Discover the Journey from Curbside to its Final Destination
For those who wonder what happens to your trash after pickup, Potts & Monger Sanitation offers an inside look this month. When you place your trash at the curb in Penns Grove, it may seem like its journey ends when Potts and Monger Sanitation hauls it away. However, this is just the beginning of a process that transforms waste into recycled materials, energy, or landfill content. Here’s what happens next.
The First Step: Collecting and Transporting Your Trash
Once Potts and Monger Sanitation picks up your trash in Pine Grove, PA, it’s transported to a waste processing facility. The first stop is usually a transfer station, where we consolidate trash from multiple routes into larger trucks. This improves efficiency for the next stage in its journey – if it goes to a recycling center, composting facility, or landfill.
Sorting the Trash: Separating Recyclables from Non-Recyclables
Upon reaching a recycling facility, a combination of human labor and automated machinery sort your trash. That combination separates recyclables such as glass, plastic, and paper from non-recyclable waste. Advanced technology like magnets and optical scanners helps detect different materials for sorting, ensuring we divert as much as possible from landfills and send for repurposing.
Recycling: Giving New Life to Old Materials
Recycling centers clean and process raw materials so they are ready for recycling into new products. The recycling center melts down and reforms glass, for instance, while paper becomes pulp and has new sheets. This process helps reduce the need for raw resources and minimizes environmental impact.
The Final Step: Landfilling Non-Recyclable Waste
Unfortunately, not everything can be recycled. We haul non-recyclable trash to a landfill for compaction. Ideally, Landfills have proper management to prevent pollutants from leaching into the soil or water.
Knowing what happens to trash after it leaves the curb can encourage better waste management and recycling habits. Potts and Monger Sanitation play a vital role in keeping Pine Grove, PA, clean while supporting sustainability efforts in waste reduction.
Do you want to learn more about what happens to your trash after pickup? If so, call Potts and Monger Sanitation at (570) 345-6201 and like us on Facebook. We are happy to educate Pine Grove, PA, about what happens to your trash after pickup.