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1-800-GOT-JUNK? to the rescue

When no other company would help a woman clean out her hoarded home, 1-800-GOT-JUNK? came to the rescue. CTV and Global covered the beginning stages of this massive job and spoke to the homeowner and 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Marketing Manager Michel Luhnau. Bailey, a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Operations Manager, was able to be the shoulder for the homeowner to lean on during the difficult process of letting go.

CTV
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/the-clutter-and-compulsion-behind-hoarding-1.1045271

Global
http://www.globaltvcalgary.com/junk removal crews call calgary home a case of extreme hoarding/6442756490/story.html

CBC Interview of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

Two Calgary truck team members show Jenny Howe of CBC’s The Homestretch just how dirty their job can really be!

 

Listen to the CBC Radio Interview here.

1-800-GOT-JUNK on Undercover Boss

We are very excited to announce that 1-800-GOT-JUNK? will be featured on the new Undercover Boss Canada on Thursday, February 23^rd at 9pm on W Channel. The popular CBS reality show has come to Canada and features top CEO’s going undercover in their business to experience the front lines again. This is a very exciting time for our brand and we would love for you to tune in. Plus, you can enter to win one of two $500 gift vouchers from 1-800-GOT-JUNK? as well as prizes from all the other companies involved in the show. Click here for more information.

 

If you missed the complete episode of Undercover Boss you can watch it here.

Check out how Dani, our Office Manager, had to put on uniform and help the Calgary team out to get the job done.

Slave Lake Donations Trashed

Last weekend, boxes were found at the Calgary dump containing donations that were collected for the people in need in Slave Lake. These items did not make it to Slave Lake and instead ended up at the Spyhill landfill. We want to clarify that 1-800-Got-Junk? was not involved with this customer, and it was one of our competitors that failed to donate the items. Click here to read the full article.

'The Junk Barometer' on CBC Radio

1-800-Got-Junk Calgary was featured on CBC Radio's the Eyeopener in a segment about how the current economic status affects the junk we collect. This segment, titled 'The Junk Barometer as an Economic Indicatotor highlights a ride along to a customer's home and a tour through our transfer station. Check out the whole story here.

Spicing Up Spaces in the News

1-800-GOT-JUNK? participated in the annual "Spicing Up Spaces" event organizied by U of C Haskayne students and we were on hand with a truck to haul away the junk built up from the renovations and clean-up. Check out the video on the event by the Calgary Herald here.

Helping Realtors Clean Out Homes

Read about how 1-800-GOT-JUNK? helps busy Realtors to keep up in Calgary's red-hot real-estate market and what kind of weird junk they come across.

YouTube Video of Junk Removal Services

Check out this video filmed by a local TV crew as they follow our 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Truck Team around to see what a typical day is like for our guys; from recycling furniture and metal, to the exciting trips to the dump. Our Truck Team members Alan and Mike are soon to be movie stars!

Junk Removal Goes High-Tech

Ever wondered how we manage to get all of our 1-800-GOT-JUNK? trucks where they're supposed to be and when they're supposed to be there? Well, apart from having employees with a great sense of direction, we also employ a GPS system on all of our trucks to help them navigate Calgary's busy roadways, and get to the right place at the right time!

Read about how 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Calgary uses GPS technology to manage its operations.

Organizing Week helpers

1-800-GOT-JUNK? and the Professional Organizers of Canada helped the Canadian Red Cross organize their office in Calgary. We removed 1,700 pounds of junk on this job.

Articles

1-800-GOT-JUNK? featured on A&E's Hoarders

In The Community

Calgary's 2013 city-wide cleanup

Thanks Calgary volunteers for making this year’s city-wide river clean up a HUGE success! 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Calgary drove to the riverbanks to collect the bags of debris found by helpers. Some of our stranger finds included a shopping cart and an old motorcycle frame! The river is now looking great and ready for everyone to enjoy this summer!

Find more information about how to get involved next year in the city-wide river cleanup in Calgary.

Even your old BBQ can be recycled

1-800-GOT-JUNK Calgary was at Lowes last week during Char Broil’s demonstration of their new Infrared Grill. It was the perfect event for us to be at because we collected several old BBQs from people who were buying new ones. We took the old BBQs back to our sorting tent to be recycled. That’s right – even your old BBQ can be recycled!

Thanks to Lowe's and Char Broil for making the event so much fun and a great success.

Disposing of household cleaners properly for Earth

For Earth Day 2013, 1-800-Got-Junk? teamed up with AspenClean, Newalta, and Planet Organic Markets to do a “product swap”. People were encouraged to trade in old, environmentally unfriendly cleaners for natural products.

We have a huge commitment to recycling at 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, so we couldn’t wait to get behind a green product, and help out the planet by making sure that all the environmentally unfriendly cleaners we collected were disposed of properly at Newalta, a company that specializes in recycling hazardous materials.

Thanks to everyone who came out to swap their traditional cleaning product for an eco-friendly AspenClean option.

If you need to get rid of a hazardous cleaner, call your local fire department to find out if they will take it for proper disposal. Most fire departments will. To find out if your cleaning product is eco-friendly or not, see if it is ECOCERT Certified on the bottle.

