Tips for Managing Trash During a Disaster

Have you thought about what you would do if your weekly trash pickup suddenly stopped? The accumulation of garbage could be a big problem. Another name for this is solid waste management. In this video, we will share some ideas that you may find helpful. It is important to think about this in advance and plan so you will be prepared to handle it.
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[@audreysmith2557]

In 1968, there wasn’t as much plastic as there is today. Think water bottles, or laundry detergent. I use powdered laundry detergent in a cardboard box. I have a Berkey water filter and use refillable bottles rather than buying plastic ones. I wash and reuse my ziplock bags; I hang them on an old baby bottle drying rack that looks like a tiny upside down umbrella. We use mason jars for most everything, and reuse glass jars that still have their lids. We compost all our kitchen scraps and throw our yard waste in there as well. I cook most of our meals, but we still end up with quart size empty yogurt containers. These are used for freezing soups, juices, leftovers and the like. Or sometimes for potting up the tomato plants. On the rare occasion that we fry something, like fish or French fries, we use paper grocery bags as oil absorbers. Paper is shredded and added to the compost pile - just make sure plastic doesn’t get in there. Cardboard boxes are stripped of plastic tape and used in the bottom of new raised garden beds, as well as in areas of the garden where we want to keep the weeds down (and then covered with mulch.). We really don’t have much garbage to send out, but sometimes it’s just keeping these things corralled until they are used that can be an issue.

[@jps99]

Yep, recycle everything!

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

Here in Calif, I return every beverage container I'm able to for the deposit, but I realize not every state does the deposit thing. I saw this really cool video on YT about a group of "hippies" cutting their pop and beer cans flat to shingle a shed roof. I go through enough sparkling water cans that I'm considering trying the process on a scale-size roof Okay, so its the cat shelter on my driveway. Still, a good size to prove out the concept, I thought. Wish me luck!

[@gailmariage5318]

I recommend a drink machine. My husband got me a carbonated drink machine about 1.5 years ago and I drink carbonated water everyday. No bottles and it tastes awesome.

[@TUKByV]

People have used cans to shingle pet houses and birdhouses and various feeders for a long time. Best wishes.

[@HeatherMerrell]

Two burn barrels with holes drilled in the bottom

[@kathrynmannyng3885]

The trash situation was similar in 2000 when I played there. I was there overnight on trash day in the apartment of a friend. There was no trash chute, they just dropped the bags down the center of the stairwell and then took them out to the curb after they got down the stairs. After my gig, there were piles of trash bags on the sidewalk...and they were moving and rustling...they had rats inside going after the garbage...this was normal. You can't compost in most apartment buildings, but we do have garbage disposals here in mine. We have recycling in our building, but they might not be emptied in a trash emergency. No burying, no burning in our apartment building complex. Provided gas grills only. I reuse many things like jars. I reuse ziplock bags by washing them until they break. Then I use them along with plastic shopping bags to clean the cat box into. The trash responsibility must be shared by all who use the designated system. Our building recently downsized to one dumpster for recycling instead of multiple 8 or more big cans. Nobody flattens anything and it's full in a day.

[@lightning77athiker45]

I've been thinking about how hide garbage after a disaster scenario. In my residential neighborhood, I obviously don't want to advertise that I have food with a pile of fresh cans . Also maybe ways to conceal cooking smells. I've driven past homes and said that something smells good in there 🧑‍🍳

[@PamsMountainGarden]

I was thinking this same thing.

[@snapdragon2441]

Thank you, a point I had not considered.

[@tinaingram885]

I think cleaning the cans and recycling, putting under the house in your crawl space. Won't hurt a thing. Jut throw it under there when it gets dark. A great idea. You have to think outside the box and get creative 😊

[@dumpsterahoy9236]

"Today we are talking trash" 😂

[@palominogirl2732]

