Commercial trash removal, Salt Lake City

Commercial trash removal in Salt Lake City is for the pile the dumpster can't take. A shop gets a big delivery and the back room fills with boxes and foam. Or a restaurant tears out the old counter and the bin is already full. What's stacked beside it stays there. That's when a manager texts Jeremy a photo. He brings the truck and trailer and loads from the alley or the loading zone. The corral is clear before the next delivery.

Most of these are one-off pickups. Jeremy takes the overflow the dumpster contract doesn't cover, on a day that works around the store's hours. If a business wants him back on a regular basis, text and ask. He runs Salt City Junk Haulers himself out of Midvale, open 24/7, with his pickup and trailer. That rig fits down an alley a roll-off can't. He gives a one-hour arrival window. Most jobs land within a few days. Same-day happens sometimes, when the schedule is open.

The price comes from a photo, with a $100 minimum, and he takes a card for the books. This page covers trash and overflow: boxes, packaging, broken fixtures, bagged waste, the remodel scrap. For desks and cubicles, or a whole office cleanout, see commercial junk removal. Text a photo to (801) 557-1063 and he'll send a number back.

What goes on the truck

• Broken-down cardboard and packaging
• Pallets and shrink wrap
• Old display fixtures and shelving
• Bagged trash from the back room
• Torn-out booths and counters
• Dead reach-in coolers
• Broken office chairs
• Old signage and light boxes

Text a photo of your pile to (801) 557-1063.

The full list of what goes on the truck, and what doesn't.

What's usually in the pile

It changes with the business. After a big delivery it's the packaging: broken-down boxes, foam corners, shrink wrap, the pallet the freight came on. After a display changeover it's the old fixtures: a bent gondola shelf, a mannequin with a cracked arm, a light box nobody wants, the old signage. A back-room cleanout turns up the broken office chair, the dead microwave, the crate of returns nobody logged, and bags of trash that never made it to the bin. A restaurant remodel adds the torn-out booths, the old counter, a dead reach-in cooler, and the drywall from the wall that came down. Jeremy takes all of it in one load. If the remodel pile is mostly drywall and lumber, construction debris removal covers how that gets priced and hauled.

How Jeremy loads it

He works around the business's hours. That usually means before open or the slow stretch mid-afternoon, and since he's open 24/7, the timing is whatever the shop needs. He pulls the pickup and trailer into the alley or the loading zone and loads by hand, with the walkway kept clear. Overflow already stacked by the corral or at the dock is the quick load, and quick keeps the number down; if it's still in the back room, he'll carry it out. Cardboard gets flattened and stacked on the trailer so it stays separate from the trash. Bags and broken fixtures go on the truck bed, heavy stuff on the bottom. If the storage room is upstairs or the office is on the second floor, he carries it down; stairs add $25. When a property manager runs the building, Jeremy can set the timing and the loading dock with them.

Downtown alleys and strip-mall corrals

A lot of downtown Salt Lake City storefronts load from the alley behind them. That's where the dumpster corral is, and that's where the overflow piles up. Jeremy's truck and trailer fit back there. A roll-off doesn't, and a box truck usually blocks the neighbor's door. He backs the trailer in and loads from the corral. Where parking is tight and the loading zone is short, like Sugar House, he times the pickup for when a spot opens. A strip-mall enclosure shared between tenants fills the same way. One store's delivery week fills the corral for everybody, and only the bin gets emptied.

Where the load goes

Cardboard is the easy part. It gets flattened and dropped at recycling instead of the landfill. Metal shelving, a dead reach-in cooler, steel racking, the old ice machine, those go to the scrap yard. A display fixture or a set of cabinets that's still in one piece goes to a donation center first, before anything gets tossed. Old monitors and a dead TV from the break room ride with the load. The real trash (the bagged waste, the drywall, the broken booths, the foam) goes to the landfill.

How Jeremy prices an overflow pickup

Text a photo of the pile to (801) 557-1063. A shot of the corral with the overflow in frame is enough. Jeremy sends back one price for the whole job, and a break-room fridge or a second-floor storeroom is counted in that number before he drives over.

He takes a card, so the charge lands on the statement and the bookkeeper has something to match. Cash and Venmo work too. Salt City Junk Haulers is licensed and insured. The pricing guide lays out how a load gets sized if a manager wants to see the math before texting.

What stays behind

A few things don't go on the trailer. Paint from the remodel and the degreaser under the sink stay, and so does anything else hazardous. Those need their own disposal. Rock, gravel, bricks and dirt from the planter bed out front stay too, along with anything that takes a shovel to load. Hot tubs are off the list. Broken concrete is a sometimes: a few chunks from a busted curb stop are fine; a torn-out slab or a whole patio is a different truck. For everything else Salt City Junk Haulers picks up for a business, the garbage collection page lists the related services.

How the price works

Text a photo of what needs to go to (801) 557-1063. Jeremy looks at how much room it takes on the truck and texts back one number for the whole job. No hourly rate, and the number doesn't change once it's loaded. Jobs start at $100. The only add-ons: mattress or box spring +$40, fridge or freezer +$25, stairs +$25. He tells you before he starts. More on what junk removal costs in Salt Lake City.

Where Jeremy does this

All of the Salt Lake Valley. See every town Jeremy covers for commercial trash removal.