*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $100. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until one day it's in your way. Book a pickup around the Bay, lock in a real price up front, and skip the heavy lifting.
First you search for a town bulk pickup that turns out not to exist, then you call around for quotes. Two haulers never answer, one insists on seeing it first, and weeks later the junk is still sitting where it was.
There is no town bulk route here. Trash comes from private subscription haulers, and bulky items are usually a separate request with limits on what counts and when it goes out. The district drop-off options sit in neighboring towns, with fees, weekday hours, and a truck you supply yourself.
Most haulers price by how much of the truck your load fills, and nobody names that number until someone is standing in your driveway looking at the pile. Say no at that point and you have burned a morning waiting on an estimate you never wanted.
Reuse shops in the area hold a standard, and they should: no rips, no water damage, no missing hardware, and often no mattresses or pressboard pieces at all. They also expect you to get it up the basement stairs, into a vehicle, and there before closing.
Renting one means a permit conversation if it lands anywhere near the road, a flat spot with room for the truck to swing in, and a week of steel parked on a shared drive while you fill a container sized for a full remodel.
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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 Colchester 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 Colchester's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Bulkheads, low basement stairs, and garage bays packed to the rafters are ordinary days for your Loaders. Every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Colchester after each job.
If the item is already at the end of the driveway or waiting by the road, curbside pickup keeps it simple and your Loaders just load and go. Full service makes more sense when the piece is still upstairs in a village-center farmhouse, tucked into a brick apartment block at the former Fort Ethan Allen post, or sitting under a low camp ceiling where someone has to carry 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 of Colchester keeps its overflow at a camp down a narrow bay road, and the other half has it stacked in a basement off Route 7. Neither empties itself. Your Loaders do the carrying, know which lanes a truck can actually turn around in, and genuinely like showing up for the people here.
Where an item ends up matters as much as getting it out of the house, since Vermont's recycling law limits what can be landfilled. In Colchester, your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, keeping usable material out of the waste stream when possible.
Furniture, shelving, and household goods that are clean, intact, and still usable may go to a local donation option when possible, depending on the item's condition and what area organizations are accepting that day.
Items too worn to reuse often still hold value as material. Appliance metal, bed frames, and electronics can be routed to recycling options that exist in the county where available and when the season allows.
Water-damaged sectionals from a basement, split above-ground pool frames, and crumbling garage debris head to transfer or landfill options serving Colchester, handled under Vermont's disposal rules rather than left at a curb.
Put the wrong item in a Colchester trash cart and it can be left behind or rejected, because Chittenden County enforces Vermont's disposal bans.
The Town of Colchester does not collect trash, recycling, or bulky items. Households either contract with a private hauler or haul loads themselves to Chittenden Solid Waste District drop-off centers or the local recycling center on Rathe Road.
Under Act 148, Vermont's Universal Recycling Law, metal, glass, plastics #1 and #2, paper, and cardboard are illegal to landfill. There is no minimum threshold, so even small amounts mixed into a cleanout load count.
Since 2016, leaf and yard debris and clean wood have been banned from Vermont trash. Chittenden County residents can drop leaves at select CSWD sites, Green Mountain Compost, or Burlington's McNeil wood and yard debris depot.
Vermont bans e-waste from landfills because devices contain lead, mercury, and chromium. The state's E-Cycles program covers computers, monitors, printers, peripherals, and televisions at no charge for households, and items are accepted broken or working.
Refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and air conditioners cannot go in Chittenden County trash. Refrigerant must be recovered before the shell is recycled as scrap metal, and drop-off sites typically charge a separate handling fee for that step.
Chittenden County facilities handle construction and demolition material separately from household trash, with clean drywall, plywood, shingles, and concrete routed to recycling outlets. Mixed loads can be reclassified and billed at the highest applicable material rate.
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(678) 884-4738Not on its own. Colchester has no municipal curbside program, so residents contract private haulers like Casella, and large items need a scheduled bulk pickup or a trip to a CSWD drop-off center. Setting items curbside without an arrangement risks an illegal dumping violation.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Colchester starts at $100 for a single bulky item, and curbside or driveway pickups take $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, and each added item is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book, not after a truck arrives.
Often, yes. Book before noon and same-day service is available in many Colchester zip codes, with next-day open across Chittenden County. Enter your address during booking to see live availability, since slots depend on Loader coverage that day.
Vermont's Universal Recycling Law keeps recyclables, food scraps, and leaf and yard debris out of the trash statewide, and batteries and electronics are banned too. These route to CSWD drop-off centers instead. Loaders sort for these categories so restricted items are handled the right way, not landfilled.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever options allow. Furniture and goods may go to local charities like ReSOURCE in Chittenden County, metal and electronics head to recyclers, and only what's left goes to disposal. Outcomes depend on item condition and what partners accept.
You get an upfront price online or by texting a photo, then pick a date. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home if items are accessible, while in-home jobs need someone present or access notes. Your Loader typically calls about 30 minutes before arrival.
Mostly pricing model and booking. Casella handles bulk pickup as an add-on to trash service, and haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King price by truckload after an in-person look. LoadUp prices per item online and locks it before anyone shows up, so there's no driveway estimate.
For a small load and a free Saturday, it can be cheaper. The nearest centers are Essex at 218 Colchester Road and Milton, but there's now a $1 facility fee per visit plus trash fees from $3 to $15 by bag size. LoadUp makes sense when items are heavy or you'd rather skip the haul.
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