Have you ever wondered where your rubbish goes after it’s collected by that noisy garbage truck early in the morning? It disappears around the corner, and you forget all about it until you put the bins out the following week.
But there’s an important story behind the journey of our rubbish. Your discarded leftovers, used tissues, and empty pizza boxes don’t just disappear into thin air. They are processed and disposed of using various methods tailored to different materials.
As a leading rubbish disposal company here in Sydney, we’re here to inform you about safe and sustainable rubbish practices. In this article, we’ll take you through the various forms of rubbish disposal and tell you how your rubbish is dealt with once it leaves your home or workplace.
Sydney is home to over 6 million people. Each person produces a kilogram of waste per day, on average. That’s 6 thousand tonnes daily that must be disposed of every week, meaning almost 42 thousand tonnes per week. That’s an excessive amount of trash that doesn’t just disappear into the wild.
The first stage of rubbish disposal is the collection. The average person takes their rubbish bins out to the street once a week, where the contents are collected by either a public or private contractor in a garbage truck or skip bin. These vehicles take the rubbish from their allocated suburbs or regions and deliver them to waste management facilities for disposal or processing.
Unfortunately, the number one form of waste disposal in Sydney, and Australia at large, is landfill. Most of the rubbish from your red bins goes to designated landfill areas to be buried. Some of Sydney’s landfill sites are in Lucas Heights and Eastern Creek. But those locations run out of space fairly quickly with the enormous amounts of rubbish that Sydneysiders generate. Landfill sites also generate copious amounts of harmful greenhouse gases as the trash is broken down over many years. So, Sydney uses several different types of waste management facilities to help share the load and improve sustainability. These include:
Australia’s national waste management system aims to reduce landfill and greenhouse gas emissions. The system is currently being revised and reformed to establish a sustainable circular economy. Different states and territories generally use the same practices, such as recycling, composting, and energy conversion. However, consistent suitability has been difficult considering the inconsistent regulations across Australia, the lack of infrastructure and facilities needed to process the country’s waste, and the massive development of various industries constantly producing rubbish.
Rubbish disposal is regulated by government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). It is also regulated by local councils (you are probably familiar with the term’ council clean-up’. They set standards for rubbish disposal and ensure compliance within their operations. The EPA also provides guidelines for safe and sustainable rubbish disposal and waste management practices. Come to think of it, so do we here at Ridly! While we aren’t a government agency, we aim to provide safe waste disposal for all of Sydney.
At Ridly, our goal is to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfill. We help residents and businesses in Sydney dispose of large bulky items, so they don’t join the countless tonnes of rubbish in landfill sites around Australia. We process your undesirables and break them down into recyclable components that can be disposed of sustainably. Our rubbish disposal services are sustainable and carbon neutral, and we offer reliable same-day services. Our services adhere strictly and safely to environmental rules and regulations.
We hope this article has informed you about where your rubbish goes and how it is processed and managed. Sydney is a great city, but it produces more waste than it should. Too much of this goes to landfill, which harms our environment.
Here at Ridly, we encourage sustainable waste management practices, not just in Sydney but in Australia and the world at large. In a perfect world, nothing would go to landfill, and we would not have greenhouse gas emissions. Sadly, that won’t happen anytime soon. But when you work with Ridly to dispose of your bulky waste, you can know that you’re doing the right thing and saving your undesirables from harming the environment.
To learn more about our safe disposal practices, contact our friendly team. If you want to dispose of your waste safely and sustainably in Sydney, get a free quote from us today. Call us at 0488 846 336 or request a quote to do your part and ensure Sydney is up to speed on sustainable rubbish disposal. We only have one Sydney, one Australia, and one planet, so it’s important we take care of our home.
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