Garbage removal, specifically food-ish garbage removal

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

When I first moved into my house there was an industrial size drum of liquid malt extract in the basement. Over the past decade or so, it's sat there, starting to rust, and I really want to get rid of it. I think that because it's food stuff, it may have different rules applying to it. Thoughts?

I also have over a decade's worth of various crap, including odd scraps of wood from projects, screens & storms from windows that have been replaced, etc. I know I can get a dumpster, but are there people who will come and clear all this crap out for me? If the price differential isn't that great, it may be worthwhile for me to hire someone to take care of it for me.

Mods - I tried the garbage tag & it didn't lead me to anything relevant, if there's another tag I should check, let me know.

Comments

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

http://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/locations/junk-removal-boston-north-shore/

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

This looks great - sadly they don't cover Somerville.

[m-b-w.livejournal.com]

I used them in Somerville but think I didn't give you the best link. Try putting in your zip code at https://request.1800gotjunk.com/webclient/forms/wfBook10.aspx?c=US&r=NA_EN&metroBox=Boston%E2%80%93Cambridge%E2%80%93Quincy

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Perfect! Thanks so much for sharing this. I'll call them early next week to ask about the malt extract (which is the thing I'm most concerned about).

[nonelvis]

They don't list Somerville, but if you type "02144" into their ZIP code finder, it offers you pickup times. I used them to remove some junk, including an old dishwasher, and I'm barely a mile from your place.

[paradoox.livejournal.com]

They (1-800-gotjunk) are scum. Even after I told them what was involved for a job elsewhere around 128, they showed up, said they could only do half the job, and then punted midway through that.

[ron_newman]

They've been very good for my mom (but she's in Ohio).

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Are they a nationwide company, or a referral service for local contractors?

[beowabbit]

I've used them three times and never had a bad experience. (Granted, a 25% catastrophe rate would still be pretty bad; just wanted to add the data points.) They strike me as on the expensive side, though.

[ron_newman]

there's also http://WeGetRidOfIt.com

[ceo]

Someone was doing a lot of homebrewing, or planned to. Here we learn the value of the magic words "premises to be delivered vacant". :-)

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

We did use the magic words, however... See, I was doing a lot of homebrewing myself and mentioned this. I think they thought they were doing us a solid by leaving it, but I do all-grains. We probably should have dealt with it when we moved in, but we were moving in.

[ron_newman]

"garbage" is indeed the right tag. This old post may be relevant.

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Yes! Thank you. Now I have a couple of alternatives. Love DSLJ!

[volantwish]

You could also try posting a task on taskrabbit. I've used them for other things, and it can be a good deal.

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

The malt extract you could probably scoop and pour down the drain. The odds and ends you could box or bag and set out with the trash maybe one trash-bag-worth per week.

But if you can find someone to take it all in one go, that would be better, as they're likelier to feed the refuse into an operation that will recycle what can be recycled.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

also depending on the amount of stuff you could do a Bagster. We bought a bagster bag from tags. You fill it and then schedule a pick up. We've used it twice while doing renovations and it has saved us significantly vs. renting a dumpster. the website was www.thebagster.com and we found coupon codes online both times for $20 off, making it $140 (i think).

[cfox.livejournal.com]

I would think taking the drum of malt outdoors, and helping it to develop a slow leak onto soil/garden/compost-heap would do the trick. It shouldn't be toxic or stinky, and soil bacteria take care of that kind of stuff pretty quickly.

I would try taking a picture of the pile of misc. and asking for quotes on craigslist. There's lots of small-time haulers.

[mamajoan.livejournal.com]

We recently used massjunk.com to empty out the basement of our house before selling it. They did a great job and the cost was reasonable. They even swept up afterward, leaving the basement looking much nicer than it ever did in all the time we lived there. ;)