When you have a large amount of junk, you want to get rid of it. But what do you do? Most Rubbish Collection Company offers special collection of bulk waste, including but not limited to boxes, furniture, bedding and appliances. There are often rules that apply. Items generally need to be placed on the street or near a driveway that is accessible by storage equipment. And some require that refrigerator and freezer doors be removed or secured and all contents removed.
Others require that all heavy cardboard boxes, cartons and crates be completely collapsed before being deposited for storage, for example. They encourage residents to recycle their cardboard boxes, if possible, but sometimes they are too big.
Some waste disposal authorities will charge a fee and your local municipal waste disposal authority will refer you to a Rubbish Removal contractor in Melbourne who will provide the service. In this case, a fee may apply, usually when a particular trip is made for you.
Bulk pickup where someone is dropped off at a communal area and filled up over a period of a few days is another method adopted by many bureaus. This can happen every three or six months or sometimes just annually. Objects often need to be secured away from trees, power poles or their support wires. Common sense dictates that the things you put out don't block the road or footpath and some people will ask that you don't dispose of too much garden waste.
Pick up can be of two types, a green waste only pick up and a general waste pick up. Therefore, it is important that you contact your local council/municipality to find out more. To find the page for your city council's waste disposal department, people enter the following keywords or similar into your favorite search engine and follow the instructions there.
Bulk Waste Collection
Enter the distinctive name of your council/municipality between speech marks and do not add speech marks while typing it. If that doesn't work, try the word bulk instead of bulk.
Bulk waste once collected is still taken to landfill by many waste management authorities, but more enlightened cities will recycle as much as possible. Furthermore, in Europe it is the manufacturer's responsibility to dispose of all waste electrical and electronic equipment, and in fact they are expected to collect and recycle most of their materials.
Having said that, don't you think we live in strange times. Never before has so much 'extra' waste collection been required, for bulk or bulk waste and now for various types of recyclables as well. I remember growing up with just one of those little round tin cans.
Garbage men ran from door to door, politely collecting from inside your backyard. It was suddenly replaced by a much larger plastic version called a "wheelie bin" and we had to shelve it for storage. They'll toss two, maybe three, maybe even four cans into the trash before manually dumping them in the back of the truck. Did you also notice that nine times out of ten the dustcart was driven by a very fat guy who looked like he couldn't run!
However, we believe that it is worth avoiding dumping, and therefore depending on the purity of the environment we live in, we can enjoy a long-term quality of life. Therefore, it is the responsibility of all of us to act to conserve resources, minimize waste, recycle and prevent pollution while protecting the environment for future generations.
