*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts taking over your week. Book LoadUp, see your price up front, and get it hauled away without the hassle.
You search online, call the city office, leave messages with a couple of haulers, and wait for callbacks that never come. A week goes by, then a month, and the junk is still sitting right where you left it.
Municipal pickup schedules can help, but bulky items often need a separate request and have to be set at the street on a certain day. Some items may be turned away completely. If you can't drag a heavy load to the curb yourself, it stays put.
Many haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, and then they price by how much of the truck you fill. You often won't know the real cost until the junk is loaded and it's too late to change your mind.
Thrift stores and charities can only take things they can resell, so stained couches, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned down. You still have to load the items and drive them over yourself, and you may end up hauling them back home.
A dumpster sitting in your driveway for days is a lot for one garage or one spare room. You have to schedule the drop-off and pickup, maybe check whether you need a permit, and live with a big steel box your neighbors will see every day.
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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 Wapakoneta 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 Wapakoneta's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
From narrow basement stairs in an older two-story home to a packed detached garage, your Loaders handle the awkward carries. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Wapakoneta after each job.
If the old recliner or a pile of storm branches is already in your driveway or by an open garage door, curbside (outdoor) pickup is the simpler choice. Choose full-service when items are in an upstairs bedroom, a rental you're turning over, or a back outbuilding, and your Loaders will carry everything out from where it sits.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Around here, a junk run usually means borrowing a neighbor's truck, ratchet-strapping an old sofa, and hoping the tarp holds on the county road. You've done favors like that before. Your Loaders would rather handle the lifting and hauling, because people in Wapakoneta are quick to help a neighbor and deserve a hand back.
Wapakoneta homes hold plenty of bulky things that are hard to move alone, from basement sofas to garage shelving. Your Loaders sort each item by condition, so reuse or recycling happens when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may go to donation when possible. Your Loaders set those items aside, though acceptance depends on condition and local options. No paperwork is promised.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation may be recycled where available. Metal appliances, electronics, and mattresses depend on condition and local options. Your Loaders separate what they can.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or broken furniture, are taken to a permitted disposal site. Your Loaders handle the loading and hauling, so you don't have to make a dump run.
Trash in the wrong bag goes uncollected, and storm limbs left lying can bring a nuisance notice. These are the disposal rules that apply in Wapakoneta and across Auglaize County.
The Auglaize County Solid Waste Management District handles tires as part of its household hazardous materials program, so they go to the county recycling facility in St. Marys by appointment, with a charge. Every tire must be off the rim first.
The city's Refuse/Recycling Department collects household refuse only in the specially designed, marked bags sold at the City Building and stores around town. The bag price covers disposal of what's inside, so trash in ordinary bags is not collected.
County recycling accepts vinyl siding and clean PVC/CPVC pipe left over from remodeling, but both must be cut into four-foot sections before drop-off. PVC/CPVC is accepted only at the main county facility in St. Marys, not the satellite drop-off sites.
Auglaize County's recycling drop-off centers, including the Buckland Center just outside town, are open 24/7 and accept cardboard. A 2023 Recycle Ohio grant from the Ohio EPA paid for new containers to improve cardboard collection across the county.
City code declares piled brush, limbs and downed trees a public nuisance, and once notice is served, owners have five days to remove them. The City Farm compost site takes brush and tree limbs but cannot accept stumps or building materials.
The county district once collected paint, chemicals, herbicides, cleaners and batteries just one day a year. To fit more schedules, it now accepts them Monday through Friday, by appointment only, and charges apply for drop-off.
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(678) 884-4738No, not unless your trash hauler has agreed to take it. Regular curbside service covers bagged household trash only, and dumping elsewhere is illegal. The Auglaize County recycling brochure warns that open dumping can be a felony with fines.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Wapakoneta starts at $75, 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 charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, yes. Same-day and next-day pickup are offered in Wapakoneta when the schedule allows. Availability depends on the day and your address, so the booking page shows what's open for your location.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items out and add access notes when you book. For items inside the home, someone should be there or you can leave clear access instructions, and your Loader contacts you before arriving.
Hazardous materials like certain paints, chemicals, asbestos and medical waste are excluded from standard junk removal. Auglaize County Recycling, (419) 394-1270, handles household hazardous drop-offs separately, so ask them before you dispose of these.
Loaders try to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Anything that can't be reused or recycled goes to a licensed disposal site. Outcomes vary by item and condition.
You pick your items and a time online, see the upfront price, and confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives in the scheduled window, and you point out what goes. Loaders do the lifting and loading, and the total stays as quoted.
A dumpster rental, such as the ones local companies like JHO Property Management offer, suits big cleanouts where you'll load for days. Per-item pickup like LoadUp's suits smaller jobs. You pay for the items, not a full truckload, and Loaders do the carrying.
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