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Hassle-Free Junk Removal – Why Vancouver Residents Choose 24 Hr Junk
As a Vancouver resident, you can rely on 24 Hr Junk for an efficient and affordable junk removal service. Our...
Navigating the Challenges of Proper Electronics Disposal in Vancouver
Electronics Disposal: A Growing Concern in VancouverUnderstanding E-waste and Its Environmental ImpactThe Role of...
The Impact of Garbage Collection on the Environment & Understanding the Consequences
Negative Effects of Garbage Collection on the EnvironmentSoil Contamination due to Unmanaged Waste DisposalWater...
Hot Tub Removal and Disposal: What You Need To Know
If you're a homeowner who's looking for hot tub removal and disposal, you may be wondering what your options are....
What You Need to Know About Construction Site Clean-Up
Construction site clean-up can be a complicated and intricate operation. They are bustling with workers,...
Looking For Mattress Removal? Here’s How To Get Rid Of Your Old Bed.
Did you know that you are supposed to replace your mattress every 6 to 8 years? Mattress removal and...
Benefits of Professional Junk Removal for your Construction Project
Whether you are leading a new build or a renovation, you are sure to accumulate your share of post-construction waste. Building materials such as concrete, wood, drywall, and even scrap metal can build up during the course of any construction project.
Professional Tips for Junk Removal
No matter the time of year, when the urge arises to declutter your home the 24 Hour Junk team is poised to help....
Tips for Environment-Friendly Junk Removal
There are many reasons you may consider working with professional junk removal services such as the 24-Hour Junk Team. We have extensive experience with a variety of residential, commercial, and industrial junk removal projects and we know what it takes to dispose of trash in the most environmentally conscious methods possible. Whether you plan to hire professionals or remove your own junk, it’s important to understand tips and tricks for efficient and eco-friendly disposal.
Benefits of Hiring Professional Junk Removers
Whether you want to declutter, reorganize, make space, or simply clean up, professional junk removal services such as those from the 24 Hour Junk Team can be a game changer. Your home is your sanctuary and if you’re feeling the urge to get rid of junk, you may be wondering whether it’s better to haul the rubbish away on your own or whether you should seek professional help. Let’s look at a few of the top benefits of hiring professional junk removers.
Spring Cleaning by the Room
The days are longer, the weather is warmer, and the air is fresher – it’s spring! The season begs us to make a new start as we see the emergence of life in our parks, gardens, and yards.
Why Property Managers Need 24hr Junk
Rental Property Junk Removal Property managers have the unique challenge of making sure their rental apartments,...
The Quickest Way to Pack for a Move
Moving Tips Moving is fun. Packing is not. If you don’t have the means to hire a moving company to do the packing...
What’s on the Hazardous Waste List?
Hazardous Waste British Columbia Getting rid of stuff should be easy, but sometimes it comes with restrictions—as...
6 Fall Cleaning Tips
Fall Cleaning Tips Now that summer has ended and school is back in session, it’s time to get your house in order...
Professional Property Cleanout Services
Reclaim Your Space No job is to big for us at 24hr Junk! We have seen it all! We’re committed to...
Do you Really Need that Storage Unit?
Storage Units And Junk Removal Did you know that 8.96% of Canadian households currently rent a self-storage unit?...
24hr Junk is Hiring!
We’re Hiring at 24hr Junk 24hr Junk has a good problem. We’re busy! So that means we’re looking for new team...
Will We Take Your Junk?
What Junk Removal Companies Take If you’ve got junk piling up in your garage, basement, or even your living room,...
Scrap Metal Removal
Scrap Metal Removal Service Scrap metal is rarely picked up by municipal trash services, so 24hr Junk is ready...
Can I Throw Out Old Batteries?
Getting Rid Of Batteries Chances are, you have a few devices in your home that require some type of standard...
Quick Thinking Saves Child From Being Run Over
Sanitation Worker Saves Child A sanitation worker saves child with quick thinking. He saved a boy from being run...
Is Ottawa On The Verge Of Garbage Crisis?
Ottawa's Garbage Crisis Ottawa is on the verge of a garbage crisis, and the solution might be a few clicks away...
