{"id":8178,"date":"2008-12-17T17:12:12","date_gmt":"2008-12-17T17:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maximumjunkremoval.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-11-10T04:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:32:39","slug":"what-we-take","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/what-we-take\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Take"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f WHAT WE HAUL: VIRGINIA JUNK REMOVAL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virginia DEQ regulates how different types of waste\u2014especially electronics and automotive materials\u2014must be managed.<sup>2<\/sup> When you hire JUNK-RAT, our <strong>professional, family-owned team<\/strong> ensures your items are recycled, donated, or disposed of according to all state and local mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We take practically <strong>everything non-hazardous<\/strong> and handle all the complicated compliance for you across the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Junk We Haul (The Full Virginia Compliance List)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><td><strong>Regulated\/Special Waste (We Handle)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>General Junk &amp; Furniture<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Appliances &amp; Metal<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Construction &amp; Yard Debris<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Electronics (E-Waste):<\/strong> Computers, Monitors, TVs, Printers, VCRs, Stereos, Phones. <em>(Virginia&#8217;s Computer Recovery Act requires manufacturers to provide recycling, and we ensure your items are routed to appropriate e-cycling facilities)<\/em>.<\/td><td><strong>Furniture:<\/strong> Sofas, Mattresses, Box Springs, Desks, China Cabinets, Chairs, Ottomans.<\/td><td><strong>Refrigerant Appliances:<\/strong> Refrigerators, Freezers, AC Units. <em>(We manage the necessary handling and certified recovery of Freon\/refrigerant before the units are recycled)<\/em>.<\/td><td><strong>Construction Debris:<\/strong> Wood, Drywall, Shingles, Concrete, and general remodeling waste.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Waste Tires:<\/strong> Car, Truck, and ATV tires. <em>(Improper disposal of more than 100 tires is illegal. We ensure they go to registered processors)<\/em>.<\/td><td><strong>Bulk Trash &amp; Clutter:<\/strong> Full storage unit cleanouts, garage junk, attic debris, and large boxes of old items.<\/td><td><strong>All Other Appliances:<\/strong> Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Ovens, Water Heaters, Microwaves.<\/td><td><strong>Yard Waste:<\/strong> Tree Limbs, Brush, Bagged Leaves (DEQ promotes composting).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Batteries &amp; Used Oil:<\/strong> Lead-acid (car) batteries and used motor oil. <em>(We route these to authorized recycling\/collection centers)<\/em>.<\/td><td><strong>Exercise Equipment:<\/strong> Treadmills, Ellipticals, Weights, Hot Tubs, Pianos.<\/td><td><strong>Scrap Metal:<\/strong> Piping, Fencing, Grills, and general ferrous\/non-ferrous metal items.<\/td><td><strong>Heavy Materials:<\/strong> Bricks, Rock, and clean fill.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>\u26a0\ufe0f ITEMS WE CANNOT ACCEPT (Hazardous Waste)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) is discouraged from being placed in the regular trash and cannot be hauled by our trucks.<sup>3<\/sup> <strong>We cannot accept:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Flammable\/Corrosive Liquids:<\/strong> Gasoline, Solvents, Acids, and Propane Cylinders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wet Paint:<\/strong> Oil-based or non-dried Latex paint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Infectious\/Medical Waste:<\/strong> Sharps, pharmaceuticals, and bio-hazardous materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Asbestos:<\/strong> Friable asbestos requires specialized, regulated handling and certified landfills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Step for Prohibited Items:<\/strong> Many Virginia localities (like Fairfax County) provide free <strong>Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)<\/strong> collection sites for residents to safely dispose of these chemicals.<sup>4<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ready for a Hassle-Free Cleanout?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let our professional, family-owned team handle the heavy lifting and the regulatory compliance, ensuring your waste is handled the right way in Virginia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f WHAT WE HAUL: VIRGINIA JUNK REMOVAL Virginia DEQ regulates how different types of waste\u2014especially electronics and automotive materials\u2014must be managed.2 When you hire JUNK-RAT, our professional, family-owned team ensures your items are recycled, donated, or disposed of according to all state and local mandates. We take practically everything non-hazardous and handle all the complicated compliance for you across the Commonwealth. Junk We Haul (The Full Virginia Compliance List) Regulated\/Special Waste (We Handle) General Junk &amp; Furniture Appliances &amp; Metal &hellip;<a class=\"button read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/what-we-take\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8178","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11388,"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8178\/revisions\/11388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1844junkrat.com\/virginia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}