*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $105. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up quietly until one day there's nowhere left to put it. Book a pickup in old Pocasset with LoadUp, see your price upfront, and get it gone.
You read the town's waste page twice, sort out which sticker and which appointment apply, then call two haulers and hear back from one. A month goes by and the pile is still in the garage.
The transfer station is genuinely useful if you hold a current sticker, own a truck, and have help loading it. Furniture still has to be lifted into the bin by you, and the town's bulky collection runs on scheduled appointments rather than whenever the garage finally gets cleared.
Call around and the first thing most haulers want is a visit to look at the pile before anyone says a number. Then the price depends on how much of the truck you fill, which you cannot confirm until your stuff is already on it.
Thrift outlets around Newport County have to be selective. A stain on the cushions or a wobbly frame, and the answer is no. Most will not come down into a basement for a sleeper sofa either, so the good pieces go and everything else stays.
A roll-off takes planning: a delivery day, a spot it can legally sit, and a pickup day you wait on. Tight lots around Island Park push it into the street, where a steel box sits in front of the neighbors all week to empty one room.
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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 Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Bulkhead basement stairs and a packed garage bay make for awkward carries, and your Loaders do that part. Each one is background checked and rated by real locals in Portsmouth after each job.
When the old sectional is already sitting at the end of a long gravel driveway or outside the garage door, curbside handles it and you do not need to be home. Full service fits better when things are still in a basement, an upstairs bedroom, or a detached shed, because your Loaders carry it all out from where it sits.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $105 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $100 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $115 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $105 |
| 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.
Come July, East and West Main slow to a crawl with Newport traffic, and that is exactly when the shed, the garage, and the basement all give up at once. Nobody wants to tow a trailer through that. Your Loaders do the carrying and the loading, and showing up for this town is the good part.
Most Portsmouth cleanouts turn up a mix of still-usable furniture and things that gave out years ago. What happens next depends on condition, so your Loader sorts items on pickup and keeps what can be kept out of the waste stream.
Items that are clean, intact, and genuinely usable may find a second home through local resale or donation channels when available, though no specific outcome or paperwork is promised at booking.
Broken appliances, scrap metal, and dead electronics are handled through recycling streams where local facilities accept them. Rhode Island treats several of these categories separately, but acceptance varies by item condition.
Water-damaged sectionals, collapsed sheds, and other Portsmouth bulk that nothing can be done with go to a licensed transfer or landfill facility, handled according to Rhode Island and Newport County waste rules.
Illegal dumping in Rhode Island carries fines and cleanup restitution, so know what Portsmouth and the state require before hauling a cleanout out of the house.
Portsmouth's curbside trash and recycling program is a paid subscription, and barrels must display a current town sticker to be emptied. Bulky items are not part of weekly service; they are scheduled by appointment with the town's hauler under a separate fee schedule.
Appliances holding Freon, including refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and dehumidifiers, are handled separately so refrigerant can be recovered rather than vented. Portsmouth's main transfer station takes them from sticker holders, and doors must be off refrigerators and freezers first.
Rhode Island keeps televisions, monitors, computers, printers and most corded electronics out of the landfill. Portsmouth offers free e-waste collection at periodic town events, and the state recycling complex in Johnston accepts electronics from residents year round.
The transfer station's construction debris and asphalt, brick and concrete bins serve residents with a valid sticker doing their own work, not contractors. Larger loads require payment at Town Hall before drop off, and garbage, furniture, appliances, tires and asbestos cannot ride along.
Portsmouth accepts leaves, grass and twigs from March 15 through December 31 only, in paper bags or containers up to 64 gallons. Plastic bags, dirt and large stumps are rejected, and oversized branches must be cut short and bundled.
Rhode Island's mattress stewardship program covers recycling at no charge for mattresses and box springs used in state, but wet, torn or bed bug infested pieces are turned away from the program and handled as disposal instead.
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(678) 884-4738No, bulky items are not collected with your regular carts, and all waste has to fit inside the carts with the lids closed. To get a couch, appliance, or other large piece picked up curbside, you must schedule it with MEGA Disposal at 401-424-4580 and pay the vendor fee directly. LoadUp is the alternative if you want pricing locked in upfront.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Portsmouth starts at $105 per item, and curbside or driveway pickups take a flat $5 off. The first item covers the base pickup fee, then each extra piece is a flat add-on, so your full total is confirmed before you book. Local haulers like Clark's list single items from around $150 and cleanouts from about $425.
Yes, same-day and next-day windows are often open across Portsmouth and the rest of Aquidneck Island when you book early in the day. Enter your zip code during booking to see live availability for your address, including Island Park, Melville, and the Common Fence Point area.
Portsmouth's weekly carts only cover trash and recycling, so bulky items go to the Main Transfer Station with a valid annual sticker, or you schedule MEGA Disposal for a fee. Note that Prudence Island residents are not eligible for curbside and use the Prudence Island Transfer Station. LoadUp can handle it if you would rather skip the sticker and the hauling.
Loaders sort loads and aim to keep usable items out of the landfill whenever options allow. Furniture and household goods route to local charities when they are in donatable shape, metals and electronics go to recyclers, and only what is left over heads to a licensed disposal site. Outcomes depend on item condition and what each facility accepts.
You book online or by phone with upfront per-item pricing, pick a date, and get a confirmed total before anyone arrives. For curbside or driveway pickups you do not need to be home, just leave items accessible with notes. For in-home jobs, someone should be present or provide access details. Loaders typically call ahead before arrival.
Hazardous materials are off limits for every hauler, including certain paints, chemicals, asbestos, propane tanks, and medical waste. Those need Rhode Island Resource Recovery's Eco-Depot household hazardous waste events. Refrigerators and freezers with refrigerant can be taken, since Loaders handle them without requiring you to attach a Freon tag yourself.
The main difference is pricing and booking flow. Junk King, 1-800-GOT-JUNK, and College Hunks mostly price by truckload after an on-site look, so your number isn't set until the crew is in your driveway. LoadUp prices per item online and locks the total before pickup, which often runs lower on single or two-item jobs.
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