What Is Waste Management?: We Ask Where Real Solutions Begin
What Is Waste Management?: there is an old saying in medicine that prevention is better than cure. Of course this saying makes sense intuitively and we can extrapolate it to many varying fields. Whereas in medicine, prevention may cover topics such as eating a healthy diet, taking exercise etc – in waste management, the very name of the industry raises questions. Waste management generally assumes the waste has already been…
Australian Garbage Trucks: Improve The Reliability of Waste Management Collections
Australian Garbage trucks: when you book a waste management or recycling service – reliability of collections has to be one of the most important aspects of a good service. The waste industry has traditionally had a number of problems that have led to unhappy customers and unreliable service. Rubbish collection combines a couple of required skill sets and specialisations – Australian garbage trucks need to accurately and safely travel…
Commercial Dumpster Rental: Easy To Organise Dumpster Services
Commercial dumpster rental: If you are like me, the word dumpster conjures up memories of TV shows and movies – it suggests North America and movies where large metal dumpsters are positioned on the streets of New York or Chicago or other major cities. In Aussie parlance – they are more commonly called simply “bins” – see our blog on trash cans. When we think of dumpsters –…
Zero Waste Cafe: Can A Waste Free Cafe Melbourne Succeed?
If you are like me – you are not yourself or capable of doing any work until you have had a coffee – or a couple of coffees every morning. However – are you like me in that you seek a zero waste cafe – or at least an environmentally friendly cafe to purchase your morning brew? It may surprise you – but more and more people are looking…
Asbestos Disposal Skips: Why Asbestos Removal Bins May Get Cheaper?
If you have ever worked on a renovation project on an older property – you have likely faced the issue of how to safely remove and dispose of asbestos. This will likely involve asbestos disposal skips for your property. We have detailed in another blog collection options for safe asbestos disposal – some of the things that should be born in mind when removing asbestos from a building –…
Rubbish Bins Perth: Ultimate Cheat Sheet On Booking Services
Rubbish bins Perth: if you have been tasked with booking waste collection or recycling services for your business and you know very little about waste – well maybe this handy cheat sheet will come in handy – and ensure you book a great service at an excellent price. We often get questions of this nature from someone tasked to organise low cost bin services – but who has never…
Animal Feed From Food Waste Process: Turning Food Waste Into Animal Feed
Nearly every developed country wastes huge amounts of food – i.e. the ABC even reports that Australia wastes c.40% of the food that it produces. This is from many reasons – such as supermarkets etc throwing away unsold food – to households throwing out uneaten food. In today’s blog we will look at the potential for creating animal feed from food waste process. The problem is huge – and…
Burning Plastic Waste – Incineration – Is It A Good Or Bad Idea?
There is an old saying in golf and life – that you have to play the ball where it lies. This means that we can not imagine we are in another place or situation – we have to act on the current circumstances. Burning plastic waste through incineration plants is back on the potential policy agenda in Australia and many other countries. We ask today is that a good…
Waste Management Compost: Should We Use Our Trash As Fertiliser?
In light of the ongoing recycling crisis in Australia – some councils and State Governments are again talking about using waste management compost – i.e. basically using treated general waste from commercial and council red bins as compost – for many purposes. In today’s blog – we will cover that issue – and ask is it a good idea – and is it something we actually want to be…
Teaching Recycling To Students: Resources For School And Students
Teaching Recycling To Students: at Waster.com.au, we often receive requests from school groups asking for information about teaching recycling to students in Australia for usage in school projects etc. As Waster is committed to educating customers, as well as the wider community on waste and recycling matters, we are always keen to help in this regard. You will find below some of the links we suggest to people to get…
