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Why Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish is… Foolish When It Comes To Junk Removal Services

Are Professional Junk Removal Services Really Worth The Price?

Once most of us reach adulthood, one of the more sobering realities of life that we quickly learn is that everything costs money. including junk removal services.

And it seems that with rising inflation, out-of-control fuel prices, and an unpredictable housing market, that everything costs more money than it used to. Of course, most of us also want to be smart when spending money on goods and services, which can include professional junk removal.

When times are hard and money is in shorter supply, it’s natural to cut costs and look for ways to save.

Whether at home or work, being frugal and wise with money is commendable. But sometimes it makes more sense to spend money than either do without or do it yourself.

 

Why Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish is… Foolish When It Comes To Junk Removal Services

For those over the age of 35 or 40, this is an old English saying that many of us are familiar with. It may have been something our grandparents used to say, or a phrase we picked up in our reading when we were younger.

While it’s not as commonly heard today, the principle behind this ancient maxim still holds true.

According to one grammar website speaking on idioms in the English language,

“Penny wise and pound foolish describes the act of concentrating so hard on economizing in small matters that one misses the opportunity to save or gain a large amount of money in larger matters. This alludes to the pennies that make up a British pound. An example of someone being penny wise and pound foolish is a person who travels to many grocery stores to buy items on sale at each one, but ends up spending more in gas money driving between the stores than he saves in buying the grocery sale items.”

Here in the Washington DC area, we might see this play out with the neighbor who refuses to spend money to properly repair his roof and uses an inexpensive approach but ends up with expensive water damage because the roof leaked.

There are many scenarios where this tendency to be “cheap” in the wrong places can end up costing us much more in the long run.

And there are many times when junk removal can be one of those scenarios.

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When DIY Can Mean WTAM – Wasting Time and Money

While that may seem a bit harsh, there are many instances where homeowners, tenants, and business owners and managers make the unwitting mistake of spending time, money, and effort doing some task or chore that could be done better, faster, and – ultimately – for less money by someone else.

Plumbing might seem like something you can do yourself. Until you can’t. Then you end up spending more money to bring in a professional, plus you spend valuable time and labor on something better left to a trained plumber.

For many car owners today, even something that used to be a common DIY task – changing the oil – can almost always be done faster, better, and more conveniently by an oil change service.

The point here is that many things that homeowners, business owner, and others could do themselves may not be things that they should be doing. While someone at home may not think that their time and labor has intrinsic value, this is certainly never true of business owners and managers.

That old saw, “Time is money” is quite true in a business environment. And it is simply a way of pointing out that any time and effort expended in a business represents money being spent. The question then becomes, “Is my time or my employee’s time costing me less than having a professional do this task?”

And the reality is that, many times, it is not.

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Your Costs Versus Their Costs – and the Value of Convenience

In small businesses, for example, it is common for an owner to carry out multiple tasks and wear multiple “hats” in the course of building and running his or her new business.

Then the day comes when these owners realize that their time is worth quite a bit.

Let’s say that they calculate their hourly labor “rate” to be in the neighborhood of $50 an hour but they are doing $25 an hour work in the administration tasks for their business. These owners soon realize that it is far more cost-effective to hire someone or outsource that work.

In addition, for every hour they spent on these lower-paid tasks, they lost an hour doing their higher-paid work. So, in essence, it was costing them $100 an hour to do $25 an hour tasks!

And, while it is difficult if not impossible to place a dollar value on convenience, it does have value. In fact, some tasks are not only inconvenient, but they are also stressful and difficult. Work such as putting snow chains on car tires during a blizzard or getting on tall ladders to trim tree branches away from your home’s roof or the powerlines crossing your property.

Far better to have someone else do it for you, right? In other words, convenience has value.

As it turns out, junk removal and disposal ranks right up there with tasks that need not be appeached as DIY jobs because they are less cost-effective than hiring professionals and are highly inconvenient.

This is why Junk King Washington DC specializes in both residential and commercial junk removal services for all of our friends, neighbors, and fellow business owners in the Capital region. We will always provide you with a free, no-obligation estimate before you agree to work with us. And our prices are both fair and transparent.

No extra charges, no hidden fees, no surprises.

