Junk Happens

My name is Dave Kocemba and my wife and I started Junk Happens 5 years ago. We began as high school sweethearts while growing up in Cottage Grove, MN. Fast forward and we now have three children and a business we work hard at and are immensely proud of. We are hometown folks who saw a need for someone to haul away the no longer needed items that accumulate in daily life. Perhaps more importantly, as born and bred locals we saw a need to take a strong stand on the environmental impact our junk hauling service would have. Please take a minute to read our Environmental Statement as we’re pretty proud of the effort and dedication it takes to maintain this high standard.

Our business is not a franchise that has additional fees to pay to the home office. We keep our costs low and pass on the savings to our customers. You can check out what people have to say about our work on our Customer Reviews page or visit our listing on Angie’s List where people leave comments all the time about how much they appreciated the care we took when removing items from their home and the fact that we sweep up behind ourselves before leaving.

We handle both residential and commercial junk removal with the same care and efficiency so as to have a minimal impact on your home or work day. We haul virtually anything you need removed or demolished and disposed of. Give us a call or schedule a visit online and save $10.00. We’d love to make a new friend and provide a service for you.Junk Happens offers junk removal services and foreclosure clean-ups to residential and commercial customers throughout the Minneapolis and St. Paul metro area. We do all the loading, clean-up, and dumping of your unwanted junk. 100% of items collected by Junk Happens are recycled, reused, or turned into energy for electricity. With Junk Happens your junk will not take up space in landfills!! That’s a commitment that we have made as a locally owned and operated company.Junk Happens is a locally owned and operated company, not a national franchise that has additional fees to pay. Our trucks are considerably larger than our competition yet our pricing is equal to or better than their full truck pricing. We pass on our savings to our customers.We make it easy on our customers by giving you quick quotes and pick-up services. Just point to what you want taken and our guys do the work from there. After we remove all of your unwanted items we make sure that we clean up after ourselves too.We pick-up everything allowed by Minnesota law. You can see the list of items we pick-up but on the chance that we overlooked something give us a call as I’m sure we can handle it.

Junk Removal and Pick-up Services in Minneapolis

Junk Happens offers inexpensive junk removal services to residential and commercial customers. We do all the loading, cleanup, pick-up and dumping of your unwanted junk.

Residential junk pick-up in Twin Cities, St. Paul and MN
Junk Happens comes to your home and removes all your junk at a low price GUARANTEED. Once you decide what is junk, Junk Happens starts removing it immediately. We’ll even clean up after we’re done!
Commercial junk removal and trash hauling
Junk Happens can come to your business and pick-up your company’s garbage and junk. No job is too big or too small for our trash and junk hauling experts. Because Junk Happens recycles nearly all of the junk we haul it will be dealt with in a clean sustainable way.

Warehouse cleanouts, estate cleanouts, garage cleanouts
Junk Happens does all the loading and cleanup. After loading all your unwanted junk, you can rest assured Junk Happens will dispose of everything in a sustainable way. All the paper, metal and recyclable items will go to the paper recycle-re-use centers and all the junk/trash will go to an approved transfer station or incinerator.

Construction debris removal
Junk Happens has several heavy-duty dump trucks to take care of any construction debris hauling job: big or small. Junk Happens has its own bobcats to load and haul construction debris or will load the construction debris by hand or wheelbarrow. The construction debris/trash will be delivered to the proper landfill. Recycle receipts are available for contractors.

Demolition Cleanup
Garages, sheds, fences, decks, shed removal, spa/hot tub removal, swimming pool demolition.

Appliance Recycling & Disposal in Twin Cities

Junk Happens is proud to be a green junk removal service in MN for Appliance Recycling and Disposal. We recycle 100% of all appliances we pick-up. There are no additional fees we charge for this service (**). Appliances such as refrigerators have environmentally harmful chemicals such as Freon. We handle these with special care so as not to cause any release of these gasses. As a locally owned company and fellow members of the Twin Cities neighborhood we feel it is our responsibility to make sure that we do our part to minimize the environmental impact of the appliances we remove.

Our trained experts take pride in the careful removal of your appliances. There is no need to move anything yourself. Just tell us what you need removed and our people will take it from there and be sure to sweep up before leaving. We regularly haul refrigerators, deep freezes, stoves, dish washers, microwaves, window air conditioners and virtually any brand or style of appliance you no longer have a use for. Call us today or, better yet, save some money and request a quote and pick-up online for your Appliance Recycling and Disposal needs.

