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Clutter and Peace of Mind

Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project says, “Outer order contributes to inner calm.” A scientific study was done that backs up Rubin’s claim. In an excellent article on parenting, Katie Morton shares research and tips on how de-cluttering the home benefits the child. Click here to read Katie’s article.

As a father of a large family, I want to add another point: de-cluttering the home teaches the child the relative unimportance of stuff. People are more important than stuff. Time is more important than stuff. Health is more important than stuff. A job well done is more important than stuff. A good story is more important than stuff. In fact, almost every aspect of life is more important than stuff. Detachment from stuff leads to contentment.

We engage our kids in the periodic de-cluttering and involve them in donating used clothes, books, and other goods. They learn to think of other people in need. They are rightfully proud of a job well done – a clean bedroom. They like the space. And most importantly, they realize that they are actually better for having less stuff.

Keeping E-waste out of landfills

Junk King Fairfax is 100% landfill free, which means we recycle 100% of the e-waste we haul.

According to DoSomething.org, an incredible 80 to 85 percent of tech junk, or e-waste, ends up in landfills or incinerators, and can release toxic gases into the air.  Again,  Junk King keeps 100% of the e-waste we collect out of the landfills.

1. 80 to 85 percent of electronic products were discarded in landfills or incinerators, which can release certain toxics into the air.
2. E-waste represents 2 percent of America’s trash in landfills, but it equals 70 percent of overall toxic waste. The extreme amount of lead in electronics alone causes damage in the central and peripheral nervous systems, the blood and the kidneys.
3. 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed worldwide every year.
4. Cell phones and other electronic items contain high amounts of precious metals like gold or silver. Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silver every year.
5. Only 12.5 percent of e-waste is currently recycled.
6. For every 1 million cell phones that are recycled, 35,274 pounds of copper, 772 pounds of silver, 75 pounds of gold, and 33 pounds of palladium can be recovered.
7. Recycling 1 million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by 3,657 U.S. homes in a year.
8. E-waste is still the fastest growing municipal waste stream in America, according to the EPA.
9. A large number of what is labeled as “e-waste” is actually not waste at all, but rather whole electronic equipment or parts that are readily marketable for reuse or can be recycled for materials recovery.
10. It takes 539 pounds of fossil fuel, 48 pounds of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water to manufacture one computer and monitor
11. Electronic items that are considered to be hazardous include, but are not limited to:
• Televisions and computer monitors that contain cathode ray tubes
• LCD desktop monitors
• Laptop computers with LCD displays
• LCD televisions
• Plasma televisions
• Portable DVD players with LCD screens.

Imagine how much better we’d all be if all haulers met Junk King’s standard of 100% landfree.

Thanks to Terry Whearley, CMIT Solutions of Fairfax; www.cmitsolutions.com
for sending us this link to DoSomrthing.org

Junk Kings: Angie’s List Award

Junk King continues as the #1-rated Junk Removal Service on Angie’s List, earning the Super Service Award for 2012. Junk King has more A ratings than any other hauler in the Washington Metro Area. Our goal is to remain the #1-rated hauler through our commitment to customer care.

Junk King Super Service Award

Junk King Super Service Award

Junk King’s General Manager, Alex Powers, commented on his customer care: “We are building a junk removal service on relationships. We bonus our crews based on their customer reviews—not by their sales volume. We provide free advice, free estimates, fair prices, and almost flawless performance. And on those rare occasions when we do make a mistake, we always make it right with the customer.”

Junk King will soon expand service. At present, we server all of Northern Virginia: Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, and Prince William. In the New Year, we plan to serve Montgomery County, Maryland as well.

Those old refrigerators are expensive!

That old refrigerator in the basement isn’t free. These old machines were built to last, but they also use used a lot more energy–5 times more than today’s equivalent refrigerators! For example, an old 19.0 cubic feet (average size), side-by-side refrigerator uses $243.20 of energy each year. (The equivalent new Energy Star machines use only $58 per year to run.)

Run your own calculation to see how much you can save.
https://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=refrig.calculator

Then call Junk King today to get rid of your old energy hog and start saving.

Being Green Can Be Economical

When people see the word ‘green’ advertised for a service, they often think it is going to cost them more than a service that is not eco-friendly.

They know that some businesses charge a premium for ‘green.’ From organic food markets to eco-friendly products, brand prices are often marked up because they are ‘green.’

Junk King is different. We provide the greenest junk removal service at prices 30% below our major competitors. We are 100% landfill free because we have a warehouse where we sort materials for proper disposal and we have a network of end-users of everything we haul. Even the trash we collect goes to an incinerator that uses the biomass to generate electricity to power 75,000 homes in Fairfax.

The great majority of junk haulers do not have a place to sort debris so they pay the $50 to $80 per ton at the dumps. By using our warehouse and labor to sort, donate, repurpose, and recycle, we save more on the dumping fees than we pay the labor to sort.

By working smarter, we can give our customers in Northern Virginia the best of both worlds – affordable and green services.

Customer Service is Key

Only 5% of Angie's List vendors earn the Super Service Award

Junk King earned Angie’s List Super Service Star for 2011, with 50+ reviews with an A average.

The junk and debris removal business is all about service: making the customer’s life easier and better. We help people reclaim their valuable space by removing all kinds of unwanted items: old furniture, appliances, mattresses, trash, yard debris, construction debris, tires, and such. We provide all the labor to remove those unwanted items so the customer can save his or her back. For example, we demo sheds and hot tubs—all those jobs that the County garbage service won’t do.
We know all the proper ways to dispose of the unwanted items. We sort the items at our warehouse. Then, we recycle, repurpose, and donate 100% of everything we haul. That’s right—100%! Nothing goes into a landfill. We are the greenest full-service junk removal service in the Washington DC Area.
We protect our clients. All our employees are carefully vetted and trained. We do not use casual or day labor. We are insured and bonded, too. Many other junk haulers cut corners in these important areas.
In addition, we provide the lowest price of any full-service junk removal service. Our trucks are bigger. Our crews are more efficient. Our recycling cuts down on dumping fees. We pass all these savings to our clients.
We are determined to keep our A Average with Angie’s List and earn their Super Service Star for 2012.

Limiting the Cost of Storm Damage

After the storm, you need to clear the debris of fallen branches. You have three choices:

  1. Call a real tree removal service.
  2. Hire one of those fellows in a pick up truck going door to door.
  3. Call Junk King.

Here are the pro and cons.

If you have a tree in a potentially dangerous situation, you need to call a fully insured, licensed tree removal service.

The fellows going door to door are convenient, but they are not always adequately insured, and they often cost more than the established tree removal service.

If you simply have a big mess of debris, your best value is to call Junk King. We can usually provide same-day service at no extra cost so we are as convenient as the door-to-door crews, and we cost less. We have the tools to cut up the debris and our huge 18 cubic yard trucks can hold four times the debris than a large pick up truck. We are fully insured.

So actually, you have two choices. If you have a tree laying across your house or threatening to fall, call the experts at an established tree removal company. If you have a mess of debris to haul, call Junk King and save a bundle.  1-800-995-JUNK (5865)

Junk King Fairfax
7361 Lockport Place Suite M
Lorton, VA 22079
Hours: M-F: 8A-6P, Sa: 8A-4P

Providing junk removal services to the Fairfax area, including:

Alexandria
Arlington
Ashburn
Bethesda
Centreville
Chantilly
Fairfax
Falls Church
Herndon
Leesburg
Manassas
Reston
Silver Spring
Springfield
Sterling
Vienna
Washington
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