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Environmentally Friendly Waste Disposal Strategies

13 August 2020 by Marjorie Morales

Waste management is a key aspect of keeping your house and property clean. However, it can also have major impacts on the environment, and individuals may want to take steps that will reduce the overall environmental impact that life in their home is able to cause.

Take Advantage Of Composting

Reducing the total amount of waste that your home sends to the local landfill can be an essential step in making your home's waste management plan more environmentally sustainable. To this end, composting is an excellent option that can allow you to greatly reduce the amount of organic material that you are sending to the local landfill. By creating a composting pile for leftover food, paper, and other items that are decomposable, you can break down these items on your own property, which will also have the added benefit of creating a very fertile soil that you can use in your landscaping projects. When composting, you will need to make sure that you are regularly applying a small amount of water to the compost pile. This will help to foster an environment where bacteria can thrive to break down the materials that are put in it. Additionally, this can lessen the risk of a fire starting as a result of the heat that is generated by these materials breaking down.

Incorporate Recycling Into Your Waste Management Strategy

Recycling is another step that can allow you to be more environmentally friendly when disposing of the waste from your home. While not all of the items that you throw away will be recyclable, many cardboards, plastics, and other items can easily be processed so that the materials in them can be reused. Single-stream recycling is one solution that can allow you to conveniently dispose of your home's recyclable trash without the need to spend time separating the various types of recyclables into their own receptacles. In most cases, the costs of using single-stream recycling services will be comparable to traditional waste management services.

Use A Green Waste Management Provider

Depending on where you live, you may have a choice when it comes to the waste management providers that you use. In particular, you may want to consider opting for a green waste management service for your home's garbage disposal needs. In addition to following the best practices for transporting and handling waste, these services may also utilize environmentally friendly landfills that are designed to reduce the risk of waste seeping into the local environment and contaminating it. Using one of these service providers will be similar to using more traditional waste management providers in that you will likely need to do little more than make sure to put the waste bin by the curb on the days that these services visit your property.

Contact a local waste management solutions provider to learn more about what they offer.

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