Minneapolis
Spring Cleanup Junk Removal in
Minneapolis
The day the driveway ice finally clears, half of Minneapolis heads for the basement, the garage and the yard at once — and after a long winter, the spring melt leaves a damp, musty basement and a window-well that took on water to deal with. We clear all of it, carry it up the stairs, and haul the winter's yard debris, same-week, before the summer move season lands. One flat, photo-quoted price with the ~9.025% Minnesota sales tax already inside it, donation-routed to Bridging. From a $75 minimum; yard waste $88 a cubic yard.
Insured, vetted local haulers · Minneapolis & the West Metro · Basement, garage & yard · Same-week in spring · Donation-routed to Bridging · MN sales tax included
When the melt comes, the whole house gets cleared
There's a specific week in Minneapolis — usually somewhere in March, April or May — when the last of the driveway ice lets go, the frost leaves the ground, and a whole city collectively decides it's time. It's the single biggest decluttering window of the year here, bigger than the fall garage rush, and it hits three parts of the house at once: the basement that's been packed all winter, the garage you couldn't get to under the snow, and the yard full of what winter broke and dropped.
The spring melt also creates work of its own. As the snow disappears, the low corner of a lot of these old bungalow basements takes on water, the window wells flood, and the boxes that have been sitting on the floor go soft and musty. That damp-basement cleanout is a real, recurring spring job — and it's exactly what we're built for. We clear it all in one same-week visit, carry it up the stairs, and hand you a single flat number that already covers the labor, the disposal, the drive and Minnesota sales tax.
The three spring jobs, in one visit
- The damp spring-melt basement. Water in the low corner, a flooded window well, soft cardboard and musty boxes — we bag and carry it all up the narrow bungalow stairs. No need to dry or sort it first, and no stair surcharge.
- The garage you couldn't reach all winter. The detached alley garage, opened up and cleared of the season's dead gear, the tires, the "garage fridge" (freon recovered), the broken patio set.
- The yard. Loose yard waste at $88 a cubic yard — storm-broken branches, old mulch, a dead hedge, unbagged leaves — plus flat-priced outdoor pieces like a rotted playset or a rusted grill.
Pair any two, or all three, into one truck-fill and it's a single flat price. That's the efficient way to do it — one crew, one visit, one number, and the basement, garage and yard all done before the movers get busy in June.
Spring cleanup pricing in Minneapolis
Flat and photo-quoted. Bigger clears price as truck-fill by how much comes out; loose yard debris prices by the cubic yard. Carry-out, disposal, donation routing and Minnesota sales tax are all in it.
| Job | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Single piece / small pile (minimum) | $75 |
| Yard waste (per cubic yard) | $88 |
| Truck-fill (1/4) | $241 |
| Truck-fill (3/8) | $338 |
| Truck-fill (1/2) | $431 |
| Truck-fill (5/8) | $513 |
| Truck-fill (3/4) | $587 |
| Truck-fill (7/8) | $661 |
| Full truck | $732 |
$75 minimum covers a single piece. Combining the basement, garage and yard into one truck-fill beats booking three separate visits — send photos of all of it and we'll price the load. Everything above already includes MN sales tax; the photo quote is the final number.
Why the city program can't do a spring cleanup
A real spring cleanup is a volume job, and the City of Minneapolis program is built for a piece or two. Large Item Collection gives municipal garbage customers one free bulk pickup a year, then $30 an item, at two items a week, curbside, by 6 a.m. on your pickup day (612-673-2917) — and it doesn't take a damp basement's worth of soft boxes or the yard's storm debris at all. Between the two-item cap, the curbside-only rule, and no help with the actual carrying, it can't clear a basement, a garage and a yard in one season, let alone one week. That's our lane: same-week, full-service, inside the home and out in the yard, carried for you, one flat price with the tax already in it.
Donate, recycle, compost — then dispose
Spring cleanup is mostly reusable and recyclable if you route it right. Usable furniture and household goods go to Bridging, the Twin Cities furniture bank, and to Goodwill; metal, e-waste and appliances are diverted through the Hennepin County system; and compostable yard waste goes to organics recycling rather than the downtown incinerator. Only what's genuinely spent gets disposed of. It's the outcome the co-op-and-recycling crowd along the river and the lakes actually wants — and it trims the disposal side of your flat price.
Book before the melt peaks
Because everyone moves at once when the ice clears, the spring window is the one time of year the schedule genuinely tightens. Early in the melt — think the first warm week of the season — same-day is often still available; by peak, same-week is the realistic promise. The move to make in 2026 is simple: the day your driveway clears, send the photos and lock a slot before the rush. And if it snows again in April — this is Minnesota — nothing changes; we still come, still flat-priced, with no winter surcharge.
What Minneapolis customers say
"Snow melted and the Longfellow basement had water in the corner — boxes soaked through, the whole thing musty. They carried it all up the stairs, didn't blink at the damp, and did the yard debris too. One flat price with tax, same week."
"Booked the day the driveway cleared. Basement, garage and a winter's worth of broken branches, all in one truckload. Donated most of the furniture to Bridging. Beat the whole spring rush by a week."
"Window well flooded and ruined a stack of storage in the Armatage basement. Photo quote, flat number, carried up and out, and the yard waste priced by the yard. No surprises, tax already in it."
Spring cleanup questions, answered
How much does spring cleanup cost?
From a $75 minimum; basement/garage/yard clears are truck-fill $241–$732, yard waste $88/cy — MN sales tax inside.
When's spring cleanup season?
March–May, the moment the ice clears. The earliest slots go fast — book at the first melt.
Can you handle a wet, musty basement?
Yes — spring-melt water damage is the job. We carry the soft boxes up the stairs, no need to dry or sort first.
Do you take yard waste?
Yes — loose yard waste is $88 a cubic yard; outdoor furniture and broken gear are flat-priced pieces.
Basement, garage and yard together?
Yes — combine them into one truck-fill for a single flat price; cheaper than three visits.
Where does it all go?
Reusable to Bridging and Goodwill, yard waste to organics recycling, e-waste and appliances diverted properly.
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