De-clutter before you list your home!
Mar 30, 2013 / 5:00 am
Ask any real estate agent how to make their life easier and better prepare your house for sale – and the answer will be focused around de-cluttering and organizing. The last thing any potential buyer wants to see is a cluttered house. Clutter will take away focus from your house, make it...
Glenmore Landfill - more than a dump
Feb 15, 2013 / 5:00 am
Just because it’s headed for a landfill, doesn’t mean it won’t get recycled! Photo: Castanet Staff People are often surprised when we tell them we’re going to a landfill with their items. Their usual reaction is a puzzled “Well, I thought...
Fall cleaning better than spring
Nov 2, 2012 / 5:00 am
If we all agree that our homes need at least one ruthless and focused de-cluttering clean-up each year, then I propose the fall for this event. Nesting instincts notwithstanding, the fall offers us the best timing for your annual elbow-greasing housework. Photo:...
Is your garage full of junk?
Aug 30, 2012 / 5:00 am
After all of my years as a professional junk remover, I can say with a 99% certainty that your garage contains junk. There’s no way it doesn’t have any. For some mysterious reason, junk always ends up there – we are excellent at keeping our bedrooms clean, our living rooms are...
Are you a hoarder?
May 9, 2012 / 5:00 am
Once in a while people ask me if I’ve ever done a hoarder's job. Most of the questions come from seeing us on our hit TV show, Hoarders. Unfortunately, yes, I’ve seen them with my own eyes. I have cleaned them out. I was even on the Hoarders set once while they were filming...
The house that junk built
Mar 15, 2012 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed The witch from Hansel and Gretel built her house out of gingerbread. The old woman of lore built her house out of a giant shoe. Fairy tales suggest anything is possible when it comes to story book house construction, so it’s somewhat surprising that...
Inside a landfill
Feb 12, 2012 / 5:00 am
While we all do our best to recycle everything and anything, let’s face it, some stuff still ends up in the landfill. How is the true waste that cannot be recycled or donated to charity, treated? Like most environmentally-sensitive systems of this magnitude, modern landfills are a complex...
When recycling meets art
Dec 1, 2011 / 5:00 am
Last week I was frantically looking for information about recycling oversized (semi truck) tires. Google usually comes in handy, and after a couple of phone calls, I found two local locations that would take these tires off my hands. In case anyone is wondering, Kal Tire locations accept tires...
Disposal costs are going up
Oct 1, 2011 / 5:00 am
Sounds like it will cost more to dump at Glenmore landfill come January 1st. Regional District of Central Okanagan (RCDO) just released an updated rate structure that will come in effect on January 1st, 2012. These price changes will affect both commercial and residential clients. Keep...
BC Hydro wants your old fridge!
Jul 24, 2011 / 5:00 am
Photo: Contributed Over 25% of households own a second working fridge draining energy for no good reason. Sometimes it’s a half full fridge downstairs; sometimes it’s a beer fridge in your garage. Most of the time it’s old, ugly, and...
It's not easy being green
Jun 3, 2011 / 5:00 am
As one great philosopher of 20th century once said – “It’s not easy being green.” Photo: Contributed Being green is great. These days almost everybody is green – all major corporations incorporate...
What's special about electronic waste?
Apr 19, 2011 / 5:00 am
Exponentially growing amount Photo: Contributed Being a huge geek, I probably own close to 20 electronic devices. Before you consider this number “insane” just count with me for a second – two computers we have in our household, laptop, two cell...
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