Disposal Options

There are many Disposal Options available. Not everything needs to go in a skip.

There are also ways to reuse many scrap materials.

Disposal methods

Skip

• Convenient
• Skips on roads require a permits & night lighting
• Skips on private land may be collected after long delays
• Non-level loads may be surcharged
• Others may fill your skip in some neighbourhoods

Prepaid collected bag

• Folded flat bags available from shops. Phone a number to have them collect when full.
• handy for small quantities, but too expensive for large loads

Binbags

• Some garbage will fit binbags, and sometimes this is the cheapest option.
• Large items can be broken down for fun, just hand out assorted lethal weapons to the yougsters and bag it all up next day.
• Use rubble bags for heavier items

Scrap merchant

• Metals

Freecycle, Craigslist etc

• Its sometimes surprising what people want and will collect.
• More effective in town than country.

Fire

• Wood
• paper

Burial

• a no-cost way to fill holes with non-toxic waste

Hardcore

• hard building materials can be used as hardcore.

Concrete aggregate

• several types of garbage can be used as concrete aggregate. Examples include bricks, blocks, tiles, ash, stone, sand, glass.
• Bulky items like bricks need to be broken up first.

Papercrete

• paper, cement, sand, lime, fibres, soft brick pieces, clay, plaster, plasterboard, expanded polystyrene, straw, and water based paints can all be included in papercrete, which makes building blocks, mortar and insulation.

Asbestos removal contractor

• Possibly the most expensive method of disposing of asbestos yet devised. Some tips take asbestos, double bag it first.

Blocks

• Almost any non-expanding material can be put into the middle of concrete blocks to reduce cement use and dispose of it free.

Specific Items

• Oil tanks

See Also

Re-use & Recycle

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