Welcoming Peter Walsh to the Calgary Spring Clean

1-800-GOT-JUNK? truck team member, Luke, loads up a 1-800-GOT-JUNK? truck with donations during the Calgary Spring Clean 2013

This past weekend 1-800-Got-Junk? had the pleasure of partnering up with GetRealLive, and the Women In Need Society to welcome Peter Walsh to the Calgary Spring Clean. Peter Walsh is a world renowned professional organizer and de-clutter expert, who came to Calgary to help us see how to get the most out of our space and our lives.

1-800-Got-Junk? was at the Joyce theatre to gather donations for the Women In Need Society and we were able to collect an entire truckload!

Thanks to everyone in attendance for your donations, and to Peter Walsh, GetRealLive and the Women In Need Society for putting together such a great event that was a pleasure to be a part of.

Spice up Space 2013

We just finished up a great weekend with the Commerce Undergraduate Society's 'Spice Up Space', a program geared towards helping a deserving family spruce up their home. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? Calgary provided the truck and manpower for a successful event. We can't wait to do it again next year!

We hauled everything from broken coffee tables, to old blinds and bed frames. All of these items (which include metal and electronics) were delivered to one of our locations to be sorted and dropped off at the appropriate local recycling facilities.

As well, there were many items of furniture that were still in good condition that the family chose to give to other families to continue the spirit of giving, including a couch, a bed and lovely kitchen table.

2012 Bowness Stampede Parade

It was another fun Stampede parade for 1-800-Got-Junk? Thousands of families lined up from Bow Crescent to Bowness Plaza to watch the event.  Our team had a great time throwing candy from the top of the truck. All the kids were amazed as Kyle raced up and down the parade line on his refurbished 1-800-Got-Junk? pocket rocket. Kyle took it upon himself to fix, paint and create a 1-800-Got-Junk? pocket rocket that had been junk to a previous client. Thank you Kyle! It was the highlight of the morning.

2012 BOMA Stampede Breakfast

Yee-haw! It’s officially that time of the year again! 1-800-Got-Junk? kicked off Stampede by flipping pancakes and hanging out with Harry the Horse. The fine folks of BOMA Calgary threw their annual Stampede breakfast. We were happy to be one of the sponsors!

2012 City Chase Calgary

Thanks to the 573 teams that participated in the Calgary City Chase 2012. Our truck was one of the chase points and we challenged the teams to climb over our truck. To make this a real challenge for the participants, we tilted the box on a steep angle forcing them to use a rope to pull themselves to the other side. Overall, the event was a great success, a lot of laughs and no injuries. Congratulations to all the participants!

2012 Montgomery Clean-up and Recycling Event

Despite the snow storm and the fact we got soaking wet, the Montgomery clean-up was a great success for the sixth year in a row. The Montgomery clean-up is an annual event to help remove junk and clutter from the houses of the members of this community. This year we sent out two trucks to make sure we got all pick-ups done and to remove unwanted junk from the houses of elderly as well as the disabled community members. A special thanks to a local resident, Dan who volunteered for the third year in a row.

2012 Pathway and River Cleanup

For the 6th year in a row, members of our team were on hand to help with the clean-up and junk removal at the 45th Annual Pathway and River Cleanup in Calgary. Each year, thousands of volunteers assemble along the riverbank to pick up unwanted garbage. Once again, our trucks managed to avoid falling into the river as we drove along the tight riverbank, collecting the filled garbage bags and recycling whatever we can.

UofC Spicing Up Spaces

For the fifth year 1-800-Got-Junk? partnered up with the UofC's Commerce Undergraduate Society to help out a needy family. The program is called “Spicing Up Spaces” and this year over 60 students participated in the event . The students put over 500 hours of cleaning, sanding, grinding and painting in. They even brought in new furniture and fixtures. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? helped out with a truck on-site to haul away the trash and debris generated from the clean-up and renovations. “GOT-JUNK is always great,” says Everett Knight, one of the volunteers this year. “They put a truck right out front and we just throw in the garbage and they pick it up.”

Yard Sale for the Cure 2011

On Saturday, May 28th, the Yard Sale For The Cure 2011 took place at the WillowRidge Community Centre. This annual event is presented by RE/MAX to collect donations and raise proceeds for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. This cause encourages Canadians to hold a yard sale and donate the proceeds to help in the fight against breast cancer. In 2010, combined proceeds from the one-day yard sales raised over $100,000, as more than 1,000 people hosted and shopped to help raise money for breast cancer research. 1-800-Got-Junk helped out by donating a truck to take away the leftover donations.

2011 Underwear Affair

The 1-800-GOT-JUNK? team were amongst the 1,450 people who took to the streets of Calgary on June 4th for the 2011 Calgary Underwear Affair. Together we raised a lot of eyebrows, but more importantly, we raised over $2,000 adding to an incredible $855,000 for research that will ultimately benefit patients at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and throughout Alberta. The money we raised will help researchers uncover new treatments and ways to prevent devastating yet “hidden” cancers like prostate, colorectal, ovarian, testicular, bladder, cervical, and uterine. Our support of The Underwear Affair will make sure these cancers get the attention they deserve.

U of C Electronics Recycling

Every year, around 1500 students move out of residence at the University of Calgary. Many of these students find they no longer need the electronics they used over their academic career. This year the U of C asked us if we could recycle all the electronics that the students would have usually thrown out. Over the course of the last two weeks, we have had two of our trucks on site at all times to collect the used electronics. Additionally, we put six metal cages close to the residence buildings to make the recycling process as easy as possible for the students. This event was a great success and we're looking forward to making this an annual recycling effort to divert as many electronics from the landfill as possible.