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Keep the Planet Green

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Keep the Planet Green

Keeping the planet green is a job that we must all do in order for it to last us for millions of years to come. This is hard work that every single person on this planet earth has to commit to doing on a daily basis. We can all help mother nature by picking up after ourselves and making sure that all the trash and junk is properly taken care of. We must recycle whatever materials we can in order to have a small carbon footprint on this planet earth. When you are removing your junk and trash you should best be associated with a great and responsible Junk Removal Service located in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas. They can help you get rid of all the trash and make your life not only easier but also greener of course. This professional Junk Removal Company will help you get rid of the trash and all of your bulky items as well. Not only will you be helping our environment but you will also leave your property stress free and clear of clutter.

Be Careful with Your Chemicals

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When you buy paint, or car wax, or a computer you don’t really think of those things as toxic or hazardous. Hazardous materials aren’t sold in stores right? I mean, as long as I don’t go around swallowing paint this stuff can’t hurt me right? 

Items like used paints and cleaners do represent s potential source of harm to our environment. Think of a common scenario. Someone (we won’t say you because you wouldn’t do this) dumps a half gallon of paint down the drain after they’ve finished repainting t a room. That paint will go on to contaminate pipes, sewers, and possibly even drinking water for days or weeks. Motor oil that is just dumped out into the ground goes on to contaminate ground water, harming wildlife and plants. Even a computer that has been improperly disposed of can cause great harm by exposing both animals and people to lead and other contaminates.

So when you are dealing with household hazardous waste be careful. Make sure that you cap and store paints and cleaners properly. Keep them out of the reach of pets and children and away from heat sources that can spark a fire. When it comes time to dispose of these chemicals dispose of them properly.

There are many ways to dispose of household hazardous and e-waste. You can often trade-in small electronics for cash. You can take your household chemicals like cleaners, solvents, and paints to city drop off center or a hazardous waste disposal event. If you have a lot of hazardous materials to dispose of try calling a hauling service that specializes in disposal of household hazardous waste and chemicals.

 

 

How to Recycle Without a Recycling Center

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When people here the term recycling they think of recycling centers where people haul bags of cans or bottles to be recycled. But you don’t need to always use a recycling center to recycle. There are a lot of other methods beyond just hauling something to a recycling center. I used to work for a junk removal service and we found a million ways to recycle unwanted, unloved, or even broken items. 

1. Donation

Donation to local charities and thrift shops was one of the main avenues we used to get rid of other people’s “junk”. Many charities and thrift shops have items they are actively seeking. So I kept in touch with a network of local thrift shops and when an item they needed sprang up in your junk truck off it went. You can do the same thing, and even get a nice tax write off for it.

2. Yard Sales

This is a time honored classic, but a time honored classic that works. When I worked at a junk removal service he used to have biannual yard sales where we sold items we had collected over the previous six months and sold them. In turn our company donated the profits to charity.

3. Creative Re-Use

My then girlfriend (now wife) was an Art Major with a quirky side. She showed me that many conventional household items we’d normal throw away could be reused for fun, funky house decorations when she took a blender and repurposed it as a vase. 

Recycling is more about what you put in the blue bin. It’s a way of thinking about how you interface with the products you buy, the products you throw away, and the world around you.

What Junk Removal Services Do to Help Our Environment

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Junk removal services sometimes get a bad rep as just guys who throwaway and dispose of junk. But actually junk removal services do more to recycle and keep junk out of our landfill than most waste management companies. How?

Junk removal services recycle junk that would have been dumped in a landfill or worse still dumped on the side of the road. Junk removal services actually provide an alternative to illegal dumping. In major cities across the U.S. people have a tendency just to haul their junk and unwanted items to the nearest curb and leave it. Junk removal services take that junk and haul it away instead. 

Junk removal services recycle junk that is hard to recycle. A junk removal service for instance can recycle an entire mattress. They send the springs to a metal recycler, any wood framing to a wood recycler, and even take the stuffing to a general recycler. They also recycle by giving useable items away to charity. 

Junk removal services are actually the most environmental conscious form of waste management around today.