*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $90. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's the one chore nobody wants to touch. Book LoadUp for a quick pickup, see your price upfront, and get your Rome space back.
You look up the city's program, call to ask what qualifies, and request a few hauler quotes. One calls back, another never does. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the garage waiting on you.
Municipal pickup schedules help when your items fit the rules and the timing lines up. Some categories are restricted or need special handling, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself, which is tough with heavy pieces stuck in a basement.
Many haulers want to come out for an in-person estimate before naming a number, then price by how much of the truck you fill. You often don't know the real total until the crew is already standing in your driveway.
Donation centers need items they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken appliances often get turned away. Even accepted pieces usually mean loading them into your own vehicle and making the drive across town yourself.
A rented container sits on your driveway for days, may need a permit if it goes on the street, and blocks neighbors in tight city lots. For a single room of junk, you're paying for space you won't fill and still doing all the 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 Rome 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 Rome's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loader angles a dresser down the narrow stairs of an older multi-story home or up from a basement. Your Loaders are background-checked and rated by real locals in Rome after every job.
If the old treadmill is already waiting at the end of your driveway, curbside service is the simple choice. For items still in a basement, a detached garage, or an upstairs room in one of Rome's older homes, choose full-service so your Loaders carry everything out for you.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $90 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $85 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before 2 PM | from $100 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $90 |
| 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 shoveled out a Rome driveway in February knows winter doesn't care about your to-do list. Add a treadmill in the basement and a truck you don't own, and the weekend is gone. Your Loader carries it up the stairs and hauls it off, because showing up for Rome neighbors is our favorite part.
Big, bulky items are hard to move alone, and where they end up matters just as much as getting them out. In Rome, your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse and recycling when local options allow.
Furniture, sporting goods, and household items in good, clean condition may be set aside for donation when local options allow. Your Loader handles the carrying, though donation is never guaranteed and no paperwork is provided.
Items too worn for donation, like a damaged exercise bike or a scuffed metal frame, may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates what can be reused or recycled from what cannot.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, like a soaked sofa or a broken-down mattress, go to responsible disposal. Your Loader hauls them out of your Rome home and takes them to an appropriate facility.
Set out the wrong material and Rome's curbside service leaves it behind, so these rules for Rome and Oneida County decide where each item legally goes.
Rome accepts loose green waste only during its scheduled fall bulk leaf collection. The rest of the year, green waste must be in containers or paper lawn bags of no more than 50 pounds. Brush must be cut to five feet, and root balls are not collected at the curb.
New York State law bans throwing covered electronic equipment in the trash. EcoDrop Rome accepts electronics and computer equipment, including monitors, CPUs, printers and toner cartridges. That gives residents a legal local option for a basement full of outdated tech.
Rome's curbside rules say that debris from renovations must be removed through privately arranged collection. Residents who haul their own tear-out can take construction and demolition debris to EcoDrop Rome, which the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority operates.
Rome's trash and recycling trucks use an automated side-loading arm to lift each cart. City public works guidance says carts must sit at least three feet apart and three feet from vehicles, mailboxes or icy snowbanks, facing the roadway.
Bulky rigid plastics such as plastic lawn furniture, clean plastic buckets and plastic toys cannot go through curbside recycling. The Authority's EcoDrop sites take them at no charge, which keeps worn patio sets and outgrown toys out of the garbage cart.
EcoDrop Rome takes bulk items, tires and propane cylinders under 100 pounds. Household hazardous waste, however, is accepted only at the Authority's EcoDrop Utica facility. Leftover paint and garage chemicals from a Rome cleanout need that separate trip.
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(678) 884-4738Only limited amounts. Rome's curbside service, run by contractor Bliss, takes regular trash, recycling and one bulk item that two adults can carry. Loose green waste is not accepted outside scheduled collections. Anything beyond that left out risks being treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Rome starts at $90, and pickup from the curb or driveway takes a flat $5 off. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Traditional haulers usually price by truckload.
Often, depending on the schedule in your area. Same-day and next-day slots show up live when you enter your Rome address at booking. Booking earlier in the day gives you the best chance of getting a same-day window.
Anything oversized or too heavy for two adults to carry is outside the city's bulk item rule. Loose brush, rocks, concrete and asphalt also aren't accepted as green waste. Those loads usually need a private hauler or a trip to a disposal facility.
Loaders try to keep usable items out of the landfill. Whenever possible, they route furniture and household goods to local donation partners and send recyclables to appropriate facilities. Donation and recycling depend on acceptance and item condition, so some items may still go to disposal.
For curbside or driveway pickups, no. Leave items outside with access notes in your booking. For items inside your home, someone should be present or you can leave access instructions. Booking is online, you see the price upfront, and a Loader arrives in your chosen window.
Mainly pricing and booking. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically charge by truckload and may confirm the price on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For large cleanouts, a truckload hauler can be a better fit.
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