1. Clean Out the Cupboards

I generally start with the cupboards that hold dry foods and spices. No doubt you will find year old rice, flour, beans, and an array of spices. Anything that has an expiration date and is past its expiration date toss in the garbage. Anything that you feel is suspicious toss in the garbage. Make sure anything your keeping is sealed in bags or airtight containers, and is of course bug free.

Then its time to tackle the cupboards that hold the dishes and glasses. Take the time to sort out the dishes and silverware you are keeping from the orphan dishes you don’t need or use anymore. You don’t necessarily need to toss these dishes in the garbage. If they are in good repair take them to a local Goodwill and donate them.

2. Clean Out the Refrigerator and Freezer

Did you just scream a bit when you thought about cleaning out the refrigerator? It’s okay. But this is a task that must be done. Remember a key rule here: When in doubt, dump it. Better safe than huddle in the corner with food poisoning. Once your refrigerator is completely emptied out, pull the drawers and racks and wash them too. Avoid using chemical cleaners. Hot water, soap, and a touch of bleach is all you need.

3. Organize Your Cookware

Instead of shoving all your pots and pans back into a cupboard get a rack and hang your pots from a ceiling rack. Get a magnetic strip to mount your knives on. Not only does this saves space, it looks cool. Don’t you want to look cool in the kitchen?

4. Get Your Knives Sharpened

This is often overlooked or never talked about item when it comes to cleaning and sprucing up your kitchen is your knives. As any good chef will tell you you are only as good as your knives. Collect up all your knives and take them to a professional knife sharpener. 

5. Scrub like a Scullery Maid

Now comes the unpleasant part — time to scrub the kitchen. I really don’t have advice for you when it comes to this step. You just have to dig in and do it and don’t stop until you can eat off the floor. But don’t actually eat off the floor because you are going to gave to clean it again if you do that. 

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Shall I go on, or are you already shaking at horror think about everything packed away in your closet? OK, I’ll stop, I’ll stop. Go to to your happy place and take a breath.

There are quite a few ways to get rid of unwanted stuff, clutter, and junk you don’t need without throwing  it in the trash. 

1. Charitable Donation … This one is the most tried and true ways to get rid of old stuff, particularly old clothes. Most charities run thrift shops and donation centers that take in clothes, furniture, and some appliances. Depending on the charity they also may have a pick up service. And of course you can use your donation as a tax write-off. 

2. Thrift Shops … Your neighborhood thrift shop most likely has a “wanted items” list, clothes and collectibles are often in high demand, but many second hand store also look for more mundane items like dishes and toys in good condition. You could even make a few dollars by turning your used clothes over to a consignment shop for resale.

3. Re-Gifting … There is no shame in passing along the stuff you don’t need to friends or neighbors who do need it.

A little story to illustrate the point. By a series of odd circumstances I acquired two microwaves. No one needs two microwaves in their lives. I was about to haul the cheaper of the two microwaves down to a Goodwill when my neighbor asked me if I was getting rid of a new microwave? She didn’t even have to ask before I blurted out, “Do you want it? It’s brand new.”

A small act of kindness that began life as an unwanted, extra microwave. My neighbor got a new microwave at a time she she needed it, and I got rid of an extra microwave and earned a bit of karma. Don’t think of it as pawning off your unwanted stuff, think of it as paying it forward.

4. Donate Your Old Books … There are many specialty organizations that collect old books and then redistribute them to kids, adult learning centers, and community centers. Children’s books are particularly in demand so this is a great way to get rid of books your grown children have left behind.

5. Reuse Old Cups and Jars … One of my favorite uses for old whisky and scotch bottles is to repurpose them as change jars. Old coffee cups can make for great pen caddies.  I’ve even converted wine bottles and fancy beer bottles into candle holders. And the glass bottles you can’t reuse should go into the recycle bin or to your local recycling center. 

6. Trade-In Your Small Electronics … I used to have a box of old cellphones in a shoe box. That was before the “smartphone revolution”. Now I have a box full of old gadgets, USB Cables, e-readers, a couple smartphones, and a tablet in two shoe boxes in two closets. 

Luckily for gadget addicts like myself most major companies (Amazon, Apple) offer a trade-in programs for your old electronics. And in return for responsibly disposing of your electronics through a recycle program you’ll be rewarded with a cash (or a gift card) in most cases.

