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Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you have to do is call – for Junk Removal

Published on February 3, 2012 in Furniture Pick Up, Old Furniture Pick Up, Spring Cleaning, junk hauling, junk removal, summer cleaning and trash removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
It’s an unavoidable fact of life that, no matter how hard we try to keep up, junk happens. It starts small: a cardboard box or two that you keep promising yourself will get recycled someday. Maybe a broken computer or television set that you haven’t managed to dispose of properly or a defunct car battery. Then the holidays begin, and it’s all downhill from there. Sound familiar? If it does, try not to stress! We all fall behind, no matter what the season, and when the piles begin to form, it’s easy to feel like you’re up against an insurmountable task. Whatever the problem, though, there’s a simple solution to those ever-increasing stacks of out-of-date magazines and damaged DVDs–hiring a junk removal company like Junk King can get you back to your life without spending days sorting through the mess.
The holidays were a great time to have family and friends come to visit. It’s a season of giving, and as satisfying as giving or receiving the perfect gift may be, by the time the New Year came around, it’s a fair bet that you started to build mountains of wrapping paper where your living room used to be. Giant cardboard boxes and Styrofoam packaging are a space-consuming mess, along with everything from used plastic dishware to the pieces of the vase your adorable nephew managed to knock over five minutes after arriving. Leaving piles of bags and a moldering tree lying at the curb is an irritating mess, not to mention an eyesore. Rather than allowing the leftovers of 2011 to give you a migraine, it’s worth the extra cash to call the professionals, so you can get back to concentrating on 2012.
As we all know, junk accumulation is also a seasonal event.  After you’ve weathered the winter and spring is in the air, it’s a tempting time to throw open the windows and indulge in a good spring cleaning. Even the most organized household can acquire outdated coupons and piles of clothing that’s damaged or a little “behind the times.” If you’re a gardener, it’s time to break out your mulch and your trowel–and before you know it, you’re dealing with piles of empty bags, unwanted items and even furniture that you just can’t find a place for. Bags of yard waste, like branches, mulch or clippings, will keep piling up through the fall–and running them to the city dump is time consuming even if you’ve got a vehicle that can handle it all.
Any time of year, it’s inevitable that messes will pile up. From used Halloween decorations and yard clippings to holiday gift wrapping and dried-up Christmas trees, there will always be times that standard garbage removal just won’t cut it. Rather than allowing yourself to be buried in bags and piles, or leaving the mess on the curb, why not just skip the headache? Across the country you can hire Junk King’s hauling pros, who can get rid of the mess quickly and easily, allowing you to get back to enjoying the season, whatever it may be.

Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, all you have to do is call – 1-800-995 JUNK – for the best Junk Removal service in the business.

Holiday Christmas Tree Disposal and Junk Removal

Published on December 9, 2011 in Old Furniture Pick Up, Stress Relief, christmas tree disposal, junk hauling, junk king and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .
The holiday season is a time of friends, food, and family. Celebrations are imminent, and your home may soon be playing host to everyone from coworkers to distant cousins. The season of giving is here, and getting your home ready for the flood of visitors, gifts, and parties is an inevitable challenge. It’s important to be able to enjoy your holidays, instead of being overworked by them. Keeping your house clean, tidy and clutter-free through it all is a challenge for anybody: try taking the stress out of the equation by letting someone else take care of all that post-party junk removal – Junk King.
While you dearly love the annual fruit basket from your great-aunt in Duluth, and are genuinely attached to the excitement with which small children tear into their gifts, the mess afterwards can turn holiday cheer into seasonal panic. Waking up the day after your holiday party to deal with a forlorn looking Christmas tree, piles of cardboard boxes, wrapping paper, plastic toy packaging and the mysterious “extra parts” from assembly-required toys can ruin a perfectly good vacation day. All that extra garbage is unsightly and frustrating at the very least, and leaving it all piled up next to your house doesn’t exactly compliment the seasonal lighting on your porch.
To keep the stress at bay, there are a few ways to keep your house looking its best. First and foremost, try cleaning as you go along. Nobody will object to a quick run-through of your living room while they’re having pre-dinner cocktails, to pick up napkins, wine corks, used paper plates or dirty glassware. Asking the kids to pick up their own wrapping paper as they open, or keeping a plastic bag on hand for the bits of cardboard and toy packaging, keeps them from leaving a mess when they insist on playing with their new toys immediately.
If you’re the kind of person who saves wrapping paper and likes to recycle empty bottles, make sure you have a place for them to go ahead of time. Request an extra recycling bin from your trash provider, and have a box ready for folded, leftover gift bags or paper. For things you can’t save, keep trash bags on hand: and when the parties are over, the guests have gone home, and you’re ready for some well-earned relaxation, call Junk King’s top notch junk removal service to have it all carted away. This means you don’t have to deal with backlogs of garbage bags or watching your Christmas tree disintegrate slowly on the curb while you wait for regular trash pickup, and gets the post-party chaos out from under your feet.  Junk King will make sure to provide you with efficient Christmas Tree Disposal and more.
The holiday season is a great time to enjoy the people you love, from close friends to distant family. Hosting parties and having out-of-town guests is a wonderful way to enjoy the season. To keep your house tidy and keep you stress-free, planning for the holiday excess in advance will make a world of difference. By tidying up as you go, reusing what you can, and hiring Junk King to deal with the piles of garbage you inevitably find yourself with, you can make sure your holiday, and the days that follow, are stress-free.

