*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $90. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up faster than anyone plans for, and getting rid of it shouldn't take over your weekend. Book a LoadUp pickup in Athens, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You check the town website, call the county about the transfer station, and leave messages with a couple of haulers. One calls back with a vague estimate. Another never does. Meanwhile the pile in the garage stays put.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they usually come with limits on what qualifies, how much you can set out, and when. Many also leave out mattresses, appliances, and renovation debris. And you still have to drag everything from the attic or basement to the street yourself.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they quote it, so you lose an afternoon waiting at home. Then the price gets figured by fractions of a truckload, and you don't know the final number until the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and dated electronics often get turned away. Even the usable pieces are your job to load and deliver, and whatever they don't accept ends up back in your driveway.
For a single room or an estate closet, a dumpster is more container than you need. You have to schedule delivery and pickup, possibly get a permit for the street, and find room on a tight lot. In the meantime the neighbors look at it for a week.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
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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.
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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 Athens 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 Athens's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
A steep attic staircase or a low-ceilinged basement in an older home is routine work for your Loaders, who are background-checked and rated by real locals in Athens after each job.
If brush from a seasonal yard cleanup or worn porch furniture is already in your driveway or at the street, curbside service is usually the simpler fit. For an estate cleanout or a weekend house where everything is still in the rooms, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry each item out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $90 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $85 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $100 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $90 |
| 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.
Many older village houses come with steep stairs, tight cellar steps, and an attic nobody has fully emptied since the last owner. Moving a dresser through that on your own is a good way to lose a weekend. Your Loaders carry it out for you, and they genuinely like showing up for the people of Athens.
Bulky items are hard to move alone, and in a village home with stairs, a basement, or an attic, where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts Athens hauls by condition, favoring reuse and recycling when local options allow.
Sofas, dressers, and other household goods in good, clean condition may go to donation when local options allow. Your Loader checks the condition on site, and donation is never guaranteed for any item.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, like metal furniture frames or some appliances and electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader sorts these out when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as a water-ruined couch or a collapsed mattress, are taken for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility serving the Athens area.
Getting these wrong can mean a wasted transfer station trip or a state violation for illegal burning, so here is how disposal works in Athens and Greene County.
New York bans brush burning in towns under 20,000 residents, including Athens, from March 16 through May 14, when wildfire risk peaks. Outside that window, only limbs under six inches across and eight feet long may be burned, and burning household trash is always illegal.
Greene County transfer stations require corrugated cardboard to be flattened and bound, with no piece larger than 3 by 3 feet, and wax-treated cardboard is not accepted. Pressed cardboard such as cereal and tissue boxes is now accepted at all transfer stations.
Greene County Solid Waste Management holds its annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection at the county highway facility in Athens, with arrival slots assigned by last name. Ordinary trash and recyclables handled through transfer stations are refused at the event.
The Town of Athens does not provide garbage removal. Residents either contract with a private garbage removal company or bring waste and recyclables themselves to the Greene County transfer stations in Catskill or Coxsackie, so large cleanouts have no curbside bulk option.
Since 2015, New York residents may not throw covered electronic equipment such as televisions, computer monitors, printers, and video game consoles in the trash. State law instead requires manufacturers to offer free recycling, so these items need a dedicated electronics drop-off.
The Catskill Transfer Station has a long history of fires, and after a recent one, authorities reminded residents to dispose of all batteries safely. New York law requires stores that sell rechargeable batteries to take back up to ten per day free of charge.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular trash service. I could not confirm a village bulk pickup program in Athens, so large items left curbside without arrangements risk being treated as illegal dumping. Check with the Village of Athens office before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Athens starts at $90, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes possible, but it depends on Loader availability in the Athens and Hudson area. Enter your address during booking to see the open time slots. Next-day and later slots are generally easier to get, especially on weekends.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out and add access notes when you book. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions. Your Loader will let you know before arriving.
Large furniture, appliances, and heavy loads often fall outside regular household trash rules in Greene County. Hazardous items like paint and chemicals usually need special disposal. Check Greene County's solid waste office for current rules, or book a hauler that takes bulky items.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local charities and facilities. Items that cannot be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition.
Choose your items online, enter your Athens address, and pick a time window. You see the total price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives, removes the items from your home, driveway, or curb, and handles the loading.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK typically price by truckload and may confirm the cost at an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, and the total is locked in before you book.
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