*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on the list. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Poway, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call about a bulky item pickup, ask a few haulers for quotes, and wait on callbacks that never come. Weeks later, the pile in the garage is still sitting right where you left it.
Bulky item collection here runs through the city's franchise hauler, not City Hall, and it works by appointment. You book ahead, set items at the curb on the assigned day, and accept limits on what qualifies. Anything that won't come out of a back bedroom or side yard is still yours to move.
Many haulers won't give you a number until someone walks your property. Then they quote in fractions of a truckload that are hard to picture. A remodel pile of drywall and old cabinets can look like one load at the estimate and somehow turn into two on haul day.
Thrift stores and charities check condition, and they often turn away stained mattresses, scuffed dressers, older electronics, or anything missing parts. Even when they accept something, you usually have to load it and drop it off yourself. The broken stuff stays at home either way.
A roll-off makes sense for a full tear-out, not for clearing one spare room over a weekend. Parking it on the street may require a permit, and delivery and pickup happen on the rental company's schedule. A bin sitting for days on a quiet Poway cul-de-sac rarely wins over the neighbors.
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 Poway 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 Poway's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader might be wheeling a treadmill out of a packed detached garage and up a steep, sloped driveway. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Poway after each job.
If the broken patio set or old dresser is already sitting at the end of your driveway, curbside is the simpler pick. Choose full-service when items are still inside a single-story ranch home, upstairs in a newer two-story, or tucked along a side yard, and your Loaders will carry them out when access allows.
| 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.
Poway calls itself the City in the Country, and that's lovely until a garage full of old furniture has to leave via a long, sloped driveway. Loading a truck yourself on a hot Santa Ana weekend is a lot to ask. Your Loader handles the carrying, and we genuinely enjoy showing up for neighbors here.
Poway's larger lots and long-held garages tend to collect bulky items that are hard to move alone, so where things end up matters. Your Loader sorts by condition, aiming to keep what they can out of landfills.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when possible and when local options allow. Your Loader sets these aside, but don't count on paperwork for tax purposes.
Worn or damaged items, like a broken appliance or old exercise equipment, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates metal and other materials when local options allow, though reuse is never guaranteed.
Items that are heavily damaged, soiled, or beyond reuse are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading, and the final stop depends on the item and current local acceptance.
Arriving at a transfer station without matching ID turns a free coupon load into a paid one. Here is what Poway, in San Diego County, requires for common cleanout items.
Since Poway's Organics Recycling Program launched in January 2021, households can have up to three commingled green carts, letting yard trimmings and food scraps share one cart. California's SB 1383 drives this effort to keep organic material out of landfills, where it generates methane.
Non-operational electronic waste from Poway homes goes free to the city's Household Hazardous Waste facility on Saturdays, a service funded by the AB 939 fee on EDCO bills. Curbside bulky pickup accepts just one television or computer monitor.
Twice a year, EDCO customers receive a coupon for free disposal of one load, up to two tons, at the Ramona or Escondido transfer station on weekends. Without photo ID or an EDCO bill matching your service address, regular disposal fees apply.
EDCO's bulky item service in Poway refuses concrete, dirt, and asphalt. For remodeling or yard projects, the city points residents to a temporary EDCO bin instead, the same route it recommends for leftover lumber and nails.
EDCO's bulky item pickup in Poway accepts refrigerators, air conditioners, stoves, and water heaters, but the city's approved rate schedule adds a separate per-item surcharge for appliances needing special handling because of Freon or similar contaminants, on top of the standard bulky item fee.
Paints, solvents, automotive fluids, auto batteries, and pesticides must stay off the curb in Poway. The city offers free door-to-door pickup of household toxic items for homebound residents and seniors 65 and older, sparing them a trip to the facility.
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(678) 884-4738Not unless it fits in your EDCO carts or is part of a scheduled pickup. Large bulky items need an EDCO bulky pickup, which costs a nominal fee, at (858) 748-7769. Items left out without a pickup scheduled can be treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Poway starts at $75, 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. Truck-based haulers like College HUNKS quote about $99 to $699 by load size.
Same-day pickup is often possible, depending on Loader availability and when you book. Enter your Poway address during booking to see live openings. Curbside items can be left out with access notes, so you don't always need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Poway residents get a Self-Haul Cleanup Event coupon each fall and spring. It covers free disposal of one load at the local transfer station over a three-month period. It's a good free option if you have a truck and the time. Hazardous items like paint have separate rules.
Hazardous items can't go in your trash or in a junk load. Poway residents can take paint, auto fluids, and unused toxic household products to the Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 12325 Crosthwaite Circle. It's open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., except holiday weekends.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance by local partners. Items that can't be reused or recycled are taken to the appropriate disposal facility. Donation and recycling aren't guaranteed for every item.
Book online, choose your items and a time window, and see the total before you confirm. On pickup day, Loaders arrive, load the items from the location you specified, and take them away. You can choose curbside placement or ask Loaders to remove items from inside your home, garage, or yard.
The main difference is the pricing model. College HUNKS prices by truck space and gives a free estimate. LoadUp prices per item online, so the total is set before booking. For a few items that is often simpler. A full garage cleanout may suit a truckload quote better.
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