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Over the course of the past year, homeowners, business owners, and other residents of the City of Arlington, TX, may very well have noticed mounds of garbage lying around the different neighborhoods and urban streets of our city. Since the beginning of 2022, there have been several different moments when regular trash pickup services were temporarily suspended or delayed due to different factors. These postponements and interruptions in Arlington trash pickup have caused severe problems for many communities, negatively affecting property values and creating potential public health threats. In this short article, we take a look at some of the reasons why public trash pickup in Arlington has been affected and then explain why Junk King of Fort Worth is the best option for people who need a quick, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to deal with the trash and junk that accumulates on their property.
The Factors behind the Interruptions in Regular Trash Removal in Arlington
Currently, Arlington residents can set out their bagged trash for twice-a-week curbside collection. In most instances, twice-weekly garbage collection should be more than enough for homeowners and businesses to get rid of their trash in a convenient manner. Unfortunately, the City of Arlington has been dealing with several compounding factors that have regularly disrupted this bi-weekly collection.
For example, according to Arlington city officials, in July of last year (2022), extreme heat conditions led to an uptick in sick calls among sanitation workers. During the long, hot Texas summers, many residents of Arlington have regularly found that their trash is not collected on pickup day. During extended heat waves, this may lead to even longer wait times for regular pickup to resume.
An email sent out by the City in June of 2022 during another postponement read: “We’re now seeing a rising number of collection routes not being completed until the next day, particularly for green organics carts that are often the last serviced due to routing based on processing facility locations.” For Arlington residents who dutifully separate their organic waste such as yard clippings and food waste, having these “green” carts left overnight often results in messes as wild animals, unruly dogs, and other forms of wildlife overturn the bins in search of food.
Furthermore, inclement winter weather also regularly postpones regular trash pickup. During the recent cold spell at the beginning of February 2023, the City of Arlington postponed garbage pickup due to the extreme cold and the potential dangers that this posed to sanitation workers.
If it is not the hot weather or cold weather, labor shortages are another problem leading to disturbances in regular trash service. In a recent press release, the City states: “(Sanitation) workers are exposed to safety risks related to extreme weather, working too close to traffic, and handling trash. These jobs are difficult to fill. Also, the supply of drivers with commercial driver’s licenses who can drive trash trucks is not keeping up with future demand.”
Due to the ongoing difficulty of finding enough sanitation workers and drivers and the decreasing labor supply, the City is in the process of discontinuing manual garbage collection and replacing it with an automated truck pickup system that uses a mechanical arm to collect trash faster and safer. The above-mentioned press release informed people that city-wide automated trash collection is set to begin for residential customers by July 1, 2024. However, this automated curbside trash, recycling, and bulk collection will only be once a week instead of the current twice-weekly service.
Top 3 Reasons to Rely on a Private Junk Removal Service
If you are frustrated with the constant interruptions to regular trash pickup service, it might be in your best interest to hire a private junk hauling company like Junk King. Junk King of Fort Worth offers its services to both residential consumers and throughout the City of Arlington and the surrounding communities. We are proud to provide the region’s top-rated, most efficient, and most environmentally friendly junk removal services to the Fort Worth area, including the communities of Alvarado, Arlington, Azle, Bedford, Cleburne, Colleyville, Coppell, Dallas, Euless, Flower Mound, Grapevine, Haltom City, Haslet, Hurst, Keller, North Richland Hills, and Weatherford.
When you hire Junk King for any of your junk-hauling needs, you can rest assured that:
- You will not have to wait long periods of time for our junk removal professionals to show up and haul away your junk! If you have piles of trash accumulating in your home, garage, or other parts of your property due to postponements of regular trash pickup, our junk removal teams are almost always able to show up and haul away your junk on the same day that you call us. Furthermore, when you hire us for any junk hauling need, our professionals will do all of the heavy lifting and hauling. Unlike public trash pickup, there is no need to haul your heavy trash bags out to your driveway or the curb. Just let us know where the items you want removed are located in your home, and we will do the rest.
- There will never be strict regulations on what you can and cannot throw away. Another hassle with the public trash service is that they tend to have strict rules and guidelines on what items can and cannot be thrown away. However, with Junk King of Fort Worth, residents of Arlington can get rid of virtually every type of junk item, as long as it is not classified as hazardous waste. From heavy pieces of furniture to bulky appliances to vast amounts of yard waste dirtying up your yard, we can help you get rid of all the junk items you want to get rid of. Our trucks are significantly larger than the competition so we can haul more items away during one visit. Furthermore, we only charge you for the volume that your junk takes up in our truck, which means that we are almost always the cheapest option.
- You will receive the greenest and most sustainable junk removal option in Arlington. Unlike other companies out there, we take our commitment to the environment seriously. Our teams take the extra time to sort through the items we pick up to determine what can be recycled, donated, or otherwise repurposed. Up to 60 percent of the junk we pick up is kept out of our area landfills!
Our Commitment to Fair and Transparent Pricing for Residential and Commercial Clients in Arlington
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 estimates. You can also call us toll-free at 1 888-888-JUNK or at (706) 705-5320, text us a photo of the junk items you need hauled away at 737-888-5865, or use our easy-to-use online pricing estimator.
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 junk!
When you’re in need of a junk hauling team, and want to choose the greenest junk removal company in the industry, contact us or give us a call 1-888-888-JUNK (5865).
