Household waste collection

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Household waste collection plays a vital role in managing resources effectively and protecting the environment. By separating and recycling materials, we can reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills and reuse valuable resources. This process not only minimizes negative environmental impact but also leads to significant savings in natural resources and energy.

Types of household waste

Household waste includes a wide range of materials generated daily in our homes. Understanding these types and managing them properly is essential for environmental protection. Each of us can contribute to waste collection by pre-sorting our waste at home.

Organic waste: Food scraps, fruit and vegetable peels, coffee grounds, tea bags, and other biodegradable materials.

How to:

  • Composting: Organic waste can be transformed into compost, creating natural fertilizer for gardens and agriculture.
  • Separate collection: Using special containers for organic waste allows for recycling and reduces the amount sent to landfills.

Paper waste: Newspapers, magazines, notebooks, paper bags, cardboard, and other paper products.

How to:

  • Recycling: Paper and cardboard can be collected separately and sent to recycling centers to be reused.
  • Reuse: Cardboard boxes and other paper products can be repurposed before recycling.

Plastic waste: Includes plastic bottles, packaging, bags, toys, and other plastic products.

How to:

  • Recycling: Plastic can be collected and recycled to create new plastic products, reducing the need for new plastic production.
  • Reduction: Reducing plastic consumption by using reusable bags and avoiding plastic-packaged products helps decrease plastic waste.

Metal waste: Includes cans, aluminum containers, metal lids, and other metal items.

How to:

  • Recycling: Metals can be recycled and reused across various industries, helping save resources and energy.
  • Separate collection: Using dedicated containers for metals facilitates efficient recycling.

Glass waste: Bottles, jars, and other glass containers.

How to:

  • Recycling: Glass can be fully recycled and used to create new glass products.
  • Reuse: Glass containers can be repurposed at home before being recycled.

Hazardous waste: Batteries, cleaning chemicals, paints, pesticides, and other hazardous substances.

How to:

  • Specialized collection: These wastes must be collected and treated by specialized centers to prevent pollution and health risks.
  • Proper disposal: It is crucial not to dispose of hazardous waste in regular bins or improperly.

Electronic waste (E-waste): Electronics and appliances, such as mobile phones, computers, televisions, and other electronic devices.

How to:

  • Recycling: Specialized recycling centers for e-waste can dismantle and repurpose valuable components.
  • Reuse: Functional devices can be donated or reused.

Textile waste: Old clothes, linens, and other textile products.

How to:

  • Reuse: Clothes and textiles in good condition can be donated.

Recycling: Damaged textiles can be recycled and turned into new materials.

Removal of non-salable inventory from accounting records

Expenses incurred for removing degraded goods from accounting records are tax-deductible when calculating corporate income tax.

VAT adjustment for non-salable inventory

According to current legislation, services paid to a recycling company for the destruction of goods are fiscally deductible.

Integrated waste management

We offer comprehensive and specialized solutions for the collection, disposal, and destruction of expired, damaged, counterfeit, confiscated, non-compliant, or specially regulated products.

Collection of electrical and electronic equipment

We provide integrated solutions for the efficient management of household and electronic waste, ensuring specific treatment for each category.

Why work with Kaputt Sekuro

With 15 years of experience in the sustainability industry, Kaputt Sekuro by Tekko offers comprehensive management of fixed assets through secure destruction, preventing unauthorized resale and safeguarding brand reputation.

As part of a group of companies dedicated to sustainability, TEKKO Logistik Industry is a certified final disposal operator for hazardous waste treatment, specializing in pre-coincineration preparation. Our state-of-the-art facilities include:

  • Laboratory analysis and hazardous waste testing.
  • Granular waste sorting using mobile stations with vibrating screens and a 10-bar water washing system.
  • Pressurized spray canisters perforation bunker, equipped with a VOC recovery system.
  • Shredders for solid hazardous waste.
  • Underground silos for decomposing, homogenizing, and mixing hazardous waste in all forms (dust, liquid, pasty, solidified, vitrified, etc.).
  • Excavators with ALPINE Axial Drum mixers to enhance hazardous waste properties.
  • Screening and pumping units for viscous, flammable waste.
  • Wastewater treatment stations with a 20 m³/h capacity, utilizing a mechanical-chemical process.

Upon receipt and sorting, the waste is processed in our authorized treatment facility, producing a homogeneous material ready for co-incineration in cement plants. This process significantly reduces environmental impact by converting hazardous waste into energy sources and avoiding landfill disposal.

All facilities and technologies comply with the best available techniques (BAT) for the waste treatment industry, providing viable solutions for all types of hazardous and non-hazardous waste generated from industrial and commercial activities.

Categories of Waste Treated by TEKKO Logistik Industry

Our facilities are designed and authorized to handle the treatment and recovery of all categories of waste, including:

  • Cyanide waste
  • Contaminated packaging or porous material
  • Pressurized containers and expired chemicals
  • Sludge from separation/decantation containing hazardous substances
  • Heavy metal-containing waste (including mercury)
  • Solvent or water-based paint and lacquer waste
  • Metal surface finishing or thermal treatment waste
  • Solvents, adhesives, and glues (even solidified)
  • Pharmaceutical industry waste
  • Waste from chemical surface treatment and metal coating (e.g., galvanizing, zincing, pickling, phosphating)
  • Inorganic chemical waste
  • Chemical reagent waste
  • Base, acid, oxide, salt, and halogen waste
  • Laboratory chemical waste
  • Sand beds, soil, and contaminated soil waste
  • Agrochemical waste, including pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides
  • Petroleum residues from tanks or the extractive industry
  • Sludge from in-plant or municipal treatment stations
  • Drilling mud and other drilling waste
  • Sludge, emulsions, and wash water from industrial processes
  • Acid tar waste
  • Vitrified waste

Collection and transport services

Through our own logistics network, the Tekko group provides licensed collection and transportation services for all types of industrial, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste across Bucharest-Ilfov and throughout Romania.

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