If you need to clean your house of excess items, professional junk removal services can streamline the process. You won't need to take multiple trips to a waste management center, which can help you save time and money on gas costs. While the junk hauling company will deal with the logistics, here's what you can do to facilitate the process. 

Do: 

Focus on one room at a time.

Clearing out an entire house can be an overwhelming project, especially if the home is sizable with a large attic and basement. To make the project less stressful, you should work on sorting one room at a time. Once a room is clear, move onto the next one. 

Cleaning out a house yourself can take weeks or months depending on the project’s scope and other commitments, such as your job and kids. As such, you should enlist the assistance of friends and family members to finish the work faster.

Use bins to categorize belongings. 

Most junk removal projects include plenty of items that can be reused or recycled, including furniture, glass and plastic products, clothes, assorted memorabilia, rugs, wall decor, books, and magazines. Create bins to help you sort through these belongings with labels like “Recycling,” “Give Away to Friends/Family,” “Donate,” and “Sell.” Consider holding a garage sale or registering an eBay® account, depending on how many sellable items of value there are. 

Don’t: 

Dispose of hazardous waste with other junk. 

Junk removal companies generally do not dispose of any hazardous materials, including motor oil, gasoline, paint and paint solvents, medical waste, batteries, asbestos, Freon®, pesticides, and fluorescent lights. Ask the company what they will and will not accept, and take anything hazardous to the appropriate facilities. For example, if you have several lithium batteries from old laptops, bring them to a nearby electronics store for recycling. 

Add food debris to the dumpster. 

Food scraps do not belong in dumpsters or trash cans used for professional junk removal services since they attract vermin, which can pose a safety hazard to workers. Food debris also releases odors as it breaks down, which makes dealing with the trash cans or dumpsters extremely unpleasant. Keeping food out of the waste receptacles is a safety measure and a professional courtesy. 

For quality junk removal services to streamline your decluttering project, rely on A1 Demo Services in Bedford, TX. Serving the Dallas and Fort Worth areas, this company provides dumpster rentals of various sizes to make it easy to get rid of items you no longer need. They also offer hauling services to safely transport the materials to the appropriate waste facility. Call (972) 972-5304 today to ask about how they can help with junk removal, or visit them online to learn more about renting a dumpster.