*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book LoadUp in the Capital City, see your price upfront, and get it hauled away fast.
You search online, call the city, and get bounced to the county. You request hauler quotes and half never call back. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in your garage.
Columbia's bulk pickup is a real perk for city residents, but you usually have to request it ahead of time and wait for your pickup date. Some items get turned away, and you still drag everything to the curb yourself. Addresses outside city limits may not qualify at all.
Many haulers want to come out and size up your pile in person before they'll give you a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your junk fills, which is hard to guess ahead of time. You often don't know the real cost until the truck is loaded.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so a stained couch or a mattress usually gets turned away, and so does anything worn or broken. Even when they will take something, you're often the one loading it up and driving it over. That still leaves you with everything they said no to.
A roll-off sounds simple until you have to pick a delivery window, figure out if you need a permit, and give up your driveway for days. Neighbors may toss their junk in too. You still do all the lifting yourself, just to clear out a single room or a garage corner.
Enter your ZIP code and item details to get a guaranteed upfront price online. No waiting for an onsite estimate.
Avg. 60 secondsPick a time that works for your schedule, including same-day availability if you book before 2PM.
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 Columbia 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 Columbia's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader angles a sleeper sofa through the narrow doorway and down the steep porch steps of an older bungalow. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Columbia after each job.
If a worn recliner or bagged yard debris is already sitting on your Rosewood driveway, curbside pickup keeps things quick and simple. If the load is still in a second-floor apartment or a packed attic, choose full-service and your Loader will 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 $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | 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.
Columbia is Famously Hot, and a July afternoon is a rotten time to wrestle a sofa down a Shandon porch or a Five Points stairwell. Your Loader handles the lifting, carrying, and loading while you stay in the shade. LoadUp and your Loaders genuinely like showing up for the people of this city, heat and all.
Bulky items pile up fast in Columbia, from older-home cleanouts to military moves, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be set aside by your Loader for donation where available. Whether an item is accepted depends on local organizations and its condition.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, such as old appliances or metal furniture, may be recycled when local options allow. Your Loader handles the removal and loading.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture, are hauled off by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate facility serving the Columbia area.
Some cleanout items are banned from South Carolina landfills outright, and oversized debris piles can carry a fee. These are the rules that apply in Columbia and Richland County.
South Carolina bans whole waste tires from landfills and funds tire recycling through a fee charged on new tire sales. State law also requires tire retailers to accept a used tire for each new tire they sell.
Spring and summer student move-outs flood Columbia with bulk items, so the Solid Waste Division has run expedited collection from May 1 through July 31, picking up reported piles of furniture, bedding and bulky plastics within 24 to 48 hours.
Columbia collects building materials at the curb, but large amounts of heavy remains from construction, tree removal or lot clearing are subject to a fee and must be scheduled with the Solid Waste Division before anything goes out.
State law has kept computers, computer monitors, printers and televisions out of South Carolina landfills since 2011. City of Columbia residents can drop off televisions, computers, computer monitors, printers and fluorescent bulbs for recycling at the Public Works facility.
South Carolina law keeps yard trash and land-clearing debris out of municipal solid waste landfills, and Columbia collects yard trimmings as their own stream. After summer thunderstorms or tropical systems, keep fallen branches separate from bulky items and household trash.
South Carolina's solid waste law prohibits disposing of white goods, meaning large appliances, in solid waste landfills. Refrigerators, freezers and window air conditioners also hold refrigerant, which federal rules require to be properly recovered before the unit is scrapped.
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(678) 884-4738Not without reporting it. The City of Columbia Solid Waste Division collects bulk piles when you call (803) 545-3800 to report them. Piles dumped with no report can be treated as illegal dumping, so call before putting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Columbia starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or outdoor pickup takes $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day slots are sometimes open, depending on Loader availability in your area. Enter your address during booking to see live times. For curbside items, you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Household hazardous waste like paint, pesticides, and chemicals generally doesn't belong in bulk piles. Richland County runs separate hazardous waste collection events for residents. Check the county's current schedule before you hold onto these items.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed.
Sometimes, yes. If you can wait for a scheduled pickup and can move items to the curb yourself, the city's Solid Waste Division at (803) 545-3800 is hard to beat. A paid service fits better if you need heavy items carried out of your home or want a set time.
You pick your items and address online, see the total upfront, and choose a time window. Your Loader calls about 30 minutes before arriving, then carries out and hauls away the items. Tell us at booking if the items are indoors or at the curb.
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