Have you ever thought about how long the stuff you throw away would take to decompose?

It is surprising to know that some of our everyday items may take up to more than 1,000 years to decompose. In fact, some may not decompose at all!

That’s why it is best to recycle these instead of throwing them to the landfill.

Source: http://socyberty.com/issues/strange-trash-facts/

Recycling - How do they do it?

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How does a floating garbage patch three times the size of Spain and Portugal combined together sound to you?

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch illustrates how bad a problem garbage that is improperly disposed of can lead to.

Moral of the story: always dispose of your rubbish the proper way.

Not the safest pastime, but definitely interesting… Dumpster Diving (known as skipping in the UK) is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded. Seems that more and more people and getting together to try this out.

Check out this website: http://dumpsterdiving.meetup.com/

Minneapolis contractors and homeowners often rent dumpsters to get rid of large amounts of waste. You can place garbage and debris from Minnesota construction projects, home organization and moving in the units, which the rental company then hauls away at the project’s end. Before you rent a dumpster, you will want to shop around and get multiple quotes from Minneapolis vendors to find the lowest price.

To save time doing this the best place to visit is www.bookadumpster.com. This website will search local haulers to match your requirements to the lowest price available at the time.

Dumpsters are rented out by yardage so you will want to determine the size of dumpster your project requires. For small projects, a 10 yard dumpster will usually suffice. Large construction projects may require a 30 or 40 cubic yard dumpster rental.

bookadumpster will ask for a drop-off date and collection date, and will use this time frame to determine your price quote. On presentation of the best price that bookadumpster finds for you, it will also display the weight limit this covers. The weight surcharge will also be displayed. Bookadumpster Haulers in MN charge a flat fee for every ton that exceeds the limit.

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Time for a spring clean? Check this out!

http://news.msn.co.nz/glance/1058048/couple-buried-alive-in-own-trash

I think these guys needed bookadumpster… don’t you leave it too late!

bookadumpster currently has roll off containers available in south side Chicago to haul Household Debris, Stump and Brush, Clean Concrete and Clean Construction Debris. Containers range in size from 10 yard up to 30 yard.

Just enter your waste, size and date requirements and the website will present you with the best price available matching what you need!

An award winning film called DIVE by Jeremy Seifert uncovers the un-necessary waste taking place in the US.

He and his friends “dumpster dive” in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of L. A’s supermarkets to uncover thousands of dollars of good food being wasted by the grocery stores who aren’t doing anything to reduce it.

Why is there so much food wasted? Because the expiration date is nearing? Because it simply costs less to throw away food rather than do something helpful with it? Whatever the answer, good edible food is being thrown away in communities where so many are going hungry.

During their adventure Jeremy and his friends no longer spend money on groceries and with nothing more than a strong stomach and a big appetite, they dive for Pacific Salmon, New Zealand Lamb, American Ground Beef, Pork Loins, Free Range Chicken and loads of fruit, vegetables and bread.

Why are grocery stores not giving food to people who need it? They take this question to the corporate front offices to see if they can find out.

This movie will motivate you to ask the manager at your grocery store the question of “Why?” as well as teaching you about food waste and the role it plays in your community… you might even find yourself in a dumpster!

Check out the official website at www.divethefilm.com

Nowadays there is a push to recycle as much as possible, because we know that over time, if we are not proactive reducing the waste we dispose of in landfills, our county will be covered in rubbish. It is also much better for our environment.

In 2008, 11.2 million tons of solid waste were disposed of in New York State landfills, considerably less than the 14.1 million tons of solid waste that was landfilled in 1990. As of June 2009, there were 27 active municipal solid waste landfills, 16 active industrial/commercial waste landfills, 18 construction and demolition (C&D) landfills, and 3 active ash monofill landfills within New York State.

Mixed Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) consisting of residential, institutional and commercial waste must be disposed of at a MSW landfill. There are three active ash monofill landfills in New York State. Ash from the combustion of municipal solid waste is disposed of at these facilities. Industrial Waste Landfills are used for the disposal of industrial wastes such as coal ash and paper mill sludges.

While landfill gas recovery facilities collect the gas from the decomposition of solid waste for use as energy, Construction and Demolition Debris that is not processed is disposed of in a C&D landfill. Additional restrictions have been placed on landfills located in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in Long Island.

To find out more visit: www.dec.ny.gov/chemical/23681.html

Reaching for Zero is a plan proposed for reducing New York City’s waste exports to very close to zero by 2024, through a combination of waste prevention, reuse, recycling and composting.

This plan will not only reduce and eliminate the crushing expense of waste exports from the City, but it will also keep dollars spent on waste management circulating within the City’s economy, creating industry and jobs in NY rather than shipping dollars, along with our waste to out of state locations.

With close to 8 million residents and over 12 million people during a workday, New York City produces enormous amounts of waste. 13,000 tons per day are generated by trash and recyclables from the residential and institutional sectors, and another 9,900 tons per day of food scraps, dirty paper, and recyclable containers, from the commercial sector. Commercial construction and demolition debris and fill material are generated in even larger quantities.

New York has thousands of businesses, hundreds of institutions like museums, colleges and universities, and a large number of City, State and Federal Agencies. So when NYC generates waste it is not just in the home, it is on the way to work or school, in public transportation, while visiting government agencies, while shopping at stores and supermarkets, or while at work or play at many of New York City’s recreational facilities, such as parks, zoos, and sports venues.

Since the announcement in 1997 that the Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island (which had previously taken all of the City’s waste) would be closed, the City has maintained almost an exclusive focus on exporting waste out of the City to distant landfills and incinerators as the solution to its waste management problems. The costs of waste export to the City are enormous and have risen 91% since 2000 so that they are now over $100 a ton. Following the announcement of the Fresh Kills closure, the City Council and planning committees in the offices of each Borough President made extensive recommendations about how the City should handle its waste. The recommendations, while differing on details, spoke to the need for the City to reduce or prevent waste, to recycle more, to create a larger reuse network, and to compost organic waste. To a large extent, these recommendations have been ignored; hence the Reaching for Zero plan has been actioned.

Find out more about it by visiting: www.consumersunion.org/other/zero-waste/

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