Who this is for: Hosts and Cleaning Companies working at a Landing property.
Landing properties are partners. Using the right receptacle keeps that relationship good, and getting it wrong is something the property notices and reports back.
Find out how the property handles trash before you start
Every property is different. Before you carry anything out, work out which system the property uses.
Read the signs in the trash area. Properties label their receptacles, and the signs tell you what goes where.
Check the access instructions in your job, which may say where the trash area is.
Ask the property. Staff at the leasing office or on site will know how the building handles trash, and asking is quicker than guessing wrong.
If you still cannot work it out, start a chat with Landing.
The common systems you will see
A trash chute. A small room on each floor with a hatch in the wall. Bagged trash goes down the chute to a compactor or dumpster at the bottom. Some buildings have a second chute for recycling.
A trash or compactor room. A dedicated room, often on the ground floor or in the garage, holding dumpsters or a compactor.
An outdoor dumpster or trash enclosure. Usually at ground level, sometimes gated or behind a fence. You may need a code or a fob to get in.
Valet trash. Some properties collect bagged trash from outside each door in the evening. This is for members, not for you. Do not leave Landing trash outside a unit door for valet collection, whatever time of day you are working.
Sorting your trash
Properties may have separate receptacles for any of these, and they will be labelled.
Cardboard
Glass
Plastic
Recycling
Trash
Put each type where the signs say. Mixing recycling with general trash contaminates the whole bin, and the property has to deal with it.
Cardboard and bulky items
Installations and de installs generate more waste than a normal turnover, and this is where properties most often get frustrated.
Break down cardboard boxes flat before you put them in the cardboard or recycling receptacle. Whole boxes fill a bin fast and jam a chute.
Never put cardboard boxes down a trash chute. They jam the chute and the property has to have it cleared.
Do not leave furniture, mattresses, or appliances in a trash room or beside a dumpster. Most properties do not accept bulky items without arranging it first. Start a chat with Landing instead.
Using a trash chute safely
Bag and tie everything before it goes down. Loose trash makes a mess of the chute.
Nothing liquid, and nothing that will burst.
Keep bags small enough to fit through the hatch without forcing them.
If a chute is already full or blocked, do not push more in. Tell Landing.
If the trash area is full or locked
Do not leave bags in a hallway, a stairwell, or beside a dumpster you cannot open.
Ask the property first, since they can usually open the area or tell you where else to take it. If that does not resolve it, start a chat with Landing, say which property you are at and what you are dealing with.