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This Is Why You Have So Much Trouble Recycling

What Can You Throw in a Dumpster?

Wondering what you can put in a dumpster rental? Use our list to learn exactly what can go in a dumpster and get tips for how to dispose of items that can't.

How to Sort Scrap Metal

Selling scrap metal can be a great way to supplement your income, or you can do it full time. Before you can sell your scrap metal to a scrap yard, you need to separate the different metals in your scrap. A scrap magnet will help you...

Why can't clothes just be recycled?

Tons of textiles end up in landfills every year, and we need a solution.

The Polite House: What Can I Do About My Neighbors’ Trash Cans?

If you’re tired of staring at unsightly garbage way before pickup day, it’s time to have some tough conversations

How Is Scrap Metal Consumed?

Scrap metal can serve a variety of purposes for both public and private sectors. Reusing this versatile material is a great way to do your part for the environment while helping someone else get new use out of an old material. Keep reading to learn more about how scrap metal is used and how it …

What Dumpster Size Do You Need?

Compare dimensions and total volume of the most common roll off dumpster sizes to find the right dumpster for any project at home or on your work site.

Quick Tips for Scrapping

If you are looking for money-making quick tips for scrapping, you have come to the right place. The iScrap App team shows you some tips for your metals.

Benefits of Using Scrap Metal

The benefits of recycling metal are endless for both the economy and environment — because scrap metal can be used, reused and dispersed again and again.

Where to Find Platinum Scrap

Platinum is used in jewelry, thermocouples, catalytic converters and many other places. That should mean that it is easy to find bits and chunks of platinum scrap that we can recycle profitably for you, correct? Well yes, there is a lot of the metal out there waiting for you to discover. But you mu

Extrusion basics: How to turn scrap into '$crap'

Plastics extrusion is a very efficient operation, if you run a tight ship. That means using scrap and trim in ways that replace new material.

Nets and harpoons: how to clear space of junk

There are hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk whizzing around in Earth’s orbit and even a fleck of paint can do serious damage to spacecraft from a fast-growing satellite industry worth billions of dollars. Researchers are tackling the problem with chaser satellites, nets and even harpoons.

One million cars are scrapped every year. What actually happens at a scrap yard?

What happens to all the mangled metal that piles up at scrapyards?

4 things 'not' to do with your junk

Can this be recycled? Can I just drop this in the regular garbage? Repurpose, donate, recycle, dispose of your junk properly. Don't burn your junk!

9 Things To Do With Scrap Cardboard

Do you have scrap cardboard accumulating in the backroom, warehouse or worker areas? Here are some tips on what to do with these reusable items.

How To Give Your Basement A Makeover In Monterey, CA

From the basement to the attic, Junk King can clear your house of clutter in no time at all.

Junk isn't junk when you repurpose it... Let's talk holiday DIY ideas

Our Take Hold off on throwing out all those little things that you consider junk. This includes everything from paper scrapes to old home decor items. Almost each and every little thing around your can be turned into something fun for the holidays. Buy blank cards and turn your paper scrapes into holiday cards. Take...

Upcycling 101: How to decorate your house with ‘junk’

‘Upcycling’ is the process of taking something destined for the trash, and repurposing it into a useful object. Our franchise partners regularly come acros

Scrapping in the Cold Weather: What You Need

Scrapping in the cold weather can be a challenge, but if you are prepared with the right tools, equipment, and clothing you can beat the competition for the next scrap score.