*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
When junk piles up, it stops being a small chore and starts weighing on your whole week. Book a quick Sterling pickup, see your real price upfront, and get your space back.
You look up what the city will haul, leave a voicemail or two, and wait on callbacks from haulers who may never return the call. A week goes by, then another, and the junk is still sitting there.
If your city offers a bulk pickup, check the rules before you count on it. Programs like this usually limit what goes out, need you to call ahead, and run on their own schedule. That leaves you hauling it all to the curb yourself, whenever they say.
Many haulers want to come look at the pile before they give you a number, and then they price it by how much of the truck it fills. Since you can't measure that ahead of time, you won't know what you owe until the truck is loaded.
Donation is a good choice for usable things, but outlets around here are few and they get to say no. Stained couches, worn mattresses, and broken appliances usually get turned away, so you still have to deal with whatever they won't take.
A dumpster can sit in your driveway for days, covering the grass and drawing looks from the neighbors, and you still have to lift every piece into it yourself. You plan the drop-off, the pickup, and any local permits for a job a single Loader visit could handle.
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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 Sterling 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 Sterling's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Your Loaders handle steep basement stairs in older homes and cluttered corners of sheds or barns on acreage lots. Every Loader is background-checked and rated by real locals in Sterling after each job.
If the old recliner or a pile of storm limbs is already sitting on your driveway or gravel lane, curbside pickup keeps things simple. Choose full-service when items are still in a basement, detached garage, or outbuilding, and your Loaders will carry them 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.
Anyone who has tried to strap a mattress down in a pickup bed on a windy Kansas afternoon knows who usually wins, and it isn't you. Skip the wrestling match and the Saturday spent chasing a place to dump it. Your Loader lifts, carries, and loads it, and they like showing up for folks around here.
Bulky furniture and appliances are hard to haul without a truck, and Sterling has fewer nearby outlets than a bigger metro. Your Loader sorts each item by condition, so reuse happens when local options allow.
Clean, usable furniture and household goods may go to donation when local options allow. Your Loader sets those items aside for that path, though small-town Kansas has fewer donation outlets nearby.
Items that are worn but not donatable may be recycled where available. Your Loader separates materials like metal when possible, though recycling options near Sterling are limited and handling can vary by item.
Heavily damaged or soiled bulky items, like broken sofas or waterlogged mattresses, are loaded by your Loader and taken to an appropriate disposal site. Hazardous materials and some special items may not be accepted.
Rice County inspects every landfill load and requires materials separated, so an unsorted trailer means re-sorting on site. Here's how disposal works in Sterling and Rice County.
Kansas law generally bars depositing waste tires in a landfill as a method of ultimate disposal. At the Rice County landfill, tires go into a dedicated tire pile, with fees of $2 for passenger tires, $5 for semi tires, and $25 for tractor tires.
Rice County requires non-friable asbestos to be in a separate container, watered down, and tarped before it reaches the landfill, and the landfill operator must be told when it comes in. Watering keeps fibers from going airborne during unloading.
Sterling's curbside recycling takes glass food and beverage jars and bottles in all colors, but it lists windshields and glass panes as non-acceptable. Old windows from a remodel need a different route than the recycling cart.
When Kansas wind or ice brings down branches, Rice County's landfill sends trees and limbs to its burn pit, and lumber is not allowed there. Grass clippings, leaves, and plants go to the compost pile, while garbage bags go to the transfer station.
Rice County's landfill sends washers, dryers, and hot water tanks to a white goods pile, but air conditioners and refrigerators go to their own separate pile. Microwaves are excluded from white goods entirely and belong in the transfer station.
Rice County's rule of thumb: anything that can be nailed or screwed to a building or house can go into the C/D pit, like drywall, shingles, building tin, and plywood siding. Large loads carry a fee, and the county prefers insulation at the transfer station.
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(678) 884-4738Not safely. Sterling is a small city and I could not confirm a bulk curbside program, so assume loose junk set out without arrangement can be treated as illegal dumping. Call Sterling City Hall to confirm what the city collects and when.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Sterling 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 charge, and the exact total is confirmed before booking. Hauling it yourself to a landfill is cheaper if you have a truck.
Same-day pickup is sometimes available in the Sterling area, depending on Loader availability and when you book. Enter your address during booking to see live openings. Next-day or scheduled slots are the fallback when same-day is full.
Not for curbside or driveway pickups. Leave the items out and add access notes when you book. For items inside a house, garage, or barn, someone should be there or you can leave clear access instructions. Your Loader gives notice before arriving.
Hazardous materials such as paint, chemicals, pesticides, and fuel generally aren't accepted by haulers or standard trash service. Farm chemicals are common around Sterling. Ask Rice County or the Kansas Department of Health and Environment about hazardous waste disposal options.
Loaders aim to donate usable items and recycle materials whenever options allow, depending on what local charities and recyclers will accept. Items that can't be donated or recycled go to an appropriate disposal facility. Outcomes vary by item and condition.
Book online, choose your item and pickup spot, and see the price before confirming. On pickup day, your Loader arrives in the scheduled window, confirms the items, removes and loads them, and handles the hauling. You don't need to move anything yourself.
LoadUp prices per item online, so the total is locked in before anyone arrives. Many traditional haulers, such as 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King, price by truckload and often confirm the price on site. Truckload pricing can work better for very large cleanouts.
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