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Junk King Washington DC – Your Local Cost-Effective Junk Removal Solution

There are several good reasons for calling us to take care of your next junk hauling project. One reason is that, not only are we affordable, we also do everything we can to make the process easy for you! Our professional and highly trained junk removal services team can remove and dispose of any type of junk you need to get rid of, except for hazardous waste.

Junk King Washington DC is a proud part of one of the nation’s largest and top-rated junk removal firms. And we’re also proud to be both a locally-owned business as well as a veteran-owned business.

Our professional, insured, and bonded junk removal team will come to your home or place of work, and we’ll always call 15 to 30 minutes before we arrive. Once we’re there, we’ll provide you with a free estimate based on how much room your debris, trash, and other junk take up in our truck.

You simply point, and we’ll load your junk quickly, safely, and efficiently. Once it’s loaded and we sweep up, we’ll haul it away. And we do it all without any extra charges or hidden fees!

Also, if you choose to take a DIY approach to load your own junk on your own schedule, you can easily book one of our convenient MINI Dumpster rentals and have us pick it up when you’re done.

So, ready to take make use of our affordable junk hauling services? It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.

You can make an appointment by booking online above or call us at 1-888-888-JUNK (5865).

 

5 Reasons Why You Should Use Junk King's E-Waste Recycling Services

5 Reasons Why You Should Use Junk King’s E-Waste Recycling Services

We live in a world of electronics, smartphones, and “smart” devices. Even our refrigerators can talk to us now.

For those of us born after, say, 1990, being surrounded by and almost dependent on electronic devices has always been the way of the world. Keyboarding has replaced typing in school, and kindergartners from the 1990s on have been introduced to desktop and laptop computers from the first day of school.

Today it is almost automatic to hand small babies a smartphone to occupy them while Mom shops or sits waiting for a doctor’s appointment.

And the average life cycle of most electronics is such that we find ourselves replacing devices every year or so. QuantumLifeCycle.com, “Today, electronics are typically only used for 1.5 to 13 years, with most averaging 4.5 years.”

Which leads us to the inevitable question: What happens to all those devices when they need to be disposed of?

 

When It Comes to Recycling, “Think Globally, Act Locally” Matters

Fortunately, we live in a region that is particularly keen on recycling. While the state of Virginia as a whole recently ranked 17 out of 51 (all the states and Washington DC) in the LawnStarter 2022’s Best States at Managing Waste report, we did manage to maintain a state-wide recycling rate of 45.5 percent.

According to another study, Virginia’s recycling rate is just under 42 percent, which is below the national average but is the 2nd highest rate in the south. And Fairfax City reported a 48.6 percent recycling rate in 2020.

On another side of the Capital Region, Montgomery County, Maryland’s 2020 recycling rate of 58.94 percent of solid waste created topped all other counties in Maryland, according to statistics released by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE).

All of this simply means that Capital District residents are certainly on board with the idea when it comes to recycling solid waste. And recycling electronic waste, or e-waste as it’s known is a part of that equation.

The problem for many people is not knowing how to best dispose of their old electronics – their household and commercial e-waste – in order to ensure that they are properly processed. In other words, ensuring that e-waste is recycled can be challenging.

One thing that is certain – it’s really not okay to just toss your old electronics into the trash.

In fact, according to the Fairfax County website,

“Virginia law requires that any manufacturer that sells (or offers for sale) more than 500 units of computer equipment in the state to provide an opportunity for customers to return or recycle their equipment at no charge.”

And although most types of common electronics are accepted at the e-cycling stations at the I-66 Transfer Station and I-95 Landfill Complex, for example, getting them is not always an easy or convenient task for many people in the D.C. region.

This is why Junk King, Washington DC, specializes in electronic waste removal and e-waste recycling.

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Five Reasons to Call on Junk King Washington DC, for Your E-Waste Recycling

There are several great reasons to call on Junk King for all your junk removal and disposal needs. However, when it comes to e-waste recycling, the advantages of relying on Junk King Washington DC are significant.

Here are five reasons you should use our e-waste recycling services:

 

We are Environmentally Friendly

Anyone can claim to be a “green” business and have the planet’s best interests at heart. But when it comes to junk removal companies, Junk King pioneered the concept of recycling-based junk removal and disposal. Recycling is not only at the core of our corporate mission but also in our corporate DNA.

