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Every year, homeowners, business owners, and other residents of the Dallas Metropolitan take out to the curb thousands of tons of grass clippings, fallen leaves, prunings, brush, branches, and other sources of yard waste. Unfortunately, much of that waste ends up in our already overburdened landfill system where it contributes to methane gas emissions, one of the most potent greenhouse gasses. In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that, “in 2018, landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings, which comprised 7.2 percent of all municipal solid waste (MSW) landfilled.”
One simple way to cut back on the amount of yard waste we send to the dump is by creating a simple backyard compost pile. In this short article, we offer a succinct explanation for how to compost your yard waste. We also explain why Junk King of Dallas is the best option for getting rid of your yard waste if you don’t have the time, space, energy, or means to create compost the material on your own. Junk King of Dallas is proud to be the top-rated junk removal company servicing homeowners, businesses, and other residents in the entire Dallas metropolitan area, including the towns of Balch Springs, Dallas, Fate, Ferris, Forney, Garland, Hutchins, Josephine, Mesquite, Princeton, Red Oak, Rockwall, Rowlett, Royse City, Sachse, Seagoville, Sunnyvale, and Wilmer.
How to Compost your Yard Waste
When you decide to compost your yard waste in your yard, not only will you be reducing the total amount of waste you send to the landfill, but you will also be getting an enormous amount of fertile compost that you can spread on your vegetable garden, flower beds, fruit trees, or on your lawn. Soil that a healthy amount of compost is also able to hold much more water than the hard, compacted soil that tends to characterize most lawns. By some estimates, for every acre that has an extra one percent of organic matter, the soil can hold 16 thousand more gallons of water! One positive result of composting your yard waste, then, is healthier soil that can hold more water and even potentially protect your property from flooding during extreme weather events.
To start a backyard compost pile, you will need to set aside a corner of your lawn that is a decent distance from your home. Composting areas can attract critters that you probably don’t want inside your home, so it is best to make your composting area in a hidden corner of your backyard. Successful compost depends on mixing materials that are high in nitrogen (green or fresh materials), and materials that are high in carbon (brown or dry materials). Examples of nitrogen-rich materials include grass cuttings, fruit and veggie scraps and green leaves. High carbon materials include dead and dry plants, weeds and leaves.
To ensure proper decomposition, it is best to “aerate” your compost pile usually once or twice a month by turning the compost pile a shovel or garden pitchfork. Furthermore, compost piles need adequate moisture levels, so you may need to water the pile during droughts and extended dry periods. In most cases, your compost may be “finished” and resemble fertile, moist soil after 6-12 months of decomposition. The exact amount of time will depend on the types of materials used, the climate, and how often you turn the pile. When your compost looks and smells like fertile forest soil, you can apply it to different areas around your home.
If you plan on making lots of compost, you might consider using a “three-pile” system wherein you transfer the materials from one pile to the next throughout the composting process. This will allow you to continue to create new compost while the older materials continues to decompose.
Junk King of Dallas: The Best Alternative to Home Composting for Homeowners in Bedford
We understand that not every homeowner, business owner, or resident in Bedford will have the time, energy, or physical means to compost their yard waste. In some cases, your yard may simply not be big enough. For people who live busy lives, turning a compost pile once a week might become a burdensome task. Others simply might not have the time or energy levels needed to collect the yard waste materials, put them in a pile, turn and water the pile, and then move the finished compost to different areas throughout your yard.
Fortunately, Junk King of Dallas offers the most affordable, efficient, and environmentally friendly yard waste removal service to people in Bedford, Texas. When you hire us for your yard waste removal needs, we make every possible effort to keep your yard waste out of our local landfills. Over years of operating as the leading junk removal company in the wider Dallas metropolitan area, we have been able to either recycle, donate, repurpose, or compost at least 60 percent of the junk that we pick up.
Furthermore, we know that getting rid of bulky and heavy yard waste is not always the easiest thing to do. Thus, we are also committed to making it extremely easy for you to get rid of those items in easiest and timeliest manner possible. Once you have hired us, we will do all the heavy lifting and towing. Simply let us know where the yard waste is located on your property, and we will do the rest.
Additionally, providing our customers with “fair and transparent” pricing is one of the hallmarks of our company and we even offer your four different ways to get a free estimate, including free, on-site pricing, a toll-free number, free text estimates, and our helpful online pricing estimator.
- On-Site Pricing Estimate: On-site pricing is the best and most accurate way for us to assess the job and offer you the lowest price. Unlike other companies, our on-site pricing estimates are completely free, and come with no-obligation on your part. Our junk removal professionals will inspect the junk you need hauled away and offer you an upfront price. If a price agreed upon, we will often be able to get rid of your yard waste on the same day you call us.
- Call to Talk with a Trained Customer Service Representative: If you´d prefer to talk with someone before making a decision, you can call us toll-free at 1-888-888-JUNK. Our customer service representatives can offer you a pricing estimate and help you plan the logistics of your yard waste removal.
- Text us a Photo: Also, you can simply take a photo of the yard waste material and text us those photos at 737-888-5865. We will promptly text you back a transparent price estimate. Once you accept the estimate, all you have to do is wait for the Junk King truck to arrive.
- Online pricing estimator: Lastly, Junk King also offers an easy-to-use online pricing estimator. Simply enter your zip code to ensure that you are in right service area and provide a few more pieces of information regarding the type and size of the junk items that you need removed. Our pricing estimator allows you to receive a transparent cost estimate based on either the actual items you need hauled away, or the anticipated volume in the Junk King truck you plan on taking up. The online pricing estimator is convenient, reliable, and time saving for those on a tight schedule.
No matter what option you choose, as soon as a price is agreed upon, you choose a date and two-hour service window that works for your schedule. Our junk removal professionals will call you 15-30 minutes before we show up to promptly take your yard waste away.
Recently there was a huge explosion over at the Nexeo Solutions chemical plant in Garland. The sky filled with acrid smoke and flames. That gave everyone of the local residents a pretty decent scare. Luckily, the Garland Fire Department was quick to respond and beat back the flames. Because of the nature of this plant, the EPA was summoned tom make sure there was no lingering danger to the air quality. It was deemed safe. The day after the explosion, the clean-up began. As the work crews came into the sight, the fire department was standing by with their hoses at the ready in case any hot embers would flare up and start a new fire. That didn’t happen but it was still a slow and potentially dangerous operation to clear out the debris. This is something that had to be handled by professionals.