Recycling

Home and business owners are increasingly keen to recycle as much as possible in order to minimise damage to the enivronment and make more efficient use of unwanted items.

Currently we divert over 90% of everything we uplift from landfill.

How we do it

Whenever we carry out a clearance of a house, garden, office or any other domestic, commercial or industrial property we always sort the items into categories suitable for various purposes.

For example:

Recyclables, for distribution to specialised recycling centres
Metal
Plastic
Paper and cardboard
Mattresses
Electricals (WEEE)
Wood and timber products
Items suitable for reuse, for donation to charities.
Items not suitable for reuse or recycling, for resource recovery (waste to energy).

Items that can be reused

Junk-it has strong partnerships with local charities and other local community based organisations which enables us to redistribute items of potential value to people who can benefit.

CLOTHES

TIMBER

FURNITURE

METALS

PAPER

TOYS

What happens to my good junk ?

We donate the reusable items that we collect to various charitable organisations. For example, well known organisations such as the British Heart Foundation and Oxfam benefit from donations of books, DVDs, clothing and bric-a-brac. Local charities such as Refuweegee and Starter Packs often accept kitchenware, small furniture items, clothes and other household items.

Useable furniture is also donated to the Glasgow and Edinburgh furniture initiatives that assist low income families to furnish their homes.

Diverting from landfill and minimising pollution

What we’re doing to help:

We only purchase new low emission vehicles.
We only use transfer stations with particularly high onsite recycling and resource recovery rates.
We use specialised recycling centres for things like mattresses, fridges, wood, metal and cardboard.
We donate as many useable items as we possibly can.
Our offices are as paper free as possible and have been kitted out with recycled items from our office clearances.
For every truck we fill, we plant a tree in the Junk-it grove in the Scottish Highlands in partnership with Trees for Life.
We are registered with the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)

Reviews

2 young men came to my daughters rescue, they did a brilliant job,wexwhere emptying her father in laws house which was very hard for her, these 2 boys showed respect and nothing were a bother to them, there names where conner and Tony, thanks again boys

Donna Mclean

2023-11-21

Connor and Pete bang on time and even put up with the dog barking at them, would highly recommend the service.

Richard Martin

2023-11-21

Fantastic experience today. Mikey and Dominic were professional, tidy and incredibly quick. They were great with my little one too. Couldn't recommend them more. Top lads and very reasonably priced.

Marcus Muir

2023-11-20

Brilliant service from Mikey and Dom at Junk-it this morning. Lovely guys very hard working. Will 100% use Junk-It again.

Alison Allan

2023-11-20

I had the pleasure of dealing with Thomas and Paul today on one of our customer’s sites. They were extremely professional and very pleasant. They are both a credit to your company!

Daniel Bell

2023-11-17

What a fantastic company to deal with Eddie Connor Toni and Gerry arrived and cleared my house with 70 years of clutter including finding things I thought I had lost!! I would not hesitate recommending them. Keep up the good work.

Sandra Mcnaughton

2023-11-17

Amazing service from Junk-It, from making appointment, day before, getting confirmation via email, getting call 1/2 hour before and the delightful Mikey and Pete arriving bang on time. Mikey and Pete assessed all the items and advised price, then removed the items really quick with no issues. I would highly recommend Junk-It and will be using them again . Thank you Jill

Jill Winton

2023-11-16

Mikey & Peter arrived exactly at the time given and cleared the office in quick time. The place was spotless when they left. Very pleasant workers and a credit to their Organisation. Would recommend Junk It.

Tricia McCabe

2023-11-16

Usual professional ,friendly service from junk -it this morning .Eddie and Daniel were great 👍 👌

Bryan Mcneill

2023-11-13

Emailed office 1st thing to arrange an uplift. By 11am the van was loaded and away at a reasonable cost. Big thanks to Dom & Steven. Very polite and a credit to junk it 👊👊

kevin gouldstone

2023-11-09

Accreditations

We have the following accreditations to ensure that you get a credible and trustworthy supplier offering you total peace of mind, knowing that we can conduct your clearance in a safe and professional manner.