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

Under the cover of darkness, a husband and wife take out an old door, window frames and bags of torn wallpaper from the house, look around and store their load on the site near the garbage containers. A car stops on an abandoned forest road, the driver takes bags of broken bricks from the trunk and throws them on the side of the road. A rusty bathtub lies in a vacant lot next to a broken washbasin and rotten pipes. The stories are different, but the reason is the same: people are doing renovations and don’t know how to properly dispose of construction waste and where to throw it away.

The container is not rubber

Management companies are required to remove household waste, why not at the same time throw construction waste into the container, as well as an old TV, a broken washing machine and grandma's chair? This cannot be done, since each resident pays only for the removal of household waste, and the management company enters into contracts with recycling companies only for this volume. When you start a major renovation and buy more modern furnishings for your updated apartment, the number of things thrown away may exceed the limit for the entire house. The garbage truck will take as many cubic meters as specified in the contract, the rest will lie on the site. But what should you do with your mountain of junk?

In the morning, people carry bags of waste into the container, and it is filled to the top.More conscientious residents will take the bags home and wait for space to become available, but many will spill over the edges. Of course, over time everything will be removed, but while the garbage is lying on the site, it creates a lot of inconvenience for all residents.

Piles of waste give the area an unaesthetic appearance.
Household garbage thrown out by residents spills out of an overflowing container. The wind carries it throughout the area.
Cement dust is harmful to the lungs, paint residues are toxic, and children love to examine all sorts of bags, cans and boxes while walking.
At night, young people who have been playing around can burn scraps of polymer wallpaper or linoleum sheets - toxic smoke will penetrate into the cracks and vents.

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 about the ecology of a single yard?

Some clever people take opaque bags and take out construction waste in small portions. If you decide to change the wallpaper in one room, this option can help, but what if you started a major renovation with dismantling partitions, replacing plumbing, doors and window units? If you run with bags every 10 minutes, there will definitely be a “well-wisher” among your neighbors who will report your strange behavior, which means you will have to stretch out this event for a long time. One room will turn into a landfill for construction waste for about six months, and you also need to figure out how to shred large structures. Dust, dirt and dissatisfaction of the whole family are guaranteed to you.

Advice

Do not try to throw construction waste into a container under cover of night. The neighbors won’t see you, but many management companies, tired of fighting violators, install video cameras.The fine for illegal use of household waste containers will be much higher than legal disposal.

If you don’t want to deal with the issue of disposal of non-standard waste every time, you can put an end to this problem once. Contact your management company, they will hold a meeting of residents, and if the majority agrees, they will install a special container. Utility bills will be a little higher, but you won’t have to store bags of broken tiles and pieces of linoleum at home; you can take them out to a special container every day. Do not assume that when an agreement 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 come to an agreement with the residents of all the houses and officials of the company that serves you. You are unlikely to achieve results, but at least direct your energy to good purposes.

Experts will do it better and faster

Every city has a company engaged in the removal and disposal of construction waste. You only need to place an order and pay for the service, the company’s employees will do the rest. At the appointed time, workers will remove the bags and take them to the landfill. You don’t even have to check whether the company has a license for recycling, where it will take the waste; all claims will not be against the customer, but against the organization. There are enterprises that do not throw waste into landfills, but recycle it. In this case, renovating 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 an expense, but as a savings.First of all, a law-abiding person will save his nerves and reputation. Imagine being caught throwing the wrong thing into a container. Will it be pleasant when employees of the management company scold you in front of all your neighbors, like a guilty schoolchild? We should not forget about the material side: the fine will be no less than 3,000 rubles, the services of a specialized company are much cheaper. And if you convert a utility room into a small store or hairdresser, then you become a legal entity, and the liability will be much stricter - up to 100 thousand rubles. How many clients do you need to cut your hair to justify that amount?

There are three ways to dispose of construction waste:

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

The first method need not even be considered: the consequences have already been said, and convincing a person who believes that laws are not written for him is a useless exercise. The second option is convenient, but in every house there will be residents who will strongly oppose raising tariffs even by a penny. They will prove with foam at the mouth that they have been living without repairs for 10 years, and they will not do them in the next century. The easiest way is to order the service yourself. You won’t have to strain yourself carrying heavy bags, you won’t have to run up the stairs with a broom and sweep up dirt from a torn bag. Specialists know where and how to properly remove construction waste.

No one wants to pay money; you can look for a way to save. Find out if it would be cheaper if residents of several apartments in one building want to remove the garbage.In large buildings there will always be several families working on renovations at the same time. Perhaps it makes sense to cooperate and remove all waste on 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 waste collection site, pours the contents of each bag into a container of a certain color, and throws the emptied bags into a plastic container. This picture can be seen in many countries, but for Russia such behavior is still a pipe dream. People are throwing cigarette butts and candy wrappers onto the sidewalk and throwing liquid cans into the solid waste container. Is it any wonder that there is dirt and stench around our houses? If we want to live a clean life, let's start small: we will properly dispose of waste.