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5 Easy Ways To Manage Your Waste At Home More Effectively

29 July 2019 by Wade Wheeler

Your waste management company really doesn't want to pick up a ton of waste from your home every week. Ideally, they would like you to reduce your waste so that you can reduce your impact on the environment. There are lots of easy ways your family can manage the waste you create at home in a more effective manner.

Start a Compost for Your Food Scraps

Some states have a compost collection programs, which will pick up your yard waste as well as your non-meat and dairy-based food scraps. Contact your local waste management services to see if a program like this is offered in your area. If there is a compost program, get a small bucket with a lid, start putting your non-meat and dairy food scraps into the bucket, and putting that waste out with the compost each week.

If your state doesn't have a compost program, you can still start a compost in your backyard. Collect fruit, vegetable, and grain-based food scraps and combine them with yard waste to start your own compost pile. You can use the compost to fertilize your yard.

Start Sorting Your Trash

Next, see what type of recycling program your local waste management services offer. Some waste management companies have curbside recycling programs, and others have drop-off programs. If your waste management company offers curbside recycling, get some containers so you can start recycling. If they have drop-off programs, get your own containers so you can sort your recycling.

Generally, you are going to want to have different containers for cardboard, plastic, and glass items. Remember, you can also recycle larger items as well, such as electronics, appliances, and even clothing.

Get Rid of Plastic Shopping Bags

It is time to get rid of plastic shopping bags. Purchase a bunch of fun reusable shopping bags and keep them in your vehicles and in your purse. When you go shopping, get in the habit of grabbing your reusable shopping bags and using them when you go shopping. Plastic shopping bags are an unnecessary source of waste, and using your own bags is an easy way to reduce the waste that you generate whenever you go shopping.

Use Reusable Items

Find ways to get rid of single-use items in your home. Use a reusable coffee mug instead of Styrofoam cups with plastic lids. Use straws you can clean and reuse. Get rid of paper plates and bowls. Find as many ways to get rid of one-use items in your home, and switch to items you can reuse again and again.

Take control of the waste your household creates. Start composting your food scraps. Sort your trash and recycling everything you can. Work to reduce the waste you create in the first place by using reusable items instead of single-use items and get rid of plastic shopping bags. For more information, contact local waste management services.

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