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How to Correctly Manage Industrial Waste

July 31, 2018 By Daniel Defendi 19 Comments

Disposing of industrial waste is an important part of operating any business. While larger industries may create more waste, even small businesses can benefit from reducing and correctly disposing of their industrial waste.

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Depending on your industry, the type of waste your business produces can vary from liquid to solid, organic, hazardous or recyclable.

Finding the best way to deal with your specific type of waste can be difficult. With strict rules in place for responsible waste disposal, it’s often easier just to leave it to the professionals.

However, depending on your business there are many ways that you can help to dispose of your industrial waste and minimize its creation in future.

Table of Contents

  • Industrial Waste Water
  • Solid Organic Waste
  • Hazardous Waste
  • Recycling
  • Waste Minimization Strategies
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Industrial Waste Water

Industrial waste water refers to water that has become contaminated through industrial processes. This type of waste can be particularly difficult to deal with as it’s not easily collected by normal methods.

Specialized liquid disposal trucks can vacuum up liquid waste and floodwater from blocked sewers and grease traps, making collection and transport easy. Companies which provide this service will generally also be able to dispose of the waste for you, leaving your business free to continue operating.

Solid Organic Waste

If your business is involved in the hospitality industry, such as a café or restaurant, more than 60 percent of your industrial waste could be attributed to food.

Other businesses such as landscapers can also produce a large amount of organic waste.

Organizing a composting strategy for your business can help to reduce the amount of organic waste which ends up in landfill.

Composting allows for organic waste to decompose naturally over time and creates an effective fertilizer which can be used or sold.

If your business creates large volumes of organic waste, the by-products of composting it can even be used to generate electricity or bio-fuel.

Hazardous Waste

While dealing with hazardous waste is typically a concern for larger businesses, nearly every business will need to dispose of hazardous material at some point. Examples can include:

  • Petrol
  • Motor oil
  • Cleaning chemicals
  • Pesticides
  • Tires
  • Batteries
  • Asbestos

Waste in this category can be particularly difficult to dispose of, as it’s not only harmful for people but also isn’t easily broken down.

Because of this difficulty, its often better to prevent the need for hazardous materials entirely. Investing in non-hazardous alternatives where possible can be a much more practical strategy than disposal.

If hazardous waste already exists or is unavoidable, licensed waste disposal services can collect and dispose of your waste, although it’s likely to be expensive.

Some hazardous waste can be disassembled, sorted and recycled or incinerated. However, the most common method is merely to store the waste safely in a remote location.

Recycling

Wood, paper, plastic, cardboard and glass are also common types of industrial waste. While they are generally less harmful to the environment than hazardous waste, if improperly disposed of they can still cause environmental damage.

Segregating and recycling common materials such as paper and plastic is not only good for the environment but can also save your business money.

Properly recycling material will reduce the need for disposal services and space required in landfill.

If your business is large enough, recycling timber, steel and other waste can become a cost-efficient way to reclaim materials.

With a little creativity, there are many ways to swap normally disposable items in favour of reusable ones.

Waste Minimization Strategies

Reducing your business’ waste can be done with a few simple changes. If you incorporate packaging in your processes or products, you can consider optimizing it to reduce unnecessary amounts.

Changing products and packaging to environmentally friendly alternatives will also make them much easier to dispose of.

Choosing recycled paper or plastic options rather than new can also benefit the environment. They may be available at a reduced cost.

Introducing a waste reduction and recycling program for your business can help to get your employees involved.

Get them working together for a good cause while also reducing your waste disposal costs as a business.

A greener company can reduce its costs, find new ways to profit and benefit from an environmentally conscious image.

With the right strategy in place, any business can improve their waste management system.

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Comments

  1. Marina Dominguez says

    July 5, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Hi Daniel
    I am agreed with your writing especially recycling is good ideas for reducing waste. I think also sorting color waste bin will be holp for reducing and managing industrial waste.
    Thanks for sharing.
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  2. Kelly says

    June 17, 2020 at 11:13 pm

    A great list.

