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When people choose a business to work with, they may not always consider the business’s history or background before they make their decision. However, it’s super important for consumers to think about any given company’s values, motivators, and qualifications—not just the low price or speed of their services. This is especially true when it comes to small, local businesses that offer a satisfying alternative to impersonal corporations. 

Advantage Disposal is a prime example. We’re a family-owned and locally operated business with an impressive history in the Schenectady area. As a waste collection company, we compete with the big guys on a regular basis and have actually managed to maintain an edge against them. How? By staying true to the strong, core values that are the bedrock of our company. 

Family Tradition of Excellence

You see, our history as a family-owned operation goes all the way back to 1959, which is when the family business was first established. Our owner’s father ran the original business, so our owner grew up working alongside him for years. During that time, he learned invaluable lessons about hard work, integrity, responsibility, and professionalism. In 1987, our owner finally branched out and started his own business, which then morphed into Advantage Disposal. 

Our family history taught us to go the extra mile for our customers and to take care of our local community. For example, we happily make unique accommodations for our elderly and special needs customers who have difficulty moving their trash cans on their own.

Moreover, as part of our old-fashioned service, we do all of our trash pickups the traditional way: by hand. Those corporate waste collection companies use mechanical arms as a time- and money-saving measure, but the fact remains these mechanical arms are bad for customers. They’re imprecise and always seem to miss the truck, which means trash items are usually left scattered around lawns and driveways.

On top of all that, we’re also actively involved in local charities and community organizations. 

Family-Owned Means Top Notch

So, what’s the takeaway here? A company’s history matters. When it’s a local, family-owned business, you’re likely to receive much better quality and service. It’s that simple. Advantage Disposal is proof! 

Are you already in the habit of sorting out your recyclables every week? Or, are you someone who needs an extra push to make the effort? Regardless of which camp you fall into, you should know how beneficial recycling can be not only to our environment, but to our economy, as well. Whether it keeps you in the practice of recycling on a regular basis or changes your mind regarding the importance of recycling, this knowledge is something every citizen should have.

So, without further ado, let’s take a look at some of the top benefits of recycling!

1. Recycling protects the environment. That’s because recycling decreases how often we need to extract, refine, and process raw materials. In other words, recycling reduces the need for mining, quarrying, logging, oil refining, and all other processes that produce substantial pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

2. Recycling conserves natural resources. By reusing materials and turning them into new products, we reduce the need for consumption of new resources, like timber, water, and minerals. This means we don’t have to strip the Earth of as many raw materials. 

3. Recycling lowers the use of landfills. Because recycled materials are turned into new products instead of tossed in the trash, the overall amount of waste that ends up in landfills is reduced. As we know, landfills contribute to a substantial amount of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

4. Recycling saves energy. Even though some energy is consumed in the process of recycling materials and converting them into new products, it’s still not as much as the energy wasted in extracting, manufacturing, and transporting brand-new materials.

5. Recycling supports American manufacturing. By recycling materials locally, we conserve our own natural resources and support the manufacturers that turn recycled materials into new products. Recycling also serves as a way of tapping into a domestic source of materials, as opposed to importing them. 

And, of course, the benefits don’t stop there! Hopefully, this post illustrates how beneficial and vital recycling is for our environment and economy.

Plus, you may be happy to discover that Advantage Disposal makes it super-easy to recycle! We use single-stream recycling, which means you don’t even have to separate your recyclables into different categories. We also include a recycling bin for FREE with our regular trash pickups! Give us a call if you’d like to know more.

Stores are stocking cranberries and chestnuts, and twinkling lights are popping up on houses everywhere. That can only mean one thing–the winter holidays are just around the corner! With Thanksgiving already here, and Christmas and New Year’s right behind, the team at Advantage Disposal wants to make sure you have all of the information you need about our holiday pickup policy. 

At Advantage Disposal, we know that the holidays are busy enough without having to second guess when your trash pickup will occur. That’s why we work to provide our customers in Schenectady and the surrounding area with all the necessary information well in advance. Read on to find out if your trash pickup day will be affected this holiday season.

