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Last year, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a leader in junk removal and salvage, voluntarily undertook an environmental audit of its services in the U.S. and Canada and found that during the sample period, the company diverted over 60 percent of junk from landfills. At least 40 percent of the salvaged junk was recycled, 16 percent was converted into energy and 4.5 percent was reused.
The Vancouver-based company services include picking up just about anything - old furniture, office furniture, used appliances and yard waste and is committed to recycling yard waste, packaging, clothing, paper goods, clothing, metal, glass, plastics, tires, computer hardware, electronics and renovation debris. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? offers services across the U.S., Canada and Australia.
The company worked with Amcana Environmental Inc. to identify the types of junk collected and where it goes. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is committed to bettering communities and maintaining transparency with regard to how much junk collected through its services remains out of the landfill, energy consumption and environmental impact.
The audit was part of the company’s environmental management plan and forms the basis for a consistent process for measuring the volume, composition and landfill diversion rate of junk collected from customers.
Most of the material collected during the sample audit period consisted of home and office items, followed by construction or demolition debris and metals.
"At 1-800-GOT-JUNK? we are passionate about sharing our environmental performance through the auditing process and maintaining the highest level of transparency. Our customers want to know what happens to the junk once we pick it up and we feel obliged to keep them as informed as possible. We have spent considerable time building out a measuring and reporting process which has given us the ability to audit our waste-stream and speak far more accurately about our environmental impact now and in the coming years," 1-800-GOT-JUNK?’s Director of Initiatives Craig Jooste said, in a press release.
