Types Of Materials Collectable For Grab Hire
With the average UK household getting rid of a tonne of waste each year, just a fraction of it is being properly recycled. When working on a larger project, construction, or demolition, it’s sure to create a massive amount of waste to deal with. Rather than improperly getting rid of it and contributing to the problem, a grab lorry waste handler can ensure that waste is recycled as much as possible.
Here is what you need to about what types of materials a grab lorry will handle.
Demolition Concrete
One of the most common types of materials that a grab lorry can take has to do with demolished building materials. While some builders try to reuse some of the materials, for the most part, someone needs to haul that heavy material away.
Using a six-wheel or an eight-wheel lorry, you have options regarding how much material you can send to waste companies. While they’ll each have their limits to what they’ll take, it’s always best to segregate in advance.
Your clean concrete and rubble are going to be taken by just about every grab lorry company out there. This includes concrete blocks, paving slabs, broken concrete, and rubble. It may also include bricks and other material, but the most important thing is that the material is clean.
When accepting clean concrete, it’s okay to include a small amount of tarmac. However, there can’t be soil, wood, any other kind of waste, or reinforcement bars mixed in. It’s important to have things carefully separated.
Recyclable Muck and Muck Away
Your more recyclable muck is another type of material that these lorries accept. You can give them mixed soil, concrete, and stone. However, these must be separated carefully. You can’t give them materials that are considered muck away.
Turf or tarmac might not be able to be easily accepted and you should call your lorry operator in advance for a quote.
Inert landfill material like clay, stone, and chalk are accepted separately. This can’t be mixed with the inert landfill muck. Inert landfill can’t contain green waste, tarmac, or any kind of turf.
In order for this material to be properly processed, careful separation is vital. While it can be a pain to make this consideration, it’s vital to keeping your waste collector happy.
If you have a lot of tarmac, consider a “tarmac only” pickup. This needs to be separated from the rest.
General Recyclable Waste
You can give recyclable waste to your grab lorry collector so long as it’s carefully separated. If you’re doing a major project where you’re digging up and getting rid of a lot of earth and soil, this can be recycled. Topsoil and hardcore are other types of material that fall into this category.
You can recycle waste from gardens or from trees. IF you’re removing a lot of landscape from the region, this can all go into recyclable waste.
However, you need to make sure the soil and organic material are clean and non-hazardous. If it’s been contaminated by any kind of chemical spill or improper disposal, it could be too volatile to mix with recyclable waste.
Know What Can’t Be Removed
There are a number of types of waste that require special services to get rid of. While you might think these can all be put into landfills, the elements of them are just too toxic to bury.
Batteries are one of the most well-known types of products that are hard to get rid of. From your AA batteries in your remote to laptop batteries and car batteries, these are a major challenge to destroy. The elements need to be carefully separated and recycled by pros.
Asbestos is another material that requires careful management. Just a little bit of this substance in your lungs can cause serious issues. Asbestos has legal ramifications that follow it when it‘s improperly recycled.
Paints and oils may not be a well-known harmful substance but as it turns out, they need to be carefully disposed of. If you just dump these things down the drain, you can cause irreparable damage to the water supply.
Getting rid of tyres is a challenge that many consumers face. Whether you’re getting rid of auto tyres or those for industrial vehicles, it might take more than a grab lorry to get rid of them. Thankfully most companies that run grab lorry facilities will be able to advise you on where to go.
Contact our team at SCB to enquire about grab hire.
