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Stringed Lights SHOULD NOT Be Disposed of In Your Recycling Bin! Do you have an abundance of holiday lights that are burned out and unusable? If so, you can SIMPLY PUT THEM IN YOUR REGULAR TRASH. Stringed lights in a recycling bin will cause a problem at the recycling facility and are potentially hazardous to those working in the facility as they become wrapped around equipment and need to be manually cut off. Unusable lights and any other garbage placed in your regular trash will be used as fuel to create electricity when it is brought to the York County Resource Recover Center by your hauler. All of York County’s municipal curbside trash is combusted and turned into alternative power. Your old holiday lights used to create electricity, who knew? Waste-to-Energy: working for York County. For more information on the process of waste-to-energy, visit https://lnkd.in/eKw7-b3Y . #keepyorkcountycleanandsafe

Waste and Recycling Workers Week is a great time to show your appreciation by serving those who serve our communities. Throughout the week of June 17th, join us in thanking your garbage collection providers and all those who work in the waste industry. Here are a few things you can do to show your support - Join the Recycling Effort - Let’s take some ownership for our garbage contributions. Consider ways you can reduce, recycle and reuse the things being thrown in the garbage from your own home. Call to Say, “Thank you” - It’s easy to complain when things are not done right. Consider calling your local provider with a word of thanks and appreciation for all the weeks they do their job well! Help Them Lift It! - Got a big pile after your spring cleaning efforts? How about meeting them at the curb and helping them lift it in. A little kindness goes a long way to show we are aware of their efforts. #SansomEquipment #WasteRecyclingWorkersWeek #Sanitation #PublicWorks #Recycling #Waste #SanitationWorkers #GarbageMan

Waste and Recycling Workers Week is a great time to show your appreciation by serving those who serve our communities. Throughout the week of June 17th, join us in thanking your garbage collection providers and all those who work in the waste industry. Here are a few things you can do to show your support - Join the Recycling Effort - Let’s take some ownership for our garbage contributions. Consider ways you can reduce, recycle and reuse the things being thrown in the garbage from your own home. Call to Say, “Thank you” - It’s easy to complain when things are not done right. Consider calling your local provider with a word of thanks and appreciation for all the weeks they do their job well! Help Them Lift It! - Got a big pile after your spring cleaning efforts? How about meeting them at the curb and helping them lift it in. A little kindness goes a long way to show we are aware of their efforts. #SansomEquipment #WasteRecyclingWorkersWeek #Sanitation #PublicWorks #Recycling #Waste #SanitationWorkers #GarbageMan

Illegal dumping is a challenge for California communities, but property managers can play a key role in reducing it. Hear from Taylor Grimes, Mattress Recycling Council's CA Special Projects Coordinator, on how: https://lnkd.in/gpvfi8xE #MattressRecycling #California

Fly tipping is NEVER acceptable. It's a blight on our community and harms our environment. Let's all take a stand against this illegal activity! Remember, there are proper ways to dispose of bulky items - you can book a bulky collection through Sandwell Council or take them to the Household Recycling Centre. Let's work together to keep our streets clean and beautiful! 📊 Did you know?In 2022/23, there were 1.08 million fly-tipping incidents reported by DEFRA. This is a concerning figure that highlights the importance of responsible waste disposal. Let's do our part to reduce this number and protect our environment. Join us in spreading awareness and taking action against fly tipping! Together, we can make a difference and create a cleaner, safer community for all. #StopFlyTipping #ProtectOurEnvironment #ResponsibleDisposal #CleanCommunity #NoToFlyTipping #CommunityCleanUp ##flytippingisacrime #Sandwell #Serco https://lnkd.in/ei7-gJVa https://lnkd.in/e37TKMbY https://lnkd.in/euBmkcFx

Keep Trash and Recycling Where it Should be, In The Cart! As we know, wind plays a major role when it comes to trash and recycling collection services. During windy events, collection routes take much longer due to knocked over carts, and knocked over carts or open cart lids produces littered streets and waterways.  ­ The SafeWaste Auto-Release Cart Lid Wind Latch eliminates this issue at the curb and keeps all trash and recycling contents in the two wheeled cart.    ·Improves cart wind stability at the curb. ·Controls spillage during collection (latch auto-releases when the cart is inverted into the truck body). ·Controls the cart lid from opening at the curb during windy events.  ·Prevents collection workers from exiting the truck to pick up litter and knocked over carts. ·Collection workers are able to service carts faster resulting in improved efficiency.