Demolition & Removal Services from Junk Happens – Servicing St. Paul and Minneapolis

Junk Happens has all of the necessary equipment to break down and handle any Demolition & Removal project you have. We have bobcats to remove the big material and heavy duty trucks to haul it all away. Got an old Garage you need demolished and removed so you can build a new one? Give us a call. Do you have an old shed, fencing or deck you need removed? We do it all the time and make sure that we clean up before we leave.

These can be overwhelming projects for most homeowners. We have trained experts to make all of these unwanted Demolition and Removal projects go away. One call or email does it all. We’ll come out and give you an estimate to get the job done and schedule it for a time that is convenient for you.Spa or hot tub removal? Swimming pool demolition and removal? We have the manpower and equipment needed to get the job done quickly and efficiently. We also make sure that the disposal of all of these materials is done in the most environmentally sensitive way possible. Call our demolition contractors in St. Paul and Minneapolis today or, better yet, save some money and request a quote and schedule a visit online to meet your Demolition and Removal needs.

Yard Waste Removal – Minneapolis & St. Paul Metro Area

Junk happens can manage your yard waste pickup anywhere in the Minneapolis & St. Paul Metro Area.
Yard projects are hard enough to get through. Let Junk Happens yard waste pickup professionals in St. Paul and Minneapolis manage the heavy lifting removal of the excess yard waste you no longer need. We take things like excess dirt, bushes, concrete you broke up and now have a pile of. We even take old cars that have gathered dust in your yard, ATV’s, motorcycles, snowmobiles, lawnmowers, tillers, grills, and pretty much anything else you might find in your yard.

Have you recently trimmed limbs from your trees or maybe a recent storm left you with unwanted limbs in your yard and now have a pile you don’t know what to do with? We have trucks of all sizes to pick up loads of anything large or small.Do you have items that have collected on your commercial property? Junk happens will pick up and remove any yard waste at your commercial location. We pick up old machine parts, scrap metal, manufacturing waste, lumber and other construction materials, roofing materials, propane tanks, old equipment, and much more.

If you have something you’re not sure about give us a call or send an email and we’ll tell you if we can remove it for you and give you a quick estimate. We make the removal process easy as our trained professionals will remove anything you have quickly, carefully and efficiently.We also make a promise that everything we remove is disposed of in the most environmentally sensitive manner. We have made it a company commitment to recycle reuse or convert to energy nearly everything we pick up. You can see our full environmental commitment on our environmental statement page. At Junk Happens you can be assured that your yard waste removal will leave little or no environmental footprint behind.

Commercial Junk Removal – Minneapolis & St. Paul Metro Area

Junk Happens can manage your Commercial Junk Removal throughout the Minneapolis and St. Paul Metro Area. We can handle construction site junk removal including lumber, concrete, old doors and windows, siding, and roofing you name it. We have the equipment and manpower to remove all construction site debris and make sure we leave the site clean of any unwanted materials.Does your office building have desks, file cabinets, lamps, copy machines, computer and other tech hardware? Our commercial junk removal pros St. Paul and Minneapolis can take these and safely recycle them in a manner that is compliant with Minnesota environmental laws.Does your warehouse have unwanted generators, heaters, air conditioner, furniture, paint supplies, scrap metal, water heater, furnace, roofing materials, cinder block or other items you want cleaned out?

Our trained professionals will be in and out to minimize disruption of your daily business activity quickly, efficiently and carefully. We have the equipment and manpower to remove any unwanted item from your commercial location.You can also be assured that anything we remove will be recycled, reused or turned into energy. The few things we cannot recycle or donate we have burned at the downtown incinerator which heats the Twins Stadium and other downtown buildings. No environmental footprint is left behind. You can see our full environmental commitment here.

Junk & Trash Pickup and Removal Pricing

When price comparing do not just look at quarter, half, three-quarter, and full load prices. Instead look at the total volume the truck holds in cubic yards.Our trucks are some of the largest in the Twin Cities, holding 18 cubic yards. Our competitors’ trucks are 14.8 cubic yards, yet our full load prices are less than theirs. We can do this because we operate a home office and do not have to pay franchise fees. This saves us and you money. And we know that providing you with great customer service doesn’t cost us anything.Our pricing includes labor, disposal fees and extraordinary customer service. There are no hidden fees; however, MN state solid waste taxes and surcharges may apply for certain items.

Items we can’t take:

• Hazardous materials
• Paint, solvents, oil
• Batteries
• Mothers-in-law
• Your neighbor’s barking dog
• An old sofa with a husband attached