How to Tell If Your Waste Disposal / Skip Hire Company is Green and EcoFriendly
Editor’s Note: Going past houses with skips or dumpsters outside them, I’ve often wondered what happens to the stuff that gets put inside the skips. Is it just dumped? Taken to a landfill? Or properly recycled? You’ll find out in this interesting Guest Post – and next time you need one, you’ll know exactly what to look for in a skip hire / waste disposal company!
Scientific research has revealed the large-scale damage that human activity has caused. Now we all know that we need to conserve energy and reduce pollution. Today, it is almost expected to recycle what you can.
When you are looking to hire a skip or dumpster, make sure the company is completely eco-friendly in their approach. How do you know? Here is a brief overview of the practices of an eco-friendly waste disposal company.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #1 – Sorting Service
Domestic waste disposal is a lot more than just filling a skip full of household waste and then dumping it. You need trained personnel who grade the waste and separate it, for the optimum recycling system.
A green and responsible waste disposal company will typically recycle up to 80% of all waste material – and glass, paper, plastic and metal are all graded into suitable categories and sent off to a registered recycling plant.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #2 – Online Solutions
Contacting an eco-friendly waste disposal company has never been easier! A simple online search will give you a list of potential contractors in your area.
Make sure you focus on green solutions – any eco-friendly skip hire company will definitely advertise right up front how green and eco-friendly they are.
Of course, you’ll also want to check if they have a range of skip sizes, with prompt delivery and collection.
When you combine convenience and service with an eco-friendly business ethic, your domestic waste is as good as gone, and most of it will be reused by someone somewhere.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #3 – Responsible Landfill Solutions
Whatever cannot be recycled should be taken to a registered landfill site, where it will be used in an environmentally friendly way.
Some waste disposal companies are very fussy about how they accept domestic waste, and expect you to sort this prior to the collection, which means more work for you.
But if you find a company that accepts a wide range of waste materials, then you can simply dump everything in the skip. When it arrives at the depot, a team of experienced sorters will go through everything and sort what can be recycled and what cannot.
This ensures responsible recycling, and for the eco-friendly homeowner, it is satisfying to know that even your waste is being reused whenever possible.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #4 – Hazardous Waste
If you are getting rid of dangerous materials such as asbestos, you need to know it will be removed by skilled people, and then taken to a suitable place for disposal, which guarantees the harmful substance is no longer a risk to human health.
It’s the same with other toxic items such as batteries – you need to know they will also be responsibly disposed of.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #5 – Zero Restrictions
While the skip hire company might like to have some details of the waste you want to dispose of, ideally you want few or no real restrictions, particularly concerning containers such as sacks, bags and boxes.
You want to know that they can all be used – and with the entire contents professionally sorted at the depot, nothing will go to waste.
Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal #6 – Established and Licenced
Ideally, look for a waste disposal company that is already well-established, with regular commercial clients as well as providing a domestic service.
This means they have the resources to responsibly recycle – and being fully licensed, they adopt green and eco-friendly practices in all aspects of their business.
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