It is estimated that the average American disposes of approximately 3.5 pounds of trash daily, with more than half of the garbage being recyclable. The significance of recycling cannot be understated or underestimated, especially as we continue to shift towards a more eco-friendly way of life. When you are familiar with the most important items… Read more »
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5 Tips for Donating Items When Moving or Cleaning House
Moving from one site to another, or even moving from a residential area, can seem like an overwhelming task. Donating or recycling many items may be easier than taking them with you. There are also many items that you’ll likely want to dispose of before moving. Whether you’re running a business or moving from an individual… Read more »
Kitchen Remodeling Cost Factors To Remember
Now that you’re excited about your kitchen remodeling plans, you have to think about the more unpleasant side of this project. Have you ever thought about what you’ll do come time to tear down your old kitchen? If not, you need to factor this into the total cost, so you won’t be left with unexpected… Read more »
Top Five Recycling Programs Offered Around the World
It’s true what you’ve heard. A little friendly competition never hurts anyone if it’s for fun and for a worthy cause. Recycling is considered a humane thing to do worldwide, and some countries are better at it than others.
Where Does My Trash Go?
Trash is something that we all create and that each household has to get rid of every week. There are so many different types of trash, from food waste to plastics, that we go through, and not many people truly know where that trash goes. When you throw something away in a garbage bag, that… Read more »
Eight Ways To Reduce Your Trash
Each year, trash is piling up faster and faster. But you can help protect the planet by doing your part. Here are eight simple ways that you can decrease the amount of trash you throw away.
The Dangers of Illegal Dumping and Why It’s Prohibited
So, why could you get fines if you just dump waste wherever you want? The short answer: It’s dangerous. That’s why. You might have no clue what illegal dumping is or why it’s even considered a felony in some cases, but you’ll learn soon enough.
Helping People Understand What Happens to Their Trash
From Curb to the Landfill Whether you set bags out individually at the curb or in a trash can, have you ever wondered where it goes once picked up and tossed into those neat-looking garbage trucks? There is an interesting path that most of our trash takes. And step one, naturally, is a local collection… Read more »
8 Tips for Reducing Your Trash Output
Here at Debris Box, we are committed to helping our customers, and the general public reduces waste and be more conservative with their resource consumption and trash creation. Few people would argue that the nation, and the world at large, have a big trash problem. What many people do not realize is that even small individual… Read more »
What Countries Recycle the Most?
Just how good at recycling can you become? Recycling laws and goals can vary drastically around the world, with countries pursuing many different types of strategies for how they deal with their waste. But which countries actually do the best at recycling? Who’s at the top of the list according to the experts, and how… Read more »
