*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $90. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes one more thing on your list. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Riverhead, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You check the town website, call about bulk pickup, request a couple of hauler quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. Weeks later, the pile in the garage or shed hasn't moved an inch.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but they often come with item limits, advance requests, and set collection windows. Some materials aren't accepted at all, and you still have to drag everything to the road yourself, which is tough with a long driveway or a back shed.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give you a number, then price by how much of the truck you fill. That leaves you guessing until someone arrives, and the final total can shift once everything is actually loaded.
Thrift shops and charities need items they can resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, or anything with broken parts often gets turned away. Even when they accept something, you usually have to load it and drive it over yourself.
A roll-off container means booking delivery and pickup windows, possibly checking permit rules, and giving up part of your driveway for days. On a quiet street in Aquebogue or Jamesport, it's a lot of steel for clearing out a single room.
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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.
No in-person charges
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 Riverhead 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 piano, hot tub, or safe 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 Riverhead's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Narrow bulkhead cellar stairs and detached garages are routine for your Loader, who lifts and carries the heavy pieces out. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Riverhead after each job.
If the old riding mower is already waiting at the end of a long gravel driveway, curbside (outdoor) service lets your Loader load it and go. For a seasonal cottage you are closing up or a rental with a dresser still upstairs, choose full-service so your Loaders carry it out from wherever 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.
Anyone who has crawled along the end of the LIE on a summer Friday knows nobody wants a sectional strapped to a trailer in that traffic. Add a dump run and your whole Saturday is gone. Your Loaders do the lifting, carrying, and loading, and they like showing up for Riverhead neighbors.
Most of what leaves a Riverhead garage or basement doesn't need to end up in a landfill. Your Loader sorts items by condition, so usable pieces may be donated, worn ones recycled, and the rest disposed of responsibly.
Furniture, exercise equipment, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and local options allow. Your Loader sets them aside during loading so usable pieces get a second life.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates metal, appliances, and electronics when possible, since New York has its own rules for some of them.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like a soaked mattress or broken sectional, are disposed of responsibly. Your Loader carries them out and loads them, so you never haul anything to a transfer station yourself.
Letting junk pile up in Riverhead can end with the Town clearing it and placing the cost as a lien on your property. These rules apply in Riverhead, Suffolk County.
Riverhead's contracted collection does not take fresh green grass clippings, and leaves must go in paper lawn bags or loose in a can, never plastic. Residents can use a mulching blade, keep clippings on their property, or buy a Yard Waste Facility permit.
The NYS Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act keeps items like computers, cell phones, televisions, small printers and video game consoles out of curbside trash. Riverhead provides a drop-off container at its Yard Waste Facility, open Thursday through Monday.
Riverhead Town Code makes any contractor who generates debris from construction or from tree pruning or removal responsible for disposing of it in a sanitary manner at no cost to the Town. Worth confirming in writing before a renovation or tree job begins.
Garbage district households may set out six bulk items, like furniture, mattresses and rugs, on their last weekly pickup day. A large item broken apart counts as one item per piece, and exceeding six violates Town Code.
Riverhead's S.T.O.P. program, running since 1985, collects household chemicals, pesticides, herbicides and fungicides on two Saturdays a year, May 30 and October 24 in 2026. It exists to keep these products out of landfills and incinerators, where they can pollute groundwater and air.
After severe storms, Riverhead has temporarily opened its Yard Waste Facility and highway debris site to all town residents with proof of residency. Only cars, pickup trucks and single-axle trailers are allowed, dump trucks and dual-axle trailers are prohibited, and bamboo is refused.
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(678) 884-4738Only on your designated bulk day. Town of Riverhead curbside collection takes up to six bulk items, such as furniture, appliances, scrap metal, mattresses and rugs, on your last pickup day of the week. Putting out more than six violates town code and can be ticketed.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Riverhead starts at $90, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Truck-based haulers often quote $150 to $750 depending on volume.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on your address and the day's schedule. Enter your Riverhead zip code during booking to see live availability, including nearby areas like Aquebogue, Calverton, and Wading River. For curbside pickups, you usually don't need to be home.
Anything over six bulk items breaks Riverhead town code. Bulk means large items, not large amounts of trash, so loose debris must be bagged as household garbage. Big pieces must be broken down, and fluids drained from appliances. A private hauler is the practical option for bigger cleanouts.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local charities and recyclers. Whatever can't be reused or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so donation or recycling isn't guaranteed for every load.
Choose your items online, enter your Riverhead address, pick an available time window, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day, Loaders arrive, load the items, and haul them away. For in-home jobs, someone should be present or leave access instructions.
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