Choosing Recycling Containers For More Effective Community Curbside Programs

The key to an effective curbside recycling program is the right type of recycling containers. Recycling bins make all of the difference in multi-stream programs that require pre-sorting by households before the waste can be properly picked up. Even if residents take their waste to a local recycling and disposal center, recycling bins will help homeowners save time sorting their waste.

Waste Wise Products offers a wide range of recycling containers for residential and commercial use with units of varying design and size. In order to make your life easier, we offer this brief guide to assist in making the right purchase.

Covering The Basics Of Recycling Bins

The first factor to consider when choosing recycling containers is the overall amount of waste that will be hauled every week. This is done in order to determine what size containers will be necessary. For the average home, each member produces about 10 to 20 pounds of garbage in total. Roughly half of that total is in material that could be recycled. Every family has a different situation, but for a family of four, you could expect enough recyclable garbage to fill one 30 gallon container.

For office use, the math changes a little bit. Many commercial users dispose of more paper and plastic than the average residential household. For larger companies, smaller 10-gallon recycling containers are distributed throughout the office building and then they are collected and deposited into central 95 gallon recycling bins for final pickup.

Multi-Stream Programs

Multi-stream programs require recyclables to be sorted out beforehand. This means that single recycling bins are insufficient for a curbside or haul it yourself program. Thankfully, Waste Wide Products is here to help.

There are a number of solutions for having recycling containers available for residential use. Duo recycling containers consist of two compartments with a slip top to separate two different streams, like paper and plastic. Small, plastic riders can be clipped to the side of a larger garbage bin to promote separation right from the beginning. For organizing waste for the curb, one of the best options is a set of four 10-gallon slim recycling containers that can snap together, stack inside each other when empty, and can be labeled for 4-stream programs.

Business setups are similar to residential programs, but usually on a larger scale. Small bin riders and under the desk duo recycling bins are perfect for individual offices. For larger areas, fiberglass recycling bins can be built with internal divisions for easy sorting and can feature the company logo printed on the front. For high traffic areas, like a company cafeteria, there are 90 gallon all-in-one recycling bins that can hold a high volume of trash while having multiple compartments for convenient, instant sorting at the source.

In the end, the right choice in recycling containers will help make any curbside program more convenient and allow for greater participation at both home and at the office.