*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's all you notice. In North Atlanta, LoadUp keeps the fix simple: see your price upfront, pick a time, and get it gone.
You look up the bulk pickup rules, then try to work out whether the city or the county serves your street. You call a few haulers and only hear back from one. Two weekends later, the junk is still in the garage.
City bulk pickup programs work well if your items fit the rules and your schedule fits theirs. Usually you have to request a pickup ahead of time, and some things get turned away. You also still have to drag everything to the curb yourself, even from a basement.
A lot of haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, so you lose an afternoon waiting at home. Then they quote by the truckload. A fraction of a truck can get rounded up, and the final price is often settled at the curb.
Donation centers are careful about what they accept, and they should be. A stain, a scratch, or a worn cushion can get an item turned down. You load your car, drive it over, and sometimes drive part of it right back home.
If you're clearing out one room, a dumpster is more than you need. You still have to schedule delivery and pickup, possibly get a permit, and live with it parked in the driveway for days. On a quiet, tree-lined street, that's rarely a neighbor's favorite sight.
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 North Atlanta 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 North Atlanta's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Carrying a sleeper sofa up a narrow basement stairwell takes patience, and your Loader handles every tight turn. Each Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in North Atlanta after each job.
If the old dresser is already waiting at the end of an Ashford Park driveway, curbside is all you need. For a cluttered basement or a condo unit off Peachtree Road, 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 $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.
Anyone who has tried a dump run on I-85 on a Saturday knows the old couch is the easy part. The traffic is the real haul. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you keep your weekend, and we genuinely like showing up for neighbors from Ashford Park to Drew Valley.
Big, bulky items are hard to move alone, and where they end up matters in North Atlanta's established neighborhoods. Your Loader sorts each pickup by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal gets considered for every piece.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be donated when possible and local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside so they have a chance at a second home.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available. Metal frames, appliances, and similar pieces can go this route, though local options and rules vary by item.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items that can't be donated or recycled are taken by your Loader for responsible disposal at an appropriate local facility, in line with what that facility accepts.
If you put banned items in a trash cart or leave debris out without permission, you can get a code violation notice. These rules apply to homes in North Atlanta and across DeKalb County.
Regular DeKalb County Sanitation cart service doesn't pick up furniture or appliances. They go through a separate bulky item collection instead. The county sometimes holds free bulky item collection windows, and items must be at the curb by 7 a.m. on the scheduled day.
In Georgia's long, humid summers, stored tires fill with rainwater and become places where mosquitoes breed. That's one reason the state keeps whole tires out of landfills and closely controls scrap tire hauling. The simplest legal way to get rid of old tires is usually at a tire retailer when you replace them.
DeKalb's home trash service is meant for household waste. It doesn't cover drywall, lumber, roofing or tile from a remodel. If you hire a contractor, removing the debris they create is usually their job, so agree on that in writing before work starts.
Georgia law keeps yard trimmings out of lined municipal landfills, so DeKalb collects leaves, pine straw and limbs separately. Use paper yard bags or open containers, not plastic bags. Limbs brought down by summer storms follow the same rule.
Lead-acid batteries can't go to Georgia landfills because of the lead and acid inside. Stores that sell them are required to take used ones back. Old batteries from cars, boats and riding mowers should never go in a trash cart.
Federal Clean Air Act rules make it illegal to knowingly release refrigerant into the air. Refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners and dehumidifiers need their refrigerant recovered before they're scrapped or thrown away. Dehumidifiers are common in humid Georgia basements and easy to forget.
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(678) 884-4738Not without an arranged pickup. North Atlanta is now mostly part of the city of Brookhaven, so bulk collection runs through the city's sanitation provider, not DeKalb's unincorporated program. Items set out with no scheduled pickup can be cited as illegal dumping. Confirm your pickup rules with the city.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in North Atlanta starts at $75 for a single item, and curbside or driveway pickup takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. Your exact total is confirmed before booking.
Often, yes. Same-day and next-day slots are offered when schedules allow, and availability depends on your address and the time you book. Entering your zip code during booking shows the open windows for your area, including Ashford Park, Drew Valley and Lynwood Park.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. You can leave items out with access notes. For items inside the home, someone should be there, or you can give entry instructions when booking. Loaders typically call or text before they arrive.
Hazardous materials, such as paint, chemicals and batteries, are commonly excluded from curbside bulk programs. Large or heavy loads, construction debris and appliances with refrigerants often face limits too. Check your sanitation provider's current list before setting anything out.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, they take furniture and household goods to local charities, and they send recyclables to processors. Donation and recycling depend on acceptance, so anything that can't be reused goes to a licensed disposal site.
You pick the items and a time window online, then see your price before you confirm. On pickup day, Loaders arrive in the window, load the items, and clear the spot. The price you were quoted at booking is what you pay, and the Loader confirms it when the job is done.
The pricing model and the booking flow are different. Many traditional haulers price by truckload and may confirm the total on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so the total is set before booking. For a large full-house cleanout, a truckload hauler can still be a reasonable fit.
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