The recycle sign with the green arrows chasing each other in a circle is something you will see at most construction sites. However, what we need to ask is if this is just a token gesture or are we really committed to reducing and recycling? From the sight of overflowing dumpsters at most construction sites, the answer may not be what we are expecting.
Though this means increased business for construction dumpster rental companies, it definitely is not something we can ignore, and this was brought to our attention by a group of people who claimed to be conducting a survey to find out how much of the construction industry is environmentally responsible and how many of them are only paying lip service to their claims of being environmentally responsible.
There is probably a very thick manual sitting somewhere in one of the chief engineers’ cabin explaining the many practices that you can adopt to reduce waste, the materials that you can re-use in and recycle. There most definitely will be a chapter or perhaps more than one chapter devoted to the economic benefits of recycling. However, it is debatable how many people working in construction have read the pages in the manual.
It would not be surprising to know that the recycle manual is gathering dust in a corner, taken out and referred to once in a while during one of those health, safety and environment meetings that take place from time to time. How can we find out how much of the waste produced at construction sites is unavoidable and how much of it is due to negligence? The challenge was taken up by an environmental group which would like to remain unnamed due to obvious reasons one of which being that they are not yet a registered entity yet.
Representatives from this green outfit tried to visitseveral construction sites in the city to find out what are the kinds of material that were being put in the dumpsters. This was not an easy task because construction sites are very strict about safety regulations, which is a good thing and was so noted by the organization conducting the survey. They said it was a positive sign that they were not allowed to visit most construction sites and the reason being cited was safety. So the next logical step was to find out how the waste generated at these sites were being disposed.
The obvious choice was to contact dumpster rental New Jersey companies and find out what the contents of the roll-off dumpsters at construction sites were made of. This definitely is not classified information and may seem very easy for anyone with resourcefulness and persistence to get to know, it was not the case. Finding out what was being disposed of in the dumpsters was no easy task. Firstly, you would need to sift through tons of waste to see if anything useful or recyclable was being disposed. So instead the environmental group took the easy way out and published a report stating that since the number of dumpsters used at construction sites had progressively increased over the years, more waste was being produced than before. This actually doesn’t prove anything and especially not the fact that the waste could have been avoided or was recyclable.
Though this means increased business for construction dumpster rental companies, it definitely is not something we can ignore, and this was brought to our attention by a group of people who claimed to be conducting a survey to find out how much of the construction industry is environmentally responsible and how many of them are only paying lip service to their claims of being environmentally responsible.
There is probably a very thick manual sitting somewhere in one of the chief engineers’ cabin explaining the many practices that you can adopt to reduce waste, the materials that you can re-use in and recycle. There most definitely will be a chapter or perhaps more than one chapter devoted to the economic benefits of recycling. However, it is debatable how many people working in construction have read the pages in the manual.
It would not be surprising to know that the recycle manual is gathering dust in a corner, taken out and referred to once in a while during one of those health, safety and environment meetings that take place from time to time. How can we find out how much of the waste produced at construction sites is unavoidable and how much of it is due to negligence? The challenge was taken up by an environmental group which would like to remain unnamed due to obvious reasons one of which being that they are not yet a registered entity yet.
Representatives from this green outfit tried to visitseveral construction sites in the city to find out what are the kinds of material that were being put in the dumpsters. This was not an easy task because construction sites are very strict about safety regulations, which is a good thing and was so noted by the organization conducting the survey. They said it was a positive sign that they were not allowed to visit most construction sites and the reason being cited was safety. So the next logical step was to find out how the waste generated at these sites were being disposed.
The obvious choice was to contact dumpster rental New Jersey companies and find out what the contents of the roll-off dumpsters at construction sites were made of. This definitely is not classified information and may seem very easy for anyone with resourcefulness and persistence to get to know, it was not the case. Finding out what was being disposed of in the dumpsters was no easy task. Firstly, you would need to sift through tons of waste to see if anything useful or recyclable was being disposed. So instead the environmental group took the easy way out and published a report stating that since the number of dumpsters used at construction sites had progressively increased over the years, more waste was being produced than before. This actually doesn’t prove anything and especially not the fact that the waste could have been avoided or was recyclable.
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