Author: Cheapest Load of Rubbish

Today at 6.20pm, Spring has officially sprung!

That’s right, today is the day that the Earth is neither tilted away from nor leaning towards the sun, which means both hemispheres receive sunlight equally; an event know as an “Equinox”.

The hours of day and night are roughly equal, so you can say that Spring brings balance and equilibrium to the world.

Now that we’ve got our hippy on, it’s time to begin our garden overhaul!

The Sun It Shines

Throughout winter we neglect our gardens. Its cold outside, it’s wet and it’s gloomy. We’re more inclined to watch our favourite movie on TV or sit mesmerised in front of an open fire.

But now the sun shines brighter and the fogs have cleared so it’s time to reawaken and rejuvenate your forgotten garden!

Where do we start?

1. Walk through your yard and make a ‘to-do’ list.
2. Take note of any equipment you make need.
3. Service your lawn mower or whipper snipper.
4. Order soil for topdressing and bark or stones for garden beds.

The Next Step

If you’re still in need of motivation, why not call Cheapest Load of Rubbish. Our team has extensive experience in garden overhauls. We can have your garden looking at its best in no time!

We can;-

• Weed your garden beds
•  Cut back trees and shrubs
• Demolish sheds, gazebos or pull up deckings
• Remove soil, gravel or sand
• Mow lawns or rake up leaves

No matter your situation, we’re happy to provide you with an obligation free quote to get you on your way to a fresh and rejuvenated outdoor space.

Call 9550 1181 today, and find out how we can help.

Each year, many causes hit our headlines, but nothing makes a splash like National Water Week.

Held between the 18th and 24th October, National Water Week enables a platform for healthy discussion about water-wise tactics and innovations.

Australia, as we all know, can be notoriously dry and wet all at the same time depending on the time of year it happens to be or which state or territory that you live in. While we all rejoice when the rain appears, much of this natural resource slips away without being utilised.

With this being said Australians have lead the way in innovation and have adapted their lifestyles to include water plans to reduce water wastage and enable water collection and recycling.

For new build homes water tank installation or recycled grey water connection is a requirement as set out under “The Building Sustainability Index (BASIX)”. This index promotes sustainable planning measures and “aims to make all residential dwelling types in NSW energy and water efficient”.

Did you know…

• The dual flush toilet system was created by Australian inventor Bruce Thompson? Thompson’s system saves in excess of 32000 litres of water per household per year!
• Over 40% (Australia Bureau of Statistics) of solid waste in landfill in Australia could have been composted? According to “The ripple effect”, composting saves up to 25% of water as the soil holds more moisture.
• Weeds need more water than many crops?
• Mulching reduces water run off, prevents evaporation and limits weed growth?

What can you do to be water efficient?

1. Check leaking taps
2. Install a rain water tank
3. Plant low-water use plants
4. Compost where possible
5. Remove weeds
6. Install drip irrigation

Where we come in…

Stay water efficient with Cheapest Load of Rubbish. Our team has extensive experience in garden overhauls and can help maintain your garden so that weeds don’t guzzle all your precious water!

We will,

• Weed your garden beds
• Cut back trees and shrubs
• Remove soil, gravel or sand
• Help spread mulch
• Mow lawns or rake up leaves

We’re happy to provide you with an obligation free quote to get you on your way to a water efficient garden.

Call 9550 1181 today, and find out how we can help.

Rubbish removal has changed greatly in the 25 years that we’ve been in business. Once upon a time every item collected was destined for the landfill heap, but today all care is taken to reduce excessive tipping with recycling efforts at the forefront of waste removal industry.

Nothing delights us more than rehousing, reusing or recycling Sydney’s waste, but what happens to the type of junk, mattresses for example, that isn’t typically recycled?

As a mattress of fact, YES, even your mattress can be recycled too!

Your new mattress can bring you hours of sleeping pleasure, (or for your kids, hours of trampolining fun), but once it’s duty is done, where does it go?

Sydney tips don’t like to accept them because they take up too much valuable space, and according to a recent Herald Sun article, “ their springiness means that they seem to float back up to the surface.” While “They chew up plenty of space and weigh about 50kg each cubic metre.”

Cheapest Load of Rubbish is doing all it can to recycle mattresses. Once a collection has been booked with us, one of our trucks will arrive and two of our team members will hand-load your unwanted mattress and any other household rubbish items on our tipper and take it away. Once it’s out of sight and out of your mind, we get to work on separating all the recyclable elements or taking it to a recycling plant for further processing.