 

We are Experienced

With more than a decade of serving our friends and neighbors in the greater D.C. area, Junk King Washington DC has the experience and the knowledge needed to be the best at what we do. Because we do far more than simply load junk and dump it into a landfill (see above!), we are the premier choice when it comes to a knowledgeable, experienced, and well-connected e-waste recycling partner.

 

We are ProfessionalJunk King Can Help With Appliance Removal

There is probably no shortage of guys out there who are willing to load an old truck with someone’s junk for a low price. And, in our line of work, what you pay for is almost always what you get. While we are certainly not the highest-priced junk removal firm in our area, we are most definitely the most expert and professional. And we believe that exceptional customer service is a central part of professionalism.

 

We Have Lower Pricing

As we noted previously, we are not the area’s most expensive e-waste recycling service. But we do offer the most value for your money and consistently fair and transparent pricing. Our pricing is flexible, never based on weight, and always without surprises.

 

We are Easy to Work With

Our goal is to make the entire e-waste recycling process as simple, quick, and convenient for you as possible. From the initial phone call or online booking to the actual pick up and removal of your junk or e-waste and to the final billing process – Junk King Washington DC is easy to work with, efficient, and always friendly.

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The State of Electronics and E-Waste in the United States

Residents of the United States continue to manufacture and acquire huge quantities of electronic devices, gadgets, and appliances year after year.

While exact numbers are impossible to calculate or measure, it’s safe to say that Americans likely own millions upon millions of desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, and a wide variety of other handheld devices.

At any given time in the U.S., mountains and stockpiles of old, unwanted, or non-working electronics eventually end up in our nation’s solid waste stream.

In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) states that,

“According to a 2013 report by the Consumer Electronics Association, the average American household uses about 28 electronic products such as personal computers, mobile phones, televisions and electronic readers (e-readers).”

Because that estimate is almost ten years old, it is likely more than 30 devices today.

Which works out to about 35,000,000 electronic devices being used in Fairfax County alone! And where do all these electronics end up when they stop working, become obsolete, or get replaced by a new, better, or bigger version?

The EPA reported that Americans tossed out 2.7 million tons of unwanted “consumer electronics goods” back in 2018, the most recent figures available. Unfortunately, about 61.5 percent, or more than 1,660,000 tons.

And that was over three years ago.

That’s actually better than America’s recycling rates of many other waste materials. And that statistic also means that most e-waste ended up in landfills.

All of this is why calling on Junk King Washington DC, for your e-waste recycling needs is a smart and “green” alternative.

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E-Waste Recycling Made Easy: Junk King Washington DC

When you need to properly remove and dispose of large quantities of old electronics, we can provide you with an affordable, easy, and efficient option for your e-waste recycling needs.

In fact, Junk King Washington DC can provide you with professional junk removal services for just about any type of junk item, so you can have us take you unwanted or unusable devices and other old electronics, too.

Of course, we recycle far more than e-waste: in fact, we can see to it that just about anything we pick that’s made with glass, metal, paper, and plastic will be properly disposed of and recycled.

And, as we said here already, we can take any kind of junk along with your old electronics and other types of e-waste. In fact, we can even remove your excess household rubbish, trash, and garbage if you need us to.

The truth is, there is almost nothing we can’t take.

In other words, no matter what your junk consists of, as long as it’s not household hazardous waste or HHW, Junk King Washington, DC, can help you get it out of your way. We provide eco-friendly junk removal services to help you dispose of any type of unwanted junk, including large trash items and old appliances.

Our professional and insured junk removal team will show up at your home or office, and we’ll call 15 to 30 minutes before we arrive. Once there, we’ll give you a free estimate based on how much room your junk takes up in our truck.

No hidden fees, no added charges, and no surprises. You point, and we do all the heavy lifting!

So, are you ready to take care of your e-waste recycling? It’s as simple as 1, 2, 3.

Make an appointment with us by booking online or by calling 1-888-888-JUNK (5865).

Junk King Washington DC
8900 Edgeworth Drive Suite H
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Hours: M-F: 8A-6P, Sa: 8A-4P

Providing junk removal services to the Washington DC area, including:

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