How to Safely Dispose of Broken Glass
Disposing Broken Glass Understanding how to dispose of dangerous garbage like broken glass and crockery is...
Why Making Mistakes is Good for Business
Mistakes in Junk Removal One of the things we’ve always taken tremendous pride in is being a thought leader in...
The Benefits of Recycling Old Tires
What To Do With Old Tires Old tires are notoriously challenging to get rid of because you can’t simply put them...
Staying Safe At Home In Emergencies
Planning For Emergencies We like to think there's no place safer than home. But the sometimes harsh reality is...
Am I A Hoarder?
How To Spot A Hoarder Any person can become disorganized at least to a certain extent depending on their...
Illegal Dumping of Junk and Waste
What Is Illegal Dumping? Illegal dumping of junk and waste has become a huge problem in Vancouver. Not only is it...
Concerns About Backyard Burning of Trash
Backyard Trash Burning Household burn barrels, fire pits, wood stoves, or similar homemade devices produce...
Frequently Asked Questions About Junk Removal
Most Common Junk Removal Questions Let’s face it, accumulating unwanted junk is never a good idea. However, while...
How NOT to Remove Junk
The Wrong Way To Remove Junk Removing your own junk isn’t always a good idea but is a necessity at times,...
Declutter During A Long Weekend
The Perfect Time To Declutter A long weekend makes it the perfect time to declutter the home and garage. Clutter...
HOW WE’RE ECO-FRIENDLY JUNK REMOVAL
Eco Friendly Junk Removal The planet is aging, and our actions deteriorate it rapidly. Society is advancing at an...
Tidying Expert Comes to Netflix
Tips To Tidy Up World-renowned organizational expert Marie Kondo is now appearing on an original Netflix series...
What do Recycling Numbers on Plastic Mean?
How to recycle plastics We all know we’re supposed to be recycling our plastics. But did you know that not all...
Why It’s Important to Support a Local Junk Removal Business
Support Local Junk Removal The year 2020 taught us many lessons. One of the most important lessons was that...
How Do I Measure The Junk I Want to Get Rid Of?
How To Measure Your Junk Junk removal companies charge by volume. How are you supposed to know how much you have?...
Yard Sale: Six Tips to Help It Go Smoothly
Yard Sale Tips Has a recent basement clean out or garage organization project shone the light on how much...
The Best Time of Year for Organizing Your Attic
Attic Clean Out Tips The best time of the year to clean your attic is spring and fall. The spring and fall: not...
The Budget For Junk Removal Needs A Big Boost In Vancouver
Vancouvers' Junk Problem When was the last time you walked down a street with a garbage bag and picked up someone...
“Nobody Wants to Pick Up Your Trash”
American Labor Shortage The labor shortage is trash. Like, literally, there is more trash lying around as...
A Green Back to School Season
Back To School Recycling Tips As millions prepare to head back to school, 24hr Junk is offering parents, students...
Bursting The Bubble About Junk Removal
Junk Removal Myths When it comes to using a junk removal service, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. Some...
Dealing with Emptying Properties During COVID-19
Junk Removal During Covid 19 There’s no doubt that some businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic, and have...
Why to Reward Excellent Junk Removal Service
Junk removal reward service Let’s face it. Junk removal is hard work. From inclement weather days to difficult...
AI Deployed To Manage Bins In French City
Since July 2020, 200 bins that collect waste from 13 waste disposal centres in the French city of Toulouse have...
A Million Pounds Diverted From Landfill Thanks To Food Bank
Second Harvest, Canada’s largest food rescue organization, has reached – and exceeded – a major milestone by...
Need End-Of-Summer Cleaning Junk Removal?
With summer coming to an end, it's still a great time to wrap up those clean up tasks that haven't been done yet....
How Did Junk Removal Begin?
Can you imagine a time before trash disposal services? Before this service was available to the public, things...
Garage Clean Out: Get Started
Fall is the perfect time for cleaning your garage. The weather is comfortable for spending a weekend outside....
What To Do With Old Area Rugs
While many waste management companies do pick up area rugs as part of bulk pickup programs, you should not throw...
