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Roll off Q & A

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:07:02 GMT

Here are some commonly asked questions about roll off containers:

Can I put the roll off on the street? Please check with your local municipality. Permits may be required.
Will it damage my driveway? The trucks used for delivery, plus the weight of a full container can be quite heavy. It is highly recommended that the customer protect any surface where the roll-off is going to be placed with a 4’ x 8’ sheet(s) of plywood. It’s up to you, as the customer, to be sure that the right of way provided for the roll-off container is sufficient to bear the weight of all contractors’ equipment and vehicles required to perform the contracted service. The customer assumes all liabilities for damages to private driving surfaces, pavement or road surfaces and entire container placement site. The contractor cannot be responsible for any damages to any private driving surface, pavement or accompanying subsurface of any route associated to perform the service that was contracted.
How large of a space do I need for delivery of the roll off container? Please call us on 563-547-3828 or toll free: 800-858-1138 for container dimensions. It is recommended to provide space to accommodate double the amount of the width and height of the container to assure adequate height and space clearance.
What can I put in the roll off? Please be sure to ask questions BEFORE you place items in the container. It’s easier to not put them in than to have to remove them later. WE DO NOT ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING IN OUR ROLL-OFF BOXES: Corrugated cardboard, lawn trimmings or yard waste, animal waste or carcasses, tires, batteries, wet paint, oil, Freon containers, toxic materials or poisons, fertilizers, TV sets and appliances (including microwaves). ANY APPLIANCE OR TV SETS FOUND IN THE DUMPSTERS OR ROLL-OFF BOXES WILL BE BILLED AS EXTRA.

As always, if you have questions or problems use this form to contact us or call us on 563-547-3828 or toll free: 800-858-1138 .

Amazing Recycling Facts

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 03:04:17 GMT

Here are just a few facts that will help give you some perspective about the importance of recycling.

Over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans are used every year.
A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days.
Every minute an average of 113,204 aluminum cans are recycled.
The aluminum in a can is worth about 1 cent.
The average employee consumes 2.5 beverages a day while at work.
Over 50 percent of the aluminum cans produced are recycled.
Two-thirds of the aluminum ever produced is in use today.
The energy you save by recycling a single aluminum can will run a TV for three hours.
Approximately 350,000 aluminum cans are made in a minute.
Around 1 billion trees worth of paper are thrown away every year in the U.S.
To produce each week’s Sunday newspapers, 500,000 trees must be cut down.
Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space.
One million tons of recovered paper is enough to fill more than 14,000 railroad cars.
Recycled paper produces 73% less air pollution than if it was made from raw materials.
It takes 24 trees to make 1 ton of newspaper.
An average American uses 465 trees worth of paper during their lifetime.
Recycling half the world’s paper would free 20 million acres of forest land.
Paper plus cardboard combined make up 73% of the materials in the landfill.
Recycling 1 ton of plastic can save over 7 cubic yards of landfill space.
Over 25 billion Styrofoam cups are thrown away in the United States each year.
Over 1,600 businesses are involved in recycling post-consumer plastics.
Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour and most and not recycled.
Recycling plastic saves twice as much energy than incinerating it
Only around 27% of plastic bottles are recycled.
It takes 80-100 years for an aluminum can to decompose (break down) in a landfill.
Aluminum cans – can be recycled into: soda cans, pie plates, license plates, thumbtacks, aluminum foil, and many other items.
Recycling one aluminum can can save enough energy to power a tv for up to three hours.
In the year 2000, 13,500 aluminum cans were recycled every minute in California.
Glass takes over 1,000,000 (one million) years to decompose in a landfill.
Glass can be recycled into jars, jewelry, bottles, dishes, drinking glasses, coffee mugs and many other items.
It can take up to 700 years for plastic to decompose (break down) in a landfill.
PET plastic can be recycled into: clothing, fiberfill for sleeping bags, toys, stuffed animals, rulers and more.

Recycling Tips

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 02:59:25 GMT

With recycling tips, recycling can be easy. It just takes a little thoughtfulness, effort and creativity. Thanks to All Recycling Facts dot com for the helpful information and links.

Here are some tips to make your journey in protecting our earth a smoother one.

As you make use of these tips and get into the habit of recycling, it would not be surprising to find yourself creating new ways of recycling! Then it would be your turn to share your tips with others. �� Remember, every effort counts.

By recycling, you will not only be protecting the environment , you’ll also be saving money and resources for your community , and securing the future for our children .

So don’t hesitate anymore. Start now. And here’s how.

Recycling tips 1: Start small

To make a difference, you don’t have to start big. Remember, every effort counts, small or big.

A small start helps give you greater confidence to take bigger steps down the road. To start small, start with yourself.

Look at the things that you own and use. Things around you that you have control over. These things could be in your home, in your workplace, at your hotel room during your holidays, in your car, etc.

And as you become comfortable recycling your own things, you can expand your sphere of influence to those around you, such as your immediate family, and then your relatives and friends.

Recycling tips 2: Reduce and Reuse first

Recycling is not exactly first in line in the Waste Reduction Hierarchy . In fact, it comes third.

To make a difference to the environment, you should first look towards reducing consumption, as it is actually the first and most effective step toward producing less waste (consuming less automatically produces less waste).

