Junk King Worcester

4.5/5 stars

Read Reviews

The #1 Rated Junk Removal Service. We provide superior value, service and effort

More About Us arrow
  • Call Us

    Let us know what you need disposed or recycled. We take just about everything!

    illustration of a cell phone
    1-888-888 (JUNK)
  • Text Us

    Send us an image of the junk you got and we got the rest covered.

    illustration of a hand holding a cell phone
    1-737-888-5865
  • gold star

    Save
    $20

Category Archives: Worcester Foreclosure Cleanout

Signs It’s Time to Hire a Furniture Removal Service in Worcester 

 

junk king workmen loading office furniture on a truck

No matter how long you try to hold on to certain pieces of furniture, there is bound to come a time when our furniture needs to be replaced. If you´re lucky enough to have a few pieces of handcrafted wood furniture made a couple of centuries ago, you can probably get top dollar for your historic and vintage pieces at the local antique shop. For the rest of us, however, getting rid of furniture is most likely going to be a headache. Beds, couches, dressers, and most other furniture items are large, bulky, and might need to be disassembled just to get them out the front door.  

On top of that, many towns and their municipal garbage services in Massachusetts might not even offer to pick up your old furniture. Simply leaving it on the roadside is considered to be illegal dumping, and could result in fines. In the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, for example, an effort to prevent illegal dumping led to the Public Trash Receptacles Ordinance of 2010. This ordinance states that “no person shall deposit any household or commercial garbage in a public trash receptacle. Any person in violation of the ordinance is subject to a fine of up to $300.”  

Full Service Junk Removal

So if your furniture is too heavy to get out to the curb, or if your local trash service will not haul away what you are eventually able to drag out to the road side, what options remain? Fortunately for residents, homeowners, and business owners of Worcester, MA, Junk King of Worcester is the region´s top rated junk removal service. Our company provides superior value, service and effort, and can help you easily, efficiently and cost effectively free up space in your home or business. Besides hauling away all of your old and castoff furniture items, we also can remove appliances, beds and mattresses, televisions, refrigerator and freezers, all sorts of construction waste, e-waste, and more.  

e-waste recycling

Signs that Homeowners and Individuals Should Call Junk King for Furniture Removal Services 

If you simply have an older coffee table that no longer fits with your living room décor, you might be able to fit that into the backseat of your car and take it down to the drop off station for your local thrift store. For larger jobs, however, hiring a professional junk removal service like Junk King might be the best way to go. Below we list a few telltale signs that indicate you should consider giving Junk King of Worcester a call.  

  • Your home feels too cluttered: You don’t have to suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) to suffer from an overly-cluttered home. In fact, one recent poll found that 54 percent of Americans are overwhelmed with clutter and don’t know what to do with it. If you need to free up space in your home or apartment, Junk King of Worcester offers a quick and easy route to reclaiming your space.  
  • You do not have the physical strength or stamina to get rid of your old furniture: Hauling heavy furniture items is not an easy task. Fitting large sofas and sectionals through tiny door frames requires some serious heavy lifting. In some cases, large furniture items may need to be dismantled into smaller pieces. Instead of risking injury to yourself, dinging up your walls, or scratching your newly installed wood flooring, our junk removal technicians can assure that all your old furniture gets removed without you ever having to lift a finger. We also take upmost care to not cause any damage to your home during the furniture removal process.  
  • You don’t have a vehicle that can realistically tow away your old furniture: Even if your neighbor can lend you his trailer or old pickup truck, hauling heavy, bulky furniture requires careful attention. The last thing you want is for your old mattress to fly out of the bed of a pickup truck while you´re driving down the highway.  

bulk item and trash removal

Signs that Businesses Should Call Junk King for Furniture Removal Services  

Businesses also need to regularly update their furniture for the comfort of both their guests and their employees. A few indications that you might need to call a professional junk removal service include:  

  • Musculoskeletal problems affecting your workforce due to ergonomically incorrect work furniture: Improper posture while sitting at a desk for long hours of the day often leads to a series of health problems. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) finds that in 2018, musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) led to 272,780 of missed work days. This not only cuts into your business productivity levels, but could also lead to expensive workers comp payments. If you´re planning on investing in office furniture with improved ergonomic design, Junk King of Worcester can help your business easily get rid of the furniture you´re replacing.  
  • Old and Worn Out Furniture for Your Clients: Another sign that your business might need new furniture is if your existing furniture for your clients is visibly threadbare and poorly maintained. For example, few customers will enjoy sitting down to a meal at a local restaurant if the chairs are wobbly and the table is covered in scratches and stains. Here at Junk King of Worcester, we can help you free up space in your business so that you can invest in the latest innovative furniture designs that will keep your customers satisfied.   

