With the rising cost of purchasing a new property in most major cities around Australia, home renovations and remodels are becoming more popular than ever. Unfortunately, home renovations tend to generate a fair amount of waste, from broken tiles to old wooden beams, retired appliances, sheets of roofing and more – and all of it will end up in land waste if you don’t find a way to recycle or reuse them.

Post-renovation waste can have a bigger impact on the environment than you may realise, so it’s important to consider recycling what you can to minimise the impact of your renovation – even if you’ve put plenty of green considerations into your new build.

Here’s how you can reduce your renovation waste, and how you can go about renovation recycling to make use of the stuff you’re left with.

Most people tend to think that only paper and plastic can be recycled, but that’s far from the truth. You can easily recycle other materials including ceramics, drywall, textiles, and metal. These materials, which you may consider trash, can actually be helpful in another build further down the line. Recycled metal for instance can be used when constructing automobiles, aircraft, ships, train tracks, and bridges.

If you’d like to look into renovation recycling, it’s best to get in touch with a specialty recycling company that knows the best and safest way to collect, sort and recycle your renovation waste.

Did you know that some of the rubbish lying around your renovation construction site may actually be worth cash? Scrap metal is particularly important: it can be recycled and reused in so many ways, which is why at Elite Recyclers we buy scrap metal all over Brisbane. From demolished sheds right through to large-scale construction projects, we pay you cash for scrap metal, making your renovation recycling potentially valuable.

Not only can you potentially make money from recycling your renovation waste, but it can also be more cost effective than dumping everything at a rubbish tip. Waste management facilities will charge you money to dump your renovation recycling, so why not recycle or reuse and save yourself some money?

Rather than dumping your renovation waste at the tip and letting it slowly decay over time, recycling it can in fact have a positive effect on the community around you. Recycling metal creates job opportunities in the recycling industry and stimulates economic growth, as there are hands and minds needed to collect and process waste.

Recycling renovation materials, particularly metal, has numerous benefits for both the environment and the economy. At Elite Recyclers, we understand this importance and strive to provide top-notch services to our clients. Get in touch today and find out how we can help you.