Garage Cleanout and Junk Removal Phoenix
602-883-2547
Follow us!
  • Home
  • Services
    • Furniture Removal
    • Appliance Removal
    • Yard Waste Removal
    • Electronics Recycling
    • Carpet Removal
    • Mattress Disposal
    • Tire Disposal & Recycling
    • Office Equipment Removal
    • Trash & Garbage Removal
    • Renovation & Debris Removal
    • Junk & Recycling Pickup
    • Hoarder Clean Up & Removal
    • Hot Tub Removal
    • Concrete Removal
    • Shed Removal
  • Pricing
  • FAQ
  • About
  • Blog

Why You Need to Dump Your Old Appliances

4/26/2019

0 Comments

 
Picture
​Cut to 2016.
The electronic and home appliances’ industry made a whooping 98.78 billion U.S. dollars in sales. Why is this fact important? It’s because home appliances make up the bulk of waste discarded every year by Americans.

White Goods

​In recycling terms, home appliances are also known as white goods. These include all your big household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, television sets, computers, air conditioners, etc.
Picture
​The reason they are referred to as white goods is because historically, these appliances were coated with white enamel paint. Now, however, they come in all different kinds of colors and finishes and also pose an ever-growing threat to the environment.
Your newly minted appliances though may not be as harmful as your old ones. Thanks to the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s laws and regulations, a lot of the newer appliances are built to be environmentally-friendly. 

​But why are the old ones so harmful?

Picture

Mercury

​Some old appliances and their various dials and switches contain large amounts of mercury. Not only is this a highly toxic substance for human beings directly, but mercury is also an environmental pollutant. It can bioaccumulate –organisms on top of the food chain have a higher concentration of the chemical than the smaller organisms they consume that contained even traces of mercury.
​

Asbestos

​Some of the even older versions of modern appliances used to be lined with asbestos. At that point in time, asbestos was cheap and science hadn’t discovered how hazardous it actually was. Asbestos is a dangerous carcinogen (cancer-causing substance) and as such its use is now properly regulated.

Greenhouse Gases

​Refrigerants or coolants found in air conditioners, refrigerators and freezers are dangerous greenhouse gases. They contain Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) and Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which when released into the atmosphere lead directly to the destruction of the ozone layer. 

​So what’s the solution to this?

​Rather than letting these old appliances clutter your household, you can choose to recycle them. Or simply let your local waste disposal companies handle it for you.
How is that achieved?
 Waste disposal companies in Phoenix get rid of your old appliances in a safe and responsible manner. They visit your place to collect these out-of-order white goods and take them where they can be properly dismantled. 
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    June 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    June 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    January 2019
    February 2017

    Categories

    All
    History

    RSS Feed

Company

GARAGE CLEANOUT AND JUNK REMOVAL PHOENIX
​
" We Get Rid of Your Junk!"

602-883-2547
Monday-Sunday:
​7am-5pm

​Phoenix Location
30 W Willetta St
Phoenix, AZ 85003

Services

Furniture Removal
Appliance Removal
Yard Waste Removal
Electronics Recycling
Carpet Removal
​Mattress Disposal
Tire Disposal & Recycling
​Office Equipment Removal​
​Trash & Garbage Removal
​Renovation & Debris Removal
Junk & Recycling Pickup
​Hoarder Clean Up & Removal
​Hot Tub Removal
​Concrete Removal
Shed Removal

Support

FAQ
About
Privacy Policy