Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Waste Disposal Services

At A Brunton Waste, we know that recycling is important and, right now, it’s even more crucial than ever. But have you ever explored why? What are the benefits of recycling your waste? Let’s take a look at how environmentally friendly waste disposal can help communities, wildlife and the planet.

Reducing landfill waste

Did you know that it’s possible to recycle up to 60% of the rubbish that ends up in general waste? Anything that goes into your dustbin ends up in landfills, and landfill sites around the world are responsible for 30 to 70 million tonnes of methane emissions each year.

What happens when those landfill sites are full? By recycling more, we can reduce how quickly they fill and reduce harmful gas emissions.

Conserving natural resources

Because recycling reuses materials and converts them into new products, it reduces the need to dig up and consume more natural resources. Without recycling, we have to extract new raw materials from the Earth. Did you know that it takes 24 trees to make one tonne of newspapers? At the current rate, we are using up resources more quickly than we can replace them.

Protecting wildlife and ecosystems

As well as devouring natural resources, processes such as mining and forestry destroy habitats and ecosystems, leaving many species without homes or protection.

What’s more, a lot of rubbish ends up in our water systems, where it can be harmful to animals. In fact, a shocking eight million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans every year.

Keeping things tidy

Let’s face it, nobody likes to walk along a beach littered with plastic bottles and rusty cans. Littering and incorrect waste disposal creates a far less pleasant environment on an aesthetic level, too.

If you have an event to run and are wondering how to manage waste from large groups of people, why not take a look at our Events Service? We can tailor a plan to your venue, and we divert 95 per cent of the waste we collect away from landfills to generate fuel. You can know that your site will not only be tidy but will be environmentally conscious, too.

Saving energy

Creating products from raw materials consumes a vast amount of energy — far more than recycling. In fact, a single recycled tin can save enough energy to power a television for 3 hours, while one recycled glass bottle could save enough to run a computer for 25 minutes.

Cutting carbon emissions

Because recycling uses less energy than sourcing and processing newly extracted materials, it releases fewer carbon emissions. This is crucial in the fight against climate change. Again, recycling also limits the amount of harmful methane released in landfill sites.

Making recycling accessible

One of the issues preventing many people from recycling more is accessibility. In fact, nine out of ten people claim they would recycle more if it was easier. This is very understandable. In the UK, we’re fortunate to have more recycling facilities than many other countries. However, recycling services still vary from district to district and finding out how your council runs their collections can sometimes be confusing.

Aside from daily waste, what happens to larger items, like cars, at the end of their life cycle? If handled properly, up to 80% of the materials that make up a vehicle are recyclable. If you have a car you need to scrap, at A Brunton, we provide an affordable and convenient car scrappage service so you can know your vehicle has been disposed of in an environmentally responsible way.

We can also collect and process other forms of scrap to help recycle all types of metal.

Environmentally friendly waste disposal is at the heart of our recycling services. If you have any questions or would like to discuss scrappage or events services, feel free to get in touch today.