New call-to-action

Why You Should Pick Junk King for Your Furniture Removal Needs  

At Junk King of Worcester, we are proud to say that over 60 percent of the used furniture that we pick up gets donated or recycled. After years of working in the junk removal industry, we have developed a huge network of donation facilities, thrift stores, and recycling operations where we can give your used furniture a new life. We know that furniture takes up a lot of space in the local landfill, and we also know that there are hundreds of families and other businesses that would be happy to renovate and put to use your older furniture items. We provide our furniture removal services to the following communities around Worcester County: Acton, Agawam, Arlington, Ashburnham, Belmont, Chicopee, Framingham, Grafton, Lancaster, Lexington, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Springfield Townsend, Waltham, Westborough, and Worcester. We can also offer our service to the Boston and Middlesex area.  

How to Contact Junk King Worcester 

Whether you are planning a major renovation for your home or moving your business to a new location, Junk King Worcester is the greenest and most efficient furniture removal service in Worcester. We also offer fair and transparent pricing mechanisms and have unmatched customer service.  

To get rid of your old furniture, you can simply call us at 1-888-888-5865 (JUNK), at (978) 212-3973, or book our services online. Call us today to inquire about furniture removal service in Worcester County!  

 book junk removal appointment now

 

Dumpster Rental Services in Worcester

 

Junk King truck dropping off a dumspter

Renting a dumpster might seem something that only large businesses need to do. Most homeowners, individuals, and small businesses have regular flows of waste can easily be handled by the normal trash collection and recycling services that we pay for. However, there are times when a dumpster would come in handy. Consider the amount of waste you have to deal with after hosting a wedding, doing major repairs or renovations to your home, or going through a deep de-clutter of your home before putting it on the market for sale. Instead of having to store mountains of junk while waiting for the garbage pickup day to come around, renting a dumpster offers a straightforward and uncomplicated solution to the problem at hand. 

Furthermore, most cities and towns have ordinances and regulations prohibiting individuals and business owners from placing bulky items on the curb for trash pickup. Old couches, sofas, beds, mattresses, and most appliances will not be picked up by regular trash service, and you might even get fined for leaving them out on the curb.  

A dumpster rental, on the other hand, can give you an efficient and hygienic way to get rid of your excess waste. Junk King of Worcester County offers the best priced dumper rental service in the state of Massachusetts. Not only do we have different sized dumpsters for you to choose from, but we also allow you to decide how long you need it for, and when you want us to come and pick it up. Below, we look at when a dumpster rental might make sense, and why Junk King of Worcester is the “greenest” way to get rid of your junk. 

When You Need a Dumpster Rental 

For homeowners and other individuals, a dumpster rental makes sense when you have a large amount of trash or waste that you plan to accumulate over a short period of time. If you simply need to get rid of a few large, bulky junk items, ordering a junk removal service from Junk King of Worcester is probably the cheapest and fastest way to get rid of your stuff. 

Free Real Estate Junk Removal Services Guide

However, if you are going through a deep de-cluttering process in your house, you probably will slowly be coming up with things you want gone over the period of several days. Having a rented dumpster placed in a convenient part of your property will allow you to simply fill up the dumpster as you slowly free up space in your home. Similarly, renting a dumpster can make it easy to clean up after a major party or event, giving you a hygienic place to “store” all the trash instead of piling up dozens of trash bags at the end of your driveway. Furthermore, dumpster rentals are also a great options for homeowners who are undergoing a major home renovation. Dumpsters give an easy place to store the construction and demolition (C&D) debris that accumulates during the renovations. 

For business owners, a dumpster rental can also be a great way to deal with excess waste streams that occur during certain times of the year. Exposed piles of debris can pose a serious risk to both your employees and your customers. For food-related businesses, excess trash that cannot be hygienically stored in bins is also unsanitary. In warehouse settings, exposed trash and waste material that is not properly stored could increase the risk of work-related injuries that can result in excessive workers compensation payments. 

