*Same-day availability may vary by location.
Starting at $75. Additional items from +$15.
Junk has a way of piling up until it becomes one more thing on the to-do list. Book a quick pickup in Upper Arlington, see your price upfront, and get your space back.
You check the city's website, call a few haulers, and wait on callbacks that sometimes never come. One quote needs a site visit, another stays vague. Weeks go by, and the junk is still sitting in the garage.
Upper Arlington's municipal pickup schedules help, but what gets taken, how much, and when can depend on rules the city sets and updates. You still have to request it, wait for the date, and haul everything to the curb yourself, even from a basement.
Many haulers want to look in person before they quote, then price by how much of the truck you fill. That fraction is their call, so the number you hear on your driveway can be very different from what you expected when you phoned.
Donation centers have good reasons to turn things away, like stained upholstery, worn mattresses, or older electronics they can't resell. Even when they will take something, you usually have to get it there yourself, and whatever they turn down comes home with you.
A roll-off container sized for a whole renovation is a lot for clearing out one basement room. You plan around delivery and pickup windows, may need to check local placement rules, and the bin can sit on your driveway for days in full view of the neighbors.
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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 Upper Arlington 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 Upper Arlington's disposal rules for city bulk exceptions, permits, and restrictions.
Narrow basement stairs in an older colonial or a packed detached garage won't slow your Loaders down. Each one is background-checked and rated by real locals in Upper Arlington after each job.
If the old grill and outgrown bikes are already at the end of your driveway, curbside is the simple fit. For a sleeper sofa in a finished basement or a dresser in a condo near Kingsdale, full-service means your Loaders carry it out from wherever 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.
On an Ohio State home game Saturday, Lane Avenue crawls, and nobody wants a sleeper sofa riding in a pickup bed through it. Your Loaders do the carrying and loading while you stay put. Upper Arlington takes real pride in its homes, and LoadUp and your Loaders like showing up for people who keep them that way.
Upper Arlington homes hold plenty of bulky items, from sleeper sofas to old dressers, and where they end up matters. Your Loader sorts each piece by condition, so usable things may be donated and the rest handled responsibly.
Furniture, housewares, and kids' gear in clean, usable shape may be set aside by your Loader for donation where available. No donation receipts or tax paperwork come with a pickup.
Items that are worn but not donatable, like metal bed frames, broken exercise equipment, or old electronics, may be separated by your Loader for recycling when local options allow.
Heavily damaged or contaminated bulky items, such as soaked mattresses or broken-down renovation debris from an Upper Arlington remodel, are loaded by your Loader and taken to an appropriate disposal site.
A skipped pickup or an open burning violation is the usual price of a mistake, and these rules apply to Upper Arlington households in Franklin County.
Ohio regulates scrap tires separately from household garbage. It requires registered transporters for larger loads and licensed facilities to handle them, because tire piles breed mosquitoes and feed stubborn fires. Tire retailers often take old tires when new ones are bought.
Ohio EPA open burning rules treat incorporated cities like Upper Arlington as restricted areas, so burning leaves, brush and other yard debris is prohibited there. Burning household trash or demolition materials is banned across the whole state, so cleanup debris has to be hauled away.
Under the federal Clean Air Act, refrigerant in refrigerators, freezers, window air conditioners and dehumidifiers must be recovered before the appliance is scrapped. The final processor must either recover it or verify it was removed, so these units are handled separately from bulk trash.
Oil-based paint counts as household hazardous waste in central Ohio, but latex paint does not. Once latex paint is hardened with kitty litter or a paint hardener, it can go out with regular trash. Cans kept in unheated garages often freeze and spoil over winter.
State law treats construction and demolition debris as its own type of waste, with dedicated licensed facilities. Drywall, lumber, roofing and tile from a renovation usually fall outside routine residential curbside service, so larger projects need a separate disposal plan.
Since the early 1990s, Ohio has barred landfills from accepting yard waste that has been separated from trash, sending grass, leaves and branches to composting instead. Keep limbs from ice storms and garden cleanup apart from household garbage so they can be composted.
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(678) 884-4738Yes, but only on your regular collection day. Upper Arlington collects bulk items with your normal trash pickup, and they need to be at the curb by 7 am. Mattresses, box springs and upholstered items must be wrapped in plastic.
LoadUp pricing for junk removal in Upper Arlington 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.
Same-day and next-day pickup are often available when schedules allow, and availability depends on your address and the time you book. For curbside jobs you usually don't need to be home. For in-home pickups, someone should be there or leave access instructions.
Household hazardous waste like paint and chemicals isn't part of curbside bulk pickup. SWACO runs a year-round drop-off facility for it. Some large appliances and items containing Freon may also carry extra collection charges through the city.
Loaders aim to donate usable items to local charities and recycle what they can, depending on acceptance. Anything that can't be reused or recycled goes to a licensed disposal site. Outcomes vary by item and condition.
You book online, pick the items and a time window, and see your price before confirming. On pickup day your Loader arrives, does the lifting and loading from inside or outside your home, and hauls everything away. Neighborhood or street access notes help.
The main difference is the pricing model. Traditional haulers like 1-800-GOT-JUNK and Junk King typically price by truckload and confirm the cost on site. LoadUp prices per item online, so your total is locked in before anyone arrives.
For a few bulk items you can have at the curb on your normal collection day, the city program is often the cheaper option. A hauler makes more sense for items the city won't take, for cleanouts, or when you want pickup from inside your home on your schedule.
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