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Residential Waste

Looking to Reduce Waste? Keep Calm and Compost

If you want ways to reduce how many trash bags you send to the curb each week, you might already actively recycle and reuse items instead of throwing them away. However, if you want to reduce your waste even further, you might look into composting. Making your own compost can be rewarding. By choosing to compost, you help to reduce your ecological footprint and create a resource that gives back to the environment. Learn more about how composting can benefit your household...

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Commercial Waste

The Dangers of Disposing of Tires on Your Own

Many people think they can deal with old tires by storing them, taking them to a landfill, or leaving them on private property. While this may seem convenient, disposing of tires without professional guidance creates serious environmental, safety, and financial risks. Knowing how to dispose of tires properly protects your community, your property, and the environment. Below are key dangers associated with DIY methods and why working with a certified tire disposal provider matters. (more…)

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Recycling

How to Prepare Common Items for Recycling

You've probably already heard many of the reasons recycling is a good idea. You might even know that recycling one ton of aluminum saves 14,000 kWh of energy or that recycling one ton of glass prevents the release of 7.5 pounds of air pollutants. But there's a difference between knowing something is good and actually doing it. Perhaps recycling intimidates you because you're not sure which items are recyclable. You might also wonder how you actually go about recycling items around your...

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Uncategorized

4 Ways to Demolish a Building

Demolition work may sound like fun—after all, who doesn’t like to take things apart and make a mess once in a while? However, demolition involves far more than just hitting things to see how they break. In fact, demolition is a tightly regulated industry and process since it has the potential to be very dangerous. Depending on the area and the building that needs to be torn down, professionals will use different techniques to safely get rid of the existing...

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Commercial Waste

What Happens to the Items I Recycle?

You recycle because you know it's the right thing to do. You know recycling benefits your community and the environment. But each time you recycle a can, a bottle, or a newspaper, you wonder what happens to it. Was recycling worth it? Here, we'll go over some of the most common recyclable materials and their journey beyond the recycling bin. Metal Two types of metal-aluminum and steel-are recycled and reused every day. You've probably recycled aluminum cans many times. When...

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Uncategorized

When Your Home Needs Demolition Instead of Renovation

Renovations can modernize a home, improve comfort, and update outdated spaces. However, not every property can be saved through remodeling. In some situations, house demolition becomes the safer, more practical, or more cost-effective option. Knowing the difference helps you protect your budget, avoid major construction issues, and move forward with confidence. Below are key signs that indicate a property may need full or partial demolition rather than another round of repairs. 1. Significant Structural or Foundation Damage Your foundation and...

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Commercial Waste

4 Times You Could Use a Dumpster

Let's face it: most of us have too much junk. We allow clutter to cover our counter space and crowd out our closets at home. For many of us, the constant barrage of documents and office supplies can also take over our workspace as well. But if you want a clean, organized, peaceful environment to live and work in, you'll have to take positive steps to change your ways. In this blog, you'll find four signs that your minor hoarding...

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Recycling

Tire Recycling Options and Why They Matter

Approximately 300 million people live in the United States-and Americans improperly dispose of nearly the same number of old tires each year. In the United States alone, businesses and individuals alike get rid of 240 million tires each year. Only a small percentage of those tires go to sustainable recycling, while nearly 77% end up in landfills or illegally abandoned. But why does it matter if old tires get left out in the environment or placed in a landfill? The...

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Residential Waste

Missed Spring Cleaning? Use These Tips to Tackle the Clutter

Normally, you have the most spick-and-span property on the block, but you missed spring cleaning this year. Now your home looks disorganized and cluttered, and you feel embarrassed when your friends and relatives come to visit. You need some way to get a handle on the mess so your home looks flawless again. If this describes your situation, you've come to the right place. Below, you'll find a few tips to help you tackle the disarray both inside and outside...

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