Frequently asked questions
Receive precise and useful guidance for maintaining your equipment properly, all while ensuring a safe and healthy environment.
Your waste chute is equipped with cleaning nozzles designed for cleaning its walls. For these nozzles to work properly, you must have a manual or automatic sanitation system installed.
Your waste chutes must be cleaned at least once a month to ensure that all dirt, and bacteria are eliminated from its walls.
Proper maintenance of equipment is essential as fluids emanating from waste can pose serious health risks, lead to pests as well as unpleasant odors in buildings or waste storage areas.
It is possible to put back into use your existing waste chutes while complying with current standards set by your municipality’s fire department. Your waste chutes must be fitted with certified, automatically closing fire doors as well as a fire damper positioned at the bottom of the chute.
It is also possible to replace doors to meet current norms and install a fire damper in the chute without the need for a complete overhaul of the equipment.
It is essential to clean your waste chutes regularly. Your waste chute is equipped with a system of cleaning nozzles and can be easily sanitized using anti-bacterial cleaning agents that can eliminate odors at the source.
If odors are coming from your compactor, an automated Viking spray system can be installed to control the odor-causing bacteria. This system can be installed on any existing compactor.
It is important to regularly clean containers to manage the odors they might produce. We recommend cleaning the containers at minimum once a month. It is also strongly advised to have your containers thoroughly cleaned by a professional cleaning company twice a year, in the spring and late summer. This will be a key factor in controlling unwanted odors.
Installing a cooling system can help in slowing down waste decay and reducing unpleasant odors.
Preventive maintenance of your waste chutes includes cleaning all interior doors and replacing the cylinders. Allowing chute doors to clog up decreases their lifespan and can make them non-compliant with fire safety regulations; regularly maintained doors will have a longer lifespan.
It is strongly recommended to have regular, preventive maintenance and complete verification done on your compactor’s mechanisms. From its magic eye to its hydraulic unit to cleaning behind its ram, your compactor is just like a car and must be serviced at minimum once a year. By doing this, you can extend your equipment’s lifespan significantly.
A preventive maintenance program has been developed and offers several advantages to customers. Do not hesitate to reach out to your MMI representative.
It is common for containers to suffer damage when lifted by waste collection trucks. In most cases, changing the container wheels and carrying out welding repairs can be done on site.
With the help of our experts, we can design and modify hoppers that are positioned between the exit point of the chute and the bin provided by the city. This will prevent waste from splattering everywhere in your waste storage room.
MMI provides a full range of solutions for adjusting your current facilities and efficiently overseeing recycling, composting, and waste disposal.
It is strongly recommended to not throw cardboard boxes or loose items down the waste chute as they are likely to cause a blockage at the first turn. Waste must be disposed of in a compact garbage bag that matches the dimensions of the chute door, which measures 16 by 16 inches.
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