Dumpster Rental Arlington Texas

August 24th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

Are you looking at hiring a dumpster or roll off container in Arlington? Make sure you check out the rates available from local haulers by visiting www.bookadumpster.com and having the website instantly search for you.

Don’t forget, if you require the container to be placed on a public area (ie: grass verge in front of your house) please contact your local council prior to booking your roll off to ensure you have any correct permits issued before hand.

If you want to ensure you have recycled as much of you waste as possible prior to using the dumpster, visit the website http://www.arlingtontx.gov/environment/index.html to find out about options and facilitates to take advantage of in your local area.

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EWaste in MN

August 24th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

As technology is improving all the time, new gadgets being released are about to spur a high tide of household waste as piles of older gadgets are discarded.

Electronic items, dubbed e-waste, are the fastest-growing segment of residential trash. Every year techno-waste is growing and it’s not as easy to dispose of or recycle.

Minnesota State recycling firms already have seen a huge increase in electronic waste since 2006, when the Legislature banned landfill disposal of TVs and computers with cathode ray tubes. More regulations were added in 2007.

The reason is that electronic waste includes heavy metals such as cadmium, mercury and lead that can contaminate groundwater, and also contain iron, copper and precious metals that have significant value.

E-waste includes not only TV’s and home computers, but also keyboards and other peripherals, cell phones, fax machines, photocopiers, stereo equipment, older phones, VCR and DVD players and other techno-trash. It’s important for people to know that these devices can be recycled and should be kept out of the garbage. Consumers who want to discard such items responsibly have a few options:

• As part of the recycling program in Minneapolis, TVs, computer monitors, VCRs and certain other items are picked up.

• Recycling companies will accept and sometimes pick up e-waste, usually for a fee. Registered firms are listed on those same websites.

• Some cities and counties have dropoff sites where people can bring unwanted electronic items, often at little or no cost. A guide with locations is available at www.rethinkrecycling.com (and for non-metro locations at www.pca.state.mn.us/electronics)

• Companies that manufacture TV’s, computer monitors and laptops are required by law to collect and recycle a certain percentage of what they sell in the state each year. Some have developed dropoff events in conjunction with recycling firms or retailers.

Much of Minnesota’s e-waste collected by companies and government programs is hauled to a few firms that disassemble it. One of the largest, Materials Processing Corp. in Eagan, has seen its volume skyrocket from 3.4 million pounds in 2006 to an estimated 18 million pounds in 2008. Materials Processing takes apart TV’s and other equipment, a process known as “demanufacturing,” and separates the plastic, circuit boards, leaded glass and other components before shipping them to specialized firms to be melted or smelted. Scrap metal becomes rebar for construction, copper and aluminum are used for wire and other products, and circuit boards and motherboards are sent to a smelter in Belgium where gold, silver, palladium and other precious metals are recovered.

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Re-Green Tulsa

August 24th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 389,625.

In December 2007 a devastating ice storm destroyed or heavily damaged Tulsa’s beautiful tree canopy.

Re-Green Tulsa is a program developed to replace trees in the hope of re-developing this part of the environment.

The goal of the program is to Plant 20,000 trees by December 2010 on both private property and public sites. Program efforts will focus on the two areas most devastated by the storm, neighborhoods and parks, and will include educational efforts encompassing how to plant trees so that they thrive in Tulsa soils and how to care for them so that they can survive Tulsa’s challenging climate.

“Up With Trees” planted 2,200 Re-Green Tulsa trees in 2009, mostly at schools, at parks and in neighborhoods.

This year, year-end donations to “Up With Trees” will be applied to the “Re-Green Tulsa” campaign. Thanks to this initiative, the Tulsa Community Foundation has generously provided a matching grant, so every dollar you give will be doubled. Your contribution will enable UWT to continue to plant, preserve and promote our urban forest.

Winter 2009/2010 Plantings Are Now Being Scheduled with Up With Trees. Call 610-8733 for more information.

The following plantings have been scheduled for the coming weeks in Tulsa Parks and Neighborhoods.  Take a look at the schedule here: www.cityoftulsa.org/environmental-programs/regreen-tulsa/regreen-home.aspx

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The History of Recycling in Columbus

August 22nd, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

The City of Columbus first introduced the Recycling Pilot Program in late 1992. It consisted of four areas with 1,000 homes in each area. Gathering information and determining the best collection method was the initial purpose of this program. Questions were asked as to which material to recycle, what the collection days would be for the different areas and what type of container to use for collection.

A year later, thirteen new subdivisions were added to the Pilot Program, as well as a voluntary recycling program outside of the Pilot Program area. With such success, the City of Columbus implemented its voluntary city wide recycling program in 1994 and currently, there is an estimated 55% participation rate.

Nowadays each household has a “Blue Bin” which is emptied weekly by the garbage pickup. Recyclable items which can be placed in the blue bin include: Paper (magazines / newspapers / phone books) Glass, Aluminum and Steel Cans, Plastics (pet#1 and hdpe#2), Automotive Fluids (antifreeze / transmission fluid / motor oil) and Cartridges (ink / toner).

It is requested the following items are not placed in the blue bins: Garbage, Cardboard, Food containers (TV dinners / plant containers), yard waste, plastic or paper bags, plastic oil containers (containers that had motor oil or cooking oil in them), drinking glasses or window glass, aluminum foil (jams sorting machinery), bottle caps or lids.

