Whether you’re taking on a home or
garden renovation project, you will inevitably generate a lot of waste.
Effectively managing this waste can be difficult and when you’ve already spent
a lot of money on the project, the last thing you want to do is fork out even
more in order to remove the waste from your property. Home and garden
renovations are always expensive, so reducing costs where you can is a top
priority, and when it comes to waste removal, it pays to think ahead. Before
you even begin the project, you should consider your renovation plan carefully
and look to a professional waste removal service for advice.
As waste removal specialists, we’ve
come up with three cost-effective waste removal solutions to deal with the
waste your home improvement project produces. All have three important benefits
each, so if you’ve got a project coming up and you want to remove your waste
from your property responsibly and at a decent price, you should consider these
options.
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Along with professional waste
removal services, there are some courses of action you can take yourself.
Following the 3R’s - reducing, reusing and recycling - is a brilliant way to
dispose of your waste throughout and once your project is finished.
The best way to start is to make a
plan and work out exactly what you need so that you minimise the amount of
waste generated. We appreciate that improvement projects never quite go
completely to plan, but if you try to reduce the amount of material you use,
it’ll save you money in the long run.
Reusing your materials is another
way to reduce the waste produced. If any of the materials or items are
reusable, why not give them away to friends or family who are taking on a
project soon? What you may see as trash could be somebody else’s treasure, so
let people know when you have building materials to spare.
Similarly, you could repurpose some
items for alternative uses. For example, if you take down a wall in the garden
you could use the bricks as paving stones in another area. Or, if you take down
interior walls, you could repurpose the timber into something else, like an
item of furniture.
If something really is unusable, be
sure to recycle as much as you can by taking it to your local waste recycling
centre. It will take a bit of time to sort through your waste and work out what
can be recycled, but you’ll have a clear conscience afterwards. Reducing,
reusing and recycling takes time and research, but the benefits are
significant, both for you and for those around you:
- Better for the environment.
By
abiding by the 3R’s, you’ll end up using fewer materials and what you do
use won’t end up in landfill. The chemicals and gasses released from
degrading rubbish in landfill is very harmful to the environment, so
anything that is recycled rather than thrown away reduces the pollution
caused by waste.
- Saves money.
Even if you’re not a
hardcore eco-warrior, consider how much money you might save by reducing,
reusing and recycling. If you make a careful plan, you won’t buy
unnecessary excess materials. Equally, if you manage to repurpose or sell
on the things that you don’t use, you could even make your money back!
- Sustainable.
As well as the
obvious environmental benefits, following the 3R’s is a great waste
disposal solution that benefits the community around you. By circulating
items for reuse, you enable people to take on their own renovation
projects that they may not have been able to afford had they needed to buy
brand new materials.
Although this is a brilliant
solution that has countless benefits, it’s not necessarily ideal for a larger
scale project. In this instance, the professional services of an expert waste
disposal company could be more suitable.
Skip hire
One of the most popular ways to
manage waste during home improvement works is to hire a skip
from your local waste disposal
company. Whether you’re clearing a garden after a landscaping job or getting
rid of the excess of an entire house renovation, a skip could be the perfect
solution.
Throughout the project your skip
can sit there, gathering waste, ready to be collected when the work is
complete. You can put almost anything in a skip, but it’s always worth checking
what materials your chosen skip hire company won’t take. Another thing to check
is whether or not you need a skip permit. If you have plenty of private land
this shouldn’t be a problem, but if your skip will have to go on a public road,
discuss a skip permit with your skip company.
The benefits of skip hire are
endless. They free up space during your renovation, you’ll save time going back
and forth to the tip and you’ll be given a set price for all of your waste
removal services. The three most important benefits, however, are:
- Convenience.
Skips are hugely
convenient. As described above, they act as a single waste disposal
receptacle and you won’t need to sort through any of the waste yourself.
Your skip hire company will collect the skip at a convenient time and
dispose of its contents appropriately.
- Environmentally friendly.
When
your skip company disposes of the contents of your skip, they will do so
responsibly, recycling as much waste as possible. Most companies recycle
at least 95% of the waste they receive, minimising the amount of waste
that goes to landfill.
- Flexible.
With such a wide range
of different skip sizes on offer, hiring a skip is ideal for any type of
project. From the smallest 2 yard skips to much larger 16 yard skips,
there is a skip for every home or garden renovation job. You can even hire
skip bags, which are much more compact and ideal for small amounts of
light materials, such as garden waste.
You might hire a
skip if your home renovation is a DIY project or even if you’ve hired a
construction company to complete the work. If you really want to keep on top of
waste, doing the work yourself is probably the best option - depending on the
scale of the work and your own skills, of course. There are a number of ways
you can make a DIY job more professional such as hiring a mini digger or
excavator.
Mini digger hire
With more people
taking on their own renovation work, mini digger hire has become increasingly
popular. When you do a job yourself, you run your own schedule and have
complete transparency, however, you still need the quality construction products
and machinery that a professional company would use in order to complete
everything to the highest standard.
Mini diggers are
particularly helpful for landscaping projects, for transporting materials
across land or moving large or heavy objects across a site. Perhaps you’re
installing a new patio in your garden and need to excavate the ground, or maybe
you’ve ordered some heavy building materials to assist your home renovation
project which you need to move.
Hiring a large
piece of machinery like a digger may seem daunting. Of course, for a large
scale renovation you can hire plant machinery along with an expert operator
from most waste disposal companies. However, if you’re taking on a smaller
project and you think you can ‘keep it in the family’, there’s no reason why
you shouldn’t. Here are three important benefits of hiring a mini digger as a
waste disposal solution:
- Versatile.
Mini diggers have many
different functions, bucket sizes and attachments. Whether you just need
to dig up a small patch of your garden or excavate an entire plot using
varied attachments, a mini digger can do this.
- Do it yourself.
One of the best
things about using a mini digger is that you won’t need any training to
get into the driving seat. A digger should take just a few minutes to get
to grips with and because they’re so easy to manoeuvre, you’ll soon feel
like a pro. However, if you’re not totally confident, why not hire a larger
digger along with a trained operator?
- Compact.
Mini diggers make light
work of light work. Their compact size makes them simple to manoeuvre and
their flexible arm means that they can get into even the tightest nooks
and crannies on your site. Their small size also means they are much less
damaging than the larger alternatives and they are easy to transport, too.
With any of these three solutions
or a combination of all three, you can save plenty of time and money on your
upcoming home improvement or landscaping project. If you’re not sure where to
start, the first thing to do is contact your local waste management company.
Graham Churchill: Waste management, excavation and
plant hire experts
At Graham Churchill, we are one of
the best waste disposal companies operating in and around Northamptonshire.
Whether you need large machinery for a commercial construction project or skip
hire for your home renovation, we are the waste disposal service for you. We’ve
been providing domestic and commercial plant hire for more than 45 years and
our expertise is second to none.
The services available to our customers are
extensive; from 2 yard skip hire to land reclamation services, we truly are
experts across all areas of waste disposal and land management. If you’re in
Silverstone, Milton Keynes or Banbury, simply
give
us a call today
and we’ll provide the best possible waste
solutions for your next project
