Much of what the average household or business tosses out when cleaning up can have a second life. Junk hauling isn't just for junk.
Your dishwasher, trash compactor, washing machine - all of your large appliances - have helped you keep your home clean and make your life easier. But the time comes when you have to replace these items and it's not an easy chore. You could try to haul them to the municipal landfill, but that's back-breaking work and costly.
The next best thing in most people's minds is calling a professional junk hauling firm to take it to the dump. But that doesn't have to be the only solution.
There Are Alternatives to Going to the Dump
A better approach is to use this as an opportunity to help keep the earth clean by recycling the equipment. This option becomes all the more critical when you consider that many counties and municipalities have enacted Zero Waste initiatives and Landfill Diversion goals designed to ramp up recycling efforts and reduce overall waste and landfill use.
Although California, for example, has suffered some disturbing ripples in their local recycling center programs with hundreds of closures state-wide. According to a recent article in Mother Jones online magazine, California's recent waste and recycling report, issued yearly by CalRecycle, showed that landfill waste in the state jumped to 33.2 million tons in 2015, a one-year increase of 2 million tons. The article contends that this contributed to the release of 200,000 extra metric tons of CO2 into the atmosphere in 2015.
The Mother Jones article went on to state that,
Per capita, each Californian now tosses 4.7 pounds of stuff into the landfill every day.The state's rate of recycling also dropped to 47 percent in 2015. That's the lowest rate since 2010, and the first time since the state began measuring that the number has gone below 50 percent—not the greatest news, given California's 2020 goal of recycling 75 percent of all consumer waste.
Going Green is Not Only Good for the Environment, It's Good for Everyone
You have options when it comes to getting rid of your old appliances, equipment and electronics.
Junk King offers large appliance removal for kitchen and household items with an emphasis on donating or recycling the materials to lessen the environmental impact.
The bottom line is that all of your junk doesn't need to end up in a local landfill. Because Junk King believes in recycling every bit of material possible they haul away for you, you can feel good that you are making an eco-friendly decision by working with us.
We also send usable items to local non-profits and donation centers to help the community and reduce waste. One person’s unwanted furniture or electronics may become valuable asset for a stranger in need.
Much of What You Need Hauled Away Can Be Reused
The list of equipment, materials, and appliances that we can remove and recycle is extensive. Here is a short list:
- Air Conditioners
- Dishwashers
- Trash Compactors
- DIY Construction Debris
- Electronic Waste
- Freezers and Refrigerators
- Hot Tubs
- Scrap Metal
- Stoves, Ovens and Microwaves
- TVs
- Washing Machines and Dryers
- Water Heaters
Contractors, Realtors, property managers, homeowners, landscapers, and even small business owners can all benefit from the ease of seeing their "junk" recycled, repurposed and re-used.
Go Green With the Green Junk Removal Experts
Junk King is proud to be North America’s greenest junk removal service. We pioneered recycling based junk removal in 2005 and have been going greener ever since. We sort each and every job for metals, e-waste, paper, household goods, textiles, furniture and appliances, in our recycling warehouses.
But “going green” also means we donate, repurpose, and reuse everything from clothing, toys, baby cribs and strollers to office furniture and supplies. We run many of our trucks run on biodiesel, a domestically produced fuel made from more environmentally safe non-petroleum, renewable resources. Junk King is committed to continuing to lead the way to help keep our planet clean, green and beautiful for the generations to come.
Junk King provides an efficient, safe and eco-friendly junk removal service so you don’t need to worry about the pick up or disposal of the debris after your project is complete.
Whether you need our services several times during a storage space cleaning project, or just once after it is complete, our hauling professionals will ensure that the furniture and debris is quickly out of your way so that you can get on with your life.
If you have questions about what we do or what we believe, give us a call at (707) 744-4254.