Ha-Ha - I remember the garbage strike, too! And we burnt the papers, not cans and stuff, and that was my job as a kid, and I loved watching the fire in the cinderblock area in the back yard. These days, I take my own garbage out in my truck, cheaper than paying someone to come and pick it up, and my driveway is a half-mile long, so I have to put it in the truck anyway. OK - I agree that we won't have as much garbage if SHTF comes. And I also can, dehydrate, freeze most of my own food. Big pieces of cardboard are super-duper in my hoop house for weed control. I don't use it in the big outdoor garden because it's a home for slugs. But it is good weed control for someone who doesn't have chickens that would dig it up around their bushes and flowers, LOL! I have a little cinderblock area with firebrick set up to burn small pieces of cut-off wood from building things. No one gets a newspaper anymore, and we don't get any magazines anymore so I really don't burn much. Edited to add: I forgot to mention, when I buy something in a box, like crackers, sometimes I save that cardboard. A piece of it in a freezer bag means the cookies, cake, etc., stay flat in the freezer. I've made templates for sewing, too. Kids could do crafts with them, etc.

[@leslieg9406]

You can use the cans for growing seedlings. If you buy Duke's mayo, the lids fit regular size mason jars.

[@sheilabrennan5543]

Good to know thanks

[@deborahhustad1201]

Thanks for the video. It definitely needed to be discussed.

[@elizabethduncan6418]

I would take all the paper and cardboard boxes and send it to the side to use for the fireplace or starting fires to cook with

[@workinonit9562]

I wash my plastic bags and reuse unless there has been meat in them, the inner bags from cereal is saved and used as wax paper or to store muffins and bread in. Flatten any boxes and we would burn in our burn pit if it came down to it. Also flatten metal cans and bury them if need be. Kitchen scraps would be composted or buried. We grew up burning also, flatten metal cans with a sledge hammer. We are on a septic so that part is covered . Lots of things for people to think about, we live in the country so it would be easier than people in the city.

[@tooshieg2059]

What I heard: Food scraps except meat = compost. Cardboard and paper = flatten and save for fire starter and burn or compost. Tin can = reuse or flatten and burn to sterilize then bury. Glass -reuse. Good resources to have on hand: compost area, a burn barrel or pit with fire prevention nearby, aluminum can crusher, heavy duty contractor bags. Tks guys!!

[@Median234]

🐀🐀🐀Here in Europe, I've experienced several epidsodes of varying lengths of garbage strikes, and I can tell you that the No. 1 problem has been RATS... 🐀🐀🐀 It was horrible, especially as they become brazen after just one week of chaos, and I have no idea how to fend them off!

[@That.Lady.withtheYarn]

Cut the tin can, flatten them with a hammer and use it a roofing for a small building? Saw a video a while back where someone did that with soda can

[@hillbillyshorthair]

As a trashman we always say one man's trash is another man's treasure

[@EssentialTam33]

I am learning to compost this past year. Also been collecting large, thick contractor bags for burying if it comes to that (so expensive!). I think I will purchase 2 or 3 metal cans to bury for waste treatment in general. Blessings to you both, and thanks for addressing those darned rounded can bottoms! 😅

[@gailmariage5318]

My husband has always been one to crush boxes and cans.

[@deedieducati2272]

My boss and my friends don't believe me when I tell them that my kitchen bag (13 gallons) goes out to the big can about every 10 days, and THAT BIG CAN takes over one month for me to fill it. They say it's impossible...BUT IT'S NOT. First of all, I reuse many of the containers that food items come in. I use them to store things in, to grow seeds in, etc. cardboard can be used in a campfire or on the grill, so can dryer sheets and dryer lint. Secondly, the containers that I DO throw away are washed before they are tossed. Also, when I have eggs for breakfast, if I'm not going to crush them for my veggie garden, I always rinse the inside of the shell out before I put it into the trash. Everything can be reused for something! My kitchen scraps are buried in a large bucket of soil that I keep specifically for that purpose. You can always put a lid on it to keep down the smell or pests, but make sure to have drain holes on the bottom and wet it down once in a while so it will decompose. My concerns are not with garbage or rats from it. I'm more concerned about "black water" (putting it nicely) and how to dispose of that. I have a rainwater catchment system already rigged up for showers and hand-washing clothes....but the toilet, well....ya know. I guess there's always an out house

[@oldschooljeremy8124]

Same here! I just don't produce that much real trash. My neighbors put out their trash twice a week, it's maybe once a month for me.

[@trevorhorton8472]

Wet wipes are essential when the water supply isn't available.

[@melissatopham4018]

Save the lids of your cans to make arrow heads or spears by hammer folding them.

