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How Junk Removal and Hauling Companies Recycle

Most of the time we don’t think of junk removal companies and junk haulers as environmentalists. We often see those junk removal dump trucks roaming around your neighborhoods in Los Angeles and think, ew, just another garbage truck. But in reality junk removal services in Los Angeles are spearheading the way for garbage recyclers. Most junk removal services in Los Angeles actually recycle a majority of the items they haul away.

When a junk removal company hauls away household or commercial junk they don’t take it to the landfill immediately. A good junk removal company sorts through all the household and commercial junk they collect, organize it, and then separate it.

Most junk removal companies recover some fairly useable items. Many are things like small appliances, or old toys, or even clothes that can be donated to charity. Many junk removal companies in Los Angeles support local charities and those charities’ thrift shops by donating useable items to those same thrift shops.

In cases where something isn’t in any condition to donate to charity junk removal companies can and still do recycle. Take a box spring mattress for instance. Junk removal companies can recycle the wood and metal springs. Sometimes they can even recycle the fabric.

On average junk removal services in Los Angeles recycle between 50% to 90% of the items they haul away. Junk removal companies are blazing the path towards a greener, more recyclable and reusable future.

Welcome to Green Planet Junk Removal

We are the new Green Planet Junk Removal blog. This space will be dedicated to bringing you the best news and opinions from the world of recycling, trash removal, garbage disposal, and junk removal. We’ll mostly be talking about these topics in reference to the greater Los Angeles area.

Trash removal and disposal is a burgeoning problem for the United States. The average American produces hundreds of pounds of garbage and trash per year. This is true for every man, woman, and child living in Los Angeles today. If we don’t learn to control and reduce our trash output we will soon be a city, a state, a nation awash in trash. 

So what can you do to help? To change the course of events so our children’s future isn’t buried under a mountain of styrofoam cups? You already know the answer. Reuse, reduce, recycle. 

Reduce … your consumption. We don’t need half the items we think we need. We also can do without disposable cups, plates, and silverware. Instead of paper bags use reusable lunch bags. Instead of one time use plastic bottles, use multiple use stainless steel bottles that will last a lifetime.

Reuse … Before you throw something away, ask yourself, can I reuse it? Chances are the answer is yes. So reuse items like plastic bags more than once.

Recycle … Recycling is a lot easier today. Most of Los Angeles, including apartments, have a recycling program. Take advantage of these programs and recycle. You’ll be amazed at the things you can recycle.

These three simple Rs can help keep our city, the city of Los Angeles, clean and reduce our trash footprint, and preserve the Earth for the next generation.