How To Prepare For An Estate Sale
Estate sales often take place after a tragic event, and the entire process can be overwhelming. Learn how you can...
Metro Vancouvers Styrofoam Disposal Ban
Styrofoam, also known as expanded polystyrene, is a bulky, lightweight material that represents a large portion...
Site Cleanup Leave it to the Pros (24hr Junk)
A bit of hammering and construction here and there can give your home an entirely new look and boost its visual...
Old Tire Recycling: Why It’s Important
Tires are easily recyclable and can be turned into a number of new products. Old tire recycling benefits our...
How to Donate Through Junk Removal Services
If you are moving, downsizing, or just spring cleaning, you can give your unwanted items new life by hiring a...
24hr Junk & Construction Waste Disposal
Construction projects often leave a ton of rubble and debris to clean up, and this usually isn’t the kind of...
Safety Standards to Follow During Furniture Removal (24hr Junk)
Furniture removal may seem straightforward, but in reality, the job needs to get done correctly. Otherwise,...
Why To Get Rid of Old Mattress and How Junk Removal Can Help
Your bed mattress is one of most treasured assets – after all, you spend 8-hours or more on it a day, and you...
How Does Garbage End Up In The Ocean?
The Pacific garbage patch is a good example of the several swirling garbage zones in the oceans where all kinds...
How 24hr Junk can help your fall yard cleanup
One of the best aspects of the services at 24hr Junk is that we will haul away just about anything our customers...
Waste worker fatalities decline in 2021
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is reporting a decrease in solid waste worker fatalities in...
E-Waste Removal Vancouver
‘What should I do with my VCR?’ If you have been asking yourself questions such as this with concern to e-waste...
Project demonstrates face mask recycling
Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT, SABIC and Procter & Gamble (P&G) are collaborating in an innovative circular...
Being the Founder of a Small Business
It started out just two kids having fun. We didn't know if we were gonna go left, right, up, down, forward, back....
How Hoarding Cleanup Improves Health And Safety
Hoarding is not just an isolated problem – statistics show that it can happen among 6 percent of the population,...
Why Investing in Waste Removal Services Is a Smart Move for Businesses
When it comes to running a business, you’re constantly considering what the best investments are – and that...
Canada is a ‘high-risk’ country in growing global garbage crisis
A new report on the “global garbage glut” labels Canada as a “high risk” country in an escalating worldwide waste...
Junk Removal Service Versus Dumpster Rental: Which Is Better?
If you have interest in Vancouver junk removal services, there are two primary options. First, you can use a...
The Importance Of Teaching Your Kids About Trash Removal In Vancouver
As a parent, you have the responsibility of teaching your children about many different things. One of these has...
Professional Trash Removal in Vancouver Helps Protect the Environment from Illegal Dumping
Thanks to 24hr Junk in Vancouver, you can do your part to protect the environment. Unfortunately, you can see...
How To Achieve A Clutter-Free And Stress-Free Life
Feeling stressed out and overwhelmed? You’re not alone. Many people have been spending more time in their homes...
Junk Surprises From Tenants To Landlords
If you’re a landlord, you might’ve had to deal with tenant abandonment before. In short, this means your tenant...
‘It’s pretty dangerous to be a garbage man’
From business districts to residential areas, garbage and recycling trucks are a common sight. Also common –...
Kidnapped girl saved by sanitation workers
Pelican Waste & Debris sanitation workers Dion Merrick and Brandon Antoine are being touted as heroes for saving...
Ten years after Japanese tsunami, B.C. coastal cleanup remains fresh in minds
Some 200 tonnes of material collected, but small personal items left a larger impact! Among the trash that...
Canadian military seeks help for space junk clean up
The Canadian military is looking for help taking out the trash in space. Over the last two years, the military's...
Vancouver-area landfill to produce renewable natural gas
Renewable natural gas from landfill will be used to power city buildings, vehicles, neighbourhoods. Vancouver's...
How Technology-enabled Recycling of Used Cooking Oil Can Reduce Restaurant Food Waste
Approximately 52.4 million tons of food is sent to landfills each year, while an additional 10.1 million tons...
