For many businesses, especially those in construction and manufacturing, rubbish removal and disposal is a significant part of their everyday activities.
While you do need to consider cost, efficiency, and timeliness, it’s important to examine the recycling credentials of the company providing the service.
It’s also important that you, as a business owner, place a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly practices. Your efforts will influence your staff, helping them to reduce the negative impact your business has on the environment.
Encourage your staff to reuse, reduce, and recycle by putting environmentally focused practices in place.
When looking for an environmentally conscious rubbish removal company, consider its stance on sustainability. You need to understand what will happen to your waste after the company collects it.
1. What Type of Waste Do You Remove?
Your goal should be to ensure that the company you choose disposes of your waste in the most environmentally conscious way. So it’s important to ask your waste disposal company what types of waste it will remove.
Doing so will give you a better understanding of what you can and can’t recycle. The company will also be able to guide you on how best to sort your waste in order to help with the rubbish removal company’s recycling efforts.
You will also ensure you’re not charged additional fees for incorrectly disposing of prohibited materials.
Most rubbish removal companies will remove:
- Wood, metals, sand, and plastic
- Office furniture
- Excess building offcuts and materials
- Paper and cardboard
- Plants, grass, tree branches, and other organic materials
2. What Can I Do with My Hazardous Material?
It’s important that you make the company aware of any hazardous waste you need to remove. Not all waste disposal companies will have the ability to remove hazardous waste.
But they can often explain the correct way to remove it. Hazardous material can have an extremely negative effect on the environment, so correct disposal is vital.
Some of the most common hazardous waste materials you should discuss with your rubbish removal company include:
- Asbestos waste
- Lubricants
- Hydrocarbons
- Chemicals
- Oils (engine, hydraulic, and oil soiled materials)
- Contaminated materials and other materials requiring special disposal
3. Where Does Waste Go After the Rubbish Removal?
As populations are growing, landfills are becoming a huge problem across the world. Leading European countries have acted quickly to reduce their landfill amounts to close to 0%.
But in places such as America, a large majority of waste still goes into landfills. It’s now becoming more important than ever to find alternative ways to manage our waste.
You should seek to get a better understanding of where your waste will be going once it has been removed from your business premises.
Waste removal isn’t something you can ignore. You need to be active in finding a company that’s transparent about what happens to the waste your business creates. Then seek the most environmentally sustainable option.
4. How Much of My Waste Will Be Recycled?
Green practices are a key selling point for businesses, and most reputable waste removal companies should have a recycling target of 80-90%, if not higher.
You should be able to find companies’ recycling targets by checking their websites or by getting in contact with waste removal companies directly.
5. Can You Help Me Reach Sustainability Targets?
It’s important to find a waste disposal company with a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly solutions. Such a company will reflect positively on your business.
The type of company will enhance your efforts to set recycling goals and sustainability targets. The result will be it will help you to minimise waste and maximise resource recovery. This strategy is a terrific way to boost your business’s green credentials.
Having your business reach sustainability targets will provide some great benefits for your business, such as good public relations and cost savings.
Consumers are putting a greater emphasis on green practices. They prefer to deal with companies that show an interest in sustainability and environmentally friendly practices.
It’s important to remember that putting environmentally conscious practices in place can actually save your business money.
Doing so will help you to attract new customers. By reusing, reducing and recycling your waste, you will lower removal costs while doing your part to minimize your damage to the environment.
Alex Hamilton
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I recently moved into my new house, and so far I have no idea about the proper disposable of my trash, which is why I’ve decided to start looking for a waste removal service. I agree with you that it would be best to ask the prospective company about the type of waste that they dispose of so additional fees will be avoided. You’re also right about the importance of asking the company whether they throw hazardous materials as well, such as lubricants and oils.
We recently had a major renovation and it’s so hard to clear out the junks that have been accumulated for such a long time. My husband is searching for garbage removal services that can help us to remove all the excess woods, old office documents and other broken furniture that we need to dispose. Thanks for your reminder that it’s truly important to segregate all the recyclable and non-recyclable and be environmentally conscious with the materials that can still be used. This is such a good read!
At least got an idea about what to ask from a rubbish removal company. Thanks!
Excellent Post. Just want to let you know that I use skip hire for most of my waste management. They are quick, easy and affordable. It’s another great way of handling house waste.
Removing and managing garbage has become one of the major issues in today’s world. We can do a lot about it.
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I agree with you Alex!
it must ensure that the company you choose disposes of your waste in the most environmentally conscious way. It’s amazing to read these Essential advice. I appreciate your work,Keep going!
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Cant agree more. The point is, the aim of waste recycling should serve itself therefore learning to know about the company’s doing the rubbish service should live by its purpose.
As part of the rubbish waste removal company , its embedded in our mission to grow our business with honesty and integrity, aligning with your values providing peace of mind the work can be achieved without supervision. To take part on the community’s drive to an eco-friendly society, we are here to get it started on reducing, reusing and recycling waste.
Thanks for your article.
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You must ask about the charging criteria as to whether they charge for junk removal service on hourly basis or job basis
I like how you said that junk removal services let you get on with your day. I am also so busy and sometimes forget to take the trash out. Thank you for the information on rubbish removal.
Hi Sutton Turner,
Waste removal services make it so much easier to control your waste the right way.
Thanks for your comment 🙂
Really great advice. We all need to do what we can to reduce the waste if you put back into the Earth. We usually think of recycling household waste but we often forget business waste. Much of which can be recycled. Thank you for sharing.
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Thanks Maria,
Many businesses usually slack off when it comes to reducing waste. Hopefully opinions will change as time goes on and businesses are more educated on waste and appropriate disposal.
Hi after reading your article I agree with most of your observations but still find most people here in NZ are more concerned about price than the environment and the skip guys that do the right things seem to be penalised because they are a bit more expensive than the Cowboys.
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Hi to NZ from Australia 🙂
It’s always a worry Pete, hopefully as time goes on, opinions will change.
Thanks for much for the comment!
I was having no idea about asking such type of Question with any rubbish removal company but now after reading your post I got so much information.
Your article is really informative.
Great Work.
Thanks for the comment Addy,
I’m glad you found my article helpful 🙂
Have a great day!
Hiring a rubbish removal company can remove a large amount of waste from your home or workplace. They will remove all of the junk very quickly and effectively at affordable rates. BUT, when choosing a company you have to be very picky. Do some research and read some of their customers feedback.
Great point!
Reviews are vital for any business. I for one base a purchase highly from other reviews. Reviews usually swing my decision to purchase by up to 80%!
Thanks for your comment 🙂
As part of a company, which performs green waste disposal I find your article extremely informative. These are really the best questions that people should ask. Great post!
Thanks Jane!
This post is very informative I defiantly going to share it with my friends due to these things we are desitroying our environment our weathers are changing, I even hear that there may be a little Ice age on this world if all the global warming won’t stop, you must keep sharing these type of stuff to make people aware of.
Definitely an issue worth speaking about, it’s important we all do our part to reduce our harm on the environment.
Thanks for your comment Sophie 🙂
Thanks a lot for sharing. It’s also important that you, as a business owner, place a strong emphasis on environmentally friendly practices. Your efforts will influence your staff, helping them to reduce the negative impact your business has on the environment. Hope you keep sharing more.
Thanks for your comment Brenda!
Yep, definitely important for all of us to do our part! It’s also a great way to increase your green credentials as a business owner, increasing the reputation of your company 🙂