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We are committed to helping you keep your space clean. Read our blog posts to find helpful tips and advice on keeping the junk to a minimum and maintaining a home you can be proud of.

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Dodging the Landfill with Old Furniture Removal & Recycling

Have you got a bunch of old furniture lying around that you’re…
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Downsizing Your Home: Ten Tips

There may come a time in your life when you decide that it's time to downsize from a larger home to a smaller place of residence out of desire or necessity. The Junk Box junk removal service, in Victoria, has some helpful tips:
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Cool Finds #4: Classic Rock Records & Artwork

We’ve seen a lot now in over 30 years of business, with every day bringing new surprises. One of the most exciting parts of our job is finding cool stuff.
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Pest Control Tip to Keep Rodents Out of Your Junk Piles

In my 25 + years of experience of junk removal, I have seen a lot of rodents take advantage of junk build-up! Too many scenarios! Out of respect for all living creatures, rodents deserve a place to live, but preferably not in our dwellings or yard!
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What to Do with Your Leftover Construction Debris

Are you wondering what happens with all the leftover drywall, appliances, wood and other materials you have no use for?
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What is Our Junk Removal Process – How We Recycle as Much as Possible

An accumulation of junk in and around your home can be a real problem. Nobody wants to live in a cluttered environment, plus heaps of junk make for unfortunate tripping hazards, homes for vermin and mould growth zones.
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Furniture & Mattress Disposal & Recycling in Victoria

When it comes to disposing of your unwanted furniture and old mattresses, calling a professional junk removal company is your best option.
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Cool Finds #3: Wartime Gear, 40-Year Old Mags & Easy Listening Hits

Since going into business in 1987 (originally as Dale’s Hauling Service), we’ve had the pleasure of stumbling across some truly fascinating stuff people are willing to throw away or looking to recycle or repurpose from an estate cleanout.
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7 Benefits of Using a Junk Removal Service for Homeowners

Accumulating piles of junk, old appliances, mattresses and yard waste can be quite stress inducing. Not only is the space inside and outside of your home being occupied by useless waste, it’s presenting a health risk to you and your family, while creating a real eye sore for passers-by.
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5 Reasons Your Business Should Call a Junk Removal Company

Let’s face it – most businesses generate a lot of waste. Whether you’re delivering services, manufacturing, or selling products, there’s bound to be some junk leftover at the end of the day. For the most part it’s an unavoidable aspect of business.
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Downsizing Your Home – Live Better. Feel Better.

With real estate prices soaring across the country, more and more Canadians are considering packing up their things and downsizing their homes. Victoria is no exception.
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Yard Clean Up & Garden Waste Removal

Fall is a great time to de-clutter the yard; time to get rid of compost, trim trees and shrubs and have them taken away for chipping, and to get rid of all that old unused junk you have been storing in the shed.
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Cool Finds: Victoria’s Newest Gnome Orphanage

The Junk Box has been hauling people’s unwanted furniture, appliances, electronics and other junk for over 30 years now. We’ve seen a lot of what you might expect – stained old mattresses, broken refrigerators, yard waste and boxy old TV sets.
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Cool Finds: Paper from the Morning After JFK Assassination

After over 3 decades in the junk removal business, we’ve certainly hauled some weird stuff. We’re proud to haul our customers’ junk – no matter how weird it is. But if it’s interesting enough, we might take some pictures!
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4 Common Myths About Junk Removal Debunked

What surprises us are the common myths about junk removal – the ideas that are still kicking around despite the opposite being true in some cases. Here are the 4 most common myths we hear about junk removal.
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Recycling in Victoria: What Goes in the Blue Box?

Recycling in Victoria is run by the Capital Regional District. Yes, that’s the ‘CRD’ acronym most of us in Greater Victoria have had the pleasure of encountering at some point as we go about doing our daily activities.

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Victoria, BC
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