[@oldschooljeremy8124]

The Adrian Monk solution: package your trash and mail it to your therapist. ( Or your worst enemy. )

[@angelabull7173]

We already separate out our boxes and beverage cans. We burn the cardboard. We dont have trash pickup so we take trips to the dump every 2 weeks or so, storing it in the garage. The chickens get food scraps that are appropriate for them and we have a compost type pile we could stash things in as well.

[@jenniferbriski567]

I use glass jars to repackage my bulk purchases, it makes it easier to store now and use later without the waste that currently gets recycled. The area I live in is somewhat rural so I have a metal garbage can with a lid to keep critters out.

[@pats9055]

Thank you for all the information you put out and making me think!

[@snapdragon2441]

Occasionally we have missed the trash collection and had to go 4 weeks before our bins could be emptied, luckily we do not create much waste either so it was manageable. Any longer than a month and we would need a serious plan.

[@dianehansen7640]

I wish we could have a compost pile but in our small backyard it’s just not possible with the smell and attracting critters. A metal burn barrel is what my parents and grandparents used… but if everyone did this we’d all choke. We have a fire pit we’ve used on occasion for BBQ in the Fall so that’s an option. What to do with items that won’t burn still has me scratching my head.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@dianehundley720]

You are both wonderful!!!! I put my trash and recycle out once a month. I do most of what you stated, but I always learn so much from you. Thank you for being you 😊

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

You are so kind! Thanks!

[@Niamh07421]

was there during that nyc garbage strike- remember washing cans -removing the tops and bottoms then stepping on them to flatten - and washed out all the glass jars and soda bottles there wasn't recycling then - tying up all the newspapers- also no one really used plastic garbage bags - we all used the paperbags our grocery came in- living in nyc we could not compost- plus in the 60's don't think most people even knew what that was as city dwellers the city stunk - but in our metal outside garbage cans we put all the food stuff in one can and dry stuff in the other live on a farm now- from the 1700's you woy=uld not believe the weird garbage we have dug up -- car parts- dishes very old cans- wagon wheels- guess they buried most of the garbage

[@catholicfaithofmine2664]

I save my cardboard boxes. That way, I can put my garbage in them wrap them in pretty wrapping, put a bow on them, and leave that at the end of my driveway for package thieves to take. 😂 😂 😂

[@tinaingram885]

Im using my glass jars for drinking water, rice and dried beans. Pasta. Etc.

[@dumpsterahoy9236]

Thanks For the video TPP

[@nspowers7130]

ZIPLOCK BAGS actually some say reusable. They can also go in the dishwasher. Turn them inside out to wash and dry.

[@TrinaPlummer]

Thank you for the video, and for making think more about this!😊

[@barbarahansen6557]

Some schools have a paper recycling dumpster on the property where the public can donate paper goods boxes etc. The schools then sell to the recycling plant for cash that goes back in to the school. You can check with your local schools to see if they participate in this.😊

[@sheilabrennan5543]

I wash my plastic bags even being Canadian the milk bags too, I wash all the recycle all plastic glass and save card board for the wood which is a new addition, any ideas or news on wood stoves, I started making my own paper towels, I sew quilt crchette knit, cook I hope and pray I am doing the right things

[@heatherhopfinger3942]

Within the last year since you told me about it I got the Imber heater and stove and the Imber oven still looking for a sun oven

[@marygallagher3428]

Great suggestions!

[@dbtlady4686]

Thank you 😃❤️

[@sophiagrace8362]

Reuse the platic that is in the boxes wash it let it dry and reuse to wrap freeze food cans can be used for starting are seeds are growing herbs in window seal plastic containers used to restore foods screws small items even growing plants 10:50

[@kristanichols6215]

I go through a big mega roll of paper towels a day. My mother did too.

[@sheilabrennan5543]

Save your d cotton sheets and cut them to size and old towels too, sew the edges and now you have reusable cloths

[@kathrynmannyng3885]

@@sheilabrennan5543 I just cut old clothes to use as throw away rags if they're ripped, torn or stained badly. Then I resort to paper towels for things like wiping cast iron out or down with veg oil.

