*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk piles up fast, and clearing it out is rarely how anyone wants to spend a weekend. Book a quick LoadUp pickup in Santa Rosa, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You search online, call the city, wait for hauler callbacks that never come, and compare quotes that don't line up. A few weekends later, the pile in the garage is still right where you left it.
Santa Rosa's city bulk pickup programs can save you money, but they come with rules. You usually have to request a pickup ahead of time, some items aren't accepted, and you still have to drag everything to the curb yourself before it gets picked up.
Lots of haulers want to come out and look before they give you a number, and then they charge by how much of the truck you fill. You don't know the real cost until the crew is in your driveway and you've already lost the afternoon.
Thrift stores and donation centers check what they take, and they turn down anything stained, broken, or past its prime. You can load up the car for a drop-off and still drive home with half of it.
A rented dumpster takes up your driveway or the street for days. You may need a permit, you have to plan around delivery and pickup dates, and the neighbors get to watch it fill up. That's a lot of hassle for one bedroom's worth of junk.
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 Santa Rosa 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 Santa Rosa's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle steep hillside driveways and tight hallway turns with careful footing and a plan. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Santa Rosa after each job.
Curbside makes sense when the old patio set is already on your driveway or by the street. For a packed Roseland garage or an upstairs unit with a shared stairwell, choose full-service so your Loaders can carry everything out from where it sits.
| 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.
Anyone who has tried a weekend dump run in Sonoma County during harvest season knows the drill: tractors, grape trucks, and visitors turning every road into a slow parade. Your Loaders carry out the old sofa and load it up, so your Saturday stays yours. Showing up for Santa Rosa neighbors is the part we like best.
Bulky items rarely have a single destination, which is why where a couch or dresser ends up matters in Santa Rosa. Your Loaders sort by condition, aiming to keep usable pieces out of landfills when local options allow.
Furniture and household goods that are clean and in good shape may be set aside for donation where available. Your Loaders handle the lifting and loading, and donation is never guaranteed.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled when possible, such as metal frames or reusable materials. Availability depends on what local recycling options accept at the time.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items go to proper disposal. Your Loaders carry them out and load them for transport to an authorized Sonoma County facility, following local rules.
Items set out the wrong way can be left uncollected or refused at the disposal site, and these are the rules that apply in Santa Rosa and across Sonoma County.
Santa Rosa residents can place used household batteries in a clear, sealed bag set on top of the blue recycling cart. Keeping them bagged and outside the cart matters because loose batteries mixed with other materials can spark fires during collection.
Deck boards, fence posts, and railroad ties treated with chemical preservatives are hazardous waste under state law. They are banned from the garbage cart, and the county's Household Toxics Facility does not take them, so they go to disposal sites accepting treated wood.
Residential customers can set out up to three cubic yards per pickup. No single item may exceed four by four by two feet, except household appliances and televisions, and anything containing Freon carries a separate charge even on a free pickup.
Santa Rosa asks residents not to pile leaves from their property in the street and to use the compost cart instead. Curbside leaf piles wash into storm drains during winter rains, and city code prohibits non-storm water discharges into that system.
Yard debris drop-off excludes Sudden Oak Death infested material, a tree disease present in the region, along with poison oak, pampas grass, palm fronds, and bamboo. Tree stumps over 18 inches in diameter or longer than four feet are also not accepted.
Sonoma County residents can drop off household toxics free every week at the Central Disposal Site with ID proving residency. Liquid limits count the outer size of each container rather than what is left inside, with a five gallon maximum per container.
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(678) 884-4738Only through a scheduled pickup. Recology Sonoma Marin gives Santa Rosa residential customers 2 free curbside bulky item collections a year, up to 3 cubic yards each, at (800) 243-0291. Items set out with no appointment risk being treated as illegal dumping.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Santa Rosa starts at $75, with $5 off for curbside or driveway pickup. The first item includes the base pickup fee, each additional item is a flat add-on, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Truckload haulers often start around $100-$150.
Same-day slots are sometimes open depending on Loader availability and your address. Next-day is more common. Enter your address during booking to see live availability for your neighborhood, whether that's Rincon Valley, Fountaingrove or Roseland.
Recology's bulky pickup excludes liquids, dirt, rock, concrete, hazardous waste, auto parts that held fluids, propane tanks and anything with a combustion engine, like a lawnmower. Items with Freon carry a $73.26 charge, and loads over 3 cubic yards cost extra.
Loaders aim to keep items out of the landfill. Usable furniture and household goods are donated to local charities when they accept them, and recyclable materials go to recyclers whenever possible. Whatever can't be donated or recycled goes to the appropriate disposal facility.
Pick your items and time online, and the total is shown before you confirm. For curbside pickups you don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or you can leave access instructions. Your Loader gives notice before arriving.
The main difference is pricing model. Traditional haulers usually price by truck space and may adjust the quote on site. LoadUp prices per item online and confirms the total before booking. For a large cleanout, a truckload hauler may be the better fit.
It can be for a small job. Two free pickups a year, up to 3 cubic yards each, cover a few bulky items, but you need to schedule ahead and set items out as directed. For larger or faster cleanouts, a paid service like LoadUp can fill the gap.
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