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Tacoma is an environmentally-conscious place for enjoying nature and planning for sustainability.
The most important thing to know about Tacoma recycling is that it contributes to the bigger picture of global environmental protection. If every city were as environmentally friendly as Tacoma, the earth would get cleaner much faster. In 2013 Tacoma became the first of 30 pilot U.S. cities to be awarded First STAR certification, the first national rating system for sustainability and liveability.
What is Tacoma Recycling?
Tacoma has diverse recycling centers, as many specialize in certain types of items and are only open certain days of the week. If you need to get rid of excessive assorted items that you don’t have time to go through, Junk King provides the quickest solution.
Evergreen State Waste Statistics
In 2019 Washington state ranked #18 for producing the least buried trash per capita among the 50 states, according to EPA and U.S. Census data. The survey was based on pounds of landfill trash per capita. Nearly 22 percent of this debris is food waste followed by plastics, paper/paperboard, metals and wood.
Washington ranks #15 in the United States in terms of least number of landfills. Currently the state has 15 open landfill sites and 38 closed sites. Nationally, there are 1,304 open sites and 1,291 closed sites.
Interestingly, most of what looks like garbage to society in general can actually be recycled in some way. A majority of plastic, metal and wood can be reused once it’s restored or transformed into recycled material. Even though only a small percentage of waste gets recycled on a global level, there’s plenty of room for recycling to grow.
Why You Should Hire Experts for Recycling
Unlike typical municipal services across America, Junk King accepts a wide range of junk people want to throw away. We haul away nearly all household objects, including large couches, washers and dryers and appliances of any size. As far as businesses, we’ve done clean outs for warehouses and large-scale industrial facilities.
Creative Repurposing
The reason people throw away so much trash is because they are conditioned to think of products as only having one intended use. Most media outlets and manufacturers don’t promote ways to repurpose goods, so people must gain this knowledge independently. During various holiday promotional campaigns through media, the masses are conditioned to buy new products.
Repurposing can become a trend someday if it were to get the same type of massive media coverage enjoyed by major brands. In the meantime, people can learn through friends and environmental organizations how to shift to a recycle-based mindset. Giving someone a special repurposed gift outside of normal holidays might help trigger deeper awareness about sustainability.
Since recycling is still an emerging concept in contemporary culture, it can be used as part of green branding to give old companies a fresh image. A business can take credit for adopting sustainable solutions immediately by hiring Junk King. Our in-house team is always brainstorming for new ways to reuse, repurpose or recycle old junk we collect.
Growing Sustainability Awareness
Sustainability awareness is already spreading due to supply chain disruptions from the pandemic. Some people need to clear out junk to make room for stocking up on new supplies. More people are buying in bulk to get good deals and to be prepared for the next major disaster.
Families aiming for efficient living conditions can treat their garages like miniature warehouses for storage space. This concept maximizes sustainabilty since the garage is always set up for a garage sale. Keeping your possessions well organized like shop inventory is a sustainable solution that allows for easy access to items, which saves time.
Clearly, junk removal plays a pivotal role in sustainable solutions. It can be a monumental step toward more elaborate plans for reallocating and maximizing storage space. Once junk is removed, it gives you a clean slate to play with for reinventing your personal lifestyle or business culture.
Ways for making Tacoma Recycling easy by hiring Junk King Experts
Junk King Tacoma will save you time and money on all the complicated planning that goes into distributing items to different recyclers. Why not just get it over with in one day? Junk King haulers are trained to have a steady focus on completing projects safely in a short time frame.
We Pick Up What Others Won’t
At some point every homeowner must assess the utility of their appliances such as oven, dishwasher and refrigerator. These appliances are regarded as essential for modern living but they each have finite lifespans. Replacing old appliances with new energy-efficient models can save on energy bills in the long run.
But many people are hesitant to replace old large appliances due to not knowing how to dispose of them properly. Local trash collectors don’t accept e-waste, TVs and monitors. Junk King resolves these issues since we collect not only old TVs and computers, but also hot tubs, bathtubs and overall bulk removal.
City collectors also won’t pick up yard waste, such as large tree branches that fall in the winter. Once again, the solution is Junk King, which will be glad to haul away your yard waste that can be recycled in various ways. Our team can remove almost any type of debris including construction waste but not hazardous materials.
Junk King Emphasizes Safety and Seamless Removal
Our team of experienced haulers follow industry safety standards and are well trained to avoid cutting corners. While there’s risk for anyone lifting or carrying heavy items through halls and walkways, our specialists emphasize safe transport at every step. We clear paths completely as a proven form of risk management.
Seamless removal of large items through customized strategies is the key to a smooth clean out. In other words, no two clean out sites are the same and each one requires a unique approach. Our work is personalized through working closely with homeowners and business managers to develop a customized removal strategy.
Importance of Avoiding Landfills
Why is it so important to avoid letting excess waste stack up in landfills? According to a 1988 EPA study, all landfills eventually leak. That means toxic waste can end up in groundwater and from there it can spread through the ecosystem.
Furthermore, landfills are a significant source of the greenhouse gas methane, which causes more damage to the environment than CO2. At Junk King we do our part to filter through junk in order to limit waste accumulated in landfills. In many ways we can all work together at this goal of widespread waste reduction.
Conclusion
Space is the final frontier for sustainability, which is why it should be valued as precious in any home, office or complex. When it’s time to think ahead to reallocate space, you can rely on Junk King Tacoma for your trash dump services. We provide countless solutions for transforming junk into new products.