Dumpster Rental vs. Junk Hauling

Published on October 21, 2011 in dumpster rental, junk hauling, junk king, junk recycling and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

Have you ever looked out your window and said, “That is a horrendous eyesore my neighbor has put out on his front lawn.” We’re talking about the dumpster, that massive box constructed of green, black, or blue metal that is taking up a good portion of your view and emitting an appalling stink. Do you want to be the one who does that to your neighbors? There are other alternatives, and junk hauling is one of them. Why store all that trash until the dumpster is full when you can have it hauled away and eliminate the need to replant your grass next year?
You might want a dumpster if you are demolishing a house or for other large scale projects to keep things clean.  Even for those kinds of jobs, you can call a junk hauling company like Junk King to handle the entire load. The rates are typically lower and you don’t have to worry about children or animals climbing into the dumpster and getting hurt. Even those dumpsters that lock can still be accessed by an enterprising youth with a thirst for adventure. There are a number of dumpster accidents involving children every year.
Junk hauling companies like Junk King also offer recycling services, something you won’t likely get from a dumpster rental company. If you’re stripping copper, getting rid of plastic tubing, or throwing out furniture you’ll want someone to  haul it to a recycling plant.  That way, you can prevent having an eye sore on your green lawn and be green yourself by having  junk disposed of in an eco-friendly manner.
In addition, dumpsters kill grass and tear up pavement, so no matter where you put them down you’ll be looking at a repair bill of some kind when the job is done. For a construction job, if you’re planning on using the home while you’re working, or moving back in immediately after, having the junk hauled away is a better option. It’s cleaner and less likely to cause a stink, literally and with the neighbors.
That covers the dumpster on residential property options, but what about commercial use? Some businesses, like restaurants for instance, need to have a dumpster out back to get rid of daily paper and food waste. There really isn’t any way around that. Junk hauling is a way to cut down on the size and price of a dumpster though. There is weekly waste from inside the office and other large junk items that can be hauled away on a regular or as-needed schedule. Think about it. Do you really need that huge dumpster out back? Chances are you could get a smaller one and hire Junk King for those bigger items.

If you are on the fence between a dumpster of junk hauling, simply call Junk King at 1-800-995 JUNK and have all your questions and concerns answered promptly.

Should People be Required to Recycle?

Published on October 12, 2011 in Green Junk Removal, Recycle Furniture, Recycling, get rid of junk and junk king. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

There are a few issues that prevent states, cities, and towns from levying heavy fines against those who carelessly toss plastic and textiles into the trash can instead of the recycle bin. Despite volumes of evidence that disposal of these items in landfills and incinerators is killing this planet, there are still those who claim regulation is somehow an infringement on their rights as Americans. What about the rights of our children? Don’t they have the right to breathe clean air, drink clean water, and grow food in non-toxic soil?

