*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes one more thing on your list. Book a quick pickup in Pittston, see your price before you commit, and get it cleared out.
You check the city website, leave a voicemail about bulk pickup, request a few hauler quotes, and hear back from maybe one. Meanwhile weeks slip by, and the pile in the cellar still hasn't moved.
City bulk pickup programs can be a solid deal, but they often come with item limits, advance scheduling, and exclusions for things like appliances or renovation debris. You still have to wrestle everything down narrow stairs and out front yourself, on their date, not yours.
Many haulers want to stop by for an in-person estimate before naming a figure, then price by fractions of a truckload you can't easily picture. The number can shift once they're standing in your attic, and you're left guessing what the final bill will be.
Thrift shops and charities need items they can resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken pieces often get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you're the one loading the car and driving it over, and whatever they decline comes right back home.
A roll-off makes sense for a gut renovation, not a single spare room. Older Wyoming Valley streets are often tight, so placement may need a permit, the container can sit for days eating up parking, and you still handle every bit of the heavy lifting.
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 Pittston 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 Pittston's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle narrow cellar stairs and cramped detached garages with care. Every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Pittston after each job.
If you can roll your items out to the driveway or sidewalk, curbside is the simpler choice. If something heavy is stuck on the upper floor of an older multi-story home, choose full-service so your Loaders can bring it down and out for you.
| 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.
Anyone who has wrestled a recliner up a narrow cellar staircase in an older Pittston house knows that is not a solo job. Steep steps and tight lots punish improvisation. Your Loaders take those stairs for you, and they genuinely like showing up for the people who keep Pittston feeling like a hometown.
Big, awkward items are hard to place once they leave your home, and that is true across Pittston's older houses. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so donation, recycling, or disposal fits what the item is.
Items in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set aside usable furniture or household goods for that path, though donation is never guaranteed for any item.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates materials like metal or wood when possible, since recycling depends on what local facilities currently accept.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, such as a broken sectional or a ruined mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the hauling so you don't have to make that trip.
Get these wrong and an old television could sit in your garage until next year's collection day. These rules apply to homes in Pittston, Luzerne County.
Pennsylvania law keeps televisions and computer monitors out of household trash, and Pittston offers a single residents-only electronics recycling day each year. At the 2024 event the city covered the recycling charge for one item, and collection stopped once one truck filled.
Pittston's recycling calendar can be amended for weather, and snow removal operations have canceled recycling and cardboard pickup before. When that happens, the city asks residents to hold cardboard until the next scheduled pickup the following week, so plan storage room for winter cleanouts.
Since January 1, 2025, each bag of refuse set out for city collection in Pittston must display one complete, undefaced, officially issued City of Pittston Refuse Sticker. Stickers come in sheets of six, and older sticker designs expire with no exceptions.
Pittston treats Christmas trees as a separate recycling stream, collected curbside once a year on the schedule in the city's annual recycling calendar. Like yard waste, trees cannot be set out in plastic bags, so remove any tree disposal bag first.
Pittston handles glass through a drop-off program at the public works building, supported in part by Luzerne County Recycling Office grants. Bi-weekly Saturday drop-off hours accept glass and yard waste together, so one trip can clear both.
Pittston collects yard waste curbside every other week for nine months of the year, but never in plastic bags. Set-outs also cannot block traffic, parking, driveways or sidewalks, and the Greater Pittston Regional Compost Commission may add its own requirements.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it is part of your regular trash collection. Bulky items set out without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping under Pennsylvania law. Call your hauler or City Hall to ask about bulk item rules for your street.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Pittston starts at $80, with $5 off for curbside or driveway pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee, and each additional item is a flat add-on charge. The exact total is confirmed before booking.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available, depending on Loader schedules in the Wyoming Valley that day. Next-day slots are more common. Enter your address during booking to see the live openings for your location. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home.
Hazardous items like paint, chemicals, and batteries generally can't go in household trash anywhere in Pennsylvania. Large items and tires often have special rules too. Check with your trash hauler or Luzerne County for current disposal options before setting anything out.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Items that can't be reused or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition and what local partners will take.
You pick your items and enter your Pittston address online. You choose a time window and see the full price before you confirm. On pickup day, your Loader contacts you before arriving, then removes the items and hauls them away.
The main difference is pricing. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and may confirm a quote on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see the total before anyone arrives. Truckload pricing can suit very large cleanouts.
It can be, if you have a truck and the time. Landfills and transfer stations charge fees by weight or load, and you'll cover fuel and loading yourself. Call the facility for current rates. Paying for removal makes sense for heavy, bulky, or time-sensitive jobs.
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