ultrarunner
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I knew it was just a question of time before the trash inspector would be making a visit.
The city where I work has instituted a source waste management ordinance with teeth as in the power to cite and fine.
Currently work spends 15k annually for a 6 yard dumpster twice a week and another 3k for a recycling dumpster once per week.
Today I learned that I have a lot of work to do...
The biggest change concerns used paper products... like used restroom paper towels, paper plates, cups, left over food and the occasional bag of leaves and branches... all these items must be directed to a new dumpster for organic recycling which starts at $100 per week...
Since this is a hospital I question the logic of recycling used restroom paper napkins... but rules are rules.
I will also loose my ace in the hole to dispose of midnight dumper trash... which happens in the early AM... never know what I might find... appliances, construction Debitors from lath and plaster to concrete.
The biggest change will be having to have multiple containers side by side for inside for trash...
Example... in the lobby restroom I will need to have a Organic Recyclable for used paper towels.
I will also need to have next to it a Trash receptacle should the used paper towel have blood as in someone has a bloody nose...
Everything about modern infection control is about minimizing contact and efficient disposal... I see no way to police what the public tosses into the building containers... it is hard enough to police staff in the break and lunch rooms!
I will certainly give it my best... add in-house garbage police to my list of titles...
The city where I work has instituted a source waste management ordinance with teeth as in the power to cite and fine.
Currently work spends 15k annually for a 6 yard dumpster twice a week and another 3k for a recycling dumpster once per week.
Today I learned that I have a lot of work to do...
The biggest change concerns used paper products... like used restroom paper towels, paper plates, cups, left over food and the occasional bag of leaves and branches... all these items must be directed to a new dumpster for organic recycling which starts at $100 per week...
Since this is a hospital I question the logic of recycling used restroom paper napkins... but rules are rules.
I will also loose my ace in the hole to dispose of midnight dumper trash... which happens in the early AM... never know what I might find... appliances, construction Debitors from lath and plaster to concrete.
The biggest change will be having to have multiple containers side by side for inside for trash...
Example... in the lobby restroom I will need to have a Organic Recyclable for used paper towels.
I will also need to have next to it a Trash receptacle should the used paper towel have blood as in someone has a bloody nose...
Everything about modern infection control is about minimizing contact and efficient disposal... I see no way to police what the public tosses into the building containers... it is hard enough to police staff in the break and lunch rooms!
I will certainly give it my best... add in-house garbage police to my list of titles...