*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out is the last thing you want to do. Book LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get it cleared out across Philly.
You dig through the city's sanitation pages, call a few haulers, wait on callbacks that never come, and price out a dumpster. Two weekends later, the junk is still sitting by the front door.
City bulk pickup programs can work if your items meet the rules, follow the set-out requirements, and you can get everything to the curb yourself. Some items are excluded or sent to drop-off sites, and hauling a mattress down a third-floor walk-up is still on you.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they quote, so you schedule a visit just to get a number. Then pricing by fractions of a truckload leaves you guessing until the truck is loaded, and the final total can drift from what you were told.
Donation centers have to be selective, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Many also expect you to drop items off yourself, which means borrowing a vehicle, loading it alone, and hoping each piece passes inspection at the door.
A dumpster makes sense for a gut renovation, not a spare-room cleanout. On tight city blocks, you may need a street permit, a delivery window, and a spot your neighbors can live with for days. After all that, you still do every bit of the lifting.
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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.
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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 Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader does the lifting on a narrow third-floor walk-up, guiding that dresser around tight landing turns. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Philadelphia after each job.
Curbside works when the item is already outside your door, which helps on blocks where many homes have no driveway or garage to stage things in. If it is still in a basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a high-rise unit, choose full-service and your Loaders will carry it 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 noon | 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 box spring on SEPTA is a nonstarter, and a dresser strapped to the roof on I-95 is a story nobody wants to tell. Philly weekends already disappear fast. Your Loaders handle the lifting, carrying, and loading, and they genuinely enjoy showing up for the people of this city, one stubborn couch at a time.
Not every bulky item belongs in the same place once it leaves your home, and Philadelphia's mix of older housing and renovation projects makes sorting by condition matter. Your Loader helps match each item to the best available path.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation when possible. Availability depends on local options, and you should not expect a donation receipt or paperwork.
Items that are worn or damaged but not ready for donation may go toward recycling or material recovery where available. Your Loader separates what can be reused or recycled when local options allow.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a water-ruined sofa or a broken mattress, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, so you never haul them yourself.
Large items set out with regular trash can be left at the curb uncollected, and in Philadelphia, a consolidated city and Philadelphia County, these specific rules decide what goes where.
Under Pennsylvania's Covered Device Recycling Act, televisions, desktop and laptop computers, computer monitors, and e-readers cannot be disposed of with municipal trash. In Philadelphia, flat-screen TVs are among the items listed for the city's Bulk Collection program.
Philadelphia sorts furniture by what holds it together. Wooden-frame furniture can go out with regular trash collection, while metal-frame furniture belongs in the Bulk Collection program and must stay intact rather than being disassembled or dismantled before pickup.
Philadelphia's Bulk Collection program is open only to residential households, including multi-family properties with up to six units. Buildings with more than six units and commercial properties are not eligible and must arrange private collection for appliances and other large items.
City regulations classify anything containing refrigerant, including refrigerators and air conditioners, as bulk items, which are excluded from regular rubbish collection. When summer units come out of windows in the fall, the city route for them is the appointment-based Bulk Collection program.
Philadelphia's Bulk Collection program does not take construction or demolition debris, and the city's regulations treat construction material as its own category of refuse. Drywall, lumber, and tile from a home project need a disposal route outside regular and bulk collection.
Passenger car tires are accepted through the city's Bulk Collection program only with the rims removed, and each appointment is limited to four tires. Anyone clearing out a garage with a larger stack needs multiple appointments or another disposal route.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it's regular trash set out for your scheduled collection day. Bulky items like appliances, large furniture, and tires need a bulk appointment through 311 or the Sanitation website. Illegal dumping can bring fines up to $2,000 per item on foot and $5,000 with a vehicle.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Philadelphia starts at $80 for a single item, with $5 off for curbside or driveway pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Truck-volume haulers price by load size.
Same-day slots are often available depending on your ZIP code and how full the schedule is. Enter your address at booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home. For indoor pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Philadelphia's bulk appointment program covers single-family homes and buildings up to six units, and not every item qualifies. Electronics and household hazardous waste have separate routes. Six Sanitation Convenience Centers take some items free from residents, Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
Loaders sort items and aim to donate usable pieces and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, so nothing is guaranteed.
You pick your items and your address online, see the price, and choose an arrival window. Your Loader typically gives notice before arriving, then removes the items from where you've pointed, whether that's a row house basement, a stoop, or the curb. Payment follows the confirmed quote.
Sometimes, yes. If you have a car and a small load, the city's convenience centers are free for residents, with limits of 6 receptacles or 12 bags per day and 2 appliances per day. A paid pickup makes more sense for heavy items, stairs, or tight schedules.
The main difference is pricing and booking. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before anyone arrives. 1-800-GOT-JUNK mostly prices by the volume of truck space your load takes up, though it also offers instant pricing on some curbside items. Compare quotes for your specific load.
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