The Importance of Trash Cans

The Importance of Trash Cans & Garbage Cans
Posted on October 4, 2010 by admin inShare Trash Cans
Every business generates trash and garbage that require attention on a regular basis to maintain cleanliness, safety and health in the workplace or home. Having the proper equipment applies to waste management just as it does to other areas of successful business operations. When a business supplies its employees and customers with easy access to waste containers, overall maintenance of the building is made easier and buildings stay cleaner and neater. Nothing says sloppy like overflowing trash cans or garbage cans inside or outside of a building. It is important to purchase not only the right size cans and bins, but also an adequate amount of such containers.
Garbage bins should be covered to prevent invasion by pests and insects, and to reduce odor. Specialized can liners helps control leakage and odors. The trash, if left loose and uncovered, can also create a fire hazard if scattered materials like paper are allowed to blow out of the cans and around the area. With the availability of so many different sizes, shapes and types of garbage bins and trash bins, there is absolutely no reason to not provide enough waste containers for any building or property.
Trash and garbage containers are constructed of sturdy materials like stainless steel, plastic, wood or other metals. Some are camouflaged with decorative stone materials and exterior coverings so they fit unobtrusively but effectively into exterior landscaping. Cans and bins are designed and created for use indoors and outdoors, each with strength to match their use. For easy handling, some larger cans and bins are equipped with rollers, wheels, or dollies, and special tops. Tops are flip tops, removable tops, circular, square, rectangular, or vented for options.
Prominent companies that are well known, like Rubbermaid and Continental manufacture reliable waste control products. Ordering from your favorite online wholesaler of janitorial and cleaning supplies is the best way to find exactly what your company needs for waste containment and processing. One of the benefits of shopping online for these products is an extensive inventory selection, wholesale pricing, discounts, superior customer service, and prompt delivery to your door.
The area of medical waste requires special containment efforts. Safe disposal of potentially harmful medical waste and supplies must be done in line with current safety recommendations that include using safe disposal containers. This means that used syringes, blood bags, used paper products, and items like sanitary napkins should be placed in containers that are specially designed to hold medical waste products.
Another newer trash area that calls for special containment is recycling. Blue recycling containers are easily seen and will be used, especially when set next to regular trash bins. This placement alone can increase the implementation of recycling programs within a business.
Trash and garbage bins and cans, effectively placed around a building or home, are the first step toward safe material handling and building maintenance. Make cleaning and janitorial work faster and easier by ordering the right waste containment systems and materials today.
Importance of Trash Disposal
By Debashree Sen, eHow Contributor
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Importance of Trash Disposal
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, municipal solid waste is commonly known as trash or garbage. Generally it consists of paper, yard waste, metals, food, glass, wood, plastic and miscellaneous materials. Some of these materials are biodegradable, which decompose over many years, while other materials such as glass and plastic are nondegradable. Trash disposal is critical in maintaining a cleaner environment and is also crucial for public health.
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1. Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions
One of the major problems of municipal waste is greenhouse gas emissions. According to the European Environment Agency, proper waste management and reduction in waste volume can diminish greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. Diverting waste from landfill sites by recycling and other waste management procedures reduces methane and carbon dioxide emissions.
Reduces Soil and Water Pollution
Disposing of trash in a proper manner reduces the probability of contamination of the soil and ground water with chemicals or microorganisms.
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People living near landfills are exposed to toxic gases and are susceptible to lung cancer, bladder cancer and leukemia. Proper landfill management and alternate measures such as recycling can reduce these adverse health effects.
Conserves Energy
Trash disposal strategies such as recycling and reusing reduce the demand for energy. The energy conserved in the process could be used for other useful purposes.
Reduces Pressure on Landfills
Proper recycling and reusing of waste material helps in saving landfill space by diverting them from the waste stream.

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It's funny how some things in life are never given a second thought, and then suddenly they gain deeper meaning. For the first nearly 6 years of my son's life, outside trash cans were simply the annoying things you had to fill often so the house wouldn't smell like a garbage dump. Since moving to Chicago, though, we have had more discussions about these filthy plastic things than I could have ever predicted!
It started with the discovery that not everyone here has an easy means to recycle. I spent my first two months here venting about the fact that each time I would go outside to take out our family's recycling, our bin was already full - with someone else's recycling! This was a continual frustration for me, and much to my Facebook friends' dismay, something I would comment about often.
The things I would say if I ever caught the person using my non-community recycling bin as their own! Then one day it happened…I was taking out our recycling when a man drove up in his Prius, smiled and said hello, and took all of his recycling bags out of his trunk and put them in MY bin! And what did my brave self do? I smiled and said hello back, then promptly put my recycling into a neighbor's less full bin.
I have also been fascinated by how trash cans also seem to be communal property. I would often come home to find people rummaging through our trash cans, trying to avoid eye contact with me. How uncomfortable for both of us on so many levels. While I initially felt pure irritation at people using my blue bin as their own personal recycling site, I felt humbled by the fact that people in my neighborhood find it necessary to go through other's trash to survive.
I often consider this when I am discussing my own finances, and I am grateful to have the luxury of a cozy, warm bed to sleep in and a refrigerator full of food every day. Watching people pore through our trash has become a teachable moment in our home. On the coldest of winter days, Caleb and I set out our less used winter boots on top of our trash bin. They were snapped up in about 10 minutes. We have left out blankets, clothing, household items, and children's toys, all with a discussion about the fact that some people don't have the simplest things that we deem necessities and it is our job to help make their lives a little bit easier.
Caleb now has a greater understanding of the fact that, while he may not have all of the things that his friends have, he has more than what he needs. He suggests we go to Wicker Park to bring food and clothing to the people who don't have homes, and asks really poignant questions about what might happen to cause someone to not have any money or even a home. I'm sure this is all really difficult for a 6-year-old to wrap his brain around; it is surely a challenging topic for the grown-ups as well.
My toughest Mom-moment in this regard was when Caleb and I were returning home at night from one of our adventures, and there was a dad and his son, who was probably only about 8 years old, rummaging through our trash cans. They looked down in shame, and moved on to the next trash can in the alley. Explaining why any child would need to do this and how he should feel secure that he'll never have to do this was a really complex conversation. Our children deserve to know the realities of poverty, without frightening them, so that they can become empowered to make a difference. I'm interested - How do you discuss these issues with your children? Do you discuss them at all? Do they get a censored version? Let me know - I'd love to hear everyone's comments!