Even if you have a strong commitment to tidiness and cleanliness in your home, it’s natural for a good deal of unwanted clutter to build up over time. If you don’t deploy sensible strategies to deal with it, this build up of junk can seriously impact your ability to keep a functional house. But don’t worry: here we’ll give you some key tips to help you keep your humble abode free from waste.
Expand your Recyclable Waste Removal
Making a commitment to recycle more won’t just help you; it will also help protect the planet, and ensure that the next generation has both a clean environment to live in and plenty of resources to use.
It’s important to learn how to recycle smartly. First, avoid putting your recyclable waste into plastic bags, as these will often simply get thrown away. Recycle plastic bags and their contents separately, or re-use your plastic bags rather than throwing them away.
Only use shredding with documents that contain sensitive information; don’t shred every piece of paper waste just so you can cram more stuff into your recycle bin. Although things have improved over the years, recycling shredded paper is still more difficult than recycling it when it’s still whole.
Leave the lids on bottles. Previously, it was necessary to remove the caps before recycling bottles, but now recycling methods have improved enough that the lids can be left on. In fact, it’s much better to leave the lids on, as separated lids might get missed in the sorting process.
Finally: check the web and leaflets to make sure you’re as clued up as you can be on recycling practices in your local area. It can be surprising what important details you have missed.
Invest in a Professional Waste Removal Service
Sometimes, removing all the clutter can prove too much of a chore for you to take on by yourself. At times like that, you should consider investing in a professional service, like Waste Express.
Waste Express offers fast waste collection and disposal to homes and businesses across the UK, with an effective “man with a van” style service. Their response time can be as short as 2 hours, and they have a 7 day a week contact centre to answer any queries. Find out more at www.waste.express
Start a Compost Heap
Irritating garden and household waste removal can be avoided by starting a compost heap. Choose a spot outside, ideally one that gets a lot of sun, to start the waste pile. Then start bringing waste from your garden and kitchen to leave on the heap: vegetables, leaves, wood shavings and even newspapers can go on there. But avoid animal products and carbohydrates.
Try to put roughly equal amounts of brown waste (like dry leaves) and green waste (like vegetables) onto the heap to get a good balance of carbon and nitrogen in the compost. Water the heap regularly, and place a cover over the top to prevent the smell from annoying your neighbours (and yourself!).
After several weeks, you should start to see your waste turning into a brown, dirt like substance. If you don’t see a noticeable transition, try adding more green material as well as washing the heap more frequently.
When the waste material finally starts to look like compost, you can start using it on your garden. Sprinkle it over the plants, or put it into the soil itself, and repeat this twice each year. The compost will fertilise the plants in a natural way.
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