*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up faster than you can deal with it. Book with LoadUp for a fast pickup anywhere in the Queen City, with your real price locked in before you confirm.
You skim the city's rules, learn your junk needs an appointment, call two hauling companies, hear back from one, then wait on a quote that never lands. Meanwhile the pile has not moved in weeks.
The city bulk pickup program runs by appointment only, requested online or through the CLT+ app, and only for addresses on city garbage service. The list of what it skips is long, and nothing gets collected unless you have already dragged it to the curb yourself by 6 a.m.
Most hauling companies want to send someone out before they will name a number, then price by how much of the truck your load fills. You block off a morning for the estimate, and the figure can still move once they see the stairs.
Reuse outlets take what they can actually resell, which rules out anything stained, sagging, or coming apart at the joints. Intake rules shift without notice, most locations expect you to deliver the piece, and the rest of the pile stays right where it is.
A container lands in your driveway, sits for days, and still leaves every piece for you to lift. Placing one in the street can require a permit, HOA and historic district rules limit where it can sit, and one cleared room rarely fills it.
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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 Charlotte 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 Charlotte's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle the tight turn in a basement stairwell or the reserved freight elevator in a high-rise, and each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Charlotte after every job.
Curbside pickup fits when everything is already outside at the street, in the driveway, or beside a detached garage and ready to load. Choose full service when the sectional is still in a second-floor bedroom or a walk-out basement, and your Loaders carry it out from inside.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $75 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $70 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $85 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $75 |
| 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 of Charlotte moved here from somewhere else, so somebody on your street is always unloading a truck or emptying a garage for the next arrival. The Blue Line was never built for a sleeper sofa. Your Loaders load it up and take it away, and they genuinely like showing up for this city.
Clearing out a Charlotte house or apartment usually means a mix of items in very different shape. Your Loaders sort the load by condition, so usable pieces get a second look before anything heads toward disposal.
Furniture, housewares, and gear that are clean and structurally sound may be offered to local reuse options when possible, since intake rules across Mecklenburg County shift with condition, storage space, and season.
A water-stained dresser or dead treadmill will not clear a reuse check. Your Loaders keep such items separate for recycling where available, and state law bars televisions and computer equipment from North Carolina landfills.
Some pieces are past saving, like a mildewed sectional or a crushed box spring. Those leave with your Loaders for disposal at permitted transfer or landfill facilities serving Charlotte, following the rules for each material.
Set the wrong item at a Charlotte curb and it stays there, uncollected and citable, because Charlotte and Mecklenburg County split disposal duties along strict lines.
Charlotte Solid Waste Services collects furniture, mattresses and similar oversized household items by appointment only. Items pushed to the curb without a confirmed request are left behind, and unattended piles become a code problem for the property owner.
Charlotte requires compostable paper bags or personal containers no larger than 32 gallons for leaves, grass and weeds. The composting facility rejects plastic, and repeat plastic use can bring a fine of at least 150 dollars under city code.
State law keeps televisions, monitors, computers, printers and scanners out of North Carolina landfills because of lead and other heavy metals. Mecklenburg County's four full service drop off centers accept household electronics from county residents.
North Carolina bans white goods, meaning refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves and water heaters, from landfill disposal. Refrigerant must be recovered by a certified technician first, so these units go to a county center rather than the curb.
Mecklenburg County accepts up to ten cubic yard loads of construction and demolition debris such as lumber, brick, shingles and cabinets, plus small amounts of drywall and concrete, at its full service drop off centers only.
Mecklenburg County requires yard waste, construction debris and bulky trash separated before arrival. Mixed loads are refused or charged at the construction and demolition rate, so sorting on site protects both your time and your disposal cost.
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(678) 884-4738Only with a scheduled bulky item pickup. Charlotte Solid Waste Services offers free curbside bulky collection for city-serviced homes, but you must request it first through the CLT+ app or by calling 311 at 704-336-7600. Items set out without a confirmed appointment will not be collected.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Charlotte starts at $75 for a single bulky item, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book. Traditional Charlotte haulers average around $390 per job.
Same-day pickup is available in many Charlotte zip codes when you book early in the day, and next-day covers most of the metro. The city's free bulky service is slower, typically allowing up to 5 business days after you schedule. Enter your address during booking to see live availability.
Charlotte's free bulky pickup skips construction debris, concrete, and hazardous materials, and it generally caps items at 75 pounds each. Electronics and household hazardous waste follow separate rules. County residents can drop those at Mecklenburg's four full-service recycling centers, or a private hauler can take them.
Loaders sort for reuse first. Working items and furniture route to local donation outlets like Goodwill, and electronics can go to Goodwill's tech store The GRID. Recyclables and household hazardous waste head to Mecklenburg County's full-service centers. Whatever's left goes to proper disposal, not straight to a landfill.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave the junk in the agreed spot with access notes and your Loader handles the rest. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or you can leave access instructions when booking. Your Loader typically calls about 30 minutes before arrival.
Pricing and booking flow. Junk King and College Hunks price by truckload volume and usually require an on-site estimate, so your number isn't set until the crew arrives. College Hunks loads run roughly $99 to $699 by size. LoadUp prices per item online and locks your total before pickup day.
Charlotte Solid Waste Services only serves addresses inside city limits. Towns like Huntersville, Matthews, Mint Hill, and Pineville use their own contracted haulers, and unincorporated county areas need a private company. LoadUp covers junk removal across Mecklenburg County regardless of your town.
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