Information for Businesses on Waste Recycling and Disposal
Trash Containers
- Place an adequate number of trash containers in parking lots as well as inside and outside of all building entrances.
- Establish a regular schedule for emptying trash containers. Avoid having trash emptied on an ‘as needed’ basis. This will prevent trash overflows.
- Replace broken, dirty or damaged containers.
- Use only covered trash containers to eliminate trash from spilling or blowing out.
Employees
- Establish the expectation that employees will pick up trash anywhere in or around your place of business. Let them know that it is not acceptable to walk past litter.
- Removed trapped litter from fence lines on a regularly scheduled basis.
- Establish smoking areas with appropriate ash receptacles for employees and customers.
Dumpsters
- Place only tied bags of trash in outdoor dumpsters. This greatly decreases loose trash from blowing out of the dumpster during collection.
- Call the city’s Solid Waste Department when your dumpster is near to overflowing, or if your current level of service is not sufficient. Change or increase scheduled pickups, if necessary.
- Enclose dumpsters with fences or walls to minimize the amount of trash that will blow to other areas of your business or onto city streets and rights-of-way. Remove trash from the enclosure area regularly.
Policies
Commit to reducing loose trash from company vehicles by:
- Requiring tarps on any vehicles transporting materials.
- Requiring tightly sealed containers to transport materials that are not covered by tarps.
- Instructing drivers to pick up any materials that have fallen off of their load.
- Instructing drivers to discard cigarette butts in vehicle ashtrays.
- Adding trash bags to company vehicles.
