Garden waste: junk or treasure?

Garden waste, often referred to as “green waste,” includes items like grass clippings and other plant material due to their beneficial use. However, some garden waste can simply be trash that needs to be removed, such as broken blocks or pieces of cement from backyard paving. In both scenarios, managing garden waste becomes crucial when the quantity increases to excessive or hazardous levels.

In gardening, it’s common to use organic waste for composting, which involves storing these materials in containers to decompose and produce nutrients that can serve as natural fertilizers for the garden. While this process may seem straightforward, it requires careful control of temperature, aeration, and humidity to ensure effective composting and to prevent the growth of fungi.

Over the past two decades, the rise in composting practices has led to a significant reduction in the amount of municipal solid waste collected by governments. Composting not only transforms waste into a useful and reusable product but also decreases the volume of solid waste by up to 75% through evaporation and gas dissipation.

After food and paper, garden waste ranks as the third most collected material by local governments. Despite the decrease in organic garden material collected in recent years, the presence of non-organic materials like leftover blocks, concrete, metals, and scrap metal remains a challenge. Since local governments typically do not collect these items, specialized companies are often called in to handle their removal.

Call the specialists

Bumblebee Junk Removal is a company that specializes in rubble removal, and one of our most frequent services is garden scrap removal. Our team of qualified professionals is dedicated to clearing your garden of all unwanted materials.