Junk Removal in Janesville, WI

Couches, sectionals, recliners, dressers and bed frames, carried out from wherever they sit, stairs included. One piece runs $75 to $150, and most crews carry a $60 to $150 minimum for a single item. Janesville has no curbside bulk program, so the do-it-yourself route is the landfill at $12 a carload; Beloit will take a sofa curbside for $30 if it is prepaid and scheduled.

Price: $75 to $150 per piece (HomeAdvisor)

Refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, stoves and water heaters. Wisconsin bans major appliances from every landfill, and a refrigerant unit needs DNR-registered recovery under NR 488 before it can be scrapped. At the Janesville landfill a washer or dryer is free; a fridge or freezer is $15 with the doors off.

Price: $50 to $400 per unit (HomeAdvisor)

TVs, monitors, computers and printers. E-Cycle Wisconsin has banned them from landfills and incinerators since September 1, 2010, and the Janesville landfill refuses them outright, sending residents to recyclers like Universal Recycling Technologies and Best Buy. A crew prices a TV as part of a load or at the single-item minimum.

Price: $60 to $150 per item (Angi)

Mattresses and box springs, any size, including the ones stuck in a basement stairwell. There is no dedicated mattress recycler anywhere in Rock County, so they go out as bulky items: $20 in Beloit, $10 at the Town of Beloit drop-off, or $10 to $20 by size at the Town of Union center.

Price: $70 to $150 per mattress (Angi)

Old spas and hot tubs off a deck, patio or back yard. None of Rock County's municipal bulk programs is built for one, so this is usually a hired job. Drain it and have the power disconnected before the crew arrives; ask whether the cover and any surround are included in the price.

Price: $150 to $600 per hot tub (Fixr)

Uprights, spinets and organs, carried out carefully so a stairwell or a floor doesn't take the damage. The Town of Beloit is the only Rock County municipality we found that lists pianos on its bulky-item drop-off, for $10, if you can get it there yourself. Everywhere else, it is a hired job.

Price: $200 to $400 per piano (Angi)

A whole house cleared after a death or a move to care, sorted for family, donation and disposal. About 1 in 8 Rock County households has lived in the same home since before 1990, per the Census, which is the kind of house that fills a truck more than once.

Price: $625 to $4,000 per job (LawnStarter)

Years of storage cleared out of a garage, basement, attic or shed, priced by how much of the truck it fills. Rock County's median home was built in 1970, and about 1 in 5 homes predate 1940, so plenty of basements here hold decades of accumulated stuff.

Price: $175 to $800 per load (Angi)

What a tenant leaves behind, cleared between leases so a unit can turn fast. Rock County has about 19,400 renter households, and 34.9% of them moved in since 2020, per the Census. Janesville has no curbside bulk pickup, so a hired crew can clear a unit the day the keys come back.

Price: $100 to $400 per job (Angi)

Severe clutter cleared calmly, room by room, with anything the family wants set aside first. Junk removal stops where biohazards or structural damage start; those need a specialist, which is the part that can push a severe case well past this range. An unmarked vehicle is a reasonable thing to ask for.

Price: $1,000 to $4,000 per home (HomeGuide (hoarding cleanup))

Drywall, flooring, cabinets, lumber and remodel leftovers. Clean demolition material goes to Janesville's Compost Site and Clean Fill Facility at $6 a cubic yard; mixed debris goes to the landfill at $46 a ton, $20 minimum, since debris is heavy for its size and landfills bill by weight.

Price: $100 to $800 per truckload (Angi)

Brush piles, branches, stumps and storm cleanup. Wisconsin has banned yard waste from landfills since January 3, 1993, so it goes to compost instead: free for residents at the Janesville site for grass and leaves, $6 a cubic yard for brush and stumps.

Price: $100 to $400 per job (Wis. Stat. s. 287.07)

Old tires, with or without rims. Wisconsin has banned them from landfills since January 1, 1995. The Janesville landfill takes them from city residents only, $8 each under a 24-inch rim; the Town of Union charges $7 to $45 by size. Outside Janesville, or with more than a stack, it's usually a hired job.

Price: $60 to $150 per pickup (Wis. Stat. s. 287.07)

Old garden sheds, lean-tos and small outbuildings, torn down and hauled off the lot. Clean wood and metal debris can go to Janesville's compost site at $6 a cubic yard; a concrete pad or mixed debris goes to the landfill by weight instead, which is most of the gap between the low and high end of the range.

Price: $250 to $3,000 per shed (Angi (shed removal))

Office cleanouts, retail returns, old fixtures and warehouse overflow for Rock County businesses. HomeGuide's own data puts a typical business job at about $500, against $210 for a single-family home. The same Wisconsin bans on appliances and electronics apply either way.

Price: about $500 per job (HomeGuide)