Getting rid of printer cartridges, old computers, damaged circuit boards, and other electronics can be a challenge. It's illegal in many states to throw electronics into standard dumpsters because of the toxic leakage issues that many electronic materials have. To avoid fines and to get a bit of your money back, here are a few recycling and general garbage management techniques to make things easier.
Identify Your Scrap Materials
The key to recycling is more than just getting an extra dumpster for recyclable materials only. To make the best of a recycling program, you'll need to arrange separate bins and delivery pans for specific materials depending on recycling center pay rates.
Materials such as aluminum, copper, and magnets are in many computers, and fetch specific prices at recycling centers. They can also be sold to hobbyists, but there's a balance to strike between taking apart systems for recycling and not wasting too much employee productivity.
If your business has an Information Technology (IT) staff, identifying the best earning materials inside computers can make disposal a quick part of replacing old systems. Rather than digging through every single component, the worthwhile parts can be set aside while the rest of the components are thrown into your recycling-only dumpster.
An example of this technique would be setting the case, heat sink, and hard drives aside while throwing everything else into the recycling dumpster. Cases are usually made of aluminum, heat sinks are aluminum or copper, and hard drives have rare earth magnets. Experienced IT professionals don't have to do much to take these materials away from the main system, and you can use recycling bins provided by a dumpster rental professional.
Clean And Dumpster Management
When contacting a dumpster rental representative, explain the materials that you plan on recycling. For businesses that throw away electronic waste or certain recyclable components on a regular basis, a large dumpster can be hauled onsite for regular use.
The new dumpster needs to be in a separate location from the standard dumpster. It's inevitable that careless or lazy employees and passersby will use your recycling dumpster for whatever trash they want, but you can reduce the incorrect usage by making sure the dumpsters aren't near each other.
Certain recycling dumpsters also have specific designs that can restrict insertion. Slots that are just big enough for computer components, drink bottles, and other specific waste materials can allow your employees to recycle efficiently, while the rude neighbors who want to use your company garbage for their trash bags won't be able to do anything.
Contact a dumpster rental professional like ESP Dumpsters & Waste Services to discuss dumpster types, smaller bins for small material organization, and recycling center delivery schedules.
Share17 February 2017
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