How to sort today’s garbage
Today, more than 690 kg of waste is produced individually each year in Tennessee. With the quantity of garbage having more than doubled in the space of forty years, sorting appears to be a necessity, if we want to reach zero-waste.
Sorting garbage is an integral part of the waste recycling process, sometimes involving AI. This process also includes recycling, recovery and waste collection. A real social issue, the recycling process is part of an objective of environmental protection. For an individual as for a waste management professional like Same Day Dumpster Rental Murfreesboro, sorting garbage means selecting the objects intended to be thrown away and including them in a recycling circuit. We offer you an overview of the different ways of sorting garbage.
Sort garbage with bags and bins
Depending on the type of waste it is, sorting will be done differently. For small, non-toxic plastic trash, collection can be easily done with a bag or a blue trash can. The container or corporate collection will take care of sorting the paper and cardboard. As for the glass, it will be placed in a special container.
Non-polluting and recyclable packaging should be placed in the blue container or yellow bag. The wide variety of skips, fixed station compactors, closed or open, for household waste with driver or even one-piece compactors allow you to store and move all your garbage quickly.
Sort garbage in recycling centers
Primarily intended for individual deposits, the various recycling centers are also accessible by professionals. It is possible to bring bulky waste such as cardboard, ferrous materials, wood, rubble, plant waste but also stumps, paper, glass and waste from electronic and electrical equipment. According to the operating principle of a recycling center, only non-polluting waste is accepted, with a view to eliminating waste and recovering it.
Concerning hazardous waste, such as batteries, accumulators, pesticides, paints, DIY products, solvents, but also used car oil and asbestos cement, it is necessary to ensure their specific recovery. Ask your recycling center directly.
Thanks to the garbage dumpster, you have the possibility of opting for equipment allowing you to sort all the waste, thanks to its ergonomic unloading system at the rear of the dumpster as well as on the two side sides.
Sort garbage using the waste tracking slip
One form is a non-hazardous waste tracking slip which aims to group together information concerning the different wastes concerned by sorting, their elimination and their intermediates throughout the elimination circuit, to the final recipient. The latter can be of a different nature: regrouping center, elimination center or pre-treatment center.
Please note that since 2011, professionals have been subject to new obligations. Companies with a workforce of at least one hundred people are required to sort office paper at source, through an independent organization for collecting other waste when it is not processed on site. Since 2013, this obligation also applies to companies comprising at least fifty people. As of 2016, it will concern those of at least twenty people.
By renting a dumpster, the collector will transport all your waste to a suitable sorting or collection center.
Other solutions for sorting garbage
There are other methods of waste collection for individuals, bulky items removal service directly from homes on a fixed day or at collection points. Collection bins placed on public roads can also be a solution for paper and glass in particular. In addition, some stores allow the collection of printer ink cartridges, used batteries and lamps. Finally, collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment is possible at certain retailers.
