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Junk Removal for Home and Business Owners

Junk King Junk Removal

What is Junk & How is it a Problem?

 

 The average household in the United States has about 300,000 singular items. That’s a lot of excess junk and stuff when we consider the necessities from the rest. A lot of people will end up getting rid of a lot of their junk and stuff each time they move—but soon enough, all of that extra space will be taken up by new junk. 

 

To best consider how to remove junk from our homes, we should take a moment to think about exactly what is junk. Does the couch in the basement count as junk? What about the stuff sitting in the backyard, waiting for a good day to be taken to the landfill? Or even that pile of doilies that great-aunt Deborah made for your cousin but then was re-gifted to you during last year’s Christmas white elephant party? 

 

All of this stuff can be classified as junk. Junk refers to any stuff or items that are no longer of use to you or your home. If it is not going to be used, it’s just going to sit around until it gets thrown out or taken away. With that in mind, how do you remove junk from your home? Especially when that junk is large, heavy, installed, or just awkward to maneuver? The answer is to get rid of the junk yourself or call on the professionals for junk removal

 

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What are the Different Types of Junk and How Can They Be Cleaned Up or Disposed of Safely?

 

Despite the latter section describing what “junk” is holistically, classifying items as “junk” may be more difficult than this first implied. There are a few different junk types, and knowing what kind of junk you have on hand will go a long way in picking the right servicing for its removal and clean up. For example, consider the following types of junk:

 

 

  • Furniture: these are the biggest pieces in our homes, so when something breaks and cannot be fixed, you suffer a big loss of utility and money. Most furniture can be processed down and recycled into new materials. 
  • Televisions: millennials will likely remember ‘tubes’ from their childhood. Large, pre-LED TVs with heavy back-boxes, some even came with a convex glass screen, rather than the flat or curved screens of today. Both older and newer TVs have a laundry list of requirements for their disposal, so much so that many companies will not take them or charge you more for taking them. This is because they are difficult to recycle—but they can be recycled. 
  • Appliances: most homeowners have large appliances—and if they ever break down, the owner is on the line for the removal of the broken appliance, the purchase of a new one, and the inevitable installation of that new tech. The problem with this is that many homeowners do not have the strength or the know-how to to dispose of their appliances or to install new ones. Additionally, appliances are able to be recycled after getting prepared and disassembled.
  • Hot Tubs: those who have hot tubs are aware of their incredible size. Many times, homeowners will not want to deal with the removal process of their hot tub, so they include it in the deal for a sold home. Unfortunately, the new homeowner may find themselves with a broken hot tub once it ages out of use. When that time comes, a new tub can be bought, but it cannot be installed until the old one is removed. It pays to have someone drain and remove it for you when this time comes. 
  • E-waste: known as being some of the hardest materials to dispose of and recycle properly, e-waste is any tech or electric junk (i.e., VHS players, DVD players, old laptops, batteries, computers, and anything else with used in conjunction with toxins). These make up a huge amount of the junk that people create in the modern day. Think of how many cellphones you’ve bought in your life. The difficult thing about e-waste is that if it is not properly disposed of, it can seriously harm the local environment—that’s why landfills will not typically accept any e-waste (unless they have the tools to dispose of or recycle it). 
  • Trash/Garbage: it may seem redundant to add trash/garbage to this list—junk it’s usually trash since trash is stuff that is beyond repair or use, while junk can typically be used in some way. However, trash and garbage make up a large part of the junk that people remove from their homes. The thing to remember about trash is that trash is not indicative of spoilage; rather, it is commonly attributed to leftover items or items that aren’t immediately considered worth keeping. Many consider trash to be after-thought items like cardboard boxes, packaging material, mail, or other small items. 
  • Refrigerators: fridges hold a distinct place away from appliances because a removal crew needs to meet a special set of requirements even to remove a refrigerator. Unlike your brother-in-law, who may argue that he can just haul it down to the landfill—certain removal professionals will take care of all the steps for you (and at a better cost point). For example, all refrigerators (and freezers) must be drained of their freon before being processed for recycling. Skipping this step is detrimental to the environment, and in some places, simply illegal. 
  • Equipment: old or unused equipment is another type of specialized junk. What sets this group apart from the others is that equipment is not typically e-waste. It is typically wooden or metal, with a lot of pieces that could be taken apart, fixed, or reused in other machines. Additionally, equipment is usually large scale, although there are household only sorts of objects too (i.e., lawn mowers, sewing machines, various saws, etc.). 

