*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $100. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up faster than you can deal with it. Book a pickup anywhere in the Queen City, see your price upfront, and get it all gone on your schedule.
You start by asking your hauler about a special pickup, then spend an evening on county drop-off rules, then call around for quotes. One outfit never calls back. Weeks pass and the pile has not moved an inch.
There is no municipal bulk truck making rounds here. Trash service comes from a private hauler you sign up with yourself, and any oversized pickup has to be requested well in advance. City ordinance also doesn't allow furniture or appliances to sit in the right-of-way while you wait.
Most haulers want to see the pile before committing to anything. That means an estimate window, a walkthrough, then a number pinned to how much of the truck you fill, which nobody can tell you with any certainty until the load is already on board.
Reuse and thrift operations only take what they can realistically resell, so torn upholstery, a treadmill with a dead motor, or anything that sat in a damp basement gets turned away. They also expect you to deliver it, in a vehicle you may not own.
Dropping a container in an Old North End driveway ties up your parking for days, and street placement puts you in permit territory. Then you still carry a single room's worth down the stairs yourself, past neighbors who look at it until pickup 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.
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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 Burlington's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Narrow stairwells in older multi-unit conversions, no elevator, a treadmill stuck on the landing: your Loaders handle that access daily. Each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Burlington after each job.
Curbside fits when everything is already outside at the street, in the driveway, or staged in an open garage, and nobody needs to step inside. Go full service when the load is still in an upper-floor unit of an older conversion or at the back of a basement, and your Loaders bring it out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $100 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $95 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $110 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $100 |
| 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.
Half this city is built on a hill, and plenty of the rest is old duplexes with staircases never measured for a sectional. Add porch steps iced over in February and moving anything yourself gets old fast. Your Loaders know these stairwells, and they like showing up for the people at the top of them.
Getting a treadmill or a dresser out of a Burlington duplex is only half the job. Where it lands next depends on condition, and on Vermont rules that keep certain materials out of the trash entirely.
Furniture and household goods that are clean, intact, and still usable may be considered for reuse or donation when local options allow. If you need a receipt, arrange that drop-off yourself before booking.
A dented washer, a bent bed frame, or an old desktop tower still holds metal and components worth separating. Your Loaders keep those apart from general trash so recycling stays possible where facilities accept them.
Water-damaged, moldy, or pest-infested bulky goods have no reuse path left. Those leave with your Loaders for disposal through licensed transfer and landfill facilities serving Chittenden County, following the handling rules each site sets.
Getting disposal wrong in Burlington can mean a ticket plus a bill for city cleanup, so know what Burlington and Chittenden County actually require.
Burlington's solid waste ordinance bars furniture, rugs, appliances and refuse piles from front yards and rights of way at any time unless neatly covered on pickup day. Violators risk tickets, fines, and charges for city removal.
Private licensed haulers handle trash collection in Burlington, while the Department of Public Works runs curbside recycling, mandatory for homes and businesses since 1992. Licensed haulers may collect only between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Vermont's E-Cycles law has kept computers, monitors, printers, peripherals and televisions out of the trash since 2011. Recycling is free for households and for anyone dropping off seven or fewer covered devices, so there is no reason to landfill them.
Act 148 has banned leaf and yard debris and clean wood from Vermont landfills since 2016. Burlington residents may bring limited amounts of yard debris to the McNeil Wood and Yard Waste Depot, where it becomes compost.
Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers hold refrigerant that federal Clean Air Act rules require a certified technician to recover before the unit is scrapped. That is why sealed appliances are handled apart from ordinary scrap metal.
Clean wood, meaning lumber never painted, stained, treated or glued, is banned from Vermont landfills, so remodeling debris has to be separated. Chittenden Solid Waste District drop-off centers are self serve and charge a $1 facility fee per visit.
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(678) 884-4738Only when it's neatly stored in covered containers on the day of pickup by an authorized hauler. Burlington's solid waste ordinance bans bulky items like furniture and appliances in front yards or the right of way, and leaving junk out otherwise can bring tickets, fines, and city removal charges billed to the property owner.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Burlington starts at $100, and choosing curbside or driveway pickup takes $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, then each additional item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed upfront before you book. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload instead.
Same-day is often open across Burlington zip codes when you book before noon, and next-day is widely available in Chittenden County. Enter your address during booking to see live windows. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home, just leave your junk out with access notes.
Vermont's Universal Recycling Law bans recyclables, leaf and yard debris, clean wood, and food scraps from the trash statewide. Hazardous items like paint, motor oil, and fluorescent bulbs aren't accepted at the Burlington CSWD drop-off, so those go to the Environmental Depot in South Burlington instead.
Loaders sort items and aim to keep usable goods out of the landfill whenever possible. Furniture and appliances in good shape can go to reuse nonprofits like ReSOURCE on Pine Street, recyclables follow Vermont's Act 148 rules, and only what can't be donated or recycled heads to disposal. Donation is never guaranteed.
You book online by listing your junk and picking a curbside or in-home option, then get an upfront price locked before pickup day. Your Loader usually calls about 30 minutes before arrival, handles all the lifting and loading, and you don't need to drag anything to the curb yourself.
Pricing model and booking flow are the main differences. 1-800-GOT-JUNK prices by how much truck space your load fills and confirms cost with an on-site estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is locked before anyone arrives. For single or two-item jobs, the upfront per-item approach is often lower.
You can for smaller loads, but CSWD added a $1 entry fee per visit in July 2026, plus trash charges running from $3 for a 13-gallon bag up to $15 for a 65-gallon bag. The Burlington and South Burlington centers don't take oversized furniture, so bulky junk still needs a hauler or a ReSOURCE donation pickup.
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