23 Feb 2018

DID YOU KNOW?

Accounts Officer

Waste Options can also help with the disposal of your grease trap!

There are some key points to know before you book! Before you book your grease trap service- it is good to understand the following concepts:

Restaurant grease trap: when you operate a business serving food such as a cafe, takeaway shop or restaurant you will likely be required to have a regulated grease trap on site.

Required schedule: the schedule you need to follow for grease trap cleaning will be set up and monitored by your local water authority. They will categorise your business based on business type, size of trap (in litres) to work out the required schedule. You will then be required to keep a record of the services performed. In Sydney- a barcode is scanned and the service performance is then recorded on the system automatically.

Barcode or trade waste agreement: In Sydney – each grease trap will have a barcode- this will be a white sticker/plaque attached to a wall or service near the trap. When you book a service it is best to have these details on hand.

Pricing: pricing per service is usually calculated on e per litre basis- i.e it will be a cost per litre X the number of litres in the trap. Many providers may have a minimum litre charge- i.e such as 1000 litres or higher.

Waste Options can also help with your disposal of grease traps as well as waste and recycle.

Call today 1300 44 79 22 or visit our website for an online quote. With flexible contracts and fair prices we can help with many options.

 

 

22 Feb 2018

Office Waste Removal and How you can help?

Accounts Officer

Office Rubbish Removal Sydney

Many offices do not produce a great deal of waste, especially for smaller office spaces with less than 10 workers. In some instances, the council bin provision may be suitable for your needs. However, it is pretty simple to organize low cost and effective waste management and recycling services for your office – and achieve very high levels of recycling to help the environment. Staff in your office can help by separating waste and recyclables, hence helping to increase recycling percentages. The Source Separation Bins can be very helpful in separating each categories with easy to follow illustrated pictures and each staff member can do this. Make sure to look up Source Separation Systems website for their innovated products and bins. *Pictured above are The Source Separations Bins in action in our office*

Waste Options offer low cost and flexible waste, recycling and office rubbish removal Sydney services through flexible 30 day agreements. Check out our website for our options and services.

How you can boost recycling through office rubbish 

By putting in place a simple waste management plan, you can pretty easily achieve very high recycling rates for your business- this can help keep your staff engaged and also lead to a better work atmosphere.

We list from top to bottom – the easiest and cheapest recycling options to put in place to reduce any waste ending up in landfill.

Cardboard and Paper recycling- most offices produce lots of paper and some cardboard. The cheapest way (and most environmentally friendly way to get rid of it is to have cardboard bin collection. If some of your paperwork is confidential – you can organize a shredding bin.

Confidential shredding bin- ensures your private documents (or customer private details) are not simply thrown into the garbage for all eyes to see. The bin is kept and collected by security cleared driver from inside your office space. Waste Options can help with this too. Just another option for our clients, not to mention peace of mind.

Commingled recycling- if your office has items like drink cans, plastic bottle etc a commingle recycling bin (a yellow mixed recycling bin) could be a good move and will let you reduce any general waste going to landfill.

Organic food waste- if you produce reasonable amounts of food waste, there may be an organic food waste collection service in your area. Alternatively, if you have a garden you could think about having a composter.

Recycling boxes- it is good to know also that pretty much anything can be recycled using TerraCycle recycling boxes such as cigarettes, coffee pods, rubber gloves or hairnets. Pretty much anything.

Ask us how we can help with your office waste & recycling removal

 

16 Feb 2018

Waste and how long does it take to decompose!

Accounts Officer

Ever wondered how long it takes for your rubbish to decompose?

Taking that Sunday afternoon drive to the local dump- we all know that dumping at the local landfill can be extremely expensive especially in Sydney metro area due to the landfill levy. At Waste Options we try to promote recycling to our customers for two main reasons, in Sydney- recycling can be significantly cheaper than dumping in general waste and secondly – of course it helps OUR environment.

Waste Options is a real change to the Sydney waste management sector – we provide low cost and reliable services to small and medium businesses. Waste Options take the worry out by offering our services are on flexible 30 day agreements, so you do not need to worry about roll over clauses or hidden charges again. Check out our options or get a quote online at our website.

So how long does it take waste to decompose?

As we all know that dumping at rubbish dump Sydney sites is not the best option. We thought it would be interesting to look at how long it takes various items to break down landfills. Take note that these decomposition will  vary depending on the conditions of the landfill.