Renting a dumpster, then, is also a great strategy for businesses that need to deal with excess amounts of trash during certain high-volume moments of business. 

Furthermore, businesses can benefit from renting a dumpster because there is a wide range of different types of waste that can be safely and legally disposed of in a dumpster. Construction debris, old furniture, regular trash, and other miscellaneous waste can all be piled into the same dumpster. If you rent from Junk King of Worcester, we´ll do the dirty work of sorting through your waste. 

Learn more about our dumpster rental services.

Making a Dumpster Rental Green

Renting a dumpster might not seem like it has any sort of environmental or “green” benefit. However, because dumpsters are significantly larger than the regular trash bins you use, they can help cut back on the greenhouse gas emissions associated with vehicle emissions. Because larger volumes of waste can be picked up and disposed of in one trip, this cuts down on carbon dioxide emissions from the vehicles, thus lowering individual or company’s carbon footprint.

Furthermore, renting a dumpster from Junk King of Worcester County also ensures that large amounts of your waste is either donated, upcycled, or recycled instead of ending up in a local landfill. A local article published in 2019 stated that: “In Massachusetts, the people who process our trash are facing what they call a crisis. Waste disposal capacity is down since two landfills in the state were phased out last year. On top of that, three of the state’s waste-to-energy facilities are currently shut down for maintenance.”

Diverting large amounts of trash from our already overburdened landfills is a pressing environmental priority. However, many dumpster rental companies and junk removal service companies simply take the trash they pick up directly to the nearest landfill. 

At Junk King of Worcester, we are proud to say that over 60 percent of the junk and trash that we pick up gets donated or recycled. We work with individuals, homeowners, businesses, construction companies, and everyone in between, offering the most competitively priced dumpster rental service in our region. If you rent a dumpster from us, you can throw away virtually anything that isn’t classified as toxic waste, including appliances, furniture, mattresses, televisions, refrigerator/freezers, construction waste, e-waste, garbage, and constructions waste.

appliance removal learn more

Over years of being in the industry we have developed a huge network of donation facilities, thrift stores, and recycling operations where we take your “stuff.” We provide dumpster rental services to the following communities around Worcester County: Acton, Agawam, Arlington, Ashburnham, Belmont, Chicopee, Framingham, Grafton, Lancaster, Lexington, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Springfield Townsend, Waltham, Westborough, and Worcester. We can also service to the Boston and Middlesex area. 

How to Contact Junk King Worcester

Whether you are planning a major renovation for your home, organizing a foreclosure cleanout of a home that you just sold, or are engaging in any other sort of activity where you plan to accumulate large amounts of waste, renting a dumpster from Junk King of Worcester is the greenest and most efficient way to deal with your trash. 

You can simply call us at 1-888-888-5865 (JUNK), at (978) 212-3973, or book our services online. For dumpster rental, we can also help you decide which size dumpster is best for your particular case and where you can safely and legally place the dumpster. We can rent you a dumpster for any amount of time that you need, and will go to every length to ensure that whatever you dispose of in the dumpster is either recycled or donated. Call us today to inquire about renting a dumpster with Junk King of Worcester County! 

Click here to book a MINI today!

Reliable Junk Removal Services in Worcester

 

old fridges and stovesFor most homeowners, when a certain item in our households starts to get worn down or overused, we simply take it out to the curb and hope it gets picked up by the trash collection agency we pay. The problem with this “out of sight and out of mind mentality” is that there is a growing lack of landfill space across the country. According to one recent report that used data collected by the Waste Business Journal, “over the next five years, total landfill capacity in the U.S. is forecast to decrease by more than 15 percent. This means that by 2021 only 15 years of landfill capacity will remain. However, in some regions it could be only half that.” In the Northeastern states, this landfill capacity crisis is especially ominous, as the region is expected to lose about 30 percent of its total landfill capacity within the next 5 years.

