then pricing comes by the fraction of a truck, so a single dresser and a half packed trailer can land in the same bracket.
Resale shops here run on floor space and volunteer hours, so condition decides everything. A stained mattress, a cracked particleboard shelf, or a treadmill nobody can test gets turned away at the door, and most will not climb your stairs to look at it anyway.
A roll off box still leaves the carrying to you, and it parks in your driveway for days on a rental clock. Put one in the street downtown or along a narrow Southside block and you are dealing with permission, neighbors, and a yard that stays torn 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 Columbus 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 Columbus's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A treadmill wedged in an upstairs hallway or a freezer at the back of a detached garage is routine for your Loaders, background checked and rated by real locals in Columbus after each job.
If the sectional and box spring are already out in the carport or at the edge of the driveway, curbside handles it. Go full service when things are still upstairs, stuck behind a narrow doorway, or stacked inside a rental you are turning over before the next tenant.
| 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.
Half this town can set a clock by the jets out of the Air Force Base, and the other half is taping boxes for the next move. Add a Mississippi August to a two story staircase and a sleeper sofa stops being a one person job. Your Loaders like showing up for the people who keep this town running.
Where a bulky item ends up matters in a market the size of Columbus, where reuse and recycling outlets vary by item and by week. Your Loader judges condition first, then looks for the best available option.
Clean, working furniture and appliances get a second look before the truck leaves. Your Loader will try a nearby reuse outlet when one is accepting that category, though no organization in Lowndes County takes everything.
A torn recliner or a dead washer still holds value in its parts. Where available, your Loader separates scrap metal and electronics for recycling, since Mississippi has no consumer e-waste mandate to lean on.
Water damaged mattresses and split particleboard shelving have no second life. Your Loader takes those to a permitted disposal site serving Lowndes County, so nothing waits at your curb for a city boom truck.
Set the wrong load at the curb in Columbus and it can sit for weeks or draw a citation, because Lowndes County disposal rules decide what qualifies.
The city stopped curbside pickup of furniture, mattresses, carpet and appliances. Golden Triangle Waste Services may take them when manpower and truck capacity allow, so items left out can linger for weeks before anyone comes.
Televisions, computers, microwaves, radios and similar devices are on the landfill's non-acceptable list and are not collected with household waste. City residents can drop them at the municipal recycling site free with a valid driver's license.
Refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners contain refrigerant that federal law requires a certified technician to recover before the unit is landfilled or scrapped. Local scrap yards take appliances once that refrigerant has been properly removed.
Construction waste and vegetative debris generated by a contractor must be hauled to the Columbus Class I rubbish landfill, where a disposal charge is calculated by weight. Clearing that material is the property owner's or contractor's responsibility.
Public Works collects homeowner yard debris weekly only when limbs are cut to four feet or shorter and grass, leaves and pine straw are bagged. Loose leaves are left behind, and piles cannot block drainage boxes.
State law treats dumping more than fifteen pounds or twenty-seven cubic feet of solid waste as a misdemeanor carrying a fine between one hundred and one thousand dollars, plus a court-ordered cleanup obligation.
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(678) 884-4738Routine trash is collected twice a week through Golden Triangle Waste Services, and city boom trucks pick up yard rubbish by ward. Limbs must be cut under 4 feet with grass and leaves bagged, placed 3 to 4 feet from the road edge. Large furniture and appliances aren't part of that curbside service.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Columbus starts at $80 for one bulky item, and curbside pickups take $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your total is confirmed before booking. Hauling it yourself, the city's Class I Rubbish Landfill charges $21 per ton with a $10 minimum.
Yes, same-day pickup is available across most of the Columbus area when you book before noon, with next-day open otherwise. Enter your zip code during booking to see live availability for your address, including Southside, Northside, and Historic Downtown.
A few items fall outside normal pickup. The city does not accept old tires, so those go to Waste Pro at 662-328-5528, and hazardous materials like paint, chemicals, or fuel need Golden Triangle Maintenance at 662-251-4744. LoadUp and its Loaders also can't take hazardous waste, but handle most furniture and appliances.
Loaders sort items when possible, aiming to donate usable furniture and recycle metal from appliances before anything heads to the landfill. LoadUp has diverted millions of pounds of waste since 2014. Outcomes depend on item condition and local acceptance, but the goal is to keep junk out of the landfill whenever options allow.
You book online with upfront pricing, pick a time window, and your Loader calls about 30 minutes before arrival. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home if items are accessible with notes. For in-home removal, someone should be present or provide access instructions at booking.
The main difference is pricing and booking. Local haulers like Junk King and 1-800-GOT-JUNK typically quote by truckload after an in-person estimate, so your price isn't set until the crew arrives. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it in before anyone shows up. AAA Rousse has served Columbus since 2006 as another option.
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