 

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Who are the Professionals Doing All This Work? The Local Junk Removal Experts

 

Junk Removal Services

 

There are generally two types of junk removal experts. Depending on which one fits your needs, there are huge differences between their services. 

 

 

  • Local waste management: this is also called weekly trash collection, and many times it has ties to city-bought services, like the king of weekly collections: Waste Management. These weekly services are great for small amounts of consistent trash and garbage; junk is usually not a great idea to “throw away” since that guarantees that it ends up in the landfills—if the servicer will even accept taking them. 
  • Professional junk removal experts: in comparison, there is also professional garbage removal and junk hauling, like that of North America’s greenest junk removal company: Junk King. Junk King offers two types of services for the homeowner; the full-service option, which includes a professional removal crew and a Big Red Truck, whereas the self-service option includes a Junk King MINI dumpster, rented in 3-day, 5-day, or 7-day intervals. 

 

What are the Most Common Items Found in Homes and Businesses?

 

Common items found in homes and businesses are similar laterally but not categorically. In other words, common items are similar from house to house and business to business, but not generally house to business. There are a lot of reasons for this distinction, but the important one is the difference between industrial-sized stuff and family-sized.

 

According to Reviewed.com, a product review and recommendation site, there are 15 most popular, essential items that every house must have or does have. They recommend buying these essential items in bulk whenever possible:

 

  • Toilet paper
  • Paper towels
  • Laundry detergent
  • Dishwasher detergent
  • Hand soap
  • Dish soap
  • Disinfectant wipes
  • Hand sanitizer
  • Trash bags
  • Diapers and baby wipes
  • Feminine products
  • Pet supplies
  • Disinfectant spray
  • Facial tissues
  • Kitchen sponges

 

Meanwhile, there are many types of items found in businesses as well. Many “old school” employees have their own definition of what’s considered “junk,” too. This means that newer employees may consider old equipment “junk” while older employees may see value in that same equipment. The business owner needs to think about what is true “junk,” and what is worth keeping. Due to the huge variety of businesses around the world, it would be difficult to make a list of definitive items that can be found in every business—so here is a list of potential items that every business might have: 

 

  • Packaging or shipment waste
  • Byproduct wastes
  • Broken tools or equipment
  • Unused materials
  • Excess paperwork
  • Cleaning materials
  • Industry-specific equipment
  • Old or overused materials
  • Miscellaneous junk and trash
  • Office desks or cubicles
  • Storage cases or cabinets
  • Emergency materials or stock
  • General tools or equipment
  • Industry-specific technology
  • Employee-accessible products

How to Prepare Your Home or Office for a Trash Out Call – It’s As Easy As 1-2-3!

 

Choose to move with Junk King and begin your junk removal preparations today. There are three ways to contact us and four ways to get a quote. 

 

  • Call us at (706) 247-7513 to speak with a real person about getting a quote in minutes or schedule an in-person assessment of your property for a concrete estimate. 
  • Text us pictures of your junk at (737) 888-5865 and receive a text back detailing your estimate. 
  • Or stay online and explore your options with the Junk King pricing calculator. 

 

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Additionally, here are some commercial preparation tips for trash out call (find the homeowner version here!): 

 

  • Find and set aside any financial or important documents. 
  • Take the time to go through all facets of your business—drawers, pockets, anywhere someone could have stashed anything. 
  • Consider setting items to the side and giving them to employees, rather than throwing them in with the removal items. 
  • Donate or sell anything that can be—or skip this step and let Junk King sort it out for you. 
  • Consider getting an appraiser to look at any old or large items before having them removed—you could make some money. 
Junk King Gwinnett
4229 Steve Reynolds Blvd Suite 180
Norcross, GA 30093
Hours: M-F: 7A-4P, Sa: 7A-2P, Su: 8A-2P

Providing junk removal services to the Gwinnett area, including:

Auburn
Avondale Estates
Bethlehem
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Buford
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