Maybe you caught the news that NYC is going to start putting its trash in trashcans? We did, but we still had questions. So Grace Snelling called up Joshua Goodman from the NYC Department of Sanitation to have a conversation about what's really happening with the city's trash. Here's everything you need to know about how NYC plans to "containerize" the 16 billion pounds of trash the city produces each year. My favorite takeaways: -NYC has long had troubles with trash. In the 19th century the city was littered with horse carcasses ( 😬 ) because there was no waste management plan. -The city produces 16 billion pounds of trash every year. 16 BILLION POUNDS. Every day, residents create 24 million pounds of trash, in case you were curious. -The city's new plan to put trash in containers requires a new custom truck that can lift up the big containers that high-density commercial + residential buildings will use. NYC had to design the trucks from scratch. You can read all of their conversation here: https://lnkd.in/e_xGJYdA

🚨 Trash Fires Caused by Lithium Batteries 🚨 Did you know improperly disposing of lithium batteries can cause dangerous fires in trash and recycling trucks? 🔥 Our friends at KETV shared a crucial reminder about the risks of tossing batteries in the wrong bin. Let’s work together to keep our community safe by properly recycling lithium batteries at designated drop-off locations. 👉 Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/gJCbrghF

In 2003, the local government in Kamikatsu, Japan decided to require that all residents comply with a new, rigorous recycling program - perhaps the most rigorous in the world. Since then, the town composts, recycles, or reuses 80% of its garbage. It may not technically be 100% zero waste, as the remaining 20% goes into the landfill, but it's a remarkable achievement for an entire community, in such a short amount of time. The impacts have been positive - cutting costs for the community drastically, as well as improving the conditions of the lush and beautiful environment that surrounds the town in Southeast Japan. Residents must wash and sort virtually anything that is non-compostable in their household before bringing it to the recycling sorting center. Shampoo bottles, caps, cans, razors, styrofoam meat trays, water bottles...the list goes on and on (literally) into 34 categories. At the sorting center, labels on each bin indicate the recycling process for that specific item - how it will be recycled, what it will become, and how much that process can cost (or even earn). It's an education process for the consumer. All kitchen scraps must be composted at home, as the town has no garbage trucks or collectors. And as for other items, reuse is heavily encouraged. According to Akira Sakano, Deputy Chief Officer at Zero Waste Academy in Kamikatsu, the town has a kuru-kuru shop where residents can bring in used items and take things home for free. There is also a kuru-kuru factory, where local women make bags and clothes out of discarded items. At first, it was difficult to be come accustomed to the new rules. "It can be a pain, and at first we were opposed to the idea," says resident, Hatsue Katayama. "If you get used to it, it becomes normal." Now, it's even being noticed within Kamikatsu's businesses. The first zero-waste brewery has opened in Kamikatsu, called Rise and Win Brewery. The brewery itself is constructed of reused materials and environmentally friendly finishes. By 2020, Kamikatsu hopes to be 100% zero waste, with no use of landfills, and to forge connections with other like-minded communities in the world, spreading the practice of zero-waste. https://lnkd.in/gy3tFYbs

Here’s something that most local commercial trash pickup companies don’t want you to know – most of them are notoriously undisciplined in their pickup schedule. 😖 If your business calls them on a Monday morning, you’ll be lucky if they arrive to pick up your trash by Friday afternoon. It should go without saying but for this industry, it needs to be said – that’s l-a-t-e! The truth is that most local companies offering commercial trash pickup services take a lackadaisical and unaccountable approach to their work. And it’s the client, the local business, that’s left holding the bag…literally. The good news is that Evergreen Disposal is different. Evergreen Disposal offers the best trash hauling services for commercial businesses. That means we can take care of your trash management. And the best part about our commercial trash pickup service is that we pick up within 24-hours. 24-hour commercial trash pickup means that when you call Evergreen Disposal to pick up your trash on Monday morning, we pick it up by Tuesday. Plain and simple. Learn more: https://hubs.la/Q02sJzJ60 #industrial #manufacturing #manufacturingindustry #landfill #landfills #recycling #solidwaste #wastestream #wastemanagement #wasteaudit