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Do you have some old couches lying around your property, doing nothing but just gathering dust and taking up useful space? Before tossing it to the curb or dragging it off to your nearest landfill, hold up. Your old couch might seem like garbage to you, but it could be a perfectly usable piece of furniture to someone else. At Junk King Vancouver, we know that disposing of old and unwanted furniture is often a drag. Most furniture items are clunky and heavy, and just getting it outside can be a back-wrecking ordeal. Instead of landfilling your used furniture, Junk King ensures it gets a second life, helping someone in need and the environment.
When you schedule old couch removal with Junk King Vancouver, we’ll send professionals to your home to determine the cost of hauling away and disposing of your furniture. If you agree on the price, we’ll load up your couch and other unwanted items into our truck and haul them away. This is a great option for getting rid of multiple big-ticket items on the spot. Our junk removal prices are based on the total volume of your items, making us one of the most cost-effective options in Vancouver, WA.
Junk King’s Full Service Furniture Removal and Disposal
It can be extremely challenging to get rid of old furniture. This is especially true for large furniture like couches, kitchen tables, buffets, large sofas, and hutches. Moving heavy furniture requires at least two people. You will need to lift and carry it, load it into your car, and haul it away to a facility that will accept it. You should know that a big couch won’t fit in a typical car or SUV. You will need a large vehicle, van, or truck to load the furniture. And once you haul your old furniture to a place that disposes of it, you also have to pay for the unloading costs. At Junk King Vancouver, we offer different ways to dispose of old furniture while giving you a hands-free experience.
How Junk King Vancouver Makes Old Couches Removal Seamless
There are a number of things that you can do to reduce the amount of waste that you generate from disposing of old furniture. Wooden furniture looks great in any home, even if it is old. It will give your home a warm, inviting feel for several years. But when it’s worn out due to old age, or you simply want to uplift your home’s appeal by investing in a new sofa, you’ll want to dispose of the old one without harming the environment.
It is easy to recycle old furniture by hiring a junk removal company that recycles products in an environmentally friendly fashion. Junk King Vancouver is a junk removal company focusing on eco-friendly ways to dispose of your waste. We divert over 92% of our waste from landfills, keeping your property clean and aesthetic.
Here are a few ways Junk King makes old couch removal and disposal seamless for Vancouver residents:
1. Recycling Old Couches
If you are unsure what to do with your old couch, consider recycling it. You can easily recycle old furniture if you hire professionals to remove it. Junk King Vancouver can help you safely remove old furniture and safely dispose of the items. Our team is equipped with modern equipment that will allow us to perform the job effectively.
Recycling old sofas is very reliable because it has zero environmental impact. With Junk King in your corner, you won’t have to dispose of the old furniture in landfills, as it can cause serious damage to the environment. We collaborate with local recycling facilities in Vancouver that can dismantle your couch and recycle various components such as metal, wood, leather, or garment.
2. Reusing Old Couches
Reusing old furniture is one reliable way to get rid of it. Unfortunately, many people are not sure how to reuse old couches. According to an article published by the environmental group Planet Save, furniture is the most commonly discarded and never recycled item in households. There are many ways you can reuse old furniture.
For example, you can give your old furniture a new look by installing new slipcovers on it. This is a reliable way to restore the appearance of your old furniture and make it possible to reuse it. You can reuse old sofas and chairs by replacing the old fabric.
3. Donate To Charity
If you have bought a new couch and want to donate the old one to charity, that’s a wonderful idea. There are lots of good charities that hold furniture. They can refurbish and sell your old furniture and channel the proceeds to charitable causes. You shouldn’t throw away your old furniture, rather, get in touch with one of these charities. Junk King may also give the furniture to people in need. As a result, you will be helping someone in need while keeping your home clean and free of junk.
Besides donating to charitable organizations, there are several ways you can donate your old furniture. However, it all depends on the overall condition of your couch. Here are some things to check out:
- The couch can be used as-is without the need for any additional work.
- The furniture should be free from rips, stains, tears, and odors.
- Wood should be clean and free of major stains or dents.
- Has never been infested with bed bugs or other harmful insects.
4. Donate Through Furniture Re-use Network
Donating or recycling old furniture through organizations like the Furniture Re-use Network is easy. These organizations are critical to the environment because they help people get rid of their unwanted furniture easily and safely. Moreover, these organizations have great initiatives that involve reusing old furniture items and keeping them away from landfills. They often donate old but useful furniture items to poor or homeless people. There are plenty of such organizations in Vancouver, making it easy to donate old furniture.
5. Upcycle
If you have lots of old furniture that you want to reuse, try upcycling them. This is a DIY project that requires you to have some previous experience with handling furniture. If you don’t have enough experience to do the project yourself, you can look for helpful guides and tips on websites like Pinterest. For example, you can turn the furniture you have collected into functional and beautiful pieces you can use in your home. You might not know how to upcycle an old couch, but you can learn how to do it from many DIY projects you can find online.
6. Take It to a Scrap Dealer
If you have old metal chairs, tables, or even bed frames, you might be able to sell them to a local scrap dealer. Some scrap yards will take any kind of metal furniture, even mattresses, provided the mattress’s cloth is removed beforehand. Before recycling iron furniture, check to see if the metal is ferrous or non-ferrous. Most scrap yards will take ferrous or non-ferrous metal, but the cost to dispose of non-ferrous metal furniture is usually higher. If you have iron furniture or a ferrous metal piece, you can check by holding a magnet to the back of your piece of furniture. If the magnet does not stick to the metal, it is probably not ferrous.
Junk King Works Around Your Schedule
Old appliances, worn furniture, and leftover scraps from your DIY projects can easily take up a lot of space. It might not seem like a big deal to store an old couch in your garage until you can’t get rid of it. All too often, temporary solutions to storage problems last far longer than they should. You may have planned on getting rid of your couch in a week or so, but something else crops up, or you forget to take it to the curb for bulky trash pickup. Before you know it, more stuff is blocking your space.
Don’t let this happen to you. Old furniture pieces like couches take a lot of space, so don’t put all your junk in your backyard or garage. Junk King Vancouver will come to you when you need us to clear out your junk. Simply give us a call, text us, or make a reservation online. You pick the day and time that you need us to come to you. More importantly, we work around your schedule to remove what you need us to remove.
Hire Junk King Vancouver for Eco-friendly Old Couch Removal and Disposal
It is better to hire a professional junk removal company such as Junk King Vancouver to do the heavy lifting and haul away large pieces of furniture. This way, the waste does not end up in landfills. We will take away your old furniture quickly and safely and know how to recycle wood and metal from sofas so your old furniture will not end up in a landfill. Since it’s very difficult to lift and move heavy furniture, it is vital that you leave it to the professionals. We know how to dispose of old couches and furniture properly. That is what we do every day at Junk King Vancouver.
Our skilled team of junk removers will ensure that your old couch is disposed of appropriately and not in landfills where it may cause environmental damage. We can take it to a charity if it is in good condition or take it to a recycling center to recycle the wood and metal. We know that old furniture makes up a large part of household waste, and we have the right equipment and workforce to get the job done quickly and efficiently, so you do not have to worry about anything. Contact us today to schedule your old couch removal in Vancouver.
