Is it true that you can get a fine for throwing construction waste into a regular container?

Under cover of night, the husband and wife take out the old door, window frames and tattered wallpaper from the house, look around and store their burden on the site near the garbage containers. A car stops on an abandoned forest road, the driver takes out bags from the trunk with fragments of bricks and throws them on the side of the road. A rusty bathtub is lying in a vacant lot next to a broken washbasin and decayed pipes. The plots are different, but the reason is the same: people make repairs and do not know how to properly dispose of construction waste and where to throw it away.

Non-rubber container

Management companies are obliged to take out household waste, why not throw construction waste into the container, as well as the old TV, a broken washing machine and grandmother’s chair? This cannot be done, since each tenant pays only for the removal of household waste, and the management company enters into agreements with utilization companies only for such a volume. When you start a grandiose repair, and in a renovated apartment you buy a more modern environment, the number of discarded items may exceed the limit of the whole house. The garbage truck will pick up as many cubic meters as specified in the contract, the rest will lie on the site. But where to put your mountain of trash?

In the morning, people carry bags of waste into the container, and it is filled to the top. More conscious residents will take the packages home and wait for the place to be free, but many will pour over the edges. Of course, over time, everyone will be taken out, but while the garbage is lying on the site, it creates many inconveniences to all residents.

Piles of waste give the area an unaesthetic appearance.
Household garbage thrown out by tenants falls out of a crowded container. The wind carries it throughout the territory.
Cement dust is harmful to the lungs, paint residues are toxic, and children love to examine all sorts of bags, cans and boxes during a walk.
At night, young people taking a walk can burn fragments of polymer wallpaper or linoleum canvas - poisonous smoke will penetrate the cracks and windows.

We all care about the environment, we are indignant when factories pour chemical waste into rivers and seas, why doesn’t anyone have a headache for the environment of a separate yard?

Some tricks take opaque bags and take out construction debris in small batches. If you decide to change the wallpaper in one room, this option can help, but if you started a major overhaul with the dismantling of partitions, replacing plumbing, doors and window blocks? You’ll run around with bags every 10 minutes - there’s sure to be a “well-wisher” among your neighbors who will tell you about your strange behavior, which means you will have to stretch this event for a long time. For about half a year, one room will turn into a landfill for construction waste, and you still need to figure out how to grind large structures. Dust, dirt and discontent of the whole family are provided for you.

Tip
Do not try to throw construction debris into a container under cover of night. Neighbors will not see you, but many management companies, tired of fighting infringers, install video cameras. The penalty for illegal use of containers for household waste will be much more than legal disposal.

If you do not want to solve the problem of disposing of non-standard waste every time, you can put an end to this problem once. Contact your management company, it will hold a meeting of residents, and if the majority agrees, will install a special container.The utility bills will be a little higher, but you don’t have to store bags with fragments of tiles and pieces of linoleum at home, you can take them into a special container at least every day. Do not assume that when the contract is concluded, you can throw construction waste into any container, a special large tank will be installed for this. If your organizational skills are looking for a way out, try to negotiate with the residents of all houses and officials of the company that serves you. You are unlikely to achieve the result, but at least direct your energy to good goals.

Specialists will do better and faster

In each city there is a company engaged in the removal and disposal of construction waste. You only need to place an order and pay for the service, the employees of the company will do the rest. At the appointed time, the workers will take out the bags and take them to the landfill. You don’t even have to check if the company has a disposal license, where it will take the waste, all claims will be not against the customer, but against the organization. There are enterprises that do not throw waste into a landfill, but recycle it. In this case, the repair of your apartment will not harm the environment, on the contrary, something useful will be made from old bricks and plaster.

No one wants to pay extra money, but you can consider this service not as costs, but as savings. First of all, a law-abiding person will save his nerves and reputation. Imagine that you were caught when you were not throwing what you needed into the container. Will it be pleasant when the employees of the management company will chastise you in front of all the neighbors, like a guilty schoolboy? We should not forget about the material side: the fine will be at least 3,000 rubles, the services of a specialized company are much cheaper. And if you re-equip a utility room for a small shop or a hairdresser, then you will become a legal entity, and the responsibility will be much stricter - up to 100 thousand rubles. How many clients do you need to cut to justify this amount?

There are three ways to dispose of construction waste:

Slowly throw it into the household waste container,
conclude an agreement with the management company,
contact a specialized company.

The first method may not even be considered: the consequences have already been said, but to convince a person who believes that laws are not written for him is a futile exercise. The second option is convenient, but in every house there are tenants who stand against the increase in tariffs for at least a dime. They will prove with foam at the mouth that they have been living without repair for 10 years, and will not do it in the next century. The easiest way is to order the service yourself. You do not have to tear, carrying heavy bags, you will not need to run up the stairs with a broom and sweep the dirt from a torn bag. Specialists know where and how to properly remove construction waste.

Nobody wants to pay money, you can look for a way to save. Find out if it will be cheaper if the residents of several apartments of one house want to take out the garbage. In large buildings, there are always several families that are engaged in repair at the same time. Perhaps it makes sense to cooperate and take out all the waste in one flight. Call different companies, find out about tariffs, discounts and promotions and choose the most profitable option.

A woman with several bags comes to the garbage collection area, empties the contents of each bag into a container of a certain color, and throws the released bags into a plastic container. Such a picture can be seen in many countries, but for Russia such behavior is still a pipe dream. People throw cigarette butts and candy wrappers right on the sidewalk, throw jars of liquid contents into a container for solid waste. Why be surprised that around our houses there is dirt and stink? If we want to live clean, let's start small: we will properly dispose of waste.