If you’re not sure how to dispose of any of these items, a junk removal company would be able to do that for you.

First, what exactly can’t you throw away?

Lights/eElectronics

• Tubes And Fluorescent Lamps – This includes sodium vapor lamps
• Electronic Devices- If it ever needed electricity or a charger, it’s a no
• Batteries- All the letters, all the volts, no on batteries
• Computer/TV Monitors- Including that plasma screen

Products Containing Mercury

• Electrical Switches And Relays- Can be found in products such as the clothes iron or silent light switches
• Thermostats That Contain Mercury- sealed behind glass in the old style thermostats, not the newer electronic kind
• Pilot Light Sensors- these switches can be found in some appliances such as gas stoves and clothes dryers
• Mercury Gauges- This includes barometers, blood pressure gauges, and manometers
• Mercury Thermometers- Well maybe it’s time to take your temperature with something electronic that does not contain mercury
• Mercury Added Novelties- Those annoying singing cards actually contain mercury and should not be thrown away

Household And Landscape Chemicals

• Poisons Or Flammables- explosive materials should be kept out of your trash can
• Acids, Oxidizers, And Bases- This may include the chemicals you use in your pool
• Pesticides And Herbicides- Before you throw it out, check the product label for information

Paints And Solvents

• Latex Paint- It may not smell great but it can’t go in the trash
• Oil-Based Paint- Which is also flammable
• Nonempty Aerosol Paint Or Solvents- This includes ALL nonempty aerosol cans
• Solvents- That old nail polish remover and paint thinner can’t keep your other garbage company

Building Materials

• Asbestos- This hazardous material can be found in old home ceilings
• Treated Wood- This is wood with chemicals on it to increase its durability

Automobile Related

• Antifreeze- Ok in the car, not ok in the trash
• Batteries- Just like all the batteries, the ones that were made for cars also do not belong in the garbage
• Motor Oil And Filters- Change them at your house but don’t dispose of them there
• Tires- Recycled tires are used to help build playgrounds. Help the children play, don’t throw those tires away

Other

• Compressed Gas Cylinders- Such as the propane that you use to grill
• Needles And Sharps- There should be a special sharps container used to dispose of needles and sharps used in home health care
• PCB Containing Materials- Includes some ballasts and paints, refer to the product label for more information
• Photowaste- This mainly is referring to silver-bearing

Throwing away the things you don’t want anymore isn’t a matter of tossing them into the trash for the garbage man to pick up. If properly disposing of materials that are not trash can friendly is a problem, we have a solution.

We are a junk hauling company that will come out and dispose of your waste properly. We recycle and repurpose anything we can and the rest we take to a proper landfill.

If you’ve never used a service to get rid of your old unwanted junk, you don’t know what you’ve been missing! Give us a call, then you point and we load!

Call us today at (281) -699-8409