What You Need to Know Before Beginning a Construction Demolition
A major part of your construction demolition is the waste that comes from it. Prior to starting the project, it is critical for you to consider three things to ensure that you have an appropriate and effective waste management plan put into place. After all, you cannot start a construction demolition project without ensuring that…
Which Dumpster is Right for Your Job?
Choosing the correct dumpster for your project shouldn’t be done without consideration. You want to get a dumpster that is large enough to hold all of your waste, but one that isn’t too large for your job, resulting in you paying for unused space within the container. Companies will often be able to give you…
What is Special Waste in Connecticut?
You have likely heard the term, “Special waste” before and may have wondered what it meant. Special waste consists of things that cannot be placed in just any ordinary landfill or garbage without consideration due to its hazardous elements. These items can often be found in the household, garage and workplace. Waste doesn’t always consist…
How Landfills Work
You may wonder what occurs in landfills once your garbage is removed from your home. A lot of preparation, planning and money gets put into providing and maintaining landfills, and although they are essentially piles of waste, landfills are a quality option for waste disposal.
Ways to Reuse Old Tires
There are a variety of ways in which you can reuse your old tires when they are no longer suitable for driving. Tires are one of the biggest problems when it comes to waste, because there are so many of them. The elements of old tires that cause problems within the waste system can be…
What is Considered Bulk Waste CT
There are a variety of items which fall under the category of bulk waste. It is important to know, understand and practice the bulk waste guidelines that ensure that you’re discarding bulk waste appropriately. The term “bulk waste” is used to describe waste that is too large to be collected by regular a waste collection.…
How to Improve Your Business Recycling Strategies
So you’ve heard that ‘green’ is the way to go to improve your business’s consumer appeal, but you’re not sure how to get there. Or, maybe your company already recycles some items but you’re sure there’s more to do. Starting or improving an existing recycling program will make your organization ‘greener,’ and let you (and…
6 Amazing Waste Facts
There are many names for the things we throw away: garbage, trash, waste, refuse, litter, and rubbish, just to name a few. Perhaps there are so many names because of the sheer quantity we generate! Read on to learn staggering facts about the stuff we don’t care about (but maybe should)!
How to Recycle Paint
Ever wonder what to do with the old, odd-colored, leftover half-gallons of paint sitting in your garage? Recycle them! As long as they’re latex paints, they can be re-blended (several colors are mixed together, filtered, packaged, and redistributed for use), or re-processed (old paint is mixed with new materials to create more paint). Recycled paint…
How to Recycle Drywall
Did you know that gypsum drywall is 100% recyclable? Gypsum Recycling International, one of the largest processors of recycled gypsum in the world, estimates that 40,000 tons of drywall are sent to landfills each day. That’s equivalent to sending 40,000 cars to the dump each day!