The United States's garbage ends up in incinerators, landfills, or in our ecosystem, where it pollutes parks and beaches, contaminates oceans, and threatens wildlife that comes into contact with it. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the average American produces 4.51 pounds of trash every day. When you're moving, this amount of trash tends to increase and can become overwhelming. Luckily, there are professional services that can help. Below are three reasons why you should hire junk hauling services prior to your move.

1. Reduce Your Amount of Waste

Packaging materials and single-use plastics are common items that build up in landfills and our personal trash bins. The waste generated by ordering takeout from restaurants, improper recycling, shopping online, and throwing things away rather than repairing them has led to a massive trash problem. As you prepare for your move by cleaning out your home, you may come across a lot of waste that has accumulated over the years. Rather than throw it all in the garbage and have it end up in landfills, contact a junk removal service to see how they can help you easily and safely dispose of your waste.

2. Lessen Your Contribution to the Climate Crisis

Throwing all of your unwanted goods away during a move will only cause them to end up in a landfill. You may also be inadvertently spending more energy and natural resources on throwing things out in this manner. Hiring junk removal services can help you direct your trash to the appropriate places in a more efficient manner.  While any kind of move and clean-out will result in disposing of waste, you can find a way to do it in the least environmentally-harmful manner possible by consulting the professionals.

3. Prevent Water Pollution

Leachate is a complicated mixture of chemicals and pollutants that drains through landfills and varies based on the landfill's content. Toxic leachate has the potential to pollute drinking water supplies. Although cleansed leachate is sometimes spilled into surface waterways, research by the United States Geological Survey revealed that leachate still carries potentially harmful pollutants after treatment. Rather than throwing chemicals and pollutants into your regular home trash can as you clean out for your move, talk to junk removal services about how they can safely dispose of them.

If you are purging items and junk that you don't want to take with you on your next move, talk to our junk removal services today. We can help you clean out all of the things that you no longer want as well as provide top-notch moving services for your move. Contact us today to get started.