Businesses in the United States
produce a great deal of waste through servicing their clients. From large-scale operations, to small family
run businesses, there is a continuous generation of waste. One of the many ways to control the amount of
waste and ultimately control the costs of waste removal is to recycle.
Recycling can be done at home through local recycling programs or in concert with local artist coalitions, and area crafters.
Recycling at home can be done
through groups like www.freecycle.com in your local area. Just gather up the goods that have a
potential reuse and post that a pick up is necessary. Very easy, and the people that need or will
use the items will be grateful. Local artist coalitions and groups will often
know who in the area works in what medium. Meaning they may have an artist in
the area that is willing to give you a reasonable sum of money and take your
recyclables off your hands.
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| Artwork and furnishings created from recycled materials. |
There
are many other ways to work within the community to both promote recycling and
get these items out of your waste. Doing so within the community creates a positive
buzz around your business, generating more customers and more clients. One easy
way to do this, is by helping to sponsor an art contest in the community. You do not need to provide funding for the
contest, but you can provide the raw materials, your recyclables. Once the ball
starts rolling, artists and the community can take them over. Your business can win in multiple ways. You can
reduced your waste, increase your business’ recognition within the community,
and gain clientele.
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| An artisan crafting glasses from recycled glass bottles. |
Small
scale operations have the opportunity to work with crafters to utilize the
materials minimally, like the glasses being created above. Simply by cutting the top half of the glass
and smoothing or beveling the edge, the crafter can create a re-saleable item. There
are other crafters that create stained glass windows and lamp shades, both may
purchase your recyclable to further their crafts. If you have a great many bottles or glass
needing to be recycled in your waste, this is a great option. Www.Etsy.com
is a great resource to check the
possible and appropriate pricing of these items, once created.
Recycling can be done on a large scale providing the business owner with revenue through the resale of their recyclable materials using balers and other mechanisms.
Large scale recycling can be done
with cardboard, glass, metals and plastics.
There are a wide variety of balers available that be used in both large
and small spaces. A baler takes the
material being recycled, like cardboard, and compresses it into a large brick
that can be resold at commodity prices to go back into the consumer stream, not
into landfills or burned in garbage piles.
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| Balers, like the GTS VB Baler (above), compress hundreds of pounds of cardboard boxes into transportable and saleable bales. These bales can be stored easily because they are compressed and bound. |
As a business owner, recycling can pay huge dividends in the social arena and could put a sizeable amount of money back in your pocket. So, give us a call at Global Trash Solutions, and let us help you find a way to make your waste disposal and recycling a more profitable experience.