Plastic waste:  ‘Normally, plastic items can take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills. But plastic bags we use in our everyday life take 10-1000 years to decompose, while plastic bottles can take 450 year or more’

Nappies/diapers: ‘disposable diapers take approximately 250-500 years to decompose in landfills’

Cans: ‘Aluminium cans take 80-200 years in landfills to get completely decomposed’

Glass: ‘if glass is thrown away in landfills, it takes million years to decompose. And according to some sources, it doesn’t decompose at all’

Paper: ‘it takes 2-6 weeks in landfills to get completely decomposed’

Food Waste: ‘Normally, an orange peel takes 6 months  but an apple core or a banana peel takes around one month to decompose’

09 Feb 2018

Waste Services providing extended customer service!

Accounts Officer

Coming Soon to Waste Options!

Waste Options will soon be moving to Wastedge to provide innovated customer service options for today’s growing needs for instant communications. Waste Options in April 2017 will be implementing Wastedge, to offer our clients a customer self service portal access to view their business service calendar schedules or view booking details with service statistics and monthly sales charts, as well as environmental waste diversion from landfill % charts, with site comparisons by waste type. Wastedge is a modern cloud based software with integrated Google mapping, mobile software apps and evolves as its Creators continue to innovate to meet market demands.

It will allow our clients to have access for after hours booking requests and the ability of requesting additional collections. It is available 24/7 securely available via a webpage or mobile phone device.

Other features just to name a few:

  • Customer web-self-service collect requests
  • Ability to see scheduled collections on the map
  • Ability to view history online
  • Improves Customer communications
  • Ability to view Site stats and trends
  • Reduces administrative effort/cost

Waste Options is continually improving and looking for systems that help out customers. We understand that people and businesses  are becoming busier and require easy reliable services to help achieve higher demands.

For further information or clarification please feel free to call us o n 1300 44 79 22 to discuss.

 

08 Feb 2018

Waste Management for Aged Care Sydney

Accounts Officer

Waste Options works with Aged Care facilities to help consolidate into one point of contact.

Waste Options has been working with the Aged care facilities since we opened our doors in 2014. It is no surprise that with Australia’s ageing population and increasing life expectancy, the age care sector is under pressure with meeting the high demands and facilities are under construction all over Australia. With so many facilities throughout invoicing report and contractors can be varying and plentiful. There can be invoices for each sector of the Aged Care, sanitary, medical, waste and the grease trap. What can Waste Options do to consolidate and improve services within the Aged Care?

Waste Services we provide to Aged Care facilities in Sydney, NSW

  • Medical Waste
  • Sharps Waste
  • Cytotoxic
  • General Waste
  • Recycling
  • Bathroom services including sanitary
  • Grease Trap

One Contact

We can provide a central email and contact point for your account which will have the ability to address any service needs or general enquiries that you may have. By having one contact and understanding your contract requirements, we can respond faster and ensure your requests are met within a quick turnaround.

One Invoice

Together we will design and build your own excel invoice which will have the ability to incorporate general ledger codes, cost centres,site numbers or any specific details you wish to add. We can also set up a download page for customers utilising an accounting software package which has the upload capability.

One Report

As we are not tied to one waste provider, we can utilise several industry specialists at your site and roll all the information into one monthly report. The monthly report can be sorted so you can view at a site, divisional or national level. We also have the ability to customise your reporting to meet your needs. Waste Options provides waste management services for all sizes of businesses throughout Australia with the prime mission of being Flexible, Credible and Fair to all our clients. For further information or to discuss a no obligation free quote call 1300 44 79 22

 

 

01 Feb 2018
Waste Options Accounts Officer

Waste Options hires a new Accounts Officer in Sydney!

Accounts Officer

Meet our newest Waste Options team member Shahnaz Naseri our Accounts Officer!

Now that we have our new website up and running and the Christmas/School Holiday season is over we would like to introduce you to our newest team member! Shahnaz started with us back in November 2017 and brings with her a wealth of knowledge expanding over 14 years. Prior to working with Waste Options, Shahnaz worked overseas for companies such as Nojian Kala Co. and with Golsam Gorgan Chemicals in their head office as Assistant Accountant. Her focus in these roles was looking after accounts payable, accounts receivable and general responsibilities of managing payroll, superannuation and reconciliations. Before heading to now live and work in her new home of Australia. Shahnaz takes a huge amount of pride and responsibility in her work and her attention to detail shines through in her work.

Shahnaz holds a Diploma in Accounting, Certificate IV in Accounting and a Bachelor Of Business Administration.

Waste Options are very honoured to have Shahnaz as apart of our dynamic team.

Shahnaz can be contacted on 1300 44 79 22 or accounts@wasteoptions.com.au

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