So what exactly are people supposed to do with that unfixable refrigerator, or the 20-year old lumpy mattress sitting in an unused corner of their basement? Fortunately, there are several junk removal services across the country that can help individuals and homeowners find an efficient and environmentally-friendly way to get rid of the junk in their homes. Junk-King of Worcester County, Massachusetts offers fast, efficient, and eco-friendly junk removal for all of Worcester County and also the Boston and Middlesex areas.

book junk removal appointment now

The Importance of Upgrading Certain Home Elements

The landfill scarcity statistics outlined in the introduction are certainly worrisome and will need to be addressed in the coming years. However, the lack of landfill space in many areas of the country does not mean that you should necessarily avoid purchasing new, large items for your home.

Let´s take the example of a refrigerator. That old, box-style refrigerator you inherited from your parents that is twenty (or more) years old might still be in working condition. However, it is most likely pushing up your energy bill and adding to your household carbon footprint. Older models of refrigerators most likely use anywhere between 1,700 kWh and 2,400 kWh of electricity every year. Newer, energy efficient models of refrigerators, on the other hand, only use about 450 kWh for a similarly sized model. In terms of economics savings, households can expect to save around $150 each year by simply upgrading to a more modern fridge. In terms of environmental impact, the energy savings from a more efficient refrigerator could save at least 1,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from being emitted.

Furthermore, many older couches, beds, and other pieces of furniture were routinely coated in several types of flame retardant chemicals. Recent research is revealing that many of these flame retardants such as TDCPP, PentaBDE and OctaBDE are known cancer-causing agents. In fact, one recent study found that of 102 couches tested, cancerous toxic flame retardants were identified in 85 percent of them.

Protecting the health of your family and reducing your energy use and carbon footprint are a few of the commonsense reasons for upgrading certain elements of your home. And no matter how careful you are, things do tend to break and wear down over time. When you do need to get rid of a large item, however, is there an alternative to simply sending it to your local landfill?

The Opportunity for Recycling

The vast majority of things that we call “trash” can be recycled for future use. Returning to our example of the refrigerator, inside the large cooling case there is usually a decent amount of of steel, copper and aluminum; all of which are highly recyclable and generally in demand from recycling operations across the country. The shelves and drawers inside the refrigerator are made with either metal, plastic and/or glass that can also be recycled for future uses. Even the polyurethane foam that acts as insulation for the refrigerator can often be reutilized for other purposes.

The problem, of course, is that most municipal trash services will not pick up your refrigerator, even if you are able to drag it out to your curb. Trying to strap that old refrigerator onto the roof of your Toyota Prius to drive it down to the nearest recycling center is also probably not a great idea. Fortunately, junk removal services like Junk King Worcester offer an easy, efficient, and affordable way to help you get rid of large and bulky items like an older refrigerator. Junk King makes every possible attempt to donate or recycle the different items that they pick up from residents and homeowners across Worcester County in order to limit the pressure on our already-overburdened landfills.

junk removal service recycling

The Junk Removal Services Offered by Junk King Worcester

According to Countyoffice.org, there are only three operational landfills in Worcester County, Massachusetts. These landfills have to serve a population of well over 818,000 people covering an area of 1,511 square miles. This amounts to just one landfill per 272,749 people, and one landfill per 503 square miles. In the state of Massachusetts, Worcester County is ranked 10th of 14 counties in landfills per square mile. Given this reality, finding ways to limit the amount of trash you send to your local landfill should be an environmental priority for every person in the region.

Junk King of Worcester County is the leading junk removal service in the region, offering their services to residents of the towns of Acton, Agawam, Arlington, Ashburnham, Belmont, Chicopee, Framingham, Grafton, Lancaster, Lexington, Oxford, Shrewsbury, Southborough, Springfield, Townsend, Waltham, Westborough, and Worcester. They also service areas as far away as Boston and Middlesex.

The company can help you get rid of your junk and bulky trash in an environmentally friendly manner, and accepts virtually everything except hazardous waste. For people in Worcester County, Junk King offers an efficient and affordable way to get rid of used furniture, old televisions, yard waste, appliances, hot tubs that need to be disposed of, mattresses, and more.

They also offer a safe e-waste disposal service. For new home builds or extensive remodels, the company also offers construction waste removal. They also can help with foreclosure clean outs.

Full Service Junk Removal

The professional junk removal technicians that work at Junk King Worcester will do all the heavy lifting and hauling, usually helping you get rid of your junk in under an hour.

