Junk Removal · Nashville, TN
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Stories from cleanouts and pickups: what can be donated, what gets recycled, what the landfill takes, and how to empty a house on a deadline.
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Written by Michael Blair, owner of Nashville's Junk Removal, from the trade’s own practice.
October 12, 2026
Drywall Disposal in Nashville: Scraps to Wet Board
Drywall looks like the simplest thing in a remodel pile, but it is heavy, it goes to a different kind of landfill than household trash, and old wall finishes can hide asbestos.
Read itOctober 8, 2026
Construction Debris Removal After a Remodel
A remodel leaves more than broken drywall. Some of the pile goes on one truck, some has to be kept apart, and Metro’s rules decide where each part ends up.
Read itSeptember 28, 2026
Getting Rid of an Old Piano Nobody Wants
An old upright feels too valuable to throw away and turns out to be too heavy to give away. Here is how to find out which kind you have and what happens to it next.
Read itSeptember 21, 2026
Storm Debris and Yard Waste After a Nashville Storm
Storm cleanup is two piles: the brush Metro takes and the everything-else it does not. Sorting them correctly is the difference between a curbside pickup and a pile that sits for a month.
Read itSeptember 14, 2026
Getting Rid of a Hot Tub That No Longer Runs
The hot tub that has not run in two years is now a large planter full of rainwater. Getting it off the deck is a specific job, and the first step is not lifting.
Read itSeptember 7, 2026
Getting Rid of a Mattress, Fridge or TV
Three common household items have their own disposal rules, and putting them at the curb generally does not work. Each for a different reason.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
What Junk Removal Companies Will Not Take
Paint, tires, chemicals and electronics all have their own rules, and a truck turning up cannot simply take them.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
How Junk Removal Is Actually Priced
You are buying space in a truck, which means how the load is stacked genuinely affects what you pay.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Clearing a House After a Move or a Death
Clearing an entire house is a different task from decluttering, and treating it the same way is why it stalls.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Clearing a Garage That Has Filled Up
A garage fills gradually with things that were too useful to throw away and too awkward to store properly.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Donate, Recycle or Dispose: Where It Goes
Charities have real limits on what they can take, and donating something unusable just moves your disposal cost to them.
Read itSeptember 1, 2026
Getting Ready for a Junk Removal Visit
Half an hour of preparation reliably saves more than half an hour of billed labor.
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Our trucks run in Nashville plus 64 more towns covering 12 counties. Any Middle Tennessee address within about an hour’s drive of Nashville gets a pickup.
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