*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $80. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it's one more thing on your list. Book a quick pickup in the Shore, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You look up the city's rules, call a couple of haulers, and wait on quotes that never arrive. One shop wants to come see it first. Weeks later, the junk is still sitting in the basement.
Chicago's city bulk pickup programs can work for a single large item, but you have to request service and wait for a date. Eligibility often depends on building size, and some items aren't accepted. You still have to get everything down to the pickup spot yourself.
Many haulers want to send someone out for an estimate before they'll give you a number. Then the price is based on how much of the truck your stuff fills, so you don't know what you'll pay until the load is on board.
Donation centers look for items in good, resellable condition, and they turn down anything stained, broken, or worn. Many won't take mattresses. Even when they accept something, you usually have to get it to their door yourself.
A dumpster makes sense for a full gut job, not a single room. You may need a permit to put one on the street, and it takes up parking for days. You also have to coordinate drop-off and pickup, then do all the loading yourself.
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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 South Shore 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 South Shore's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders can ease a heavy dresser down the narrow rear stairs of a courtyard building. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in South Shore after each job.
If the old sofa is already sitting outside by your garage or at the end of the driveway, curbside is a simple fit. For a packed greystone basement or a unit a few flights up, full-service has your Loaders carry everything out from where it sits, so share stair and entry details when you book.
| Pickup Option | Highlight | Best For | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-home pickup | Full-service | Removal from anywhere inside your home | from $80 |
| Curbside pickup | Save $5.00 | Place items outside, skip the appointment | from $75 |
| Same-day pickup | Add $10.00 | Urgent pickups booked before noon | from $90 |
| Next day pickup | Flexible | Book next-day or up to 90 days ahead | from $80 |
| 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.
Nobody is carrying a sleeper sofa onto the Metra Electric, and a borrowed truck in Chicago winter traffic is its own kind of trouble. Your Loader brings it down the back stairs, loads it, and clears out the basement too. Your Loaders like showing up for South Shore neighbors, so your weekend skips the wrestling.
Bulky furniture and old appliances are hard to move alone, so where they end up matters. In South Shore, your Loader sorts each item by condition, favoring donation or recycling when local options allow, and disposal otherwise.
Sofas, dressers, and tables in good, clean condition may be donated when local options allow. Your Loader can set them aside, and if you want a receipt, arrange the donation yourself.
Items that are worn or damaged but not fit for donation may be recycled where available. Metal frames, some appliances, and electronics depend on item type and local availability, so nothing is guaranteed.
Heavily damaged, soiled, or contaminated bulky items, like a water-ruined mattress or broken sectional, are taken for responsible disposal. Your Loader handles the lifting and loading from basements, stairwells, or garages.
Illegally dumping junk in an alley or vacant lot can get the vehicle used impounded, so here is how disposal works in South Shore, Chicago, and Cook County.
Illinois prohibits landfilling whole used tires, partly because rainwater pooling inside discarded tires breeds mosquitoes during humid lakefront summers. The Illinois EPA periodically holds used tire collection events where residents can drop off passenger car tires.
The Department of Streets and Sanitation collects furniture and other large household items at no charge for single-family homes and buildings up to four units, requested through CHI311. Larger South Shore apartment and condo buildings rely on private collection instead.
Chicago runs a post-holiday tree recycling program at Chicago Park District locations, where trees are chipped into mulch. Trees must be stripped of lights, ornaments, tinsel, and stands, and should not be dropped off in plastic bags.
Chicago's residential garbage service does not collect construction and demolition debris like drywall, lumber, and tile from home projects. A dumpster placed on a street or alley generally requires a public way permit from the Chicago Department of Transportation.
Since 2012, Illinois law has barred residents from putting televisions, computer monitors, printers, and video game consoles in the garbage. These items must go to a registered electronics collection site or manufacturer program, keeping lead and other heavy metals out of landfills.
Chicago's blue cart recycling program asks residents to break down cardboard boxes and place recyclables loose in the cart. Plastic bags are not accepted, and bagged or contaminated recycling can end up treated as garbage instead of being recovered.
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(678) 884-4738Not without arranging it first. Chicago's sanitation code says to contact your ward's Streets and Sanitation office through 311 before setting out large items. Unarranged dumping can be cited, and fly-dumping carries a minimum $1,500 fine for a first offense.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in South Shore starts at $80, and curbside or outdoor pickup 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. Roll-off dumpsters in Chicago typically run about $400 to $900.
Yes, if your building has four units or fewer. Request it through 311 (or 312-744-5000). Many South Shore residents live in larger apartment buildings, and those are not eligible for city pickup, so a paid service or private hauler is the usual route.
Same-day pickup is often possible depending on schedule availability, and next-day is more widely open. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. For curbside pickups you generally don't need to be home, and for indoor jobs you can leave access instructions.
Hazardous items like paint, solvents, and old computers are not regular junk. The City's Household Chemicals and Computer Recycling Facility at 1150 N. Branch Street takes them, with limited weekly hours, so check the hours with the City before driving there. Haulers generally can't take hazardous materials.
Loaders aim to keep usable items out of the landfill by donating them to local charities when options allow, and try to recycle materials depending on acceptance. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item condition.
You book online, choose your items and pickup time, and see your total before confirming. On pickup day, Loaders typically give notice before arriving, then remove and load the items for you. Parking or alley access notes at booking help the visit go smoothly.
The pricing model differs. Traditional haulers usually charge by truckload and often confirm the price after seeing the pile, while LoadUp prices per item online and shows the total before booking. For a few items that can be simpler, but a full-house cleanout may suit a truckload hauler.
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