Free Junk Removal Price Estimator

As a full service junk removal company, Junk King Atlanta North provides an efficient and environmentally friendly way to recycle all of your used furniture. You can rest assured that the company will do its best to repurpose or recycle your old pieces. To get an estimate, you can call Junk King at 1-888-888-5865 (JUNK), or at (978) 212-3973. You can also send a text message with a picture of the junk you need to be removed at 1-737-888-5865. After you receive and accept the free estimate for the junk removal at your home or business, you can pick a 2-hour window for the company to come and help you get rid of your junk in an efficient, environmentally friendly, and timely manner!

Book a Touchless Appointment Today!

 

5 Ways my Drop Off Dumpster Saved me Money in Worcester

Let’s face it: whenever you have more waste to deal with than what a household normally generates in a week, finding ways to rid yourself of it can be a troublesome affair. The difficulties grow with the amount of garbage, too. Whether you’re knocking down old drywall and renovating an investment property, or you’re doing a serious “deep clean” and downsizing your possessions, it’s all too easy to find yourself in a situation where you simply don’t have enough space to discard it all.

With a drop off dumpster placed on the property, your problems will be solved. It’s about more than the convenience of having a place to put bulky items or a large volume of waste, though. In fact, you’ll find that it’s an excellent way to save money too. Take a moment to consider five of the biggest ways a Worcester dumpster rental can keep more cash in your bank account where it belongs.
New Call-to-action

1. You won’t have to pay more for someone else to handle disposal

Let’s say you’re working with a contractor on a project in your home or place of business. That project will generate all kinds of debris, and it needs somewhere to go at the end of the day. If you leave things up to your contractor, chances are they’ll jump at the opportunity to charge you a “disposal fee” for removing the junk on their own. This could add up rapidly if they charge the same fee for each day that they work and generate waste. With a dumpster rental in Worcester, on the other hand, you’re only paying once, and all the charges are clear from the start.

Drop Off DumpsterEven if you’re working on your own, you’ll end up in a similar situation if you have nowhere to dispose of the garbage. You could end up facing the need to ask others to come and haul the junk away for you. That means more fees and charges that can add up quickly. When you’re working with a company that can provide a rental dumpster instead, you know what you’re paying up front — and it’s often far less than all the other associated charges.

2. No need to spend cash on garbage bags or gasoline

Perhaps instead of paying for junk removal or having a contractor do the hauling, you decide to do it yourself. It’s likely that you won’t have enough space in your home’s garbage bin to dispose of it all, especially when it comes to bulky and heavy items. You may not have the opportunity to place it on the curb for bulk trash pickup services, either. That leaves you with one option: hauling it all to the local dump yourself. That is, of course, if they’ll even accept the materials you have to discard. You can likely expect to pay the dump some disposal fees for every trip that you make there.

This is where the cost of hauling the garbage yourself really begins to increase. Aside from the disposal fees, you’ll also be paying for heavy duty garbage bags to pack it all away before transport. Then you’ll need to factor in the cost of all the gasoline you’ll burn going to and from the drop-off point. Add it all up, and it can become quite a substantial expense. Compared to the cost of renting a dumpster, this method can prove to be much pricier.
the complete summer cleaning guide

3. The right type of rental gives you financial flexibility

Depending on the type of drop off dumpster you choose to rent, you can save more money with this option as well. How? It all comes down to the ways various dumpster companies price their rentals for their local market. Sometimes, you will encounter businesses that charge based on the sizes of the different dumpsters available, the weight of the refuse you throw away, and other factors as well. This can come out to a substantial total, which at first glance might make you think a dumpster rental is actually not the option you want to choose.

However, keep in mind that other businesses don’t charge based on weight, and provide a dumpster of a reasonable size for most small to medium-sized projects. Instead of weight-based charges, it is all about the amount that you fill up the trash receptacle. In other words, if your project produces less garbage than you expect and you fill up less than half of the total dumpster volume, you won’t have to pay full price. Even a full load typically has a more competitive price than other dumpster providers that seem to want to nickel and dime customers at every turn. By choosing a more flexible option, you can save money and still accomplish the job with the same level of dependability.

