[why2025-terrain] Team Waste - location of containers

[Thijs Raymakers]

Hey all,

You might have missed this with all the emails coming in, bumping it just in case.

Thanks for taking a look!

Thijs
Team Waste

Thijs Raymakers <thijs at raymakers.nl> schreef op 24 juni 2025 22:10:49 CEST:
>Hi Team:Terrain,
>
>Hope you're all doing well! We were asked to send some of our
>information/questions to you by email, so here they are:
>
>== Bulky waste containers ==
>We have three big containers (6m x 2.5m, 30m3) for bulky waste. These
>containers should be accessible on the road so they can be easily be
>delivered and picked up by our supplier. Ideally, they are spread out
>over the camping terrain and put somewhere on a hard surface.
>We want to discourage people from just leaving their bulky waste on the
>camping grounds when they leave, because then the volunteers have to
>more work cleaning up. If we spread the big containers across the
>terrain to minimize the distance someone has to walk to throw their
>couch/chairs/tent/bricks/etc into the trash, we hope to reduce the
>amount of unnecessary work that has to be done by volunteers during
>teardown.
>We don't have a strong preference on the exact locations of these
>containers, but we were thinking somewhere along the main road that
>splits the terrain in half. Curious about what you think about this, and
>whether you have a good suggestion for location these big containers.
>
>== Trash compactors ==
>We also have two trash compactors/perscontainers. I don't have the exact
>dimensions for this, but similar models are about 8m x 2.5m. These also
>have to be accessible by road and be put on a hard surface or rijplaten.
>Additionally, they need a bit of space around them so we can easily
>unload the trash from our on-site trash pickup vehicle + trailer, and so
>we can safely turn the vehicle (no clue what its turning radius is).
>I've encircled our desired locations for the two trash compactors on the
>map in the attachment. Let us know what you think of it!
>
>== Dates ==
>In our current planning, we want to deliver everything on 01-08 (day
>-6), pickup the trash compactors on 14-08 (day 7), and pickup the
>containers on 15-08 (day 8). This means that both the containers and the
>trash compactors will be there from early buildup until late teardown.
>They will likely be refreshed by the trash handling company during the
>event as well, so they have to remain accessible by road throughout the
>whole event. If this causes problems, please let us know!
>
>Thank you!
>
>Thijs
>Team:Waste