Did you know…

• On average, a staggering 2.5 million mattresses are purchased annually in Australia.
• Between 1.2 and 1.6 million mattresses are dispose of by Australians per year.
• Typically a mattress contains up to 12.5kgs of steel, 1.5kg of foam and 2kg of timber.
• Materials reclaimed from mattresses are remanufactured into new textile products, while foam and latex and are used by the carpet industry in underlay.
• Cheapest Load of Rubbish recycles up to 80% of all waste collected. This is made possible but separating all rubbish items at our sorting yard.

What else does Cheapest Load of Rubbish remove?

We remove all types of household items.

• Fridges, Ovens, Washing Machines, Dryers, TV’s
• Lounges, Dining Furniture, Desks, Office Chairs
• Curtains, Blinds, Carpet, Underlay, Fabric
• Outdoor Furniture, Fencing, Railway Sleepers
• Toys, Sporting Equipment, Mobility Equipment

We also provide clean-ups for residential gardens, office buildings and deceased estates.
To find out more, call us today on 9550 1181. We’re happy to discuss your quote or rubbish pick-up 7 days a week.

Innovations in the construction industry are enabling better design and building methods the world over.

Slowly, we are saying goodbye to natural resource depletion and instead increasing sustainable living practices through recycling and reusing construction materials.

Reading through an article published by Felicia Jackson on raconteur.net – Top Ten Construction Innovations, I was humbled to think that our society is forging ahead to ensure our carbon footprint is minimised.

Once such innovation includes ‘self-healing concrete’. “A mix containing bacteria within microcapsules, which will germinate when water enters a crack in the concrete to produce limestone plugging the crack before water and oxygen has a chance to corrode the steel reinforcement”. This breakthrough reduces the need for maintenance and will help to lower the carbon emissions created in the manufacture of cement.

There’s Mortar Life…

Bricks are one of the oldest known building blocks in the world and can be dated back to 7000BC!

Their composition may have changed over the millennia, but their form remains the same.

One could say that bricks can’t exist without concrete or cement. Not only is concrete a base for which a course of bricks is laid, but it’s mortar cement that binds one brick to another.

When a old building is demolished and a new one is built in its place, what happens to the discarded materials?

Reuse not Refuse!

Bricks and concrete can be reclaimed from the rubbish heap and reused or recycled back into the building and construction world.

Bricks can be used in:-

• new walls, footpaths or garden bed edging

Or if crushed, recycled brick is useful in:-

• drainage,
• subbase construction
• garden bed mulch

While concrete can be used in:-

• pavement construction
• concrete production
• drainage
• or as decorative aggregate.

We Support Reuse & Recycling

For years, Cheapest Load of Rubbish has been practicing reuse and recycling techniques for brick and concrete products.

Our building and construction clients make up our largest customer base, therefore we’ve refined our collection and sorting methods to ensure the highest possible recovery of brick and concrete, allowing our company to help reduce the carbon footprint for the construction industry.

Based in the Sydney suburb of St Peters, we have easy access to the CBD and inner-city suburbs. With construction levels in this area peaking, it’s no wonder we’ve been run off our feet!

But never fear, we have a large fleet of trucks ready to tackle your demolition job. Our trucks pull up kerbside, leaving limited site real estate uncluttered, and our rubbish removal team shifts your waste straight from location to the truck, allowing your labourers to get on with more important tasks.

We charge by the cubic metre, which means you only pay for the amount of waste we take away!

More importantly, we recycle as much waste as possible, which in turn helps to keep our fees low.

We’re happy to quote on each and every job which will help you keep your budgets in check.

If you’d like more information about how Cheapest Load of Rubbish can help you on your next demolition or construction job, call us for a chat on 9550 1181. Our friendly team is always ready to take your call.

Ah, Christmas…

That special time of year when friends and family reunite, overindulgence takes over and we tend to “party like it’s 1999”.

If you are anything like me, Operation Jingle Bells begins a few weeks into November and the house is decorated to within an inch of it’s life!

But, if you’re at the other end of the scale and the thought of Christmas brings on panic attacks, never fear I have the solution for you.

Step 1.

Just like Santa, make a list and check it twice!