4. You can dodge fines or fees for improper disposals

Maybe you decide to risk it and dump the garbage on the curb for municipal pickup anyway. What happens when it turns out that isn’t allowed? City codes may restrict the amount or location of dumping carried out by those in residential and commercial properties. You could find yourself slapped with fines as punishment for placing garbage where your locale says it is prohibited. You must be especially careful when the waste produced by your work includes some type of hazardous material, which requires special disposal. While dumpster companies typically won’t take hazardous waste either, they will accept almost everything else. Don’t run the risk of a write-up and the associated fines when you can rent a temporary dumpster and have it hauled away professionally instead.

5. Avoid costly delays that put a project behind schedule

In some cases, disposal of debris is an essential task to complete before a project can move forward. For example, in an interior demolition, you may need to clear away the trash from one stage of the project before you can proceed with the next stage. What happens if you have nowhere to put it all, or if you have to wait on someone else to come in and handle the cleanup job? Delays. Time is money, especially when contractors are on the clock and delaying a project to deal with disposal problems is almost like lighting money on fire.

With a dumpster rental, that’s not the case. As soon as the waste is generated, you or your work partners can carry it all out of the property to the conveniently located dumpster. When you throw things away as the project proceeds, you won’t run into the same types of delays you would otherwise. With the ability to call for a fresh dumpster to replace one that you’ve already filled up, you can keep downtime to a minimum and power through the hardest parts of the work. The result is a project that’s easier to keep not only on time, but on budget as well.
free guide - transform your garage

Find a drop off dumpster that works for you

With these reasons in mind, the benefits of opting for a drop off dumpster should be clear for all to see. Whether it is a renovation project at home or a small construction project, you’ll find there are many ways to save money when you opt for a rental over the other potential options. Plus you can enjoy knowing that the right company will do their part to keep the planet green by recycling everything that doesn’t need to go into a landfill. Take the time to evaluate all the options for your project, and then choose the one that fits your needs best.

 

Dumpsters to Rent for Your Kitchen Renovation in Worcester

In most cases, the kitchen is the most expensive room in the house. There is a reason that most prospective buyers head to the kitchen first. The quality of a kitchen—its counters, its fixtures, its appliances, its use of space—tends to inform most decisions about whether to buy a house. A gorgeous kitchen can serve as a place for food preparation, dining, entertaining, working, and enjoying leisure time in your Worcester home. For all these reasons and more, renovating a kitchen is a major undertaking—one that can be simplified significantly by looking into dumpsters to rent before you start your big project.

Demolition and Dumpsters

Dumpsters to Rent If you are undertaking a kitchen renovation, congratulations are in order. This kind of remodeling can be exceedingly complicated and expensive, but it also tends to be the most rewarding renovation you can do. Adding functionality to your kitchen by changing the way space is used is well worth the effort of a renovation. Turning your kitchen into a place where you enjoy spending time is well worth the effort of a renovation. Adding value and appeal to your kitchen so you can improve your sale prospects is well worth the effort of a renovation. Regardless of why you are embarking on a kitchen remodel, there is probably a big reward waiting for you at the end of the process.

First, though, comes the beginning of the process. If you are looking for dumpsters to rent in Worcester, you are probably past the earliest of those stages—such as planning and design. However, you are also probably nearing the demolition stage, which is where having a dumpster on hand can make your life easier.

Indeed, if you are weighing the pros and cons of renting a dumpster, all you need to do is think through the demolition process. Most kitchen remodels involve gutting considerable segments of the room—if not the entire space. You might be tearing out flooring or dispensing with old, outdated countertops. You might be ditching old appliances or cabinets that have clearly seen better days. You might even be knocking down walls to create a more open concept space. After all, open concept kitchens are all the rage these days.

New Call-to-action

The point is that these demolition processes create a lot of debris and other waste. Whether you are managing your renovation as a DIY project or hiring contractors to handle the work, you want the process to be able to roll along smoothly. For a DIY project, a quick-moving demolition process will mean quicker project completion. If you’ve hired a crew for the job, moving faster might even save you money. Either way, you will want to rent a dumpster, because having a dumpster on site will significantly speed up the demolition process.

Think of it this way: without a dumpster on your property, where is all that debris going to go? Where is your construction crew going to pile discarded drywall or flooring? Where are your old appliances going to go to make way for the new ones? What are you going to do with those unwanted cabinets or unneeded countertops as you await their replacements?

