If you are planning to remodel your home, you will have a lot of leftover construction waste. Before you throw this away, consider recycling it. You may be surprised at the things you can recycle. You can also reuse many things, if you want to keep them around to use for something else.
Reuse
Set aside an area in your yard for things you would like to reuse, and tell the construction company about it. This way they will not throw everything into a trash bin. If they will not do this, it will be your job to sift through everything.
The first thing you need to do is look at salvage scraps. Things like bricks can be used for landscaping purposes, such as for an edging for a flower garden. There are many other ways you can use the leftover bricks.
Many times, there will be pieces of wood left over from remodeling projects. Instead of throwing this away, set it aside to use for carpentry work. If you have any shredded packing paper, it makes a great mulch around your flowers. Other items you may be able to reuse include:
- Toilets, sinks, and tubs
- Trim and molding
- Cabinetry
- Shelving
- Faucets and shower heads
- Ceramic tiles
Even if you do not know what you want to do with these things, keep them for a while, as you may come up with something later.
Recycle
If you do not reuse all of your items, you can recycle them instead. Many recycling services will offer to bring a bin to your site for you to put recyclable items in. They will ask you to separate things out. For example, paper and plastic in one bin, metal in another bin, etc.
While the recycling company is there, ask them if they can give you a list of things they will take. For example, they may accept steel scrap, glass, plastic, and aluminum. Other things a recycling company will take, and what they often do with them.
- Masonry: Can be crushed to make road bases.
- Roofing, windows, and doors: Used in homes or other habitations
- Appliances: May be refurbished and used for someone else's home.
- Metals: Smelted and converted into other products.
- Trees: If the trees can be uprooted, they will be replanted somewhere else.
Choosing to recycle or reuse your leftover construction materials will help the environment by keeping these things out of the landfills. Contact a local recycling service provider, such as B-P Trucking Inc, for further assistance.