Scrap Metal Industry Booms as Prices Rise to an All-Time High
After a year of hardship, an increased demand for scrap metal is causing the global auto recycling industry to...
Call 24hr Junk to haul away your unwanted stuff
You can clean up and clean out your yard and home within a day with the help of the experienced professionals at...
Curbside Recycling History – You’ll Never Believe Who Invented it
Far from ushering in a zero-waste world, the switch from returnables to recycling provided cover for the creation...
Stay-at-Home Orders Lead to Surge in Junk Removal Services for ‘Decluttering’
With minimalism top of mind, people are getting rid of items that are no longer important to them, driving an...
Changes coming to how recycling is collected in Kingston
The city could exit the recycling business in the coming years as the province transitions to a new system that...
Let’s Admit It: Everyone Secretly Hates doing Junk Removal
Junk removal – the terrible task that is completely unavoidable. It is no secret that removing junk can actually...
Business owner gets 1 year sentence for dumping industrial waste into Flint’s sewer system
I think the sentence was a little light for the years of abuse he has put into our environment,” said Flint mayor...
More than half of waste from single use plastics can be traced to 20 companies
A new study has revealed that just 20 companies account for more than 50 per cent of all single-use plastic in...
What happens to my recycling?
Many materials that are used to package your favourite consumer products can be recycled again and again. From...
Lung cells affected by Microplastics
Pollution from miniscule pieces of plastic, or microplastics, have been a growing concern for scientists, public...
The Art Of Junk With The 24HR Junk Team
Watch The Art of Junk below and drop an emoji if you appreciate hard work and dedication! We have been operating...
24hr Junk aims to educate on food waste
Sixty-three per cent of the food Canadians throw away could have been eaten. Not knowing how to use up leftovers...
B.C. cleaning up coasts this summer
British Columbia will be cleaning up 1,200 kilometres of coastline this summer, in a series of projects launched...
24hr Junk Employee of the Month ✨
Christian Is our 2nd team leader, he is responsible for training new employees and showing them the ropes and how...
Junk Removal Service (24hr Junk) Junk Removal Marketing Commercial
Our team will show up on time and ready to work whenever you need us. You just show us the junk, and we will...
24hr Junk Monthly Giveaway for April 2021
Every month here at 24hr Junk we make it a tradition to give back to our amazing community by rewarding a lucky...
Metro Vancouver residents trashed more than 500 million pieces of PPE last year, report finds
A new report is offering insight into how much additional trash is ending up in Metro Vancouver landfills amid...
We Are Expanding Our Services To Power Washing
We’re expanding our services! Power washing is our new thing. From residential rooftops and patios, driveway,...
Here’s how cities are changing waste collection during COVID-19 pandemic
VANCOUVER -- While garbage and green bin collection is continuing during the COVID-19 pandemic across Metro...
Employee Of The Month
We couldn’t do it without our team ✨ Meet our employee of the month Cory De Roos. He is always on point and he is...
3 situations when you should call 24HR Junk
The last year has been filled with plenty of lessons—to never take a hug for granted and that an organized and...
The Ultimate Spring Cleaning Checklist for 2021
There’s something about the birds chirping and the trees beginning to bloom again that can give one the feeling...
SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS
You’ve gone and done it. You’ve taken the steps to start your very own small business, one that you’ve put your...
3 TIPS FOR DISCARDING YOUR HOLIDAY TRASH
It's post-Christmas time and your left with piles of old lights, decorations, wrapping paper and of course, the...
5 THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN GETTING RID OF YOUR OLD JUNK
Getting rid of your old junk? If you need to do-it-yourself consider these 5 things first. Before you go ahead...
Black History Month
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24hr Junk Offers Curb Side Removal Due to COVID-19
https://youtu.be/VbjXnicTuRo We have been closely paying attention to what is going on due to this horrible...
COVID19 Update April 3rd 2020
Dear Valued Customers We Are Still Outside and Operational with new safety measures. We hope you and your...
How Delivering Cakes Can Help Grow Your Business!
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10 Surprising Facts about Rubbish
It may not be a subject we pay much heed to – by its very nature rubbish is something we want to get...