Junk removal costs in Columbus
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What it usually costs
- Haul away a few items$72 – $119 per load
- Haul away a pickup bed's worth$119 – $191 per load
- Haul away half a truckload$167 – $382 per load
- Haul away a full truckload$430 – $764 per load
A ballpark, not a quote. All of these are national averages adjusted for Columbus prices, so your job could land outside them.
Junk removal in Columbus
Columbus will pick up a couch for you, but only once it's on the schedule. Nothing gets collected unless you book it first, through 311 online or by phone. Furniture, mattresses, rolled carpet and appliances without refrigerant all qualify. Leave furniture assembled, tape any glass, and roll carpet into bundles about 4 feet long, tied with rope. On your scheduled day, put it in front of the house, or at the alley line if that's where your trash goes.
The city's curb list leaves out building materials, auto parts and tires, and anything hazardous. To drive bulk items in yourself, use the city's Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers at Alum Creek and Georgesville.
Anything that cools is the exception. The city won't collect refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, water coolers or air conditioners. For those, the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio, known as SWACO, runs a Recycling Convenience Center on Jackson Pike. It takes freon appliances as well as washers and dryers, TVs and household electronics, tires, car batteries and fluorescent bulbs. It's open weekdays and Saturdays, for Franklin County residents only.
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