*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it gets harder to ignore. Book a quick pickup, see your price up front, and let LoadUp clear it out for you.
You look up the city's pickup rules, call a few haulers, and wait for callbacks that never come. One quote looks vague, another needs a visit. Meanwhile the pile in your garage just sits there.
City bulk pickup programs work well for some things, but they usually come with item limits, set collection days and rules about what can't go out. You still have to drag everything to the street yourself and hope it fits the next scheduled run.
Many haulers want to come out first to look before they'll give you a number. Then the price is based on a vague fraction of a truckload, so you don't really know your total until the job's done and the truck is already loaded.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained cushions, broken drawers and worn-out appliances often get turned away. Even good pieces mean loading them up and driving them over yourself, with no promise they'll be accepted.
A dumpster makes sense for a full remodel, not a spare bedroom or a crowded storage shed. You plan around drop-off and pickup dates, may need permission to place it, and it can sit in the driveway for days blocking cars and annoying neighbors.
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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 South Houston 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 South Houston's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work a dresser down a narrow older-home hallway or pull boxes from a packed detached garage. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in South Houston after each job.
Choose curbside, also called outdoor, if the old washer or bagged yard trimmings already sit on your driveway or by the street. Pick full-service when items are still inside a back bedroom or a small storefront, and your Loaders carry everything out for you.
| 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.
Loading a sofa into a borrowed truck in a Gulf Coast August is a special kind of misery. The heat sits on you like a wet blanket, and the dump run makes it worse. Your Loaders carry it out and load it up, and they like showing up for South Houston neighbors who have sweated enough already.
Where a couch, mattress or old washer ends up matters as much as getting it out of the house. In South Houston, your Loader sorts each item by condition and sends it down the most responsible path local options allow.
Furniture, bicycles and household goods that are clean and still usable may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader checks condition as items come out, so good pieces get a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation, like metal frames, old appliances or broken electronics, may be recycled when possible. Your Loader separates them as they are loaded, where recycling is available.
Heavily damaged, soiled or moldy bulky items, such as ruined sofas and waterlogged mattresses, are handled as responsible disposal. Your Loader loads them out of your South Houston property and keeps them separate from anything reusable.
Dumping junk in the wrong place can bring criminal charges under Texas law, and these rules shape what South Houston households in Harris County can legally do with it.
Texas outdoor burning rules let residents burn household waste only where no garbage collection service exists. That excludes a city with regular collection like South Houston. Harris County can also declare burn bans during droughts.
Texas law prohibits putting lead-acid batteries in household trash or municipal landfills. Stores that sell vehicle batteries must accept used ones when customers buy replacements, so the parts store counter is usually the simplest legal way to get rid of an old garage battery.
After storms, debris collection in Harris County is typically sorted by category. Keep tree limbs, construction debris, appliances, electronics, and household chemicals in separate piles. Keep the piles away from storm drains, since blocked drains make street flooding worse.
Under the Texas Litter Abatement Act, illegal dumping penalties grow with the amount dumped. Small loads are a Class C misdemeanor, and 1,000 pounds or more is a state jail felony. A truckload of drywall and old cabinets can reach that top level.
State law requires makers of computer equipment sold in Texas to offer consumers free take-back recycling. Television makers must offer recycling programs too. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality posts participating brands, so check before throwing out an old monitor.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require refrigerant to be recovered from refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners, and dehumidifiers before final disposal. South Houston's long cooling season wears out window units quickly, and releasing refrigerant into the air on purpose is prohibited.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's part of a city-scheduled collection. I couldn't confirm a bulk pickup schedule for South Houston, so call City Hall first. Texas Health and Safety Code 365.012 treats illegal dumping as a crime, with fines up to $500 or $2,000 depending on weight.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in South Houston starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or driveway pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Truckload haulers usually quote on site.
Often, but it depends on Loader availability for your zip code. Enter your address during booking to see the live time slots. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, and for in-home pickups someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Hazardous items such as paint, chemicals, and car batteries generally aren't accepted in regular trash or bulk pickups. Harris County and the City of Houston run household hazardous waste drop-off sites, so check their rules first. LoadUp can't take hazardous materials either.
Loaders try to keep items out of the landfill whenever options allow. Usable furniture and household goods may go to local donation partners, and recyclable materials go to recyclers, depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled is taken to a proper disposal facility.
You pick your items and a time window online, and the total is shown before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader calls or texts ahead of arrival, then carries out and loads the items. You only need to point out what's going.
The main difference is pricing. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before booking. College HUNKS, which serves South Houston, offers free estimates, and traditional haulers often price by truck space. For a few items, per-item pricing is usually simpler to compare.
I couldn't confirm a South Houston permit requirement for hauling your own household junk. You do have to take it to a legal disposal site, since dumping it elsewhere is illegal. Disposal sites charge their own fees, and a hired hauler saves you the truck rental and the lifting.
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