[@robertd.5479]

This was the trashiest video you’ve made😂. Thank you for your service!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sheilabrennan5543]

😅

[@joescott3393]

All of your paper products are compostable as browns. Now a days all coloured inks are of vegetable origin so that is not a problem. I use all of my glass jars for storage and the plastic ones as well for dehydrated spices and herbs. We use a lot of them. Metal cans can be washed out and used for plant starts instead of buying new plastic ones. All food waste can be fed to the chickens or pigs if you are so lucky. God Bless Joe Scott Muddy dog Ranch

[@autumnwest5854]

String smashed can parts, and string as wind chimes in garden. Keeps pests away.

[@stan4d1969]

I never figured you guys were trash talkers.

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

LOL!

[@Waltzonthemoon]

Mom had a hair style shop. She brought trash home and we burned in 😢barrels also. Us kids were suppose to separate the hair spray cans,but, if parents were not around we would toss it in the barrel and wait for it to explode, shear luck we didn’t kill ourselves

[@karenosche5348]

You can take the boxes and wet them down so they turn into mush and that is good topsoil

[@KaylynnStrain]

I have trash compactor bags, they are thicker then standard kitchen trash bags and are alittle big larger. I got the originally for my bucket toilet but they ahve also worked well as camp trash bags for group camps I do with friends. at my mosque we use carryout containers to serve our Friday lunches and the bags those carryouts come in are great for trash bags because of their size. I ahve saved dozens of them for use here at home and as backup trash bags for the mosque. this has sav ed me a ton on buying trash bags

[@Mike-ox3bv]

Funny how things show up on time our garbage carrier has missed us two weeks in a row so they have us 2 weeks credit but we had to do some of the things you just mentioned and we switched carriers! Lol

[@elizabethduncan6418]

Your toilet paper roll when is empty I would take it and use it to plant a seed into

[@christiangirl133]

What about the eaw chicken and other meat that we get from the store? To me, it's already contaminated, will stink, and I am not sure where all of it should go, or does it get its own spot? Thank you for the information!

[@lovelyorchid2264]

I live in the desert. I have to take my trash to the landfill. I do compost a lot of food to use as soil later. Does anyone else do it

[@jjtt8070]

Our neighbor won’t let us use our burn barrel but in an emergency situation cities and neighbors would have to be ok with it right?

[@Junzar56]

You do a CT lot more sorting!

[@jamieprewitt]

“hey I’m walkin… here!!!” Oh yeah keep talking trash lol

[@Utah_Mike]

Test to see if I got banned from commenting

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

Nope I see you. How are you Mike?

[@Utah_Mike]

@@TheProvidentPrepper I posted a smart a$$ comment that KZbin must not have liked. All is great here! Life is much easier when living below your means. I looking forward to seeing a lot of gardening videos from you!

[@TheProvidentPrepper]

@@Utah_Mike Keep it clean Mike :) I just filmed one this morning. The garden is absolutely my happy place!

[@theendalarm243]

Please, I have been following you from Egypt for years. Can you put a translation in Arabic?

[@sophiagrace8362]

You have to pick the language you want to view utube are any other channel when you pick your language thur google

[@BigIrish-]

Sacred language

[@poodledaddles1091]

I’m actually saving some of my “trash”. I foresee lightweight but heavy duty plastic becoming obsolete.

[@astormsacomin7461]

Jesus is coming now! Prepare your heart. Believe in what he did for you at the cross. That he is God, that he died for all sin and he was raised up again 3 days later! And he is alive forever more om heaven. Don't hesitate. Time is up!

[@dickh916]

I was just a young kid in the early 1950's growing up in San Francisco. We live just 3 or 4 miles from the city center. Everyone had a "burn barrel" in the back yard. and you could burn your trash any day but Wednesday. Why not Wednesday? Wednesday was laundry day and all the women hung their laundry on the clothes lines to dry.

[@Median234]

🐀 Here in Europe, I've experienced several epidsodes of varying lengths of garbage strikes, and I can tell you that the No. 1 problem has been RATS... 🐀 It was horrible, especially as they become brazen after just one week of chaos, and I have no idea how to fend them off!

[@sheilabrennan5543]

Make a mixture of corn flour, icing sugar and baking soda, water , make balls, put them around your yard, they eat them then they die . They can not fart. This does not hurt your dogs or cat or chdren