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Junk Removal in Loves Park, IL
Updated October 1, 2026
Junk removal in Loves Park, Illinois covers furniture, appliances, garage and basement clearing, and full property cleanouts. Loves Park has 10,675 housing units and a median build year of 1986 (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024), and the local hauler is Rock River Disposal. Crews handle the carrying and loading, then sort items for donation, recycling, or disposal.
Loves Park sits south of Machesney Park and mixes established subdivisions with a sizeable apartment inventory. That combination means two different kinds of work in the same week here: homeowner garage and basement clearouts on one side, and end-of-lease turnovers on the other.
More named, platted subdivisions than Machesney Park, alongside a real rental market. Older subdivision homes have the full basements where thirty years of storage collects, which is where most of the volume on a Loves Park job comes from.
Loves Park's housing stock, and what it means for a cleanout
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, for Loves Park against the Winnebago County, Illinois average.
| Loves Park | Winnebago County | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 23,502 | 283,292 |
| Housing units | 10,675 | 125,002 |
| Median year built | 1986 | 1971 |
| Owner-occupied | 60.9% | 65.9% |
| Renter-occupied | 39.1% | 34.1% |
| Single-family detached | 57.7% | 70.4% |
| Built before 1960 | 20.2% | 35.5% |
| Moved in since 2020 | 27.8% | 22.1% |
Loves Park's median home was built in 1986, putting most of its housing stock in the mid-century range between the older, established pattern of Rockford and the newer subdivisions further out. That mix means job size here depends more on which part of town you're in than on any single housing era.
39.1% of occupied housing in Loves Park is renter-occupied, well above the Winnebago County average of 34.1%. That shows up as more move-out and turnover cleanouts relative to whole-house estate jobs.
27.8% of Loves Park households moved into their current home in 2020 or later. A recent move is one of the most common reasons we get called here: whatever the previous owner or tenant left behind, or whatever didn't make the cut when you packed.
Trash, bulk pickup, and e-waste in Loves Park
What your municipal hauler will and won't take, and where the rest has to go. This is what actually differs town to town for a DIY haul; a full-service cleanout skips all of it.
Same hauler, same unlimited-bulk rule as Machesney Park
Rock River Disposal runs Loves Park's residential service the same way it runs Machesney Park's: unlimited bulk items with the regular weekly trash, plus a separate hazardous waste collection option. Bagged yard waste runs April 1 through November 30.
Highest share of recent movers on this list
27.8% of Loves Park households moved into their current home in 2020 or later, the highest share of any town on this page and above the county's 22.1%. A move creates exactly the kind of single-load cleanout, a purge before packing or a haul-away of what the previous owner left, that a scheduled bulk pickup day can't cover on short notice.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024
Illinois landfill ban on electronics
Illinois has banned landfill disposal of computers, monitors, printers, TVs, and other covered electronic devices since January 1, 2012, under the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (415 ILCS 151). A curbside bulk pickup in Loves Park will not take them; they have to go to a registered e-waste collector instead.
The three free countywide drop-off points: Rockford Recycle Center (4665 Hydraulic Road, Rockford, IL, Tuesdays 2-5pm, Saturdays 9am-noon); Machesney Park Recycle Center (8409 N. 2nd Street, Machesney Park, IL, Wednesdays 2-5pm, Saturdays 9am-noon); South Beloit Recycle Center (624 Eastern Avenue, South Beloit, IL, 2nd Saturday of every month, 9am-noon).
Source: City of Rockford, Electronic Waste (E-Waste) Disposal
Areas we cover in Loves Park
- Berkshire At Inverness
- Breckenridge
- Keeneland Estates
- Kings Acres
- Central Park
- The Harlem area
- Pine Grove Apartments
Not on the list? The whole of Loves Park is covered. These are just the areas that come up most.
Specific jobs in Loves Park
Nearby towns
Share of housing built before 1960 in each, against 20.2% in Loves Park. Older housing stock is the single number that tracks most closely with basement and attic accumulation.
Common questions
Loves Park questions
Who is the trash hauler in Loves Park, and will they take my old furniture?
Rock River Disposal holds the residential contract in Loves Park. Rock River Disposal runs Loves Park's residential service the same way it runs Machesney Park's: unlimited bulk items with the regular weekly trash, plus a separate hazardous waste collection option. Bagged yard waste runs April 1 through November 30.
How old is the typical house in Loves Park?
The median home in Loves Park was built in 1986, based on the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 American Community Survey. 20.2% of homes here were built before 1960, against 35.5% for Winnebago County, Illinois as a whole.
Can I put an old TV or computer out with my regular trash in Loves Park?
Illinois has banned landfill disposal of computers, monitors, printers, TVs, and other covered electronic devices since January 1, 2012, under the Consumer Electronics Recycling Act (415 ILCS 151). A curbside bulk pickup in Loves Park will not take them; they have to go to a registered e-waste collector instead.
Highest share of recent movers on this list
27.8% of Loves Park households moved into their current home in 2020 or later, the highest share of any town on this page and above the county's 22.1%. A move creates exactly the kind of single-load cleanout, a purge before packing or a haul-away of what the previous owner left, that a scheduled bulk pickup day can't cover on short notice.
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