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This approach gasifies the waste items, producing water and syngas which can be reutilized onboard or vented overboard for mass and volume reduction.

Thermally degrade the waste via a process called Trash-to-Gas.

Three primary approaches are currently being investigated to help solve the problem with space trash:

NASA is taking a multi-pronged approach to waste management on long-duration spacecraft (see Waste to Base Materials Challenge: Sustainable Reprocessing Space and NASA Waste Jettison Mechanism Challenge). During long duration missions, this aggregates into several tons of trash being stored inside the habitat, which makes orbital maneuvers more expensive and reduces the amount of habitable volume for the crew. As waste streams are generated, unwanted trash items begin to accumulate in the cabin. The trucks used for both services look the same, but the contents are not comingled.One of the challenges of long duration space exploration is waste management. DPW collects trash separately from recycling.The Department of Public Works removes approximately 99,000 tons of trash and about 34,000 tons of recyclables from 105,000 single-family homes and small residential buildings (with no more than three living units) each year.Paint your address on your trash and recycling containers and record the number that appears on these containers to help prevent theft or loss.Otherwise, you may receive a solid waste ticket. Between collections, store trash and recycling containers on your property rather than in the alley or on the sidewalk.Residents are required to remove trash and recycling containers from public space by 8 pm on your collection day. Place trash and recycling containers out for collection after 6:30 pm the night before collection or before 6 am on collection day.Visit .gov for your trash/recycling day(s).DPW’s collection priority is trash therefore, yard waste will be collected as space in the truck permits. DPW collects up to five bags (per week) of yard waste from residences that receive DPW trash and recycling collection services. Click on the holiday “slide” guide at the top of the page for 2015 holiday collection days. If scheduled trash collection falls on a holiday, the collection will “slide” to the next day.

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Report a public space litter can that is full or overflowing and needs to be emptied. Request the following services by calling 311 or using 311.dc.gov. Recycling materials are taken to a near-by Maryland facility where they are sorted and processed to be reused as raw materials. The majority of trash, yard waste, and associated materials collected residentially or commercially at the agency’s transfer stations, are disposed at Fairfax County’s Energy Resource Recovery Facility in Lorton.

Paint your address (including street name and number) on at least two sides of your containers using a bold, bright color that attracts attention and distinguishes your containers from your neighbors' containers.ĭPW manages the disposal of the District’s solid waste materials in an environmentally-sensitive way.

Preventing Theft of Trash and Recycling Containers Recycle empty bottle after marking out personal information or removing the identification label from bottle.) OR Mix with dirt, cat litter or used coffee grounds, then put in trash.

Medicine (DO NOT FLUSH OR POUR! Take to drug take-back-site (check National Drug Take-Back Day for next date).

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Keep the public space around your property free of litter.

Place trash and recycling containers out for collection no earlier than 6:30 pm the night before collection and no later than 6 am on your collection day.

To learn about what materials belong in the trash bin and NOT in the blue recycling bin, please visit here. Apartment buildings with four or more units, mixed-use residential/commercial buildings and commercial properties must contract for their own trash/recycling collection services. DPW does not collect from mixed-use residential/commercial buildings or residential buildings with four or more units. The Department of Public Works collects trash from single-family homes and apartment buildings with three or fewer living units. Once-a-week collections occur in Wards 3, 4, 5, 7 and 8 and parts of Wards 1 and 2. Twice-a-week collections occur in Wards 2 and 6 and parts of Ward 1.