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If you look at the different furniture items in your home, chances are that the different chairs, sofas, couches, beds, cabinets, and other articles are all made from a diverse array of materials.
Furniture today is usually made of several different raw materials, including wood, leather, synthetic fibers and fabrics, plastics, metals, and more. While this diversity of materials certainly makes it relatively easy for interior designers to find the best materials for different home designs, it can pose a challenge for easy recycling when your furniture eventually does reach the end of its life.
Below, we take a look at the easiest, most effective, and most environmentally friendly way to get rid of your used furniture items. We then explain why every homeowner, resident, or business owner in the Bay Area should consider calling Junk King of South San Francisco for all their furniture recycling needs.
The General Rule of Thumb for Furniture Recycling in South San Francisco
As a general rule of thumb, furniture recycling should follow the following formula:
- First, attempt to repair the furniture item if it is salvageable. Many older furniture items will be solidly built and might last another lifetime (or two) if a bit of repair work is done. For example, most furniture today is made from plywood and other types of thin engineered wood. Older couches and chairs, however, were more likely to be made from solid wood. Though you may need to reupholster or add a new fabric lining, the “core” of older furniture might last for several more decades due to its superior craftsmanship.
- Donate older furniture items if they´re still in decent shape. There are most likely thousands of underprivileged families living nearby your place of residence who would benefit from decent used furniture. The average price of a mid-range bed is somewhere between $500 and $1,500 according to The Sleep Foundation. For families living from paycheck to paycheck, affording a new bed, dining room set, or couch is often outside of their financial possibilities. There are dozens of different thrift stores, non-profit organizations, and other charities that might be able to help you donate your used furniture to families in need. In South San Francisco, for example, The Salvation Army, Remoov, and Goodwill are just a few options where you might be able to take your used furniture to be donated or resold for a bargain price.
- Recycle your used furniture as bulk waste as a last resort. Lastly, if your older furniture items are too worn or threadbare to be either repaired or donated, you can take your used furniture items to a bulk waste recycling center. Fortunately, furniture manufacturing companies around the country are attempting to achieve their sustainability goals by using recycled materials in their products and manufacturing furniture items that are easier to be recycled when the product is no longer useful. For that reason, many bulk waste recycling centers will be able to effectively break down the different materials in any given furniture item for recycling. In a typical couch, for example, polypropylene foams, wood or steel bases, and even the fabrics or textiles can also be taken apart and recycled instead of sent to the dump.
Again, the rule of thumb for dealing with used furniture in a sustainable and environmentally friendly manner goes like this: Repair if possible, donate if feasible, and recycle as a last resort. However, how exactly can a 70 year old person living on the 5th floor of an apartment building effectively get rid of their used furniture?
If you don’t have a heavy duty pickup truck for hauling your used furniture, of if you don’t have the strength or patience to try and haul a heavy, bulky bed out to the curb for pickup, what might be the easiest way to easily and effectively recycle your used furniture items?
Easy and Efficient Furniture Recycling in South San Francisco with Junk King
Junk King of South San Francisco is the best option for furniture recycling in the Bay Area. We are proud to be South San Francisco´s top-rated junk removal company. We know that many businesses and residents in South San Francisco simply don’t have the time to haul their heavy used furniture items to a recycling facility, thrift store, or other drop-off center. We believe wholeheartedly that everyone should have an easy and straightforward way to get rid of their used furniture in an environmentally friendly manner.
If you don’t have a practical way to fix, donate, or recycle your used couches, beds, dining room sets, or other pieces of furniture, consider calling Junk King of South San Francisco. We are proud to be the number one rated junk removal service, providing superior value, service and effort to the customers we serve. If you live in South San Francisco, Junk King can help you comply with all the relevant recycling and trash removal laws and ordinances for your bulky junk items.
We are also proud to support the recycling initiatives and ordinances that are helping to make San Francisco one of the greenest (if not the greenest) city in North America. Over years of operation, we have developed a network of connections with certified recycling centers, donation and thrift shops, and other businesses and charities. This allows us to ensure that the used furniture items you throw away get a chance at “another life” instead of being sent to our already over-burdened landfills.
For individuals, homeowners, and business owners located in Brisbane, Burlingame, Daly City, El Granada, Half Moon Bay, Millbrae, Montara, Moss Beach, Pacifica, San Bruno, San Mateo, or other parts of South San Francisco, Junk King is the best junk removal company to help you efficiently and responsible get rid of your used furniture items.
We are proud to say that at least 60 percent of all the trash and junk we collect at each site is either recycled, reused, or repurposed. With used furniture items, that figure is generally much higher. Our furniture donation and recycling services gives individuals and business owners a way to get rid of their used furniture items while also having a positive impact on the environment and their local community.
How to Contract Junk King South San Francisco for your Furniture Recycling Needs
If you have used furniture items that you want to donate or recycle, you can schedule your next junk removal appointment with Junk King South San Francisco by simply calling 1-888-888-JUNK. We believe in fair and transparent pricing, and thus make every effort to offer live, on-site pricing, especially for larger jobs.
By actually visiting the site and seeing the furniture items you need hauled away, we can offer you an accurate price for the job. Our on-site price assessment is free and comes with no obligations to hire us. You can also text us a photo of the furniture items that you need removed at 737-888-5865, and we will text you back a price estimate.
Lastly, we also offer an efficient pricing estimate online. Just follow the link on the “Pricing” tab on our website, scroll to pricing estimator, enter your zip code, and choose estimate “By List Item” or “By Truckload.” We offer a $20 rebate for hiring us online.
No matter how you choose to contact us, we here at Junk King South San Francisco guarantee to outcompete any written estimate. As a junk removal company that is licensed, insured, and is fully committed to running a recycling-based operation, we also are amazingly able to offer the most competitive (and transparent) pricing for all our junk removal services in the South San Francisco area. Call us today to get rid of your used furniture in an efficient and environmentally responsible way!
