Each complex typically has a sectioned-off portion of the parking area, which has one or more collection dumpsters in which residents can place their refuse, recyclables, and organic wastes. To empty the container, a rolloff truck is driven to the building where the container is pulled onto the truck (via a cable or chain mechanism), taken to the disposal site for emptying, and then returned to the building.Īpartment complexes with more than six units generally consist of a number of multistory buildings with ground-level parking areas on the site. Residents dump their waste into a chute on their floor, where it falls into a container at the bottom The chute containers are then periodically taken to the load-out dock where they are emptied into the building's trash compactor, which compacts the waste and pushes it into a large (typically, 20 cubic yards) roll-off container. High-rise buildings typically have a large number of floors, which have built-in vertical trash chutes with openings on each floor. For more information on the SWANA Applied Research Foundation, please contact Jeremy O'Brien, director of applied research, SWANA, 30.) It is funded by local governments and other organizations that contribute a "penny per ton" of waste managed to the Foundation on an annual basis. (The SWANA Applied Research Foundation was founded in 2001 with the purpose of conducting collectively defined and funded applied research on pressing solid waste issues. The research memorandum presents the results of background research conducted with input and support provided by the ARF's Recycling and Collection Group Subscribers. This research need was identified by North Vancouver, British Columbia, and selected for investigation during FY2012 (July 2011 through June 2012). For more information on the SWANA Applied Research Foundation, please contact Jeremy O’Brien, director of applied research, SWANA, 30.)Įditor's note: A digital version of this article first appeared on Forester Network's website in February 2013. It is funded by local governments and other organizations that contribute a “penny per ton” of waste managed to the Foundation on an annual basis. The research memorandum presents the results of background research conducted with input and support provided by the ARF’s Recycling and Collection Group Subscribers. This article provides highlights from a research memorandum recently published by the SWANA Applied Research Foundation (ARF) on the collection of organic wastes from high-rise buildings and apartment complexes. Editor’s note: A digital version of this article first appeared on Forester Network’s website in February 2013.
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