You can put most types of trash in the garbage for trash pick up. However recently there are several types of household items that have been banned from normal trash pick up. Some of these items are: – Household paints (like latex paints) – Spray paints – Varnishes and stains (used in wood) – Household cleaners – Batteries – Many electronics (particularly monitors and televisions) – Motor oils – Other fluids used for cars (i.e. …
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What Can Garbage Tell Us About History?
For most of human history trash was not picked up. Garbage removal consisted mostly of either burying trash, burning trash, or leaving trash where it fell. What can this lack of garbage removal tell us about our past? Quite a bit it turns out. Archaeologists frequently sift through garbage from ancient civilizations to find out how they ate and lived day to to day. Archaeologists have even found old beer recipes from Ancient Egypt in …
What Did Native Americans Do With Their Trash?
In modern and postmodern society it is easy to forget that trash pick up is a relatively modern invention. Organized trash pick up didn’t exist until the late 1800s. And began in cities like New York and Paris. Most of rural America didn’t have trash pick up until the 1950s. So how did the world deal with trash before trash pick up? Trash wasn’t a huge health concern until people began living in cities. Native …
What is Garbage Removal? 03/15/2013
It seems like garbage removal has been around forever. If you grew up in the 1960s or later you may have never visited a landfill or a dump. Your interaction with garbage removal might only be taking your garbage out to the garbage can or dumpster, knowing it will disappear in a few days. But garbage removal is relatively recent invention. The concept of garbage removal goes back into the B.C.E.’s The first known garbage …
What Does A Junk Removal Service Do 03/14/2013
Junk removal services have grown sharply in popularity. At the same time dumpster rental services have gotten less popular. The reason should be obvious to most. A dumpster rental service only gives you a dumpster. You, and a cadre of close friends and family, are responsible for filling it with whatever junk you need removed from your life. A junk removal service brings a truck and a couple of workers, minimizing the amount of labor …
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