Green Clean Junk Removal Services isn’t just a trash removal company, we all share a passion for reducing the amount of trash we remove. Each and every one of Green Clean Junk Removal Services would love to collect less garbage, trash, and junk. Less trash means a cleaner and better planet for all of us.

When it comes to reducing our trash we should all think small. In my case, I looked in the bathroom and then looked in the mirror. I found one small thing I could change that would reduce my yearly expenses and cut my yearly trash output out drastically. Razors.

Yup.

I said, razors.

Like everyone else I know I shaved with those super-expensive disposable razor blades. I’d go through about four to five a month. I’d also burn through a can of shaving cream every five weeks. Think about the amount of trash that generates per year. Then think about how much trash that generates over ten or twenty years. Plastic housings, dull metal, and dozens of aerosol cans. And all of it completely unnecessary. 

Men have been shaving for thousands of years (unless those busts of the Emperors were wrong, they weren’t a lot of scruffy Romans running around) and up until fifty years ago we shaved in a way that didn’t generate 100s of plastic cartridges in the garbage every year. Turns out all you need for a good shave is a sharp blade, a nice brush, and lathering soap. 

This desire to stop consuming convenience and instead return to traditional ways made me seek out the art of the wet shave. I dumped my disposable razor and took up a safety razor instead. I said goodbye to my aerosol propelled shaving gels in favor of a badger brush and a lathering shave soap.

You know how much garbage my shaving repertoire generates now? One blade every couple of weeks. And that blade is biodegradable. Oh, and I get a better shave than I ever got from disposable razors.

So if you want to reduce your garbage and trash output think small. Look at the things you do every day and say, Is there a way I could do this differently? Chances are the answer is Yes, and that way of doing something may also have the benefit of being a better way of doing something.

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I was laying flat on my back, covered in a stack of empty Macbook and shoe boxes, staring at the ceiling. 15 minutes before I was digging through the same closet looking for a speaker cable, I knew, just knew, was in a shoe box in that closet. 15 minutes, a misplaced foot step on top of a loose pile of shows, and an awkward tumbling scream later I was thinking, yep, definitely time to clean out the closet.   

Now I could have called Green Clean Junk Removal Services but, c’mon, son… For one closet? One closet, I said, to myself, I got this (yes, I do get weirdly Action Movie Intense when it comes to cleaning; don’t judge me).

So here are my five steps for closet cleaning:

1. Empty Out the Closet 

To organize one must first destroy, said a great blogger once. I knew the only way I was going to ever truly clean out my closet was if I emptied it first. So I pulled my suits and hung them on a nearby chin up bar, then I piled my winter coats on the couch and tossed my shirts on top of the coats. I piled my shoes up on the bed and tossed the empty boxes on the floor.

Then I came face to face with it. Yes. There is was, staring at me … an empty closet. I stared into the darkness and the darkness stared backed at me. 

2. The Great Sort

As I emptied out my closet I kept saying, “Oh I haven’t seen this in years!” and more than once I said to myself, “They made this? Why did I buy this!?” I had more clothes than I could ever wear and I had plenty of clothes that I would never wear again.

So I grabbed a fistful of trash bags and began the long process of sorting through the clothes I’d never wear and stuffing them into trash bags for donation to the Goodwill. I also had a couple of suits that were just a step out of style I set those aside for “Clothes the Deal”, a non-profit org that donates suits to the unemployed for job interviews.

3. Goodbye Boxes … You Were Boxes

Whenever I bought new shoes I’d toss the box in the closet. When I bought my new Macbook the box went into the closet right on top of the iPad box and the boxes for my last two iPhones. I had a ton of boxes and most of them held nothing. (Remember that speaker cable I was looking for? Totally found it … Inside a desk drawer and not in a shoe box.)

I hauled all those empty boxes to the recycle bin behind my apartment building.

Well, most of them.

The neighbor’s 6 year old spotted me as I was walking to the recycle been. He boldly requested two Nike shoe boxes so he could “play spaceship” to which he added  “Mister, Pease!?” I wasn’t cold enough to deny Spock and Luke Skywalker a cardboard spaceship.