In a nutshell, the Advantage Disposal holiday pickup policy is that we will provide trash removal service on the next business day after a holiday for that week. That means your trash pickup will be affected only if your regularly scheduled day falls on, or the day after:

• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day
• New Year’s Day

Keep in mind, this delay will only affect the timing of your trash pickup for one week. After that, your normal trash removal schedule will resume.

At Advantage Disposal our goal is to provide exceptional service to every single customer. If you have any questions or concerns regarding holiday trash removal, please give us a call. We will be happy to help you determine your specific holiday schedule and answer any other questions you may have. Call us today!  

Whether you own a home or run a business in Schenectady or the surrounding Capital Region, Advantage Disposal has all of your waste management and recycling needs covered! We serve numerous communities nearby, including:

• Ballston Lake
• Burnt Hills
• Charlton
• Delanson
• Duanesburg
• Glenville
• Guilderland
• Latham
• Niskayuna
• Scotia
• Rotterdam
• And more!

If you live in the greater Schenectady area, give us a call today to find out how we can assist with your recycling and trash removal.

Fantastic Service for All Our Neighbors

Regardless of where you’re located around Schenectady, you can expect unbeatable customer care. We pride ourselves on offering personalized attention to individual homeowners and bigger organizations alike. We’re equipped to offer tailored recycling and trash pickup service to single-family residences, commercial locations, and residential apartment complexes, all with equal success.

The team at Advantage Disposal does all waste pickups by hand (versus using a truck with a mechanized arm) in order to best meet the specific needs of all of our clients. This also helps us ensure that your property remains in perfect order throughout the recycling and trash removal process. Whether you are a homeowner putting out one receptacle or a business owner putting out several, we will handle them all with care, returning them to your property in a neat and tidy fashion.

Call Advantage Disposal today for all of your garbage pickup needs in Schenectady and beyond! No matter where you live in the area, we will be happy to work with you to accommodate the specific parameters of your situation and ensure you are thrilled with your service.

Are you a business owner or landlord frustrated with the fact that your only option for commercial trash disposal seems to involve a huge, expensive dumpster in your parking lot? At Advantage Disposal, we hear this complaint from local, small business owners a lot. 

For slighter operations like yours, the likelihood of you actually creating enough garbage to warrant such a heavy-duty, high-volume dumpster is minuscule. But what other options do you have?

Well, Advantage Disposal, for starters!

Affordable Alternative to Dumpsters

We provide light, commercial waste collection services throughout the Schenectady area. They’re ideally suited for small businesses and apartment buildings that create more garbage than a single household, but not enough to fill a massive dumpster. Instead of a dumpster, you can use average-size trash cans and recycling bins, and we’ll come pick them up as part of our routine service. Trash cans take up much less space on your property, and best of all, they’re much more affordable!

As with all of our other waste collection services, our commercial trash pickup service comes with unbeatable customer service. We go above and beyond, accommodating special requests whenever possible. Plus, we always do our pickups by hand—not with a mechanical arm attached to the truck—because this ensures all the trash actually makes it into the truck, instead of scattered across the ground. 

So, if you’re like Goldilocks looking for a commercial garbage option that’s not too big and not too small, your search ends here. Advantage Disposal’s light commercial waste service is “just right.” Give us a call today to learn more!

Forgetting to take your trash can out to the curb for pickup is a bummer. It always seems to happen on those weeks when the can is mostly full, and then you have to spend the next week trying to fit everything in.

In order to avoid this issue, the waste removal pros at Advantage Disposal suggest taking your can out to the curb the evening before your trash pickup day. This way, you avoid the risk of forgetting to take out the trash can before the garbage truck comes along. Plus, you’ll start the next day with one thing already crossed off your to-do list!

If you do happen to forget to bring your can to the street the night before, don’t panic! At Advantage Disposal, our crew drives the same route each week. This means that we will come by your house at about the same time on every trash pickup day. As long as you are able to get the can out before we arrive, we will be happy to take the trash off your hands.

We are proud to serve customers in Schenectady and the surrounding region. Our aim is to provide exceptional waste removal services as well as personalized and personable customer care. 

If you ever have questions about our commercial and residential trash collection service, schedules, or routes, please give us a call. We love having the chance to speak with you, and we will be more than happy to provide additional information or advice.