7. Repurpose Your Plastic Bottles … Ever need to put an extra quart of oil in your car and found yourself without a funnel? Slice the bottom off a soda bottle and POW! insta-funnel. You can cut down a bleach bottle and turn it into a kitty litter scoop. You can take the bottom of a bleach bottle and use it as a drip pan. Just be careful when reusing plastic bottles … never use a modified plastic bottle to as a dish for pet food. Chemicals in plastic bottles can leech into pet food and seriously harm your pet.

8. Need Garbage Bags? Use a Plastic Shopping Bag … Plastic shopping bags make for great garbage bags, especially for small wastebaskets. This cuts down on garbages in the landfill and ultimately cuts down on plastic bags in the landfill.

9. Haul Your Appliances and Furniture to a Scrap Dealer … If getting rid of a large appliance, like an oven, is high on your priority list you can haul it to a scrap dealer or metal recycler. You can also haul your furniture to a recycling center that deals in wood and wood byproducts.

10. Call a junk removal service like Green Clean Junk Removal. We’ll haul away just about any type of junk or clutter at affordable rates. We recycle between 40% and 60% of the unwanted items we collect via charitable organizations, thrift shops, and recycling centers. When you can do it yourself, Green Clean Junk Removal is there to do it for you.

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No, it wasn’t a freak weather event.

You’ve just been attacked. Attacked by the invisible party monster. At least this is the operating theory I developed after four years in college. The invisible party monster that sneaks into your home and scatters bottles, plates, and other assorted sundries across the house just seemed a lot more realistic than freak weather events that rained empty beer bottles and plastic plates. 

If you’re suffering from an attack of the Invisible Party Monster today here are 5 things to help you put your life back in order.

1. Start Somewhere

The Invisible Party Monster is an indiscriminate beast that attacks every room in your house. This is why you woke to find a half eaten plate of barbecue ribs in your shower this morning. So when you clean up the next morning, start somewhere, anywhere. 

Typically I like to start in the worst rooms in the house and work from there. This generally means I start in the living room and kitchen, and then expand my cleaning range outward to other rooms in the house.

2. Bag Up Your Trash and Recyclables

Grab a fistful of trash bag and start plowing trash into them. Try to separate out your recyclables from your trash and keep them in separate bags. Then what do you do? If you had a big enough party you may have more trash than can fit in your curbside collection. If you have a lot of trash, a service like Green Clean Junk Removal Service’s event trash pick up, is an option. Another option is to haul your recyclables to a recycling center and your trash to a public landfill.

3. Tackle the Dishes

Dirty dishes are the foulest weapon in the Invisible Party Monster’s arsenal. Those dishes are spread out everywhere and seem to replicate by themselves. Alas, there really are no quick tips for cleaning dishes from a party. You just have to buckle down and wash them. My general strategy is to clean pots and pans first, then pile dishes and silverware into the dishwasher.

4. You’re Almost There, Now Grab a Rag and A Mop

Time to seek out and destroy all the party fouls. The beer spill on the coffee table. The whisky spill on the carpet. The soda sloshed on the curtains. So grab a clean cloth, a bit of lukewarm water, and a mild detergent. Remember to dab and blot stains, never rub or scrub. For really bad stains you may want to call a professional furniture or carpet cleaner. 

5. Suck it Up and Vacuum

That rug really ties the room together and everyone at your party loved it, which is why they kept stepping on it. No worries. You’re an adult and this is why adults own vacuums. Make sure you do multiple passes across a rug and avoid sucking up small objects that can ruin your vacuum over the long term.

And then you’re done. Hopefully. The attack of the invisible party monster beaten back until the next three day weekend and the next party. 

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Well then it is time to call Green Clean Junk Removal Services. Green Clean Junk Removal Services is standing by to help you clean up before Memorial Day so you can enjoy the rest of your summer. Here are three of our most popular junk removal services just in time for service.

Garage Clean Out

Our junk removal professionals come to your garage and haul away anything you want hauled away, from boxes to boats (yes, we’re not kidding we’ve hauled away a boat before) and everything in between. As a bonus service Green Clean Junk Removal Services can haul away most household hazardous materials you have stored in your garage, like paint and automotive fluids. 

Backyard Clean Out

Backyards are made to be used during the Summer. They make for great gathering places for friends and family. I know I love grilling and partying out in my backyard. But is your backyard Summer Party ready? If the answer is No, Green Clean Junk Removal Services has got your back. Our junk haulers can help you clean up and clean out your backyard. Need to get rid of that old grill? Consider it gone. Is that old swing set cramping your style? Blink and you’ll never miss it. Just need to get rid of some downed trees and yard debris? We can haul that away for you.

