Summer is almost here. One of the hallmarks of Summer is sprucing up a house or apartment with new furniture. A fresh style for a home. Nothing brightens up a room like a new couch and nothing ties a room together like a good rug. But what do you do with the old furniture? In Los Angeles it is notoriously hard to get rid of anything. Waste Management does not allow much of anything in curbside trash, and while people often haul furniture to the side of the curb and just dump it, doing this in Los Angeles can lead to huge fines from the city. 

So if you need to get rid of furniture in Los Angeles you’ve got a couple of options: donation, recycling, or call a junk removal service in Los Angeles to haul it away.

Some charities: Salvation Army, Goodwill, Out of the Closet, etc will take old furniture. These charities tend to be looking for furniture that is in good condition and that can be resold. They tend to have strict standards about what kind of furniture they will accept. 

Recycling: you can sometimes recycle furniture. Certain organizations do take in certain types of furniture. Also LADPW offers a limited furniture recycling program.

Junk Removal Service: A junk removal service in Los Angeles will haul your furniture away for a modest fee. If you have a small amount of junk, like a single couch, a junk removal service might only charge a flat rate for hauling away a single item. If you have a lot of furniture a junk removal service in Los Angeles may charge by either a flat rate or by how space you take up in their junk hauling truck.

These are basically your only options when it comes to furniture removal in Los Angeles.