4. Hello Sweater Boxes … You Are Stackable

I put my sweaters in a sweater box and sealed them away for the Summer. This sounds like such an obvious thing to do but this solution to the summer sweater problem had eluded me for years. I left them in my dresser or sprawled across my closet. 

5. They Make Organizers Now!?

Yes, they do. And I bought them. Extra shelving and racks to store my shoes and keep them off the floor. 

And then I was done.

I sat on the edge of the bed, staring into my newly cleaned closet, glass of bourbon in one hand, and muttered to myself, “You’ve done a man’s job today.” Then the gruff voice of my roommate came bellowing down the hall, “Larry, you’re a giant dork!” 

Eh, can’t win ‘em all. 

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How much does Green Clean Junk Removal Services recycle? We take the green in our name very seriously. We try to make every junk removal job a green junk removal job. Certain junk removal projects we recycle as much as 60% of the junk we collect. If your junk consists of cardboard, scrap metal, or concrete there is a good chance we can recycle nearly all of it.

There are certain types of junk that simply cannot be recycled. Old paint cans and household cleaners for instance cannot be recycled and if they are disposed of improperly these chemicals can pollute groundwater and surrounding soil. Green Clean Junk Removal Services make sure that these hazardous chemicals are disposed of properly and safely.

At Green Clean Junk Removal Services the environment is our first priority. We are dedicate to making every city green and clean.

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That is the kind of person that works for Green Clean Junk Removal. We are people with a passion for keeping the City of Los Angeles clean. But we cannot do it alone. Green Clean Junk Removal needs your help to keep Los Angeles clean.

Here are some things you can do to help Green Clean Junk Removal keep the city of Los Angeles clean.

- Do Not Drag Your Junk to the Curb

Too many people in Los Angeles leave old junk on the curbside. When the chair breaks or the television gets replaced the common wisdom is drag it to the curb and let someone else deal with it. This leads to a lot of unsightly junk in the streets of Los Angeles. Not to mention it provides a home to vermin and pests. 

Call a junk removal service to haul away your bulky items and junk instead. Green Clean Junk Removal Services hauls away just about any type of bulky item. We also try to recycle as many of these items as we can, and we make sure that the junk Green Clean can’t recycle gets disposed of properly.

- Do Not Litter 

This has been common knowledge since the mid-1960s, but far too many people still litter. Both in Los Angeles and across the United States. So when you are finished with that can of soda find a garbage can and throw it away. Or better yet, save it and put it in a proper recycling receptacle.

Also beware of the small things that generate a lot of litter. For instance, every time you valet a car in Los Angeles, a valet will slip a tiny piece of paper under the windshield wipe so they can find your car again. A lot of times a valet will forget to remove that paper slip. The paper flies away and lands in the street. That small slip of paper doesn’t seem like much but multiple it by hundreds or thousands of tiny paper slips and you have a real problem. Think of how much litter you could stop by taking the extra minute and removing that paper valet slip from under your windshield.

- Recycle

Luckily the city of Los Angeles has made it pretty easy to recycle. Most homeowners have a blue recycle bin or can request one from the city. Many apartment building now offer either individual or community recycling bins. If your apartment building doesn’t have recycling talk to your apartment manager of building management company about getting a blue recycle bin. 

If worse comes to worse you can always take your recyclables down to a neighborhood recycling center. 

- Use Reusable Grocery Bags

Los Angeles County recently banned disposable grocery bags, although they have yet to disappear from most grocery stores yet. Get ahead of the curve and start using reusable grocery bags today.

Most of the trash I see on the streets of Hollywood and Sherman Oaks consists of plastic grocery bags. If every would start using reusable grocery bags today this type of trash and garbage would disappear within a week. 

Also using reusable grocery bags helps cut down our National oil consumption. Yep, it does! Guess what all those plastic bags are made out of? Petroleum. Fewer plastic bags, means less oil consumed in the long run.

Most grocery stores sell reusable grocery bags for 99 cents or less. Some stores may give you a slight discount with every grocery purchase when you use reusable grocery bags. So using reusable grocery bags saves you money too.

Green Clean Junk Removal Services is here to keep Los Angeles and New York clean. That is why we offer world class junk removal and trash pick up. But we can’t do it by ourselves. Help us out!

March 14, 2013

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