There’s a lot riding on the appearance and reputation of your property. Apartment managers have to be careful about keeping dumpster areas clean in order to keep tenants happy and maintain curb appeal. At the same time, messy dumpsters create a health and injury risk for everyone.
Overfilled dumpsters also present an environmental risk. If your apartments are advertised as a green business, you especially don’t want stray garbage becoming a water pollutant. The Keep It Clean Partnership lists trash from overfilled dumpsters as one of the most common causes of polluted waters. If the trash gets into a storm drainage system, filth and dangerous chemicals wind up in local creeks and rivers.
So, what can apartment managers do to keep dumpsters clean?
- Locate dumpsters where employees and tenants can easily use them
- Keep the outside of the dumpsters clean so people will get their trash in the dumpster, not on the ground nearby
- Use dumpster tugs for a solution to safely transport dumpsters from collection areas to pickup areas
- Frequently clean up spills and refuse that are left behind
Dumpster Tugs: Put Garbage Where It Belongs
Material handling equipment helps employees take care of difficult, strenuous tasks like pushing or pulling heavy equipment like dumpsters. What if one employee could safely move the dumpster bins from the collection area out to the curb, without the physical risk of doing it manually?
Dumpster tugs protect workers from injuries and make garbage collection a more tidy and efficient process. Contact DJ Products for more information about a variety of dumpster tugs, ranging from trash container movers to heavy-duty towing equipment.
