*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on your whole week. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup and a clear price upfront, so Knoxville's Marble City homes can breathe again.
You search for options, call the city, request a few hauler quotes, and wait. One never calls back, another wants to stop by first. Weeks later, the junk is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs work well for a lone piece of furniture set out on schedule. They usually come with limits on item types and amounts, need a request ahead of time, and expect you to drag everything to the street yourself.
Many haulers won't give you a number until someone comes out to look. Then the price depends on how much of the truck your stuff fills, which is hard to picture ahead of time and easy to argue about once the loading starts.
Donation centers want items in good, sellable shape, and they're right to be picky. Stained upholstery, broken frames, and worn-out appliances often get turned away, so you still have to find a way to get rid of whatever they won't take.
A roll-off dumpster makes sense for a full gut renovation, not for one cluttered room. It can mean permit questions, delivery and pickup windows, a container blocking the driveway for days, and neighbors wondering how long it's staying.
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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 Knoxville 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 Knoxville's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders carry loads up steep basement stairs and through the narrow doorways of older homes with care. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Knoxville after each job.
If your items are already at the end of the driveway or beside the garage door, curbside service lets your Loaders load up and go. If they're still up a walk-up porch, at the top of a steep driveway, or in an upper-floor downtown unit, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry everything out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Hauling a dresser to the dump means braving Malfunction Junction, and every Knoxvillian knows how that goes: brake lights and a Saturday gone. Skip it. Your Loaders carry it out of the garage or off the porch, load up, and take it away. They like showing up for this town.
Bulky items rarely end up in the same place, which is why where things go after pickup matters for Knoxville cleanouts. Your Loader sorts by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal gets a fair look.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside during loading so usable pieces have a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but still have usable materials, like metal frames or some electronics, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them from the load when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a water-ruined sofa or a broken-down mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader hauls them away so you never have to make the trip.
A misplaced pile or untagged fridge simply stays at the curb, so these are the rules that apply inside Knoxville city limits in Knox County.
From March through October, Knoxville collects a brush pile up to six feet long, wide, and high every two weeks. Set it out by 7 a.m. Monday of your collection week, keep it free of trash, and expect a pause during fall leaf season.
Appliances containing refrigerant are not eligible for curbside pickup unless certified personnel have drained the coolant and tagged the unit. Without a tag, residents can bring the appliance to the City's Solid Waste Facility, where qualified staff drain it and dispose of the coolant safely.
Knoxville's code states that bulky waste is not overflow household waste. Bags of garbage left outside the City-issued cart will not be collected, which matters during a big cleanout when trash quickly outgrows a single cart.
Construction, renovation, and demolition waste is landfilled separately from household garbage in Knoxville, so it is not eligible for bulky waste pickup at the curb. Residents can take this material to the City's Solid Waste Facility for disposal instead.
Knoxville's leaf collection runs November through February, and the leaves are mulched, so plastic bags ruin the process. Rake leaves loose to the curb. Bagged leaves set beside the trash cart are not collected; only bags that fit inside your cart get picked up.
Chairs, shelving, and file cabinets too large for the garbage cart count as bulky waste. Knoxville collects up to five per week once a bulky alert is placed through 311, then allow up to two business days. Very heavy items may not qualify.
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(678) 884-4738Not as a catch-all. Knoxville's city collection has rules on what it takes and how items must be set out. Bulky piles left out without an arranged pickup can be treated as illegal dumping. Check with the City of Knoxville Solid Waste office for current rules.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Knoxville starts at $80 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes $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.
Same-day slots are sometimes available, depending on the schedule in your area. Next-day is more common. Enter your address during booking to see which times are open for your Knoxville neighborhood. Booking earlier in the day improves your chances.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out and add access notes when you book. For items inside the home, someone should be there, or you can leave entry instructions. Your Loader will usually message you before arriving.
Hazardous materials such as paint, solvents, pesticides, and chemicals usually can't go in regular trash or standard junk loads. Large items often need special handling too. Ask Knoxville's solid waste office or Knox County about household hazardous waste drop-off options.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. They try to donate furniture and household goods to local charities, and recycle metal and electronics when possible. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to an appropriate disposal facility, depending on acceptance.
Pick the items you want gone, choose a time window, and see your price online before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader arrives, confirms the items, and does the lifting and loading. You don't have to move anything to the curb.
Pricing model and booking flow. Traditional haulers often price by truckload and may confirm the final cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, with the total confirmed before booking. For a few items that is often simpler, while a full-house cleanout may suit a truckload hauler.
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