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The Los Angeles Mayor That Trash Elected

admin — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:50:57 +0000

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 1961 trash removal in the Los Angeles area consisted of three separate services: wet trash removal (food waste, etc), bottles and cans, and dry garbage and trash. Until 1957 dry trash was burned in backyard Los Angeles incinerators. This contributed greatly to Los Angeles’ notorious pollution problems. In 1957 backyard incinerators and trash burning was banned, but trash still had to be separated and picked up separately.

In 1961 Sam Yorty ran for Mayor of Los Angeles. A key portion of his platform of reforms was stopping the three separate trash pick ups and combining them into one single trash pick up. Yorty went as far as dumping bags of trash on the steps of City Hall to illustrate how difficult it was for a “normal housewife” to separate trash.

The 1960 / 1961 Los Angeles’ Mayoral race was one of the ugliest and most brutal elections in history (probably rivaled by Yorty’s reelection race against Tom Bradley in 1969). And trash removal defined that race.

It’s up for debate whether Sam Yorty’s race against separate trash removal was good or bad for the city. But it is largely irrelevant now since modern day Los Angeles has expanded trash removal to include recycling bins at every home and most apartments.

What Will Junk Removal Services Do During the Zombie Apocalypse?

admin — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:16:29 +0000

We all know that the zombie apocalypse is coming. Sooner or later we are going to wake up in a world where the living dead will rise up and walk the Earth, hungry for flesh and brains. Everyone ought to be formulating the zombie survival plan. And a critical question that everyone needs to consider is, how do you get rid of zombies once you’ve killed them? I mean, killed a lot of them. One or two, like the in-laws that have transformed into zombies, you can handle by just burying them in the backyard. But once you’ve rid an entire town of zombies what are you going to do? The answer is obvious: call a zombie junk removal service.

See junk removal services in our timeline, the pre-zombie world we know, just haul away junk. The haul away household junk, junk removal services also clean out backyards and garages, and deal with hazardous waste like paint cans.

But in the future? In the horrible zombie ridden future junk removal services will offer another vital service: zombie clean up and zombie removal. Who wants to spend their weekend cleaning up zombie bodies? No one. That is why junk removal services will transition into zombie removal in the near future.

So got a lot of zombies you need to get rid of? Call 1-800-Got-Zombies or better yet find a local zombie / junk removal service.

How Do You Throw Away Paint Cans?

admin — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:31:44 +0000

Paints and paint cans are considered hazardous materials by most cities and municipalities. Landfills generally do not accept paint and paint cans for disposal. Your average waste management company won’t take paint and paint cans in the normal trash. So how do you dispose of paint and paint cans? You have two options: a junk removal service or waiting for a city toxic item pick up day.

Most cities have certain days, typically twice a year, where they take toxic materials like paint and dispose of them. If you need to get rid of paint and hazardous materials right away, call a junk removal service. A junk removal service specialize in disposing of paint, motor oils, household chemicals, and electronics.