Why Does My Garbage Smell Bad?

You open the lid of your garbage can to a pungent odor that shouldn’t be there — there are only a few things in the trash! This is an all too common occurrence, with many homeowners fearful of opening their lids to reveal the bad smell. But this doesn’t always have to be the case, and being more mindful about your garbage is a sure-fire way to reduce the amount of bad smells that.

Watch What You Toss

When it comes to specific things that go in the trash, meats and other perishables can lead to bad smells after one day. Instead of tossing the scraps from your meal or trimmings from the raw meat, try freezing them in a bag until the night before the garbage is supposed to go out. This way, it’s impossible for it to smell, won’t be in the trash long enough to produce an odor, and is easily stored! Additionally, animals likely won’t be able to smell the meat, and wont rummage through your trash.

Clean The Can

It’s obvious that not every single particle ends up in the trash when it’s thrown out. Because of this, routine cleaning should also be done periodically to remove germs, excess liquid, and food particles that might have wandered off while being thrown away. This also goes for your outdoor can as well, which could use a bit of soap and a hose down every now and then.

Use New Bags

Sometimes, the run of the mill garbage bags aren’t so good at keeping the smell out from food. Luckily, modern innovations have helped forge new types of material that can help absorb bad smelling food and liquids. Spend the extra dollar next time you’re shopping for a box of bags and see if this helps make a difference in your garbage.

Likewise, you should also have a qualified company that can handle the garbage you’re trying to get rid of. With City Carting, our professionals are dedicated to ridding your home of the garbage that stinks and bring it somewhere to be sorted and processed. If you’re in need, make sure you’re enlisting the help of someone who can do just that — help!

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re interested in dumpster rental or disposal services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook page!

Commercial Business Waste Management Solutions

Owning your own business is sometimes tough work — and the list of things to do on your own can sometimes feel like it’s never ending. Instead of worrying about the little things, have those taken care of in other ways so that you can focus on what really matters — your business! One way to take a load off is to have your trash handled by a service, rather than taking care of it yourself. See how that can benefit you below.

Roll Off Service

When you enlist the help of a waste management service, your garbage becomes their sole focus. Picking it up and taking it away is a big part of what they do, which helps keep your location clean, trash free, and of course, with less chores on your own plate. Think about this the next time you don’t have enough time to get what you need done.

Container Service

Let’s say you’re remodeling your storefront or you’re just in need of something to put your trash into — there’s an answer for that! With front or rear load containers available, the process becomes easier than ever. You just fill it up, and we empty it and take it away! For the larger projects, we can drop off a big container for everything to fit in. These can handle so much more than the average load and are built for remodeling jobs and more. If this is something you need, it’s definitely worth looking into — especially if you don’t want to haul your own garbage away!

Of course, as a business, there are also a ton of other things to monitor, and if your garbage is taking you an extended amount of time, it’s a good idea to think about how you can

How You Can Reuse Old Items in Your Home!

Saving money and waste is something we love doing at City Carting — and we’re constantly striving to be better at that each day! What comes with the reality of your waste also is the reality that it can be saved and used later on for something useful and fresh! Take a peek below at some of the upcycling projects we’ve compiled for you below!

Wallpaper Clock

Instead of looking for texture on the walls, why not apply that to a clock? With any old clock, you can remove the outer trim if it exists and create a flat profile. From there, take any old paper you have (like wrapping paper or fabric, and wrap the face of the clock! Using an adhesive, you can keep the look flat and flush without much work, which creates a whole new item in your home — and saves you money from buying a new one!

Custom Bookends

Nobody uses house phones anymore, right? Of course not! Why not take some of those old pieces of history and turn them into something creative? For example, that old wired telephone can be sourced at yard sales or even off of your wall! Grab one of these and affix it to a thin piece of metal or piece of plastic on the bottom. This can be done with industrial-grade glue to hold it in place or by drilling holes through both items. Once finished, you can paint it any color and then place books between the two!

Denim Coasters

Instead of throwing those jeans away (if they can’t be donated), why not turn them into something vintage and functional? Cutting denim into ⅜” wide strips a few feet long will allow you to roll them into a circle that acts as a coaster. Grab an adhesive or a needle and thread to keep it in place, and place on counters! These also help insulate surfaces from hot and cold drinks!

Of course, not everything can be turned into something cool, and for those things, that’s ok. Just make sure your waste is being taken care of by someone who can effectively take it away and bring to necessary parties!

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re interested in dumpster rental or disposal services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook!

Fun Recycling You Can Do In 2019

We know — it’s too early to think about the cold! Or is it? In fact, with fall right around the corner, there’s a lot of things that entails. With the favorites being pumpkin patches, apple cider and hayrides, the season brings a ton to do! And at home, fall is especially important as well. That’s why recycling should be on your mind — to keep you and your home healthy! Take advantage of the season and start these projects for easy and fun fall activities.

Leaves

One of the best ways to keep your leaves year round and get good use out of them is to use them as firestarting logs for your bonfires and firepits. Simply pack them into a bucket and dampen them, pack them in to dry, and then when they’re dried out they double as a starting log!

