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Have you ever experienced the sinking feeling of watching the weekly garbage truck drive away up the street without your trash? You’ve hurried to the curb, dragging your overfull 96-gallon supercart behind you, and missed the truck by this much.
An average suburban family can pile up quite a lot of garbage in the space of a week, and missing the pick-up can leave you with a cart full of stinky trash with no room for the next week’s trash collection.
Chicago’s municipal garbage trucks pick up an estimated 1.1 million tons of residential garbage and recyclables annually. They visit 600,000 single-family homes and apartment buildings of four units or less once each week, from Monday through Friday.
The city isn’t equipped to come back and collect missed trash, and they certainly don’t have any rush options for picking up trash, so where does that leave you if you either missed the pick-up or have more trash than the cart can handle?
In the hands of private junk removal companies.
While most of us are familiar with missing our weekly trash pick up by this much, there are other reasons why your trash might not have been picked up.
1. Each of the eight districts in Chicago is assigned a particular weekday for garbage collection. If you’ve missed a garbage pick-up because you forgot which day of the week your pick-up is scheduled for, you can enter your address to learn which day of the week is your day.
2. Your supercart couldn’t be picked up. Chicago city’s garbage trucks are equipped with hydraulics to lift and empty these carts automatically, but they need to be placed so that the truck’s arms can do their job.
If your cart was out on time but not emptied (especially if the neighbors were), it may be because the truck couldn’t get clear access:
3. Your garbage crew is also human. With the best will in the world, your garbage pick-up may be missed due to a mistake on the part of the sanitation workers.
If your supercart was out on time, access was free and clear, the handle was facing the right way, you didn’t overload the cart, and the crew simply missed your garbage, you can call 311 or submit a Missed Garbage Pick-Up Request.
Or, if you arrive home and your garbage can has mysteriously disappeared along with the trash pick-up, you can let the city Streets and Sanitation department know you need a replacement.
4. Every year, the City of Chicago lets our sanitation workers enjoy some of the same state and federal holidays as other government workers. And if your trash pick-up day coincides with one of these holidays, you may be forced to wait an extra week before your next pick-up.
Regular garbage pick-up holidays for 2023 include:
Seven of the nine holidays in 2023 fall on a Monday, so for those of you whose regularly scheduled garbage pick-up includes the first day of the week, you’ll miss a pick-up in the months of January, March, May, June, September, October, and December.
No matter what the reason, there may be times when you need to have the trash picked up, and you need it right now. The bottom line is you can have some types of trash picked up the same day if you’re willing to pay for the service.
We’ve compiled a helpful list of what you need to know to help you move the process along.
Not all junk removal companies are created equal, and each has its own criteria for what it will and won’t pick up.
We’d like to put our name forward if you need a rush pick-up for your junk. At Junk Relief, we’ve been helping Chicagoans deal with their garbage for 18 years. What we don’t know about clearing and properly disposing of or recycling building materials, furniture, and all other junk isn’t worth knowing!
Here’s a list of what we do pick up:
Our indoor junk removal services include:
Our outdoor junk removal services include:
Our commercial waste removal services include:
Our construction debris removal services include:
Our electronic waste removal services include:
Our large removal projects services include:
Here’s the short list of what we don’t pick up:
We’ll give you a quote before we come to your property. That lets you get the service you need within 24 hours. The best way to make sure we’ll all be on the same page is through the camera app on any cell phone.
By taking comprehensive pictures of the junk you need to have removed from your home or property, we’ll be able to give you an accurate and fair no-obligation quote depending on the size of the job.
At JunkRelief, we’ve implemented three ways for you to contact us. We call them, Fast, Faster, and Fastest.
We’ll stick to the number we say on the phone and guarantee that the costs will never be more than our given estimate (as long as it’s the same items as your booking.)
We’re flexible enough to make last-minute adjustments as necessary and will discuss price changes with you before our crew starts to work. We always talk about prices beforehand, so there are no surprises, hidden fees, or extra charges.
We charge by total volume, and all labor, hauling, and heavy lifting are included in every project. What matters more than weight is how much space your junk or trash takes up.
After you receive a quote and verify the company can come out the same day, approve it quickly as well to ensure they can book you the same day. Last-minute quotes or job requirements could extend the quote process or job length.
If you have a large project and the quote is over $1,000, we’ll send you our volume pricing before we arrive and discuss our pricing with you. This way, we’re fixing your problem together, not causing you another headache. We believe in full transparency with our pick-ups and want you to be in the know too.
As part of our “get you ready” campaign, we’ll advise you on what to expect when one of our JunkRelief teams shows up at your home and property. We try to think ahead and let you know of any issues we might run into and how we’ll solve them.
We know all the potential pitfalls of various removal scenarios and think them through, so you don’t have to worry. We will remind you to schedule elevators or gather insurance requirements.
Here are some helpful tips for you to get ready for a painless and seamless removal day:
There may be a time when it’s simply not possible for you to arrange same-day pick-up for your trash and junk. It happens.
If you can’t get the service you need as quickly as you’d like, you may have to wait a bit until Christmas is over, a company’s backlog is dealt with, or the snowstorm that’s paralyzed the city has released its grip.
By the way, The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts that much of the country will see snow during Christmas week this year. The long-range forecast for Chicago calls for “snow showers in the days leading up to Christmas, with temperatures trending colder.”
So, if you do need to wait for your trash to get picked up, you may want to cover junk that’s outside with a tarp to make sure any snow or wet weather doesn’t soak through and make it impossibly heavy.
When it comes to the junk removal day, our commitment is that you don’t lift a finger other than to point to your junk removal items. We do the rest.
We’ll be in and out fast and will take extra care not to bump or damage your walls, floors, and other furniture. Our guys will even help you decide which new couch you want if you need a second opinion. Their opinion may not be worth much, but they’re all eager to please.
By the time we’re done, all your junk and debris will be removed, and the floors or ground will be swept up and cleaned. The team lead can also process your payment –— but only when you are completely satisfied with the completed job.
You can pay with cash, check, or credit card via the tablet or get an invoice emailed for contactless payments.
With 6.5K pick-ups every year, our team is in and out fast and takes extra care not to damage any walls, floors, and other furniture. We even sweep up after ourselves as soon as you are completely satisfied.
James Petrie, one of 1.7K 5-star reviewers, had this to say about her recent pick-up by Junk Relief:
“JunkRelief is fast, on time, and efficient. 24 hours from initial contact to disassembly/removal of a medium grand piano and removal of an oversized sofa bed from my apartment by a knowledgeable 2-person crew. Prices are competitive. Five stars.”
If you’ve got junk in Chicago or the Chicagoland Suburbs, we can help. CALL US or TEXT US at (312) 800-1940.
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