Recycling in St. Paul just got a boost with the arrival of blue recycling bins for nearly every household. These will be the receptacles for things like pizza boxes, cardboard tubes, food containers, plastic bottles and paper. Most homes got the 64-gallon cart but if residents want to recycle even more they can make a one-time swap at no cost for a bigger 96-gallon cart. The new pickup schedule might take a little bit to get used to. Plus, you have to figure out whether your pickups will be in an alley or on the street. Once that’s all sorted out this type of recycling will become a matter of routine. The good news is you don’t have to limit your recycling just to what you could fit into that blue bin. There’s probably a lot of other bigger items around your home that can be recycled. That’s a task that was tailor-made for Junk King Minneapolis.

Junk King Minneapolis is part of a nationwide chain of professional junk haulers that have been dedicated to an eco-way of disposing of junk since they started collecting back in 2005. Every time Junk King opens a new franchise that business is encouraged to set up partnerships with local charities and recycling centers. These become the drop off spots for the collected junk. Junk King Minneapolis has been no exception and they are happy to provide this service as part of their complete junk removal process.

Although you have to sort through the things you put in your blue bin, you don’t have to concern yourself with that when you hire Junk King Minneapolis. The crews have all been trained to spot those things that can be recycled or donated. They know what kind of shape they have to be in and whether or not they can be repurposed. In fact, you even have to ask for your stuff to be donated or recycled. It’s going to happen automatically.

The cost for this service is extremely reasonable. In addition to the drop offs, your flat fee will cover all the labor and truck transportation costs. That fee is based strictly on volume. You’re not charged by the pound or by the hour. If you care about recycling, then make sure everything gets recycle that you toss out. Junk King Minneapolis can help.

Minneapolis is stepping up its recycling goals and that is good news for everybody. Recently the City Council approved a new set of goals that would have the city recycling up to 50% of its waste by 2020 and a whopping 80% by 2030.

“A zero-waste city is a well-run city,” Mayor Betsy Hodges said in a statement. “The adoption of today’s resolution sets Minneapolis on a clear path toward working on zero waste by increasing citywide recycling; it is also demonstration of our leadership and commitment to this important goal.”

Included in this recycling effort will be expansion of the compost program. This is where residents can throw out their organic kitchen waste into specified green bins. All that biodegradable material is then piled high in a huge heap where it is allowed to decompose. Normally, you don’t want trash decomposing because that is when harmful chemicals can be released into the soil and water. However, with compost, the more is decomposes the better it can be used as fertilizer. A zero-waste city truly means nothing goes to waste.

A company like Junk King is totally behind this plan. They’ve been actively involved in junk recycling since they began their national business back in 2005. Every Junk King franchise is charged with the task of sorting through all their collected material to pull out those items that can be repurposed. They’ve also developed strong partnerships with many recycling centers and charitable organizations around Minneapolis. Junk King knows what these places are looking for on any given day. That could mean making a few extra drop offs but its all part of the program.

When you set up a junk removal appointment with Junk King, you’ll be put in charge of two very capable movers. That’s part of the program, too! This is the team who is going to do the actual lifting and loading. As soon as the crew arrives for the appointment, you’ll show them all the items you want removed. They’ll then present you with a fee based on how much space your junk will fill on the back of the truck. This is a flat rate that covers all the labor, transportation and those recycling drops offs. Junk recycling and removal just got a whole lot easier thanks to Junk King.