What We Take & Won't Take

The Simple Rule

If two people can carry it, we can almost certainly haul it. Our crews clear single items and whole properties across Florence and the Pee Dee every week, and the list of things we cannot take is short and mostly comes down to hazardous materials that require special facilities. Here is the honest, specific breakdown so there are no surprises on pickup day.

What We Take

Furniture & Household

• Couches, sofas, sectionals, recliners, chairs
• Mattresses and box springs, bed frames, dressers, tables
• Pianos, pool tables, and other heavy specialty pieces
• Exercise equipment - treadmills, weight sets, ellipticals
• Boxes, clothing, toys, and general household clutter

Appliances & Electronics

• Refrigerators and freezers (routed for proper Freon handling)
• Washers, dryers, stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, microwaves
• TVs, computers, monitors, and printers (recycled - they are landfill-banned in SC)

Outdoor & Bulky

• Hot tubs and spas, sheds, fencing, decks
• Playsets, trampolines, above-ground pools
• Grills, patio furniture, lawn equipment

Yard, Storm & Construction

• Yard waste, brush, and storm debris
• Construction and renovation debris, carpet, drywall, lumber
• Scrap metal and old tires (routed to the correct recycling stream)

Whole Cleanouts

• Garages, attics, basements, storage units
• Whole houses, apartments, and estates
• Offices and commercial spaces, foreclosure and eviction cleanouts

What We Won't (or Can't) Take

A licensed junk-removal crew is not permitted to transport certain hazardous materials, which by law must go to specialized facilities. We will point you to the right disposal channel for these:

• Wet paint, stains, and solvents - household hazardous waste; hold for a county HHW collection event.
• Motor oil, fuel, antifreeze, and other automotive fluids
• Pesticides, herbicides, and pool chemicals
• Asbestos and asbestos-containing materials - requires certified abatement.
• Propane tanks, and other pressurized or flammable cylinders
• Ammunition, explosives, and flares
• Medical/biohazard waste and needles

For the household hazardous waste on that list, Florence County periodically runs free HHW and e-waste collection events - see our Florence County disposal guide for how to hand those off correctly.

Why the Hazardous List Exists

It is fair to ask why a crew that will carry out a 700-pound hot tub draws the line at a half-full can of paint. The answer is not about difficulty - it is about the law and safety. Junk-removal trucks and the transfer stations, recyclers, and landfills they use are permitted for solid waste, not hazardous waste. Liquids, chemicals, fuels, and asbestos require specially licensed handlers, sealed transport, and dedicated disposal facilities, and putting them in a general load endangers our crew, contaminates otherwise-recyclable material, and can trigger serious fines for everyone in the chain. The rules exist to keep dangerous material out of the same stream as your old couch. So when we decline these few items, it is because they legally must travel a different road - not because we are trying to make your day harder.

The good news is that South Carolina and Florence County provide the right channels for nearly all of it: tire retailers and the county tire program for tires, electronics recyclers and county e-waste events for TVs and computers, and periodic household hazardous waste events for paint, chemicals, and automotive fluids. Once you know where each stream goes, even the items we cannot haul have a clear, legal home.

Odd Items? Just Ask

Some things do not fit a neat category - a partly full waterbed, an old fuel-drained lawn mower, a pile of scrap lumber, a safe, a satellite dish. Most of these we can take; a few need a small prep step (like draining fluids first). When something is borderline, a quick photo and a phone call clears it up in seconds, and you avoid the frustration of finding out at pickup time.

Donate and Recycle First

We sort every load with a donate-and-recycle-first approach: usable furniture and working appliances go to local charities like the ReStore or Salvation Army when they will take them, metal goes to scrap, electronics and tires go to their required recycling streams, and only what is truly spent goes to disposal.

Not sure if we can take a particular item? Just ask - call (854) 204-9863 and describe it. If we cannot take it, we will tell you exactly where it needs to go.