Hello friends. I would like to take a moment to inquire about your compost, recycling and re-purposing practices.
I am talking about all waste you encounter, from farm to household. Even community waste.
I am trying to generate a master list of waste management techniques. Help!
I have never been more confused putting my bins out. Bloody council.
EDIT: judging by the comments apparently every individual council does whatever the fuck it likes with bins? Clearly a conspiracy to confuse the fuck out of us.
WTOP Living Editor Rachel Nania debuted her 3-part series "TRASHED: Can the DC area clean up its waste problem?" last week.
A summary: "How much trash do we throw away? How does recycling work? What even is compost? TRASHED is a three-part series that looks at the state of waste in the D.C. region and the options local experts are exploring to cut down on the amount of trash that’s piling up."
- Bonus FAQ
- Part 1: A look at how recycling does and doesn't work in the DC area
- Part 2: Leftovers in the landfill lead to food-waste problem for DC
- Part 3: Pay for trash? 'It always works,' when waste meets the wallet
She will be answering your questions regarding this series, recycling and waste in the D.C. region Wednesday, June 5 (tomorrow) at 10 a.m. for one hour. So ask away!
For more on Rachel:
- Her Author Page
- Her Twitter
"Proof" it's really Rachel: https://twitter.com/NaniaWTOP/status/1136270956714954754
From what I’ve read on the subject our recycling used to get shipped to China, but we had too much trash, so they stopped taking it. Now most of it just goes to a landfill anyways or costs significantly more, for very little benefit to the environment. At home we have 2 or 3 trash bins. Which means 2-3x the amount of trash bags, garbage trucks and garbage men. Who much of the time are all eventually taking our carefully sorted trash to the same landfill.
Not to mention that in larger cities the sanitation department is searching through the trash, looking for violations so they can write a ticket, before the homeless are able to gather it. To me, this seems wasteful.
With advances in landfill technology, like being able to harvest natural gas and power our grid, it seems we are better just throwing everything away in one truck.
Suddenly advancing towards the crowd, a message appearing - Analysis Complete - Average $160 materials per unit - Estimated Units: 7.5 Billion.
Wondering if anyone here is involved in ewaste or hard drive destruction?
I have a tool to destroy hard drives and wipe data. I also have a truck to haul away any old hardware businesses have. I also have a recycling center that recycles electronics for free near me.
Looking at suggestions for marketing. I think the sweet spot is business with around 100 people. Anything more it may get hard to reach a decision maker and anything less they may recycle themselves. This seems like a growing industry and my area has only one or two companies doing it.
I’ve tried cold calling businesses but seem to not get far. I am considering marketing my website through google ad and Facebook ad. What is nice I can do this for residential as well as businesses. Let me know your thoughts!
I’ve got a hefty plasma TV on the fritz and I’m looking to offload it to recycling. Will the Waste and Recycling Centre at the dump take it? Does it cost anything to drop off? Thanks!
At seminar last week I met a guy who manages a few waste facilities in NY and is intergrate in waste management practices inany states. He knows a lot about recycling (duel and single stream) and general waste management. He agreed to do an ama but I want to make sure their is enough desire before I ask him to do this as he is a busy guy.
I'm interested in books/resources about the composition of trash, if and how trash is processed to be recycled, the recycling process/technology for the different materials, what happens to the rest of the non-recycled trash, etc.
Looking for something technical, but not too dry.
Also any books on reusing if you have any strong recommendations.
What is the reason you can't just go to a landfill, determine what should have been recycled and was mistakenly put in the trash, then take that to the recycling center?
