*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk keeps piling up, it stops being a chore and starts weighing on your week. Universal City, see your price upfront and book a quick pickup that clears it out.
You look up the city's pickup rules, call a couple of haulers, wait on callbacks that never come, and check donation hours. A week or two goes by, and the junk is still sitting right where it was.
City bulk pickup can work well for basic household items, but programs like this usually have item limits, set schedules, and rules about how you request a pickup. If your timing is tight or your item isn't accepted, you're left waiting or hauling it yourself.
Many haulers want to come out and see the job before they give you a number. Then the price depends on how full the truck gets, so you don't know what you'll actually pay until the work is done and you're standing in the driveway.
Donation centers have to be choosy. Stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned away, and you still have to load and drive everything there yourself. Whatever they won't take comes right back home with you.
A dumpster sits on your driveway for days, blocks parking, and may need approval depending on where you live. After all that, you still do the lifting yourself. For one room, a few bulky pieces, or a small move-out, it's far more than the job needs.
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.
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 Universal City 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 Universal City's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries sleeper sofas down two-story staircases and squeezes freezers through narrow side-yard gates. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Universal City after each job.
If an old recliner or rusted grill is already out on your driveway or by the street, curbside service lets your Loaders load it straight onto the truck. For things still in an upstairs bedroom, a second-floor apartment or the back of an attached garage, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything out from inside.
| 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.
With jets from Randolph humming overhead and a July sun already beating down on the driveway, nobody wants to wrestle an old sofa onto a borrowed truck, especially with a move-out date looming. Your Loaders handle the lifting and hauling so you can stay in the shade. Universal City neighbors deserve a Saturday that's actually theirs.
Bulky items rarely belong in one place once they leave a Universal City home, so where they end up depends on condition. Your Loader sorts each load toward donation, recycling, or disposal, when local options allow.
Furniture, appliances, and household goods in good, clean shape may be set aside for reuse when possible. If you want a receipt, arrange the donation yourself directly with the receiving organization.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, such as broken electronics, metal frames, or old appliances, may be recycled where available. Options vary by item type and what is nearby.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like waterlogged sofas or collapsed mattresses, are lifted and hauled by your Loader to an appropriate disposal site, since they cannot be reused or recycled.
Dumping a load in the wrong place can bring criminal charges under Texas law, so residents of Universal City and Bexar County should know these disposal rules first.
The Texas Litter Abatement Act treats illegal dumping as a crime that escalates with weight. Small amounts are a misdemeanor, while loads over 1,000 pounds, or smaller loads dumped for a commercial purpose, can become a state jail felony.
Lead-acid batteries cannot go in Texas landfills. State law requires retailers that sell them to accept used batteries from customers, so swapping an old garage battery at purchase avoids a disposal problem and keeps lead and acid out of the trash.
Federal Clean Air Act rules require refrigerant in refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners, and dehumidifiers to be recovered before the appliance is scrapped. Scrap recyclers often ask for proof it was removed, which matters in a climate that burns through cooling units.
Under the Texas Computer Equipment Recycling Program, manufacturers selling in the state must offer consumers free recycling of their brand of desktop computers, laptops, and computer monitors, plus accompanying keyboards and mice. A separate state program covers televisions.
State rules keep whole scrap tires out of municipal solid waste landfills unless they are split, quartered, or shredded first. Registered scrap tire facilities handle them instead, and Texas requires commercial scrap tire transporters to register with the state.
Texas prohibits putting used oil and used oil filters in landfills or pouring oil onto the ground or into storm drains. The state's used oil program registers public collection centers, many at auto parts stores, that take oil from home oil changes.
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(678) 884-4738Only for the city's weekly brush and bulk pickup, run by Frontier Waste Solutions. Items go at the front curb only, since rear alley pickup isn't offered, and the set-out limit is 4 cubic yards. Check your collection day on the city website.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Universal City starts at $75. That covers the first item and the pickup fee. Each additional item is a flat add-on charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Curbside pickup takes $5 off the base price.
Same-day or next-day pickup is often available in Universal City, depending on Loader schedules. Enter your address during booking to see open times. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be present or leave access notes.
Appliances with freon, such as refrigerators and AC units, need the freon removed first. Certification stating this must be attached to the item or the city's hauler won't collect it. Oversized piles beyond the 4 cubic yard limit also don't qualify for the weekly pickup.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Furniture and household goods may be donated depending on charity acceptance, and recyclables like metal and cardboard are sorted out whenever possible. Anything that can't be donated or recycled is taken to an appropriate disposal facility.
Choose your items online, pick curbside or in-home pickup, and select a time window. You see the price upfront, and the total is confirmed before booking. On pickup day, your Loader gets the items out, loads them, and takes them away.
The city's weekly brush and bulk pickup is the better choice if your items fit the size limit and you can wait for collection day. Paid junk removal makes more sense for large loads, restricted items, or when you need pickup on a specific day, including from inside your home.
Mainly the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King usually price by truck space, often finalized at the job site. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before booking, and curbside pickup saves $5.
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