Under the law everyone has a duty of Care for their waste!

Reduce

The first process can save any home money by reducing the level of waste that is created.

Medway Waste Solutions are experts when it comes to preventing waste, with our site surveys you will get easy to follow advice.

Examples Of A Home Reducing Waste:

• Buy goods in bulk.
• Consider all purchases carefully – do you really need it? Is there a second-hand product that will do the same job?
• Purchase products with minimal packaging.
• Purchase products in materials/packaging that is readily recycled. 
• Share goods and products that are used only occassionally, such as lawn mowers

Reuse

Some "waste materials" left over can be used for other purposes. When it comes to waste, reusing a material is a great way of saving money and reducing what you throw away.

Examples Of Reusing Materials:

• retreading tyres
• reuse of plastic bags
• buying, selling or swapping second hand clothing
• reconditioning and repair of furniture and appliances

Materials reuse

• Liquidpaper board (milk and juice containers) for seedling planters
• Bottles and jars used for storing dry goods like beans and pasta
• Scrap paper for notes/phone messages
• Use of durable packaging - e.g. milk crates, bread trays, non-woven, string or calico shopping bags

Recycle

Recycling is the process where materials from waste streams are broken down using various methods into raw materials. They are then reprocessed either into the same product (closed loop) or a new product (open loop). Processes involved can be long winded and consume vast amounts of energy, however it does reduce the amount of waste filling up land fills.

Categories of recyclables:

1. Paper & cardboard products – recycled into cardboard products including egg cartons
2. Plastics - Beverage bottles, clothing, detergent bottles
3. Plastics - Plastic film, moulded containers, compost bins
4. Plastics - Pipe, flooring, garden hose
5. Plastics - Films: Builders, concrete lining and bags
6. Plastics - Crates, boxes, plant pots
7. Plastics - industrial packaging, coat hangers, concrete reinforcing, chairs

Recovery

Waste management aims to reduce the impact of waste on the environment and recover more resources from waste materials.Waste treatment techniques include changing the physical, chemical or biological character of waste to reduce its volume and/or toxicity, making it safer for disposal.

Examples of waste treatment in the Midwaste region include:

• Use of biosolids from the sewerage treatment plant in the production of compost
• Biological stabilization of mixed solid waste prior to being sent to the landfill (to reduce greenhouse gas production and save landfill space)
• Production of compost from greenwaste, kitchen waste and biosolids

Landfill

The last stop on the waste hierarchy, goods are disposed of when there is no other economically viable way of dealing with them. Usually disposal is either through landfilling.