If the old bed is not in decent enough shape to be donated and the customer wants to avoid adding to the local landfill, alternative uses for used mattresses abound, especially for the materials that they are made of. Fasteners and buttons can be removed from the old item and given to sewers and crafters for repurposing. The foam padding and cotton and poly-fill batting can be removed and used to re-stuff couch cushions or Read more…
Composting is a very simply way of producing an incredibly dense organic and natural material by using a natural method known as “aerobic decomposition”. In simple terms, composting refers to the slow and continuous decaying process of various natural and organic materials, for example garden and grass clippings, very small twigs and sticks, tree leaves and other such waste products, which occurs in the natural world each and every day. Gardeners around the world know Read more…
Electronic waste contains hazardous and toxic materials such as cadmium, brominated fire retardants, mercury and lead. Electronics that contain these substances can prove harmful to the environments. Therefore, they should not be taken to landfills. Furthermore, electronic items such as PCs contain valuable metals like copper and gold. Proper disposal measures seek to retrieve these recyclable components for re-use. Essentially, any electronic item that is no longer required can be recycled, preventing it from ending Read more…
For those looking to reduce the waste stream, recycling paper is the perfect way to do it. Especially since paper is being wasted in large quantities all year long. This process implies recovering a lot of fiber from paper, which can be reused and transformed into cardboard, new paper or various paper items. It is true that recycling paper is not as effective as metal or glass recycling, but it is a great way to Read more…
The green waste collection service will then bring the load to an approved composting site in your area, where everything gets processed in an environmentally friendly way. Another good thing about green waste recycling is that it does not cost the earth, literally. In most cases it so happens that you deposit the green fritters materials in the landfills itself. In there, the decomposition of these materials occurs without oxygen. This is an anaerobic process Read more…
When considering recycling people automatically think of paper, cardboard, glass and plastic. We rarely give a second thought to what will be happening to our white goods and general electrical appliances once we’ve decided they need to go down the tip. The fact is Electrical equipment is the fastest growing category of rubbish across the European Union. This seems to make sense when you consider how much we rely on electronic and electrical goods to Read more…
There was a time that most of us had only one bin. A large plastic or metal container that sat in the back yard or alley. All our household waste would end up in this dustbin, which was conveniently emptied, without contention, every week. But times move on and now with more and more emphasis on recycling and with local authorities trying to minimise waste disposal, the number of bins householders require has now increased. Read more…
Commercial waste clearance and recycling involves recycling general office materials like furniture and electronic equipment such as computers, printers and copiers. When it comes to recycling, since electronic equipments contain hazardous materials and a variety of toxic materials/pollutants including one or more of the following: lead, mercury, selenium, cadmium, arsenic, zinc, brominated flame retardants, and, in older equipment, polychlorinated by phenyls (PCBs), it is important that you hire an agency that works in line with Read more…
Plastic is a bi-product of our addiction to ease and having the least amount of effort in our everyday lives. Included in the mesh of issues related to plastic and its use is price. Plastic is cheap and allows for savings in the production of products in the immediate. The cost, however, in the long run to our environment and the energy consumed and petroleum used is high. As consumers, looking to save as much Read more…
When there is a new construction for a building or an existing building is being renovated a lot of waste material is removed. Broken pieces of bricks, concrete, iron rods, small pieces of wood constitute the pile of waste materials. During the whole time when the construction carries on, there is a lot of material that needs to get rid of. The pile needs to be cleared so that it does not occupy useful space. Read more…