If it’s been years since you cleaned or organized your warehouse, it might seem cluttered with unused equipment, products, or supplies. Whether you toss items in the trash or recycling bin, cleaning and organizing can maximize your available space and create a more efficient and safer environment for your workers.

How to Effectively Organize & Declutter a Warehouse

1. Start With Recycling

It might be tempting to hire a commercial trash dumpster for all of the outdated and unwanted items in your warehouse. Still, recycling instead shows associates and clients that you are an environmentally-friendly operation. Ask your trash services provider for advice on items that can be recycled and request recycling containers instead. For example, items such as broken wooden pallets can be donated or recycled, and excess cardboard packaging can also either be reused or recycled.

2. Separate Trash 

If possible, remove all or most of the contents from your warehouse, which will allow you to separate everything into piles for trash, recycling, and to keep. By renting a dumpster, you can place all garbage in a container to be removed and emptied by the trash services company from which you lease it. Removing and separating all items also gives you the chance to thoroughly clean your warehouse's surfaces before bringing equipment and product back inside. As you place your items back inside the warehouse, you can organize them into sections for a more efficient workplace.

3. Store Items Vertically

You can maximize floor space by returning and stacking your inventory vertically using a pallet racking system. Wooden, metal, or plastic pallets are placed onto shelves to create a stacked storage system that forklifts can access. It can be several feet high, freeing up valuable floor space.

Warehouses in or near Russellville, AR, can rent dumpsters and recycling containers of various sizes from RTI Trash. The full-service commercial trash company has provided reliable trash services for more than 40 years. Call (479) 890-2662 or visit their website to discuss your company’s needs and request a quote on services.