They are no ordinary junk removal company, they actually care about the environment and have managed to divert 61% of the junk they have collected from the landfill. In 2010, that was an estimated 68,650 tons of junk that reused, recycled or incinerated and converted into energy. That’s pretty amazing!
So we’ve got a incredible junk removal company that not only helps you get rid of your junk responsibly but actually is committed to minimizing their impact on the government. We bet you’re thinking that there must be a catch to this. Really, there isn’t! Don’t believe us? Here’s what they had to say:

Q: You have written a book about the dangers of America's food supply. How did you first get started with it? Why do you think it is important to be wary of what we eat?

Robin: I am such an unlikely crusader for cleaning up the food supply.  I was raised in Texas, eating my fair share of Doritos and Ding Dongs.  I was not a foodie.  And as a busy mother of four with limited time and a limited budget, I certainly didn't want anyone telling me what to feed my kids.  But one morning over breakfast (which in all candor was blue yogurt, frozen waffles and scrambled eggs), when our fourth child had an allergic reaction, I was suddenly thrown onto this landscape of children's health in which 1 in 3 American children now has autism, allergies, ADHD and asthma and forced to learn why our children have earned the title "Generation Rx".  And when I began to look into the sudden increase in the number of children with food allergies and the correlation with the recent introduction of foreign food proteins into our food supply - and how a child with a food allergy sees food proteins as foreign, launching an inflammatory response to drive out that foreign invader.  I began asking a lot of questions, for which there were no answers.  For example, is a child with a milk allergy allergic to all milk?  Organic milk?  Non-organic milk?  Or the rbGH now found in our milk?  With protocols in place, but no definitive tests, no answers and no long term human studies to prove safety, I suddenly realized how important it was for consumers to have information about what was going into the food supply so that we could make an informed choice when it came to safeguarding the health of our families.

Q: What are the biggest challenges you hear from moms/parents about eating healthy?

Robin: Two challenges actually appear to present themselves. One comes in the form of "Well, you ate those things when you were younger and you turned out fine" from those who have loved ones who aren't fully supportive of their efforts.  And the other is cost.  And to answer both, the foods that we now have on grocery store shelves, while they may look the same, they have ingredients in them that simply did not exist when we were kids (the biotech industry introduced genetically engineered organisms into our food supply and crops in the 1990s).  And the reason that cost is an issue is in part due to the fact that as a national family our national budget, is used to support chemically intensive and genetically engineered farming, while farmers that are producing crops organically (which means, by law, without the use of toxic pesticides and weedkillers that are used on these genetically engineered crops) do not receive this same level of financial support.  And then further burdening the cost structure of farmers who are growing foods organically, these farmers are also charged fees to prove that their crops are free of these agrichemical ingredients and patented, genetically engineered proteins,  charged fees to then label their products as being free of these ingredients (if they choose to adhere to the USDA Organic certification) and then also don't receive the same marketing and insurance assistance as crops being grown in the chemically intensive way.  So their entire cost of production is higher due to the federal structuring that has been in place in agriculture for the last several years. It begs another question: As a national family, is this how we want to be allocating our national budget?  Or would we rather use federal resources to support the farmers growing crops organically so that these products are more affordable to all?

Q: What part of Double Impact do you find most exciting?

Robin: Double Impact does an incredible job of aligning the interests of both shareholders and stakeholders, highlighting that our greatest resource, for organizations in business for profit and those that are non profits, is human capital and that in order to preserve and protect this capital, we also have to preserve and protect the planet that all of us live on.  Double Impact inspires in that it helps for profit companies do well and also do good, while offering financial support to non-profits doing the same.

Q: How did you come up with the idea to opt out of Genetically Modified Foods? Why is that important for moms/parents?

Robin: The potential of genetically engineered foods to cause allergic reactions in humans is a big reason for opposition to these crops that were introduced into our food supply, without labels, in the 1990s. And although protocols are in place to ask questions about the allergy-causing possibilities, there has been no test that offers definitive answers.  So are our children allergic to the soy that has bee around for thousands of years?  Or to the novel ingredients inserted into soy and introduced in the 1990s that make it able to withstand increasing doses of toxic weedkiller?  Are our kids allergic to corn, like the corn that our grandparents ate?  Or to the insecticidal protein now found in corn that has been engineered to produce its own insect killer?  Because we don't have the answers to these questions, parents that want to exercise precaution and safeguard the health of their children can do so by reducing their families’ exposure to these unlabeled, genetically engineered ingredients.

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DI: You frequently share tips on being green while saving green on your blog. How did you first get started with it? Why do you think it is important to be green?

SP: I started blogging in 2007 when I was staying at home with my children. I had a four month old and I was watching the Oprah Earth Day special. I was altered to all of the toxic stuff we use in our home, on our bodies, the waste in the landfill and how we can save money by going green. It was a light bulb moment for me and after a few months of making changes and researching I started blogging to share my journey.

DI: What are the biggest challenges you hear from moms/parents about going green?

SP: There seems to be a school of thinking that going green means buying expensive products, installing solar panels or buying a new hybrid. Many of the moms I speak with are already making great choices, they just don't realize it. From buying used, going to the garage sales, cleaning with vinegar and reusing everyday items we can all do something.

DI: What part of Double Impact do you find most exciting?

SP: I love how Double Impact is giving a reader some choices that sparks some motivation in someone! We all need some inspiration from time to time. The partnerships are with companies I respect and in the end it is about supporting a good cause, Healthy Child Healthy World.

DI: How did you come up with the idea for making your own household cleaners? Why is that important for moms/parents?

SP: I thought this was a good first step and it is easy and cheap to buy vinegar and baking soda! I wanted to give people the inspiration to do something that doesn't cost much money and that they will use everyday.

Now go take her challenge on Double Impact → DIY Dishwasing Detergent and earn for your charity!

Stay tuned next week for our last Giveaway 4 Good with Robyn O’Brien.

We also got in touch with Sommer Poquette of GreenandCleanMom.org to get her take on ways to live a frugal and green life. Here are her three ideas:
1. Make your own household cleaners
2. Enroll in a CSA program
3. Make your own fruit fly trap