If you own or manage an apartment building or complex, you may be paying more for your dumpster than necessary. Here are a few things you can do to reduce your dumpster costs.  Prevent non-residents from using your dumpsters One definite thing that will cause your dumpster cost to be far more than it should is non-residents using your dumpsters to throw away their garbage. The first thing to determine is whether or not your dumpster is being used by other people.

It's horrible to think about how much food waste is generated by restaurants each year. Unfortunately, according to a recent study conducted by the Business for Social Responsibility in 2013, only about 1.4% of food waste is donated, but as more than 84% is tossed out into the dumpsters behind the restaurant. Food waste is left to rot in the dumpsters, and this attracts a lot of pests – particularly maggots, which basically love to eat any type of meat.