*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and sorting it out is never how you want to spend a weekend. Book a quick pickup in the City by the Bay and see your price upfront.
You look up the city's bulk pickup rules, call a few haulers, and wait on quotes that never come back. Some never reply at all. Meanwhile the junk sits in the hallway for another week.
City bulk pickup programs are a solid deal if you can wait for an open date and fit within the item limits. But you usually still have to carry everything down to the curb yourself, and some items won't qualify.
Many haulers want to see the job in person before they'll give a number, then price it by how much of the truck you fill. Stairs, a long carry, or a tight curb can turn into a higher total once the truck shows up.
Donation centers need things they can actually resell, so stained upholstery, worn mattresses, and broken furniture often get turned away. Even when something qualifies, you still need a way to get it across town and through their door.
A dumpster makes sense for a gut renovation, not for clearing out one room. On blocks with no driveway, it may need a street permit, takes up scarce parking, and sits out front for days where neighbors can toss in their own junk too.
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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 San Francisco 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 San Francisco's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders work a sofa around the tight landing of a third-floor walk-up, and every one is background-checked and rated by real locals in San Francisco after each job.
Curbside fits when your item is already outside or in a street-level garage, which helps on blocks with no driveway and limited curb space. If it is still inside a flat or an upper-floor unit, choose full-service and your Loaders carry it out for you.
| 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 2 PM | 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.
Let's be honest, nobody is getting a mattress onto the Muni, and finding a parking spot big enough for a truck can swallow your whole Saturday. Your Loader does the carrying and loads at the curb, and your Loaders genuinely like showing up for San Franciscans who deserve a weekend that is actually theirs.
Bulky items rarely belong in one place once they leave your home, and San Francisco's tight buildings make sorting them yourself a chore. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring reuse and recycling when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader checks the condition at pickup and sets aside items that still have life left in them.
Items that are worn or damaged but not donatable, such as old appliances, electronics, or scrap metal, can be recycled where available. Your Loader separates them so they can go to appropriate local channels.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a ruined mattress or broken furniture, are taken for responsible disposal at an appropriate permitted facility, so nothing ends up dumped on a San Francisco street.
A couch left on the curb without a scheduled pickup can be treated as illegal dumping, so these San Francisco and San Francisco County rules are worth knowing first.
San Francisco Public Works treats furniture, mattresses, and other items left on sidewalks or streets as illegal dumping, even when they are marked free for the taking. Reports through SF311 can lead to removal and a citation for whoever left them.
Since 2009, the city's Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance has required residents to separate recyclables, compostables, and trash into the blue, green, and black bins. Putting cleanout leftovers in the wrong bin can lead to a contamination notice.
California law requires appliances like refrigerators, freezers, and air conditioners to have refrigerants and other hazardous parts removed by a certified appliance recycler before they can be crushed or recycled. That rule keeps them out of ordinary scrap metal streams.
Recology, the city's contracted collector, gives buildings with five or fewer units two free curbside bulky item collections each year. In buildings with six or more units, each unit gets one. Extra collections can be requested for a fee.
San Francisco's Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Ordinance keeps mixed construction debris from going straight to landfill. The material has to be moved by a city-registered transporter to a registered processing facility, and using anything else is a violation of the ordinance.
California classifies household batteries, fluorescent tubes and bulbs, and many electronic devices as universal waste, so they cannot be thrown out with regular trash. In San Francisco, they go to a household hazardous waste drop-off or a retail take-back location.
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(678) 884-4738Only during a scheduled Recology bulky pickup, set out after 6 PM the night before with a sign reading RECOLOGY. San Francisco Public Works treats furniture or other items left on public streets as illegal dumping, and the city has raised dumping fines.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in San Francisco starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or outdoor pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee and each additional item is a flat add-on, with the exact total confirmed before booking. Recology's two annual pickups are free.
Same-day and next-day pickup are often available in San Francisco, depending on Loader schedules and your address. Availability shows when you book online. Curbside pickups usually don't require you to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions.
Recology gives buildings with 5 units or fewer 2 free pickups a year. Larger buildings get 1 per unit. Each appointment covers up to 10 items, and items over 100 lbs aren't accepted. Crews collect from the curb only and don't enter buildings, so carrying items down stairs is on you.
Loaders try to donate usable items and recycle what they can, depending on what local charities and recyclers accept. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition, and no result is guaranteed.
Pick your items and your San Francisco address online, choose a time window, and see your total before you confirm. On pickup day your Loader arrives, removes the items from inside or from the curb, and handles hauling. The price is set at booking.
The main difference is pricing. 1-800-GOT-JUNK prices jobs of 2 or more items by the volume they take up in the truck. LoadUp prices per item online, so you see your total before booking. For a big cleanout, a volume-based truckload quote may suit you better.
If you have a few curbside-ready items, can wait for an appointment, and haven't used your free pickups, Recology is the cheaper option. A paid service makes more sense when you need a faster date, help carrying items from inside, or more than 10 items.
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