How junk removal works
Send us a photo of the pile, the bags or the items, and tell us roughly where you are. We send back a price for collecting all of it, loading it ourselves and disposing of it. On the day, a two-person crew arrives, takes it from wherever it is, including upstairs, the back garden or the garage, and leaves the area swept. The load is sorted on the van so reusable and recyclable material does not end up as general waste.
What people call us for
- Bagged rubbish after a clear-out, when the bins will not take it and the recycling centre is a day’s work.
- Bulky items: an old carpet, a broken bed, garden furniture, a bike, a pram, the treadmill.
- Tenant leftovers in a flat or house that is being handed back.
- Moving-house leftovers: the things the movers would not take and the new owners do not want.
- Garden rubbish: broken pots, an old barbecue, a rotten bench, bagged leaves and prunings in reasonable amounts.
- Small DIY leftovers: a few doors, skirting, laminate flooring, bags of plaster offcuts.
- Appliances and electricals for WEEE recycling.
For anything that is a whole room or a whole house, see house clearance. For a single sofa or wardrobe, see furniture removal.
Why a licensed carrier matters
Any van can take rubbish away. The question is where it goes. In Ireland, waste must be collected by an authorised carrier holding a Waste Collection Permit, and the householder can be held responsible if their waste turns up dumped on a lane. We hold permit NWCPO-25-13287-01 from the National Waste Collection Permit Office, we deliver to licensed transfer stations, and we are fully insured.
Junk removal versus a skip
A skip is the right tool for a renovation that produces rubble for weeks. For a one-off household load it is usually the wrong one: an on-street skip in Dublin needs a council permit, it cannot take mattresses or electricals, you fill it yourself, and it sits outside the house. A crew and a van turn up, load, and leave. Our guide to house clearance versus skip hire compares the two properly, and for heavy rubble, soil or a long-term skip, a skip hire or builder’s waste company is the one to ask.
What we do with the load
Reusable items are kept aside for donation or resale where we can arrange it. Metal, timber, cardboard, textiles and WEEE electricals are separated for recycling. What remains goes to a licensed waste transfer station. We do not quote a recycling percentage, because every load is different, but we can tell you where a given item is likely to end up if you ask.
Sheds, garages, attics and the rest
A lot of junk lives in the shed, the garage and the attic. If the pile you want gone is in one of those, the dedicated page explains how we clear the whole space, which is usually better value than a bag-by-bag collection.
