Trashing The Planet (or at least one little corner of it)

[tjkubota93]

The city that annexed us has a transfer station where a resident (not a contractor) can dump 1 load of trash every day. Any idea why they turned me away with a load of ceramic tile? That is one of the few prohibited items. What is the reasoning? I didn't want to ask the woman working there and seem argumentative, she was kinda mean anyway.

 

[4570Man]

I would think it would be regular trash as long as it fits in the trash tote and is not overweight... sure, it may take months of handling to get rid of.

I order the dumpsters and oversee disposal for the Hospital... much of the job is ensuring items are properly sorted and disposed of... with sorting being on going...

One of my elderly neighbors received a large screen TV from her kids... for weeks she tried to get rid of the packing... Waste Management said it had to be sorted and completely within the can for it to be taken...

Driving by I did not realize it was the same stuff week after week... saw her with a Kitchen Knife trying to cut it up with her arthritic hands and stopped and said I will take care of it for you... you would have thought I had just offered to pay a month utilities or something...

It was no big deal for me... as the charge for the Hospital is per dumpster... full or empty it is the same.

If I’ve just got a little bit I’ll cut it up in little pieces that won’t raise red flags and throw it in the scrap bin at the dump. But that’s not very practical for a lot. The other option is to burn it which raises problems with zink poisoning but once it’s burned it rust away pretty quick.

 

[bcp]

The city that annexed us has a transfer station where a resident (not a contractor) can dump 1 load of trash every day. Any idea why they turned me away with a load of ceramic tile? That is one of the few prohibited items. What is the reasoning? I didn't want to ask the woman working there and seem argumentative, she was kinda mean anyway.

Possible asbestos in the adhesive or grout.

Bruce

 

[tjkubota93]

Possible asbestos in the adhesive or grout.

Bruce

on the answer

Or

on the asbestos

 

[ultrarunner]

If I’ve just got a little bit I’ll cut it up in little pieces that won’t raise red flags and throw it in the scrap bin at the dump. But that’s not very practical for a lot. The other option is to burn it which raises problems with zink poisoning but once it’s burned it rust away pretty quick.

I had to laugh a little...

Over the years several projects like tiling have generated a lot of refuse...

Lucky for me that I have always had the best of neighbors and amazing how much one can dispose when you have a dozen containers available on pick up day...

These days it is more with Green Waste... we neighbors are always strategizing to achieve maximum utilization and I do not feel bad in the least as Waste Management is not optional... every improved parcel in the city MUST have Waste Management and failure to pay the bill results in a CITY administrative fee with charges as a lien against the property...

 

[k0ua]

What do you all do with used fence wire? Locally the 吐ree dump won稚 take it, the paid dump won稚 take it and the scrap yard won稚 take it.

Our scrap yard here took it. Of course that was years ago, But they took the barb wire and the woven wire too, all in rolls of course.

 

[aczlan]

Our scrap yard here took it. Of course that was years ago, But they took the barb wire and the woven wire too, all in rolls of course.

Same here, the lady said that they weren't really supposed to take the field fence, but I only had a few rolls, so it was ok.

Aaron Z

 

[ultrarunner]

I've seen the scrap yard put misc wire in a compactor and it makes cubes from it all...

They have their own dock and ship scrap to Asia from the SF Bay Area

Maybe this is not universal?

 

[quicksandfarmer]

I've seen the scrap yard put misc wire in a compactor and it makes cubes from it all...

They have their own dock and ship scrap to Asia from the SF Bay Area

Maybe this is not universal?

They told me that high-tensile jams their compactor.

 

[ultrarunner]

I can see where it would cause problems with the shredders... but, the compactor isn't very sophisticated... at least the one I saw.