    Something I’d love to see more of, is businesses looking at ways to reduce the waste they produce on the consumer side. So for instance, making their products in reusable packaging that customers can bring back for refilling or which can be collected and reused or refilled after commercial cleaning. TerraCycle is one great company that facilitates this but I’m sure there are others.
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  3. Adam Golightly says

    April 20, 2020 at 4:49 pm

    I can imagine how it could be really useful for a business to make sure that they can manage their waste better and be better for the environment. It would be really useful for them to make sure that they can get some help from a professional. It was interesting to learn about how most waste is stored safely in a different location while others are disassembled sorted ad recycled.

    Reply
  4. Michael says

    January 16, 2020 at 8:23 am

    Totally agree with your ideas, any reputable business should be looking to improve their waste management.

    Reply
  5. Raleigh says

    December 17, 2019 at 6:51 pm

    Recycling is a good idea of correctly managing your waste. There are a lot of materials we can use again such as paper, wood, plastics, metal, and even glass. They can be used to create decors or other useful materials.

    Reply
  6. David Johnson says

    December 9, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    I love how you can use alternatives that are environmentally friendly to reduce business waste. My boss has been trying to figure out for this next year how to improve our environmental care to help encourage clients and employees. We’ll have to hire waste disposal services as well.

    Reply
  7. jessica lewis says

    September 13, 2019 at 1:11 am

    I fell glad that you have touched these points in blog waste management is a necessity for society.
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  8. Jenna Hunter says

    May 28, 2019 at 4:14 pm

    I like what you said about how anyone can improve their waste management. Making sure that you know what can be recycled is really important to me. It could also be helpful to drop off items at different bins that are made for the disposal of that material. It would also be useful to get a garbage service to help you get rid of some of the bigger items.

    Reply
  9. Cristal L. says

    May 14, 2019 at 2:48 am

    Wish business owners and companies could read this. It’s sad to see some of these companies drain some of their hazardous waste into our rivers. They just don’t care about anyone or the future. I keep wondering why they just can’t find proper ways to dispose of their dangerous waste. Frustrating!

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  10. Burton Coulter says

    April 30, 2019 at 12:04 am

    People have been searching for new ways for garbage disposal. It becomes very crucial to decompose it for a healthy nature.
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  11. addy says

    April 4, 2019 at 2:29 am

    A very resourceful post with practical waste management strategies. Every company should have a clearly stipulated waste management and disposal policy. It should always embrace the concept of Reduce, Re-use and Recycle.

    Thank you for sharing with us.
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  12. Neil Dimapilis says

    March 20, 2019 at 12:39 am

    Appreciate this so much thank you for sharing this, it’s very informative and very helpful
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  13. Bemer says

    September 4, 2018 at 11:28 am

    I was actually hoping that you were giving advice on how to make money by managing waste 😐 but nevertheless, thank you for sharing!

    Reply
    • Daniel Defendi (author) says

      September 4, 2018 at 8:19 pm

      Hi Bemer,

      While there are ways to actually turn a profit by selling or using industrial waste, the most money can be made by reducing costs.

      Reply
  14. Simon says

    August 15, 2018 at 5:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing, this is really useful. Waste is a big problem in my town and recycling bins never get emptied! Never…I will have to pass this on to the authorities
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  15. Abhinay Gupta says

    August 7, 2018 at 9:40 am

    Company should known about these things before dumb into the environment.
    Therefore it could not harm the environment.
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  16. Bailey says

    August 7, 2018 at 4:18 am

    Hello Daniel, Thanks for this best thought on industrial waste and Effective Waste Management is the only way to solving ‘s future existence on this planet, really inspired 🙂

    Reply
  17. Maggie Lauh says

    August 1, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    Hi Daniel,

    Excellent article, more and more small businesses are paying attention to dispose of their industrial waste in my country, but few find ways to profit from it…
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    • Daniel Defendi says

      August 2, 2018 at 8:19 pm

      Hi Maggie,

      Thank you for your comment, I’m glad you enjoyed the article. It’s great to hear more businesses are embracing smart methods for waste disposal. This is one area where it can really pay to do the right thing, both for businesses and the environment.

      Reply

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