If you create a gift list, you’re more likely to stick within your budget. It’s no good spreading Christmas cheer if you spend the next year paying it off.

Step 2.

Plan your Christmas meal.

Remember, it’s your special day too. Ask others to bring a plate of food and reduce the hours spent in the kitchen to allow more time with your loved ones.

Step 3.

Have a waste management plan.

It may sound silly, but in the midst of devouring our favourite meal and crazily opening presents, a lot of recyclable wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and plastic packaging gets mixed in with food waste, resulting in items being taken to landfill instead of recycling yards.

A Sustainable Christmas

It has been said that “rubbish volumes spike by up to 30% at Christmas”, and “through the Summer months (not just Christmas) there is an almost 100% increase in glass waste compared to Autumn”. [1]

Even though we enjoy ourselves a little too much at this time of year, we should always be mindful of our environment.

There are many things we can do to help reduce excess waste, and ensure high volume recycling is achieved.

Don’t Waste An Opportunity

1. When considering presents for family and friends, think about items that don’t need to be packaged or wrapped. With online purchasing at our fingertips, why not gift an e-voucher, concert tickets or experience voucher. This will cut down the need to buy wrapping paper and will save your hip pocket too.
2. Create less waste by buying food in bulk packs.
3. Use or gift rechargeable batteries. Not only does this save money in the long run, it will reduce the amount of batteries being used. If you’ve used regular batteries, make sure you dispose of them properly by taking them to a battery drop off point for recycling.
4. Reuse gift bags or wrapping paper where possible and hand create wrapping materials. This is a great way to get kids involved and will add a personal touch.
5. Compost food waste and let your garden thrive. Using compost on your garden helps reduce water usage too!
6. Re-gift. If you’ve been given a present that doesn’t quite tick the boxes, make sure you drop it off to a charity. They’ll rehouse it where it’s needed the most and it won’t end up in landfill.

While the council does a great job at collecting your recyclable materials, at this crazy time of year an excess soon builds up.

Cheapest Load of Rubbish is available 6 days a week and our team is only too happy to quote to remove your waste or recyclable materials.

With our sorting yard running at full steam, we’re able to recycle up to 80% of waste collected! We pride ourselves on our recycling effort and are always researching new and improved recycling techniques to ensure we’re doing all we can to reduce landfill levels.

Make A Difference

Not everyone is fortunate enough to have a Christmas Day with all the trimmings. Some spend the day alone, while others try to scrape together enough ingredients to make a meal.

Why not make a difference in the lives of others by donating money, food, gifts or time. Any donation, big or small can help bring a smile to someone in need.

WATCH THIS SPACE…

We’re currently in the process of partnering with a charity to provide food and toys to children who need it the most. As soon as we have more details we’ll let you know.

It’s Almost Here!

With only 43 days left until Christmas, now is the time to get your plans into action!!

For pre-Chrissie clean ups, don’t forget to give us a call on 9550 1181.

And remember, recycle and reuse and donate don’t accumulate!

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1 –  Veolia.com.au – Waste At Christmas Time

So you’ve written your list and your shopping expedition has been planned like a military operation, but is there something has been forgotten?

Every year, thousands of volunteers around the country give their time purely to help others. Their dedication means so much to so many, and at this time of year it means a whole lot more.

Charities are working overtime to make sure every family around Australia has a happy Christmas, that each child has a gift and that a meal can be shared by all.

For this reason Cheapest Load of Rubbish has decided to be the voice for a very worth cause.

We are proud to announce our partnership with Simply Giving.

This innovative business has developed a way to stretch of our donation dollar further.

By accepting online donations, Simply Giving has saved charities time and money. Staffing, equipment, storage and logistics have decreased and true benefits to those in need have increased, with donated funds targeting specific food and toy packages.

How can you help?

Cheapest Load of Rubbish, through Simply Giving, has chosen to support Anglicare’s “Toys ’n’ Tucker Appeal.

You can help by visiting www.simplygiving.com.au/anglicare.

Choose between a specific gift or a cash donation. No matter your choice, every dollar makes a huge difference to a child that would otherwise go without.

Our target is $5000, so let’s see if we can hit it before Santa arrives!!

Please dig deep, share the Christmas spirit with your fellow countrymen and help those who need it the most.

Thank you everyone for your support, we appreciate it, and we know that every family and child out there that benefits from your charity will appreciate it too.