Popular Blog Posts From Our Waste Removal Experts
Explore useful guides, expert recommendations, and real-world stories on waste clearance, recycling, and maintaining cleaner, safer spaces throughout your local area.
How To Plan A Successful Demolition Job
Demolishing a small building, such as a house, garage, or garden structure, is not simply a matter of attacking it with an excavator. To do small demolition jobs safely and ensure that the work complies with regulations, careful preparation needs to be made. Here are some of the main things to consider beforehand. Depending on the type of building you want to demolish, permission may be required from the local planning office first. Structures classed as Permitted Development, which may include home extensions and garages, usually fall into this category. However, if the building is in a Conservation Area, planning permission may still be required to take it down. If the building is in a rural area, there may be environmental concerns, such as the presence of bats, barn owls, or other protected species. In this case, an ecological consultant will need to make a report, and may recommend mitigation measures.
Land Clearance and Site Clearance
Before a new building can be constructed, the site needs to be prepared and ready for the foundations to be laid down. This can involve demolishing and removing the foundations of the old building, clearing away any rubbish left on the site and ensuring hazardous waste is safely removed from a site before starting any new construction work. After the larger, more obvious pieces of waste, debris and rubble are removed, the next step is to prepare the land for the new development, and depending on the state of the old land this can involve either land clearance or site clearance. Both are relatively similar processes that rely on heavy machinery to level the land and clear the site of anything that can get in the way, but the intentions of both systems are slightly different, and in some cases, both services are required.
5 Easy Ways To Improve Your Recycling
We all try to recycle as much as we can in the home, right? But how much thought do you give to your recycling, beyond searing cardboard and plastic and trying to remember which day is recycling collection day? If you do make an effort to recycle, then fantastic! But are you fully aware of what can or can’t be recycled by curbside collections? As we all strive to live more sustainable lives, we look at some tips to help improve your recycling efforts.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) also has information on its website about what you can recycle in your particular area, and what to do with individual products such as textiles, aerosols and electronic items.
The Invention Of The Plastic Bin Bag
One of the images most connected to domestic rubbish clearance is the black bin bag, which is typically used to safely and hygienically store non-recyclable waste where it can be safely disposed of. What is quite interesting is that before the invention of the bin bag, litter was thrown straight into the bin, often taking the form of ash and dust, leading to the nickname of ‘dustmen’ for people who work in waste disposal. The bin bag initially emerged as part of a post-war experiment into polyethene, which whilst one of the most used plastics in the world today was a somewhat more novel material back in the days of bakelite. The origin of the bin bag as we know it came from Harry Wasylyk, an inventor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, as he found a way to produce thin polyethene bags that could be used and then disposed of.
Prepare for Office Clearance as Demand Shifts
Businesses should begin to look for office waste removal companies to get rid of some of their desks, chairs and equipment as more employees working from home has meant firms do not need as much office space as before. The majority of companies have had to adopt a working-from-home policy over the last 18 months as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. This has proved how successful flexible working regimes can be and that businesses can cope with more members of staff doing their jobs remotely. Therefore, there is less demand for office space, according to First Sentier Investors’ Stephen Hayes. Writing in Investment Week, he stated Covid-19 has “changed the game” when it comes to real estate investments.
When Is Building Demolition Necessary?
Demolition, whether of a small structure such as a garage or part of a home extension, or of an entire building, car park or skyscraper, needs to be undertaken with intense care to avoid causing unnecessary environmental damage. Part of this is being cautious with demolition techniques, ensuring that debris is kept to a minimum and demolition clearance is quick, efficient and comprehensive. The other part is ensuring that demolition is the right option for the building, as avoiding demolition reduces the cost of materials, but these savings could be immediately offset if expensive, specialist repairs are needed to ensure the older building meets updated building regulations.