With a global climate crisis, many homeowners are looking to reduce their carbon footprint. Aside from consuming fewer products and materials, ethically throwing away old, unwanted items is another priority. Our landfills and incinerators can't keep up with demand. Plus, they also create hazardous air pollution and release greenhouse gases - this forces us to think of new ways to get rid of junk. But there's no reason to worry - your local Junkluggers has ...
When you’re committed to a vision, you won’t let roadblocks deter you. Our junk removal company started off small — door-to-door fliers and a Dodge Durango SUV — but grew because we were meeting our mission to keep junk out of landfills. Progress was gradual because our goals were too small. We needed to think bigger. We needed to create a vision that would not only change our business, but also the world. Our vision ...
Go through life acquiring all the junk you want. But please, just remove it sustainably when you’re done. Sustainable junk removal is one of the first steps we can take toward a greener future. Junk removal services that embrace eco-friendly practices can be forces for good in the environment and the community. We showcase this dedication to sustainability in our green guarantees. We even echo it in our service promise to customers and our ...
It all started with an old refrigerator. As I was sitting around a campfire in Australia, a friend said he hauled away someone’s fridge for a hundred bucks. It seemed so easy: take away people’s junk and get paid to do it. I thought it was the perfect business opportunity as a college student, and this early idea was the first iteration of my company The Junkluggers. I didn’t think that this ...
The Junkluggers listed as one of Inc. magazine's fastest-growing companies The Junkluggers was listed as number 2,825 out of 5,000 on Inc. magazine's 38th annual ranking of fastest-growing companies for the sixth consecutive year. We also received other honors, including: Ranking number 20 for top Environmental Service Companies Ranked number 18 for top CT companies Ranked number 10 for top Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT companies View Full Article
Overcoming Business Growing Pains with Josh Cohen In a podcast interview, Josh Cohen, founder and CEO of The Junkluggers and Remix Market, talks about how he started his business and how he quickly discovered that the service he was providing was in great demand – which lead to expanding into new markets and new locations. What you will discover: Why having difficult conversations serves your business How to achieve continued growth in your business View Full ...
Saving the Planet One Lug at a Time Josh Cohen, founder and CEO of The Junkluggers and Remix Market, talks about growing a green junk removal business, the importance of integrated marketing, and more. Here's a sneak peek into the discussion: Waste360: You have a big, hairy, audacious goal of keeping 100 percent of items hauled away out of landfills by 2025. Do you think that's still doable? Josh Cohen: I do think ...
Why Having A BHAG Is Critical To Your Company's Success Josh Cohen, founder and CEO of The Junkluggers and Remix Market, talks about how a company's success is driven by its goal setting — but not all goal setting is equal. On a monthly or quarterly basis, your team can reflect on the year's objectives and identify the key performance indicators (KPIs) required to hit them. These metrics show the progress you're ...
Your junk has a bigger socioeconomic impact than you might imagine. Donating used clothing or old furniture is one way to keep your junk from filling up landfills. And recycling your plastics and glass bottles is also a great start, but it can’t be your only strategy. You need to thoroughly contemplate where your junk goes after it leaves your home. If you don’t acknowledge this, you’re blind to your impact on ...
Not all your junk needs to go to the landfill. Spring cleaning, moving to a new home, and the occasional purge all result in one thing: junk. How did our junk problem get so out of control? For all our talents at acquiring junk, we’re actually pretty bad at getting rid of it. When we look at the junk we want to get rid of, we weigh our options. Do I know anyone who ...
We’ve all heard “reduce, reuse, and recycle.”Its origin traces back to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, passed by Congress in 1976. People in the US became aware of their impact on the environment and how they could change it right around this time. Recycling is the norm nowadays, but we’re still not recycling as much as we could. Just because an item isn’t an aluminum can or a glass bottle ...
Updated March 2022 | Chapter 2 of 7 We’re creating more and more junk, but we’re running out of places to put it. As society advanced, we manufactured more and more products designed to make our lives easier. But this also created more junk, and that junk needed a new home. As a result, the landfill was born as a final resting place for everyone’s discarded junk. Landfills aren’t a modern creation ...
Updated March 2022 | Chapter 2 of 4 When it comes to our old junk, what they say is true: out of sight, out of mind. Most people stop caring about what happens to their unwanted junk as soon as it clears the threshold of their home or business. The problem? Where your unwanted items end up has a significant impact on the surrounding communities and environment. However, where your junk ends up is only one ...
Updated March 2022 | Chapter 2 of 7 We’re creating more and more junk, but we’re running out of places to put it. As society advanced, we manufactured more and more products designed to make our lives easier. But this also created more junk, and that junk needed a new home. As a result, the landfill was born as a final resting place for everyone’s discarded junk. Landfills aren’t a modern creation ...
Updated March 2022 | Chapter 2 of 4 When it comes to our old junk, what they say is true: out of sight, out of mind. Most people stop caring about what happens to their unwanted junk as soon as it clears the threshold of their home or business. The problem? Where your unwanted items end up has a significant impact on the surrounding communities and environment. However, where your junk ends up is only one ...
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Embracing A BHAG Helps Your Company In Five Big Ways Josh Cohen, founder and CEO of The Junkluggers and Remix Market, talks about how consumers invest in your company story before even buying your product. It isn't the whole reason you went into business. It's not the money, but the impact you can have on others. It's a journey that details your passions, challenges, and victories that got you here. It's ...
Four Signs You've Chosen The Wrong BHAG All business owners set goals in one form or another. Goals can instill accountability and responsibility in people, but not all goal-setting methods are created equally. For companies really looking to increase their growth trajectory, they need a Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG). BHAGs were formally introduced in Built to Last by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras. The book details how some of the most successful business ...
Junkluggers hauling its way to a cleaner planet Each year, more than 9 billion pounds of garbage are produced in the United States. Any way you cut it, it’s a whole lot of trash. And growing. About 25 percent of that mountain of detritus is recycled. The remaining three-quarters consist of valuable glass, metal, paper and other materials tossed into landfills. Fortunately, recycling has progressed over the last several decades. In 1980, Americans recycled ...
Josh Cohen featured on Troncast Having coffee and talking junk with Josh Cohen, founder of The Junkluggers Monologues and conversations about business, sales, marketing, management, games, human nature, and society. Talking to old friends, new acquaintances, and lots of interesting people who are doing interesting things. With Josh Cohen, founder and CEO of The Junkluggers and Remix Market, they are having coffee and talking junk. View Full Article