Recycling

Home and business owners want to know that when they dispose of unwanted items that they are doing so in the most responsible way possible, and nothing is going to landfill when it doesn’t need to.

As Scotland’s eco-friendly junk removal company, we have taken steps to ensure the impact we do to the environment is kept to an absolute minimum at all times.

We recycle an average of 85% of all the items we remove in house clearances and diver over 90% of everything we uplift from landfill.

Our recycling process

During the property clearance process, we will carefully sort items into categories based on what will happen to them next.

Just some of the items that will be separated and taken to specialist recycling centres include:

• Metal
• Wood and timber products
• Plastics
• Paper and cardboard
• Electricals (WEEE)
• Mattresses

We will also separate any items suitable for reuse via charity donation.

If an item simply cannot be recycled or reused, it will be sent for resource recovery (waste to energy) to ensure that nothing is going to waste.

What else are we doing to help the planet?

Recycling is only the beginning of the steps we take to minimise pollution and reduce the environmental impact of our operations.

• We only ever purchase low emissions vehicles (Full ULEZ compliant)
• We donate any items in good condition to charities and local community groups
• We operate a paperless administration process wherever possible
• Our office is fitted out with recycled items from our many office clearance jobs.
• We are fully registered with the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA)
• Through our partnership with Trees for Life, we plant a tree in the Junk-it grove in the Scottish Highlands every single time we fill a truck
• We use specialist recycling centres for white goods, wood, metal, and cardboard and only ever use transfer stations with high onsite recycling and resource recovery rates.

Reuse and repurposing

Junk-It has close connections with some fantastic charities and community organisations across Scotland, allowing us to find new homes for many of the items we collect.

We will never send items to landfill if they still have value to people who could benefit from their use.

Just some of the household items we collect and redistribute include:

• Clothes
• Books, CDs and DVDs
• Timber
• Furniture
• Metal
• Paper
• Toys
• Fabrics

What charities do we work with?

‘Good junk’ as it is known, is donated to charities such as Oxfam and the British Heart Foundation, as well as more local groups such as Refuweegee and Starter Packs who accept kitchenware, small pieces of furniture and a variety of other household items.

Larger pieces of furniture still in good condition is donated to Glasgow and Edinburgh furniture initiatives which help low-income families to furnish their homes.

If you are concerned about perfectly good items you no longer need being dumped in the landfill, you can relax, safe in the knowledge that Junk-It will make sure that nothing goes to waste and that your ‘junk’ goes exactly where it is needed the most.

A clutter free property and the knowledge that you are helping a great cause! Sound like a plan?