This New Year, Resolve to Be Greener

All around Ottawa, people are busy making preparations for the holidays. One thing they will be doing soon is making resolutions. With the start of each New Year, most of us make a few resolutions. This year, set your sites on resolving to be greener!

Most of us know the positive environmental impact of at least some of the choices that we make each day. It may be saving a bag at the grocery store by taking our own reusable one, or recycling our juice containers in order to keep them out of the area landfills. But in all likelihood, there are more things that each of us can do to live an environmentally friendlier life.

In addition to the more obvious things you can do to help the planet, there are some you may not have thought of. Here are a few you may want to add to your “green habits goals” list for the New Year:

• Get involved in a community cleanup. Whether you help with the Ottawa River cleanup or one in the park near your home, you will help to put trash and recyclables in their proper place.

• Adopt a Meatless Monday philosophy, foregoing meat each Monday. Taking a day each week to eat all-plant-based meals will help with everything from saving water to decreasing carbon emissions.

• When spring hits, plan a garden. Growing a garden in your yard is a good way not only to help keep expenses down, but to save resources that would be used buying produce that has been trucked into stores.

• Kick the bottled water habit. Ottawa has an abundance of fresh, clean water to drink. It will save you money and is better for the planet.

Another important goal is to avoid putting your unwanted junk out at the curb for trash pickup. All that does is send it straight to area landfills. At Capital Junk, we offer a more environmentally friendly approach to removing unwanted junk. Contact us to arrange a pick-up and we will take the most environmentally friendly approach we can with your items. From recycling to donating to thrift stores, we keep as much out of Ottawa landfills as possible, helping you to be more environmentally friendly.

Ways to Stay Green(er) While You Do Your Shipping

The holidays are the busiest shipping time around the country. There are people shipping gifts near and far, as well as doing tons of online purchasing. Without a doubt, a lot of packages are being moved around during the month of December. While there is no way to be completely environmentally friendly in the shipping process, there are things you can do to make the process a bit greener.

Here are some ways to help make shipping your packages this season easier on the planet:

• Make an effort to buy gifts that are lighter in weight. This will also add to the overweight reduction in the truck or plane, and it will be better on your pocketbook, as well.

• If you are able to, purchase the gift online and have it shipped directly to the person. This cuts out one whole shipping transaction, as opposed to buying online, having it shipped to you and then re-packaging it yourself and shipping it back out again.

• When packaging your gifts, re-use boxes from your home. If you look around, you will likely find boxes from your kitchen that can be used, even if they  need to be cut and turned inside out (e.g., cereal boxes). If you don’t have any, ask your grocery store for one. Whatever you do, avoid purchasing new boxes, which would be a waste of resources.

• Make your own packaging material, rather than buying it. You can do this by bunching up old newspapers or junk mail flyers.

• Let your packages pile up and make one trip to ship them, so that you don’t use additional resources making separate trips.

There is also a good chance that at least a package or two will be coming your way. When you do receive one, keep the planet in mind and recycle as much as you can from the packaging.

At Capital Junk, we also make every effort to be environmentally friendly. While we serve the entire Ottawa area with junk removal, ranging from hauling away old appliances and furniture to cleanouts and debris, we make it our mission to keep as much out of area landfills as possible. Contact us with any junk removal needs you may have, this season.  Happy Holidays!

Junk Removal Benefits a Variety of Commercial Clients

Many homeowners use junk removal services in order to gain more control over their homes, or just to save them some time in their busy schedule. But a lot of commercial clients also use junk removal services. There is no end to the possible types of services that may benefit from using junk removal services.

Some of the commercial junk removal services that may be needed include:

• Apartments. They may have tenants move out and need to have a cleanout of all the things they left behind.

• Restaurants. They often need junk removal after doing upgrades or getting new kitchen or dining room equipment and furniture.

• Industrial businesses. This type can benefit from commercial junk removal in a variety of ways. They may have left-over materials, debris, or junk from cleaning out their shop.

• Builders. There is always a lot of debris and materials left over at building sites. Builders can benefit from junk removal services since it saves them time and their site gets cleaned up quickly.

• Retail stores. When retail stores renovate or change their store around to showcase a new season or collection, there are always leftovers that need to be removed after the cleanout.

• Churches. Often receiving donations from the public, churches are left with items they cannot use and don’t know what to do with. Junk removal services make the perfect fit.

No matter what type of business someone has, there is often a need for junk removal services. At Capital Junk, we work with a wide variety of commercial accounts, as well as homeowners, to help them with all their junk removal needs. We can haul away any junk, debris or cleanout leftovers you need to get rid of, including old appliances, furniture, bathroom fixtures, lawn and garden equipment, household items, and more.

At Capital Junk, we strive to be environmentally friendly, so we recycle all that we can, donate items that can be reused, and minimize what gets taken to the Ottawa landfills. Contact us today to see how we can help you with your commercial or home junk removal services. We serve the entire Ottawa area and have built a great reputation for being professional and reliable, and for providing great customer service!