Without Recycling Machinery, You’re Paying To Remove Air

…We were driving past an independent sofa company the other day and noticed their waste container overflowing with loose cardboard. We couldn’t understand the logic behind it;  perhaps one of the employees would jump in and stamp it down, so a few more boxes would fit in. That’s not a sustainable long term strategy. When businesses pay per collection from waste management companies, surely they want to squeeze as much in the bin as possible…

Otherwise, they’re just paying to get rid of air.

The Solution

We work with a variety of companies across various industries and sectors, providing them with our combined years of experience and top quality recycling machinery. Through that, we have identified some key areas and factors that can produce considerable cost and environmental savings.

What could be done?

The first thing to do is identify how many containers are in use, what size they are and if they are suitable?

Let’s consider a business has eight wheelie bins being collected twice a week, they aren’t compacting and have been paying a cost for years that they never considered reducing. By using recycling machinery to compact the cardboard and/or plastic waste, they could reduce the amount of bin usage by up to 400%. This means that only 4 bins would need to be collected once a week. This has already halved the carbon footprint of waste collections, and think of the space saved!

Why isn’t it being done?

Waste management companies thrive on businesses not using recycling machinery to tackle their waste, as of course they charge per bin, per collection, so the more the material is spread between the bins, the more money they make. They still receive the same amount of materials, and they can still sort and sell them at the next stage.

What can we do for you?

We can provide a free waste audit, where we come to your business and look at the recycling strategy, separation and disposal techniques. From these observations we can create percentages about what can be recovered to sell, what can be saved on collection costs and what environmental benefits can be had. What many businesses don’t realize is that the recyclables they separate from the waste stream can be compacted and sold. We will buy this! Our recycling machinery is high quality, affordable, and sourced from a variety of suppliers so that our catalogue only includes the machinery that we feel is superior.

Why choose us?

We complete a cost-benefit proposal based on the new recycling system and recycling machinery, financial and environmental benefits and how it can be implemented into CSR frameworks. We offer education, training packs, environmental reports and we will even plant a tree in your name!