Trash in multifamily is an operational task that often runs quietly in the background, keeping residents happy and grounds clean. But if things aren't going well, residents won't hesitate to get real loud about the issues in online reviews. Trash management is a frontline resident touchpoint that shapes the perceptions of service quality, community pride and overall satisfaction. When bins overflow, the impa ...

 Every year, as temperatures climb and daylight lingers a bit longer, something predictable happens across the country's homes and multifamily communities—spring cleaning. This means that trash can begin to pile up, and understanding it is the first step to effectively managing it. The Spring Cleaning Mindset About 80% of Americans participate in spring cleaning, a 10% increase from three years ago, acc ...

Holiday trash hits communities hard. Between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, the amount of household trash spikes by about 25%, with each one adding about 1,000 extra pounds to landfills. This includes $15.2 billion in unwanted gifts, 4% of which are just tossed. Multifamily can't avoid its portion of the 5 million metric tons of holiday trash. This can reveal serious problems in a community's onsite waste ...