However, there are times when consumption is necessary. In these cases, reuse as much as possible before recycling any remaining materials. Reusing products, where possible, is even better than recycling because the item does not need to be reprocessed before it can be used again.

Finally, if you have to make the purchases, buy products that are made of recycled materials . And make sure you recycle the items when you don’t need them anymore.

Look out for the recycling symbols on your products that tell you that they are made of recycled materials, or are designed for recycling . These practices count!

Recycling tips 3: Know what to recycle

Before you start on your recycling journey, the basic knowledge you need is to know what to recycle.

There are many items in the house, office, school etc that can be recycled. The items range from paper, glass, metals like aluminium, plastic, electronic items and more!

For example, aluminium (used to make our coke cans) can be recycled over and over again, while not all types of plastics can be recycled. You need to look for the recycling symbols embedded at the bottom of most plastic bottles to be able to differentiate the type of plastic you have.

In other words, before you start, you will need to know what to recycle and where to send them for recycling .

Also, read more about the important recycling information you need to take note of.

Recycling tips 4: Green tips for the home

The home is where you can find lots of things for recycling.

Things are being purchased on a regular basis (eg. groceries and household consumables). Often these products comes with lots of packaging that end up immediately as waste, if no attempts are made to reduce, reuse and recycle them.

Read more about recycling at home , for tips you can try out in your home, including composting .

And as you become more and more familiar with the habit of recycling, innovate and find your own creative ways of reducing, reusing and recycling!

Also make it an effort to share your tips with your fellow home-makers (or even our website using the “Contact Us” page).

Remember, all efforts count. The more individuals make it their individual responsibility to recycle and protect the earth, the better!

Recycling tips 5: Green tips for the office

The office is another place where you can expand your recycling efforts to.

At the office, some materials such as paper can be used at alarming rates. At other offices, styrofoam cups are used on a daily basis for coffee and tea breaks, and at meetings. Imagine the amount of non-biodegradable waste these offices contribute to the incinerator and landfills on a daily basis! Scary!

Read more about office recycling tips and do your part for the earth now!

In addition to these helpful tips, we’re going to practice what we preach and “recycle” some recycling information and tips.

Here are some links to more helpful information about recycling:

Recycling Tips & Facts

What Do Recycling Symbols on Plastics Mean?

Questions? Problems? Comments? Join the conversation on the Hawkeye Blog, or use this form to contact us, or call us on 563-547-3828 or toll free: 800-858-1138 .

Reducing Your Waste

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 02:41:09 GMT

Nearly everything we do leaves behind some kind of waste. Households create ordinary garbage while industrial and manufacturing processes create solid and hazardous waste.

Rather than reinvent the wheel, and in the interest of not wasting space or time, we’re providing a link to connect you with Basic Information about Waste from the Environmental Protection Agency of the US Govt . There is so much information out there about waste and its effects that we thought it best to start with the official government site and go from there.

If you want to know more, click on this link to Google “ reducing waste tips and facts “.

As always, if you have questions or a problem, use this form to contact us or call us on 563-547-3828 or toll free: 800-858-1138 .

Trash Tips

Fri, 07 Apr 2023 02:36:04 GMT

Let’s trash talk. Dealing with garbage is a daily activity that no one relishes. Yet, taking steps to handle your garbage more efficiently and conveniently will make this task one you can dispense with, with ease. Here’s how:

Use name-brand garbage bags. They may cost more than discount brands, but they are less likely to break or leak. Store extra garbage bin liners in the bottom of every trashcan. It’s more convenient than trekking off in search of bags every time to take out the trash.
Kill odor. A spritz of a natural pet-odor deodorant can tackle bad smells without adding chemicals to your indoor air. A sprinkle of baking soda on top of kitchen scraps can also help.
Divert food waste. One way to minimize the volume (and odor) of your kitchen garbage is to compost your organic waste. A DIY compost pile can manage fruit and vegetable waste, but the newest store-bought composting units can tackle meat and dairy, too. Your call, but either way, you’ll net yourself a tidier kitchen garbage can, as well as nutrient-rich compost for your flowerbeds!
Clean all garbage cans once per month. Use any all-purpose cleanser; no need for an anti-bacterial formula. This pro-active measure will help reduce or even eliminate odor.
Deal with leaks and spills fast. Clean your kitchen or bathroom garbage can if there’s a spill. It will be a lot easier now, and less unpleasant, than when bacteria or mold set in.
Use wheeled garbage bins. If you’re still lugging an old-fashioned can, trade it for a wheeled model that almost anyone in the family can handle. Less hassle, less spill, easier to handle.
Label your garbage cans. Use a thick indelible marker or paint, to mark your address on your garbage and recycling bins (don’t forget to label lids, as well!), so you can identify them easily if they get left down the street on trash day.
Cut your paper waste at the source. Opt out of junk mail. Click on this site, www.stopjunk.com , for tips on avoiding unwanted mail solicitation.
Recycle your cans and bottles. If your community has curbside recycling, be vigilant about sorting your recyclables and putting them out. If it doesn’t, lobby your local government to implement one. In the meantime, you can bring your recyclables to a drop-off center, or take bottles back for refunds.

As always, if you have questions or problems use this form to contact us or call us on 563-547-3828 or toll free: 800-858-1138 .