Donation pickup in Salt Lake City

Recycling and donation pickup in Salt Lake City is for the stuff that still works but won't fit in your car, like the fridge in the garage that runs fine. Jeremy Saxey, the owner of Salt City Junk Haulers, picks up usable furniture, working appliances, boxes of household goods and recyclables like scrap metal and cardboard. The furniture and appliances ride the trailer to a donation center. The metal and cardboard go to the recycler. The people who call are usually clearing out a parent's house or downsizing before a move, and they'd rather see the good pieces used again than crushed at the landfill.

This is a paid pickup, and it starts at $100. That covers Jeremy's time and the truck, since a donation run across the valley can mean two or three stops before the trailer is empty. The donation center gets the dresser. You pay for the ride. Jeremy sorts the load as he goes, so anything a thrift store would turn away, like a stained recliner or a dryer that doesn't spin, goes to the recycler or the landfill on the same trip instead of coming back to your driveway.

Jeremy's open 24/7. Most pickups happen within a few days of the text, and he gives a one-hour arrival window so you aren't waiting on the porch all morning. Same-day works sometimes, if the day's route has room. Text a photo to (801) 557-1063 with the pieces you want gone and a note on which ones still work.

What goes on the truck

• Couches and chairs in good shape
• Dressers, tables and bookshelves
• Working fridges and washers
• Boxes of household goods
• Scrap metal and old grills
• Flattened moving cardboard
• Small appliances that still work
• Lamps, dishes and kitchenware

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

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

What usually gets donated

Most donation runs start with furniture. A couch that's clean and still firm, a dining table with all its chairs, dressers with drawers that slide, a desk from the spare room. Working appliances come next, and working is the whole point. A fridge that's cold and a washer that fills and drains have a second life ahead of them. Then the boxes: dishes, pots, lamps, framed pictures, small kitchen appliances, tools from the garage. On the recycling side Jeremy takes scrap metal, from a bent bed frame to an old water heater, plus flattened cardboard.

If you're not sure about a piece, put it in the photo. Jeremy will tell you what a donation center is likely to accept and what's headed for the landfill. The full list of what goes on the truck is on its own page, and furniture removal covers the pieces that are too far gone to donate.

How the pickup goes

Jeremy comes alone with his pickup and trailer. He carries the pieces out himself, so the couch can stay where it sits. If it can wait in the garage or at the curb instead, the load is quicker and the price comes down, but it doesn't have to. A basement or a second floor is fine and adds $25 for the stairs. A note in the text about the path out, like a narrow side gate or a low branch over the driveway, helps him plan the load.

Alleys help too. A few older blocks near downtown have rear access, and that saves carrying a dresser through the house. In townhomes and condos with an HOA or a property manager, tell Jeremy the parking and loading rules up front and he'll work inside them. Donation pieces get loaded last and tied down so they arrive in the same shape they left your living room.

Where the load ends up

Donation comes first. Furniture and working appliances go to whichever donation center is closest to the route that day and takes what's on the trailer. Scrap metal and cardboard go to the recycler, and so does a dead appliance, since the metal in it still has value. What's left (the torn couch or the particleboard shelf that fell apart on the stairs) goes to the landfill.

TVs and electronics are covered on the TV and electronics removal page. Jeremy won't tell you a piece got donated if it didn't.

How Jeremy prices a donation run

Text a photo of the pile and Jeremy texts back a number. The minimum is the floor for any pickup, even a single dresser. A bigger load, say a whole bedroom set plus the fridge from the garage, prices higher based on how much of the trailer it fills.

A mattress doesn't go on a donation run. It goes to the landfill and carries its own add-on, so put the whole pile in the photo and the number comes back with everything counted. Jeremy takes cash or card, and Venmo works too. The pricing guide has more examples if you want to see how different loads compare before you send yours.

What doesn't go on a donation run

Some things Jeremy doesn't take on any job. Hot tubs. Rock, gravel, bricks, dirt or anything that needs a shovel. Paint and chemicals, which Salt Lake County's household hazardous waste program takes instead. A few chunks of broken concrete can sometimes ride along, but never a whole patio.

On a donation run there's a second list, and it's the things the donation centers turn away. A mattress with stains, a couch the cat has worked over, a particleboard dresser with a swollen top, a dryer that hums but never heats. Jeremy will still haul those. The dryer goes to the metal recycler and the rest goes to the landfill. If the goal is to get a piece used again, clean it up before you take the photo. A wiped-down fridge and a vacuumed couch have a much better shot at the loading dock.

Why it's a paid pickup

The donation centers want the dresser. Getting a full-size couch to one with a sedan is the hard part, and that gap is the job. One load from a Holladay split-level might stop at a donation center and a metal recycler before it heads out to the landfill.

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 recycling and donation pickup.