26 articles Articles posted in Junk Removal in Los Angeles

Illegal Junk Removal

Illegal dumping is  wrong and you can incur significant fines and sometimes even jail time if you are not aware of the city rules a regulations. What if you hire someone to haul away that old couch, refrigerator or other garbage and they improperly dispose of your junk? Can you be held responsible? The answer is yes. If you hire someone for junk removal services who illegally dumps your “junk” you can be held responsible. …

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4 Steps for Cleaning Out an Apartment (or Rental Unit)

If you are a private landlord who rents out an apartment, guest house, or house your job doesn’t stop when a tenant moves out. In fact, the bulk of your work starts when you are between tenants. Not only do you have to screen and find new tenants, you have to clean your rental unit and get it ready to rent. Here’s the basic how tos of how to get a rental unit, apartment, or …

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5 Tips for Proper Trash Removal in Los Angeles

Trash removal in Los Angeles is pretty straightforward. There are just a few things worth remembering. If you remember these simple trash removal tips you’ll be home free. 1. Separate your recyclables from your trash. Most apartment buildings and all homes in Los Angeles offer access to recycling. Mostly in the form of a blue bin. You don’t have to sort your recyclables. All you have to do is sort your recyclables from trash (like food …

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10 Junk Removal Myths

Junk removal has become a popular alternative to dumpster rental for people that need to get rid of a lot of junk and trash quickly. But due to their rise in popularity there are a lot of myths that surround junk removal. So let’s clear up those junk removal myths.  10. Junk removal is too expensive … Junk removal is more costly than dumpster rental, but not by much. If you have a small amount …

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10 Tips for Junk Removal

Whether you are doing your own clean up, or hiring a junk removal company, reducing clutter and removing junk can be an overwhelming task. But junk removal is a fairly easy process once you remove emotions from the equation and set yourself to the task. Here are 10 Junk Removal Tips.  10. Pick a day and stick to it. Too often people say, Oh, I’ll clean out my X (garage, basement, etc) Saturday. And Saturday …

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The Los Angeles Mayor That Trash Elected

The idea of a mayoral race turning on the issue of trash collection and trash removal seems odd today. Trash removal and trash pick ups are just things that happen. While the cost of trash removal might be a local political issue from time to time, it is hard to think of an entire mayoral race hinging on the issue of trash removal. But one mayoral race did. The 1961 Los Angeles Mayor’s race.  Before …

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