There are two sides to every story of course and enforced regulation is never really a good thing without some type of temperance. Most believe that recycling should be pushed by local government but not required. There’s too much room for graft and abuse once you start levying fines to those using curbside trash pick-up. Enforcement would also add additional costs to the service and force communities to raise fees and taxes. No one wants that. Opponents of recycling laws consistently use this potential pitfall as a “resounding reason” to vote against any attempt at reform in this area.

If costs do go up as a result of recycling legislation, one alternative for homeowners is to utilize a junk removal company with an eco-friendly junk removal policy, like Junk King. Folks around the country are already using Junk King to haul away and recycle their couches, appliances, old tires, refrigerators, construction waste and a number of other items.

So, if we can’t make recycling mandatory, how can homeowners be pushed to do it on their own? The best way to encourage voluntary recycling is through education. There are many campaigns running now that promote the benefits of recycling and shed light on the consequences of not doing it. Towns and cities across the country are supplying bins in addition to regular trash barrels so residents can recycle their plastic and paper goods. It is actually mandatory in many of these communities, but enforcement is typically lax and opposition to it is strong. What’s the bottom line? If recycling isn’t voluntary, it doesn’t work. We can’t force people to do it; they need to want to do it.

Whether you use town or city waste removal or hire a company like Junk King, recycling is important. If it wasn’t, there wouldn’t be so many millions of dollars spent every year trying to educate people about it. Plastic doesn’t break down – ever. Textiles contain toxic chemicals and dyes. Paper goods will degrade, but then new paper goods require that more trees get cut down and our woodland areas and rain forests disappear. You may not think it’s a big deal when you throw that soda bottle in the trash can, but what if everyone on earth did that every day? That’s nearly seven billion plastic bottles a day thrown into landfills. Imagine that.

Big Junk Items That Can Be Recycled

Published on May 24, 2011 in Old Appliances, Old Furniture Pick Up, get rid of junk, junk king, junk recycling and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .
It’s time to get rid of that old refrigerator or washing machine. You know it, your spouse knows it, and anyone who could see your bank statement would know it if they saw how much you’re paying for gas, water, and electricity. Those old appliances are literally sucking the life out of you. If you choose to upgrade now to energy star rated modern appliances you could save hundreds, even thousands of dollars per year. That makes them an investment, not an expense.
Now that you have come to grips with the fact that you have to get rid of your old appliances, how exactly do you do it? Your city waste disposal  might have a day or two a month when they come around to get items like that, but then the appliances most likely end up in a landfill. The chemicals inside them, particularly in air conditioners and refrigerators, will seep into the earth and poison it. You don’t want that, do you? You’re better off calling a junk removal company like Junk King that can take these items to the proper recycling center.
Junk removal isn’t the same as waste disposal. A waste disposal company’s sole purpose is to destroy or eliminate any waste or junk that you put out curbside. A junk removal company comes to pick up specific items, and they’ll take them to the right places for proper disposal. Many recycling centers will take used appliances. Depending on what state you live in, you might even get paid to get rid of the old items, in cash or with a rebate on a new appliance. Some of these “Cash for Clunkers” appliance programs still have a few dollars left in their budgets.
One man’s garbage is another man’s prize. That old refrigerator you want to throw away might just end up in someone’s garage, basement, or cottage. How many times have you gone on an outdoor adventure and seen an old General Electric or Maytag appliance? In a situation like that, the gas and electric bill aren’t a major concern. The machines aren’t used often enough to worry about it. Not only that, but when it comes to durability and longevity some of those old appliances are legendary.
Recycling doesn’t just apply to appliances either. Other large junk items like couches, kitchen tables, and old desks can be restored and would look great in someone else’s home or office. Do you have teenage children? They’re going to get their first apartment or dorm room soon enough. Maybe you should hang on to some of that furniture and let them have it when they move out. Who cares if it’s old and stained? Do you remember what your first place looked like?
There’s always a use for a used appliance or old piece of furniture. It may not be useful to you, but someone else could get some years out of it. Don’t throw it away. The landfills are full enough and even if it’s incinerated you’ll still be polluting the environment. If you can’t give it away or sell it at a yard sale, call Junk King at 1-800-995 JUNK and they’ll come by and pick it up in a jiffy.