Plastic & Glass

It’s always fun to create lighting outside that is cheap and effective. With plastic and glass, you can create different lighting fixtures that both look great, and help you light the way without breaking the bank or needing to buy a new product. This is a great way to tastefully accent your home on a budget!

Recycle!

Small projects even as simple as creating a home-made dog bed from blankets and an old storage bin are great ways to stay green and make a difference. A project like this needs nothing more than your old bin, a blanket, and an x-acto knife to cut the hole big enough for your furry friend. This keeps them warm in the colder months as well if they’d like to play!

Of course, managing your waste is also a great tool to have in your back pocket — and it can save you time and effort! Enlist the help of a service who is committed to hauling away your trash each week, where we can make great use of it for the future!

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re interested in dumpster rental or disposal services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook!

Keeping Animals Out Of Your Trash This Fall

One of the absolute last things you need is to wake up to your garbage spread out across the lawn, with the reality that it was rummaged through by a bunch of animals while you were asleep. Now, in addition to the fact that you have to clean it all up, you’re forced to figure out how you can prevent this from happening again. While there are some easy fixes to this problem, we’ve also got a few below for you to try out.

Bring Your Garbage Out Late

Instead of letting the garbage sit in the bin for a few days, bring it outside the night before. This won’t always be a sure-fire answer to the issue, but it will help you get some of the trash out of the path of raccoons and other animals. The less they smell when they’re roaming around, the better — and less for you to have to clean!

Lids

Some garbage tops don’t come with lids, and if this is something you don’t own, it can be an issue. Instead of risking it, purchase bins with lids on top and have it latched down at night so that it’s impossible for a small critter to open it. This keeps smells out, and also deters them from coming back in the future once they know it’s impossible for them to break it open.

Bungee Cords

If you do have lids and the animals are still getting in, they might have outsmarted your current attempts to keep them out. Instead of letting this happen, grab a set of bungee cords and latch the lid down with some extra force. This is a perfect way to surely keep them from entering the garbage, as the force of the cords is much more than they’re capable of unfastening. This way, everything stays safe and inside the can until it’s picked up!

If a service is something you’re also in need of in terms of your garbage, make sure you’re enlisting the help of a company with a proven track record of success. City Carting is manned with over 11,000 happy clients who choose us to take care of their waste — you can be our next one!

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re interested in dumpster rental or disposal services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook!

3 Things You're Missing At Home

As a homeowner, whether new or old, you’re likely constantly learning how to best

manage your waste, organization, and your home as a whole! What comes with those

experiences is usually a purchase of some sort, which improves that process; and these

purchases can be a few dollars or something a bit larger to accommodate your needs.

Below are a few items that can improve the quality of life at home, and help you improve

your overall process!

Separate Garbages 

It’s important that in 2019, you know that many things don’t go in the same garbage can --

and the best way to solve that is to have multiples! If you’re the super conscious type, keep

three separate cans -- one for food, one for recycling, and one for food waste. This way you

can properly separate all of them and make sure that everything is always where it needs

to be when it’s collected.

Bungee Cords

In addition to being great at latching down a new mattress or piece of furniture, a bungee

cord can be a great option for you when it comes to holding down your garbage cans so

that critters don’t get in where they shouldn’t. These bundles of cords can be had for a

very low price and pose a lot of benefits in many aspects of daily life.

Compost Heap

As mentioned above, keeping food separated can be a great solution for those looking for

another option and another way to keep their home a bit more green. This compost heap

will allow you to repurpose old food into new soil for your plants, which is a huge plus! 

Of course, conscious waste management is also very necessary -- and making sure this

practice is done on a constant basis requires someone who can effectively haul your garbage

away when you need it gone! 

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City

Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re looking for dumpster rental

or services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our

website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook page!

City Carting Commercial Solutions

As a business owner in the CT area, it’s important to make sure that you’re ready for all

seasons, and your business stays ready and profitable -- and clean! While it might seem

like enough to make sure your storefront or office is clean enough, the garbage and the

waste you produce on a daily basis also needs a place to go, so it’s important to do everything

in your power to maintain curb appeal for customers, and cleanliness for the both of you! Below

are a few commercial options that you and your business have with City Carting.

Roll Off Services

It’s important that at the end of the day, there’s a place for all of your garbage, no matter

how much. For businesses that produce more than just a garbage bag full each day or so,

a roll-off container is the next best option that provides a massive benefit to everyone. This

rolling container can be either front or rear load, and contain a ton of waste to be picked up

locally by a truck on a rolling (get it?) basis!

Large Drop-Off

For larger remodeling or garbage ridden projects, a drop off container is something to

consider -- especially given the size! This can help for those looking to complete something

huge or just need a temporary solution for a larger task. Our trucks can drop one off in your

area and you can keep it until it’s no longer needed! This option is great as it requires nothing

but a phone call on your end -- which is a benefit within itself! 

Of course, there are many options for businesses looking for a commercial situation -- and in

many cases, City Carting can handle large-scale projects no matter the size! 

Providing homes and businesses with effective waste management is a service that City

Carting & Recycling has been doing for over 35 years. If you’re looking for dumpster rental

or services, give us a call at (888) 413-3344 to request a free quote, or visit us on our

website! For more information, tips and tricks, make sure to Like our Facebook page!