How long do items in your home take to disintegrate in landfills? Have you ever wondered what happens to the toothbrush or batteries we throw in the trash? We don't actively see the amount of waste we create daily. After leaving the waste transfer station or watching a dump truck pick up the trash bags at the end of our driveway, we never see the trash again. On average, the United States creates over ...
Updated January 2026 | Chapter 4 of 7 Looking for trash facts, facts about trash, or facts about waste management? The numbers below pull together the most reliable, widely cited waste management statistics from the EPA, UNEP, OECD, and UN e-waste reporting—so you can understand the scale of the garbage waste problem and why smarter US waste management matters. How Much Trash the U.S. Produces Fact 1: The most recent nationwide EPA total shows ...
Updated March 2022 | Chapter 4 of 7 Society is creating junk at an alarming rate — and a lot of that junk ends up in landfills. The world has a junk problem and nothing makes it more clear than these 40 mind-blowing statistics about the amount of waste society creates, where that waste is going, and the state of recycling. Keep reading to get the details and learn how we can work together to take control ...
Going green is not just good for the world. It’s good for business, too. The global COVID pandemic has changed the way people do…well, just about everything. From fist-bumps and elbow taps replacing handshakes to Zoom, Teams, and Slack virtual conferences replacing in-person meetings, business has changed — in many ways, one could argue, for the better. For many people, a daily commute has been replaced by remote or hybrid work arrangements. Which has ...
What a difference a month can make! In 2008, the European nation of Estonia mobilized 50,000 volunteers in an effort to “clean up” the country in a single day. This small but ambitious effort inspired other nations, organizations, individuals to join — and by 2019, 21.2 million people across the globe were part of the World Cleanup Day movement. At The Junkluggers, we’re so inspired by the growth and success of World Cleanup ...
With summer upon our ever-growing national operation, we’re soaking up all the sunshine and lugging more truckloads of items to keep out of landfills than ever before. That being said, when you think of summer do you think of plastic party cups, pool toys, and flip flops that break halfway through the summer? This season we’ve challenged our customers to be eco-friendly with a green summer bucket list. If you haven’t checked ...
Did you know that your old cell phone, computer, and television are made from scarce resources, or that carelessly disposing of these rare plastics and metals is extremely toxic to the environment? The rapid expansion of technology, not to mention an increasingly consumption-driven society, results in the creation of a very large and growing amount of electronic waste or e-waste. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that only 15–20% of e-waste is recycled, the rest ...
Click to download & print our reycling guide! Today’s kids have been brought up learning it’s a good idea to “reduce, reuse, and recycle.” But rules and regulations can vary by state, county or city, creating plenty of confusion about what can and can't be recycled. So how do you really know if you should recycle or reuse an item, or if it is simply just refuse? Here are 11 things that definitely ...
Updated March 2023 Eco-friendly junk removal can have lasting, positive effects on communities of all sizes. But improper junk removal can have the opposite effect, impacting communities for generations. The Junkluggers partner with local charitable organizations and donation centers to reduce community waste. How you treat your community today will determine what kind of environment it will be in the future. Create a foundation for sustainable community junk removal practices and contribute to that shared ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Donating your unwanted items to a local thrift store is one way to participate in National Thrift Shop Day. Celebrated each year on August 17, National Thrift Shop Day is all about supporting local thrift shops and raising awareness for charitable organizations. There are many benefits to shopping at thrift stores year-round, including reducing waste, saving money, and supporting your local community. How National Thrift Shop Day Started While the exact start of National Thrift ...