To find out more visit this informative website: www.columbusga.org/publicservices2/recycle.htm

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Hazardous Waste in Miami, Florida

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

Are you looking to dispose of hazardous waste?

Hazardous Waste is waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment.

There are four factors that determine whether or not a substance is hazardous, they are:

• Ignitability (ie: Flammable)
• Reactivity
• Corrosivity
• Toxicity

Examples from around the house include:

• Paints and solvents
• Automotive wastes (used motor oil, antifreeze, etc.)
• Pesticides (insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, etc.)
• Mercury-containing wastes (thermometers, switches, fluorescent lighting, etc.)
• Electronics (computers, televisions, cell phones)
• Aerosols / Propane cylinders
• Caustics / Cleaning agents
• Refrigerant containing appliances
• Some specialty Batteries (e.g. lithium, nickel cadmium, or button cell batteries)
• Ammunition
• Radioactive waste (some home smoke detectors are classified as radioactive waste because they contain very small amounts of a radioactive isotope of americium.

These types of waste cannot be placed in a dumpster or roll off with other waste and must be disposed of in a different way.

If you want to get an idea where you are able to go to dispose of these waste types, please visit:

http://www.superpages.com/yellowpages/C-Hazardous+Waste+Disposal/S-FL/T-Miami/
for a list of your local facilities.

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Stopwaste.org – Reducing the Waste Stream for Alameda County

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

StopWaste.Org is the Alameda County Waste Management Authority and the Alameda County Source Reduction and Recycling Board operating as one public agency to reduce waste and increase recycling initiatives. They have a great website that informs the residents of Alameda about the following (and more):

• Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
• Electronic Waste and TV Recycling
• Universal Waste - Batteries and Bulbs
• Plastics Demystified
• Bay-Friendly Landscaping & Gardening
• Green Building/Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling
• Business Waste Reduction Assistance
• Schools - Resources and Services
• Food Scrap Recycling
• Recycle All Your Paper. All The Time
• Stop Junk Mail / Bring Your Own Bag

Also, check out their Recycling Wizard, it will calculate your info to find the facilities nearest to you.

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What’s happening in Virginia Beach?

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

If you have finished your spring cleaning early you may wish to entertain yourself with something other than dumpsters, trash cans, cleaning cloths and brooms.

Take a look at the following events happening near you:

SnoCone Thursday 08/19/2010 - 08/19/2010 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Family Fun Friday - August 08/20/2010 - 08/20/2010 7:30 p.m. - varies

Friday Family Movie Nights in the Pool 08/27/2010 - 08/27/2010 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Genealogy Tours at Central Library 09/01/2010 - 09/01/2010 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Float Sunday 09/05/2010 - 09/05/2010 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Family History Research Midnight Madness at Central Library 09/11/2010 - 09/11/2010 7 p.m. - 12 midnight

Get Fit Virginia Beach 10/16/2010 - 10/16/2010 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Fall Festival 10/23/2010 - 10/23/2010 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Santa’s Stocking Old Fashioned Craft Bazaar 11/06/2010 - 11/07/2010 9 am (Sat), 10 am (Sun) - 5 pm (Sat), 4 pm (Sun)

Want to find out more about any of these events? Take a look at www.vbgov.com/events.aspx

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Clean Sweep / Green Sweep, Clean up Mesa (AZ) Neighborhood Program

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

This program provides residents in the City of Mesa large trash and green waste recycling containers to allow clean up of their yards, removing litter from the neighborhood and hauling off old furniture, mattresses and other unsightly debris.

Mesa residents interested in hosting a community cleanup event in their neighborhood are invited to submit their application for the Clean Sweep/Green Sweep Program. Cleanup events are scheduled on a first come, first serve basis; subject to container availability. For more information, call (480) 644-4791 or visit www.mesaaz.gov/waste/Clean_Sweep.aspx

If you are one of the 3.9 million residents living in Maricopa County and you are looking for to rent a dumpster to complement this clean up please view rates at www.bookadumpster.com

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Trash Men Fight Crime in Louisiana!

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

An extra set of eyes will soon be keeping watch over the Jefferson Parish neighborhoods. A local waste services company has partnered with police to help make the communities it serves safer.

It’s all part of a new crime prevention program lead by the men and women who pick up your garbage.

Soon crews riding through Jefferson Parish neighborhoods for trash removal will also be looking for signs of trouble.

They will use radio dispatch systems to report suspicious activity to the Sheriff’s Department. More than one-hundred workers are being trained. The program begins later this month.

Find out more by taking a look at what’s happening on www.neworleans.com/

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What’s Happening at Waste Management & Recycling in Sacramento CA?

August 19th, 2010 by The bookadumpster.com USA Dumpster Rental Team

As part of an effort to make our used motor oil and oil filter program easier, the Curbside Used Motor Oil and Filter Collection Program guidelines have been updated.

Looking for a way to get rid of some rubbish? These guys will provide one free pick-up of your bulky waste per calendar year. You can make an online appointment or call 916-875-5555 to schedule your pick-up. Used your one free? Try www.bookadumpster.com for the next one.

2010 Collection Service Calendars are Available Online, so just visit the webpage or contact Customer Service at 916-875-5555 if you need to have a calendar mailed to you.

For more check out http://www.msa2.saccounty.net/wmr/Pages/default.aspx

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