Hauling Services

Summer is the time for do-it-yourself projects. Need to get rid of construction debris? Need to haul away appliances or furniture? Moving and need something heavy and awkward moved from one location to another location? Call Green Clean Junk Removal Services. Our hauling services are world class and affordable for almost everyone.

Our junk hauling pros are standing by to provide you with a free estimate. So call today 888-347-2851 and book an appointment today. 

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When you are a junk removal company, like Green Clean Junk Removal Services, you are often, erm, blessed with a lot of unwanted but otherwise cool stuff. Wanna broken keyboard? We gotta broken keyboard. Need knee-board? We gotta knee board. We encounter all types of stuff and have hauled away all types of stuff. 

So how does Green Clean Junk Removal Services dispose of all those wonderfully random items? We try to dump as little as possible in the landfill so our staff has gotten creative about how we recycle. One way we recycle is to support local thrift shops.

When our junk removal professionals haul away useable items like appliances, or old furniture, or old clothes our next stop is the local thrift store. Green Clean Junk Removal Services supports a plethora of local thrift shops through donations. 

Green Clean Junk Removal Services can’t guarantee that we’ll make those Pro Wings cool, but we can guarantee that we’ll do our best to keep your junk and trash out of the landfill.

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Three months (or six months or even a year or more) of pre-production and production can leave any office space looking like a war zone. So who do you call when you need a production office cleaned up and broken down? 

Green Clean Junk Removal Services, of course. 

We’re centrally located in film production friendly cities like New York and Los Angeles. And we have years of experience providing junk removal and trash removal services to the film and television industry. Green Clean Junk Removal Service’s provides an office clean out service that can be customized to fit your budget.

So if you are a producer, unit production manager, or production coordinator and need help cleaning out a production office call Green Clean Junk Removal Services today. Call 888-347-2851 

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What is household hazardous waste? There are a lot of common items that are classed as HHW and should not be placed in the regular trash. Items like paint, paint thinners, wood finishes and varnishes, cleaners, automotive fluids (like oil or coolant), and pesticides. Also e-waste like computer monitors and televisions get lumped into the HHW category fairly often.

Most junk removal services and hauling services won’t haul away household hazardous waste. Green Clean Junk Removal Services will haul away and safely dispose of household hazardous waste. Whether you have a few paint cans or half a garage full of paint and automotive fluids Green Clean Junk Removal Services has your back.

Call 888-347-2851 to talk to one of our friendly junk removal experts who can assist you in arranging for your HHW disposal.

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That is what we call the Green Clean Junk Removal Advantage.

When you are shopping for a junk removal company go with the one that respects your time. Green Clean Junk Removal Services knows you are busy, this is why we provide free phone estimates and provide same day junk removal. We promise you’ll never have to wait for an in person estimate and you’ll never have to wait around for a junk removal crew. 

Green Clean Junk Removal Services’ junk hauling professionals care about you and share your clean up goals. They also share your concern for the environment. This is why we are committed to recycling as much as possible. Our current company wide goal is to recycle 50% of the items we collect from any junk removal or clean out job. 

We’re more than just a junk removal company, we’re your friends and neighbors, we’re your partners in a better world. 

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1. Hassle Free

Green Clean Junk Removal Services junk hauling services are completely hassle free. You don’t need to get a city issued permit. You don’t need to hire extra labor. You don’t need to hire extra labor. Our junk removal services are all inclusive. We handle everything for you so you don’t have to worry about it.

2. Labor is Included

Our labor is included in every junk removal job we do. You don’t have to worry about hiring extra help or pitching in to help clean up. Green Clean Junk Removal Services does it all for you so you don’t have to do anything but point to the junk and trash you want removed.

3. We Recycle

When you dump trash and junk into a dumpster its only going one place and one place only: the landfill. When you let Green Clean Junk Removal Services haul away your junk we recycle as much as we can. Our goal is to recycle 40 to 50% of the materials we recycle. Occasionally we recycle up to 90% of what we recover from a site.

Green Clean Junk Removal Services also offers award winning customer service and personalized service for every job. Green Clean Junk Removal Services can do everything you need and do it with a smile on our face.

Call Green Clean Junk Removal Services today for a free estimate. Call 888-347-2851

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