The answer is simple: put everything in the dumpster. A dumpster saves you or your crew from having to move debris around as the project moves forward. You needn’t even spare a thought for where all the stuff is going to go because it can all go right into the dumpster. If you position the dumpster correctly, your project team might even be able to toss debris out the window or glass slider and into the open bin. The speed and productivity gains to be made here are significant, and they will rewrite the narrative of your kitchen renovation.

Deciding Which Dumpsters to Rent

The key, of course, is renting the right dumpster—or at least going through the right dumpster company for your rental. Contrary to popular belief, not all dumpster rental businesses are the same. Here are a few of the pitfalls you will have to navigate as you shop for a rental:

the do you really need it checklist

  • Not all dumpster companies accept construction debris: In most cases, dumpster rental companies have a “restricted item” list that you need to follow. Some just ban toxic or hazardous waste. Others forbid items that are commonly banned from landfills, such as mattresses or tires. Some, though, don’t accept construction waste or require you to rent specific dumpsters for this type of garbage. To avoid confusion or hassle, you want to rent a dumpster from a company that has as few restrictions as possible. That way, you will be able to deposit everything—from construction waste to old appliances to the stuff you forgot was hiding in the back of your kitchen cabinets—into the same dumpster.

  • Dumpster sizes vary: One of the more frustrating aspects of renting a dumpster is how much dumpster sizes vary. How can you pick between a 10-cubic yard dumpster and a 40-cubic yard bin if you have no idea how much space all the debris from your renovation will occupy? To make matters worse, these companies typically bill based on flat rates, which means if you rent a 30-yard dumpster and only use 10 cubic yards of space, you still pay the full price. In most cases, kitchen renovations won’t require more than 12 cubic yards of space. Still, try to find a dumpster rental company that bills based the amount of space you use rather than based on dumpster size. That way, you will get the most bang for your buck and won’t worry needlessly about sizing.

    the complete summer cleaning guide

  • Recycling isn’t common: Some of the junk from your renovation—the discarded drywall and flooring—probably isn’t reusable. Much of it, though, could be salvaged and reused for other purposes, or at very least saved from the landfill for proper recycling. In particular, the appliances you are replacing probably still have some life left in them. The bad news is that most dumpster companies take your junk directly to the landfill. The good news is you can still find a few companies that will sort your junk after they pick it up, pulling out items that can be reused or recycled. If you want to make sure your old dishwasher isn’t headed to the nearest landfill, keep an eye out for one of these green junk removal businesses.

Navigating these pitfalls will help you find the right dumpster rental for your renovation. From there, things should go smoothly. You’ll be able to schedule a date for dumpster delivery, work through your demolition project, and then watch as all the junk is hauled away from your property for good. Just make sure you give yourself and your team enough time to execute the full demolition before scheduling the dumpster rental company to pick up your bin. Pricing will fluctuate based on how long you need to keep your dumpster, but it’s better to keep the bin for a day longer than you think you might need it than for your bin to get picked up before you are done demolishing.

Renovations can be stressful, expensive, and difficult to plan from a logistical standpoint. If you’re thinking about dumpsters to rent, though, you are on the right track. A rental dumpster will simplify the process, expedite progress toward project completion, and make it easier for you to sit back and enjoy your kitchen’s gradual transformation into something beautiful. Start shopping for your dumpster rental today!

Junk King Worcester
245 Crawford St. Suite 1
Fitchburg, MA 01420
Hours: M-F: 7A-4P, Sa: 8A-4P

Providing junk removal services to the Worcester area, including:

Acton
Agawam
Ashburnham
Ashby
Belmont
Chicopee
Framingham
Grafton
Lancaster
Lexington
Oxford
Shrewsbury
Southborough
Springfield
Townsend
Waltham
Westborough
Worcester
and these nearby zip codes:
01001, 01013, 01020, 01103, 01105, 01107, 01108, 01109, 01118, 01128, 01129, 01199, 01430, 01431, 01469, 01474, 01519, 01523, 01537, 01540, 01545, 01546, 01560, 01561, 01580, 01581, 01582, 01601, 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610, 01613, 01614, 01615, 01653, 01654, 01655, 01701, 01702, 01703, 01704, 01705, 01718, 01720, 01745, 01772, 02420, 02421, 02451, 02452, 02453, 02454, 02478, 02479