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Getting Rid Of Green Waste

Getting Rid Of Green Waste

By essence, green waste is anything that is biodegradable, any plant life and any type of garden waste such as compost, grass and hedge trimmings. If you have a garden and you maintain it every day, you could be producing a lot more green waste than you could have imagined. In this case, you may need professional assistance as far as getting rid of green waste is concerned. Compared to other types of waste, it is relatively cheaper to get rid of green waste. If you’re getting rid of green waste, you should be able to separate out certain items from your green waste prior to taking them to the landfill. Disposing Green Waste At The Landfill Sorting out your green waste can help you a lot when you need to dispose and take them to the landfill’s transfer area. Some of the items that are allowed for disposal as

2021-05-24T11:31:22+10:00March 30th, 2018|Articles|

How Much Rubbish Goes Into Landfill

Landfills are areas of land or excavated sites which have been carefully designed into or above the ground. When the trash is taken to a landfill, it usually ends up sealed in the ground. Trash decomposition is not much or none existent since there’s no way for air and water to get in. Landfills produce leachate, a type of toxic liquid that is made up of a mixture of rainwater, dissolved chemicals and organic acids. This toxic element can contaminate waterways and surrounding land. It is said that 55 percent of rubbish ends up getting buried in landfills while 33 percent ends up at recycling centers and 12.5 percent are taken to incinerators. When the trash is taken to an incinerator, it undergoes a burning process where it is transformed into ash. The latter is then used to make parking lots or roads. At times, the end product is also

2021-05-24T11:31:23+10:00November 2nd, 2017|Articles|

How to dispose of car batteries

Sooner or later, your car battery is going to fail, and it’s not as easy as throwing them in your regular rubbish bin at home or dumping them on the side of the curb, in hope someone else with deal with it. Council pickup have a list of items they refuse to take as well which includes paint tins, gas cylinders and old batteries. This is because the chemicals in these items either pose a hazard to workers (explosions etc) or have chemicals that can leech into the water table from landfill and severly pollute the environment. Car Battery disposal nasties The illegal dumping of batteries can cause more harm to our plant and animal habitat than you can imagine. Car batteries are classified as hazardous waste, and comprise of heavy metals and other toxic materials, such as mercury, alkaline, cadium, nickel and lead acid, all of which can pollute

2021-05-24T11:30:52+10:00June 11th, 2014|Articles|