Advantages of De-Cluttering Your Home

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If you feel your home is starting to look like a tornado has passed through and the mess is starting to consume you don’t stress – take a deep breath – there are easy solutions that can help.  Tackling the mess doesn’t mean tackling it all at once; take 5-10 minutes every day to work on an area. Take 5 minutes tomorrow and another the next day.   You will start to see your space again and the possibilities that you never thought possible hidden under all of your stuff!

If you are thinking about selling your home de-cluttering is an essential step to get your home ready for the market.  In real estate buyers are looking for space.  Having too much stuff in your home makes it hard for potential buyers to see the real space your home may offer to them.   If you do nothing else do this because de-cluttering is free! A litter bit of hard work can go a long way in terms of selling your home and more buyers will be interested in your space if they can actually see it! When you de-clutter prior to sale, you are also making your move down the road …

E-Waste Recycling

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Have you watched Wall-E movie? Wall-E is an animated movie by Pixar, just in case that you didn’t have any clue about it. The main actor was a Robot named Wall-E who became the only inhabitants of earth because human and the rest of living things had moved out to a giant spaceship. Earth was abandoned and full with e-waste piled up everywhere. This movie could be a picture of the earth within a few hundred years ahead. You must be wondering why? The united Nation recently had revealed their shocking data about the existing e-waste. The junk multiply significantly, UN reported that there were twenty up to fifty million tons of “fresh” electronic waste from around the globe, and most of it( more or less eighty percent ) dumped into poor or developing countries.

E-waste is a type of waste that comes from damaged electronic items or electronics with good condition but no longer used by the users. The waste problem is getting worse since the presence of new version of the electronics that makes people easily dump their old one which still have good value. For an example, according to Australian government, the amount of electronic waste increased …

Earth Day – Save the Date, Ottawa!

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It’s coming up, just around the corner, so put it on your calendar. Earth Day is April 22nd and, throughoutOttawa and acrossCanada, there will be events to celebrate this special date, which is set aside to recognize this great planet we call home.

Earth Day is also a great time to take stock of what you are doing to help the environment. There are little things that we could all do on a daily basis that can add up to a huge impact. Whether it’s recycling, saving water or electricity, or taking your own re-usable bags to the grocery store, these are things we can all do to make a difference. If you think there is room for improvement, pick one thing to work on, this year, such as always taking your re-usable bags to the grocery store, and master it! If you pick one new thing a year to add, over time, soon you will be as green as they come.

Plenty of Earth Day-related events will be taking place across Ottawa during the month of April. There are clean-ups, tree plantings, festivals, and more. You can find a full calendar of events here. Be sure to …

Earth Day Canada

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Title: Earth Day Canada
Location: Ottawa Area
Link out: Click here
Description: Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd every year all over the world. There are over 500 million Canadians that participate in Earth Day events acroos our beautiful country. Be sure to check out the link provided to find Earth Day 2012 events in your community!
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2012-04-22
End Time: 12:00…

Earth Hour

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Title: Earth Hour
Location: World Wide
Link out: Click here
Description: Hundreds of millions of people, businesses and governments around the world unite each year to support the largest environmental event in history

IT’S TIME TO FLICK OFF!!!
Start Time: 20:30
Date: 2012-03-31
End Time: 21:30…

Capital Junk’s Cleaning The Capital

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Title: Capital Junk’s Cleaning The Capital
Location: Sarsaparilla Trail Richomd Road
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Description: Capital Junk is proud to be a part of the Cleaning the Capital Campaign for the third year in a row. We are locally owned and operated and love to support our community and help it stay clean and beautiful. You can help to!! Check out the link provided, get a group of friends together and help keep this city clean. Every little bit helps!
Start Time: 8:00
Date: 2012-05-15
End Time: 13:00…

Spring Free E-Waste Drop Off

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Title: Spring Free E-Waste Drop Off
Location: Stittsville Home Furniture – 1609 Stittsville Main Street
Description: Capital Junk is holding their 3rd annual Free E-Waste Drop Off day and we couldn’t be more excited! We will be parking our company trucks and bins in the parking lot of Stittsville Home Furniture from 9:00am – 11:00am on Saturday April 28th, 2012. Residents and businesses are welcome to drop off their old e-waste items free of charge. These items include:
- TV’s
- Monitors
- Towers
- Keyboards
- Printers
- Fax machines
- Stereos
- Accessories

*Please note: limited 3 items per household/business

Once the drop-off is over, Capital Junk will transport the items collected to local recycling facilities to ensure proper disposal. We are a company who is committed to supporting the environment and make every effort to recycle and donate the items/materials we pick-up on a daily basis.

Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2012-04-28
End Time: 11:00…

Pallet Recycling Ottawa

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Pallet is one of handling equipments widely used by many companies in many industries around the world. Pallet helps to ease goods movement faster and create a more efficient storage. The majority of pallets are able to support a load up to 1,000 kg. Companies that use pallets for loading and unloading processes have lower goods handling costs than companies that do not use pallets. Pallets are commonly made from wood, plastic, metal and also paper. Today, more than half billion pallets are created every single year and more than one billion pallets are being used in Canada.

With the high production of pallets, more natural resources like woods are needed. As a result, more trees are cut down and it is definitely not good for the environment. Moreover, if companies keep on using new pallets and throw away damaged pallet then there will be more pallets in the landfill. Today, more and more companies are trying to find ways to lower their business operations. Pallet recycling is the best solution that can address businesses and environment needs. Pallet recycling is a practice of collecting, sorting, repairing and reusing recycled pallets.

The practice of pallet recycling has been around for …

Spring Cleaning with Capital Junk

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Ottawa Residents Readying for Spring with Junk Removal from Capital Junk

The licensed and professional company brings the latest equipment, eco-friendly disposal and online booking for any non-hazardous debris from Ottawa homes and businesses.

With spring approaching and the need for junk removal Ottawa homes and businesses are utilizing online booking for debris and junk removal by Capital Junk. The full-service junk removal company serves residential and commercial customers throughout greater metropolitan Ottawa and surrounding areas.

From spring  renovation cleanup to junk removal Ottawa homeowners are turning to Capitaljunk.ca to book expert professional junk removal via their online booking feature. Capital Junk specializes in removing non-hazardous unwanted materials items from residential and commercial properties throughout Metropolitan Ottawa and its surrounding area. “We remove almost anything non-hazardous located on a home or business property that can be lifted by two people and we do it with a professional team and equipment,” said Capital Junk CEO Sam Burland.

Equipped with large new model dump trucks, the uniformed and experienced teams bring courtesy, competency, full licensing and insurance to every job for legal hauling of residential and commercial junk. With everything from  furniture removal and office clean outs to e-waste removal and  appliance …

City of Ottawa Household Hazardous Waste Depot

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Title: City of Ottawa Household Hazardous Waste Depot
Location: BFI 3354 Navan Road, Navan
Link out: Click here
Description: The City of Ottawa is holding a Household Hazardous Waste Depot. Residents are able to bring their household cleaning supplies, oven cleaners, old paint, aerosol cans & pool chemicals for proper disposal. Check out the website for more details!
Start Time: 9:00
Date: 2012-06-10
End Time: 16:00…