*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $95. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it weighs on the whole house. Book a quick pickup with a clear price upfront, and let LoadUp get it off your plate across the Rock.
You check the city's website, call a couple of haulers, and wait on callbacks that never come. One quote needs a site visit next week. Meanwhile, the garage stays full and another weekend slips by.
Municipal pickup schedules can be a solid option, but they usually mean asking for a slot ahead of time, staying within item limits, and getting everything to the curb yourself. On a steep driveway or a long private lane, that last step is often where the plan stalls.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they quote, then charge by fractions of a truckload you can only guess at. You take time off for the estimate, and the final number can still change once they see the stairs down to your basement.
Donation sites check condition, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and dated cabinetry from a remodel often get turned away. Even the items they accept still need to be loaded up and dropped off during their hours, and anything they decline comes right back home with you.
A roll-off container makes sense for a full gut job, not a single room or one corner of the garage. You may have to sort out where it can sit, coordinate delivery and pickup, and leave a steel box on a narrow, tree-lined street for a week or longer.
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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 Mercer Island 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 Mercer Island's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader carries a dresser up narrow daylight-basement stairs and down a steep driveway to the truck, and every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Mercer Island after each job.
If the old patio set is already waiting at the top of your driveway or beside the garage, curbside is the simple choice. If a sectional is in a split-level family room or a condo unit near Town Center, choose full-service so your Loaders can bring it out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $95 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $90 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $105 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $95 |
| 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.
Nobody plans a Saturday around driving a sofa off the island and back, especially when there's no local dump to shorten the trip. Your Loaders carry it up from the basement, load the truck, and take it away. Honestly, they like showing up for Mercer Islanders, and it shows.
Mercer Island homes tend to produce bulky pieces, from estate furniture to remodel leftovers, and where each one ends up matters. Your Loader sorts by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow.
Sofas, dressers, and other items in good, clean condition may be donated when possible. Your Loader sets them aside for a donation channel where available. No donation receipt is promised.
Worn or damaged pieces that can't be donated may be recycled where available, such as scrap metal or wood. Your Loader separates what can be recycled when local options allow.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like soaked mattresses or broken furniture, are taken off the island for disposal. Mercer Island has no landfill or transfer station of its own.
Mixing the wrong materials or going over collection limits can add service charges and disposal fees, so here is what Mercer Island and King County actually require.
Recology accepts ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal at the curb if each piece is under two feet in any direction, weighs less than 35 pounds and is less than 5 percent non-metal. Put it inside the cart, or bundle or box it beside the cart.
Winter windstorms often leave limbs across Mercer Island yards. Yard debris collection does not take pieces over four inches in diameter or four feet long. Bundles up to two feet across and four feet long are allowed if they weigh no more than 55 pounds.
These electronics contain toxic materials that can harm people and the environment, so they cannot go in the garbage cart. E-Cycle Washington offers free recycling for them. The city's spring recycling event also accepts TVs, computers and monitors.
Once each calendar year, Mercer Island residential customers can set out two non-appliance bulky items, such as couches or mattresses. They can add up to one cubic yard of extra garbage in 32-gallon or smaller cans or bags. Going past that limit adds charges.
King County requires readily recyclable materials from construction and demolition projects to be collected in a dedicated C&D debris container. Before any demolition, an asbestos contractor must remove any friable asbestos-containing materials listed in the asbestos survey.
Recology requires the doors to be removed from any refrigerator or freezer set out for bulky collection. Appliances are not part of the free annual pickup. Another option is the city's twice-yearly recycling event, which accepts appliances, refrigerators and freezers.
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(678) 884-4738No, not unless it's part of a scheduled pickup. Republic Services handles Mercer Island trash and offers bulk pickup by arrangement. Items left out without an appointment can count as illegal dumping. Confirm bulky item rules and fees with Republic before setting anything out.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Mercer Island starts at $95, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Truckload haulers price differently.
Often, but it depends on Loader availability for your address and time slot. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. For curbside or driveway pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home removal, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
The nearest King County facility is Factoria Transfer Station at 13800 SE 32nd St in Bellevue, which takes garbage and household hazardous waste. Mercer Island has also held recycling events at the Community & Event Center. Check the city site for current dates and accepted items.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow. Recyclable materials go to recycling facilities depending on acceptance. Whatever can't be donated or recycled is taken to an appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items and your Mercer Island address online, choose a time window, and see your price before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives, removes the items from where you've pointed them out, and loads them. You get a heads-up before arrival.
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