Storage Container Cleanout – Get Rid of the Junk

Published on December 2, 2010 in Uncategorized, get rid of junk and junk hauling. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

A new show called ‘Storage Wars’ recently premiered on A&E that features a group of men who bid for old storage lockers that have been abandoned in hopes of finding hidden treasures.  Typically, a storage locker is ‘abandoned’ when the renter forgoes paying rent for more than 3 months, in which case  the company calls in the ‘Auction Hunters’ (which is actually another similar-themed show on Spike TV).

The premise of the show:  individuals need to bid on the goods within the locker prior to stepping into it.  Some end up finding nothing but old rusty auto parts and ripped up carpets.  Others find incredible antiques that sell for thousands of dollars.  They make a gamble with the junk and see if it pays off.

The truth is, most storage lockers contain mostly useless junk. People often utilize lockers when their homes and apartments become too cluttered with old furniture and equipment.  They often feel bad about completely getting rid of the junk so they pay rent in a storage locker to hold onto it. In the end, they realize the items in the storage locker are useless and the rent goes unpaid.

Outside of reality TV world, the first mistake here is renting the storage locker.  Most items that people move from their homes into a locker are useless anyways and should simply be tossed right off the bat.  The money spent on a locker could be utilized to furnish a new living room or office space that came out of all that cleared space.

Although many of us think that the old junk in our homes could be put up on ‘Antiques Roadshow’ down the line to pay for our retirements, its more likely to hang around your house until you actually retire.  This junk is a drag: it takes up space, creates dust, and could contain dangerous or have hazardous materials if it is part of an older generation of furniture or equipment.

For the best in junk removal -  whether it be in an old storage container or within your home – give Junk King a call at 1-800-995 JUNK.  Junk King provides affordable, efficient, and eco-friendly junk hauling services so that you can get on with your life, junk-free.

Why get rid of Junk?

Published on July 2, 2010 in Business Junk Removal, get rid of junk, junk hauling and junk removal. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Throughout the lifetime of this blog, we’ve constantly reminded people to get rid of their junk.  You might ask, why should I get rid of my junk? Can’t you keep your junk around and just not worry about it?  Isn’t it more effort to try and get rid of junk than to simply leave it be and see what happens?

Although this mindset seems valid when phrasing it in this manner, it in fact leads to more effort, stress and problems.  Junk is like one of those problems you have in the back of your head, something you need to get over with, but keep pushing off.  It’s like holding off on paying your parking tickets – you know you should pay them, but you keep putting them aside for later.  Before you know it, those parking tickets are accruing fees.  And even though you didn’t realize it, they were stressing you out all the while.

The junk around your home or office might seem harmless in a certain light, but it is in fact a constantly nagging problem that will ‘accrue’ and get worse over time. Here are a few simple reasons to get rid of your junk as soon as possible.

  1. Junk Builds Up: Junk is not something that just goes away on its own.  Unused clutter and items will slowly but surely add up, taking up more of your valuable home space and continuing to be useless.
  2. Junk Takes Up Space: Junk can be big, heavy and take valuable space in your home or office.  This space could be used for a thousand other useful items – things that are completely necessary as well as things you’ve always wanted to be around.
  3. Junk Looks Bad: Junk is dusty, musty, broken, ripped, leaking, broken and simply ugly.  Whether you are trying to make your home presentable to guests or your office a more professional workspace, junk can only detract from your desired aesthetic.
  4. Junk is Stressful: Whether you realize it or not, junk around the house can be a constant nag on your mind.  Free and open space has proven to be relaxing, while clutter is a sure path to stress.
  5. Junk is Easy to Get Rid Of: Even if you realize Junk is bad, you might think big, heavy, and broken down items are difficult to remove from your home or office.  That’s where we come in.  Junk King will take the junk off of your hands in an efficient, affordable and eco-friendly manner.  Give us a call at 1-800-995-JUNK and we’ll help you with your junk problem right away.