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boff

Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 354
Location: Still alive and kicking

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:14 am Post subject: Recycling where you work...
I'd be keen to hear new ideas on recycling in the workplace. We currently recycle the following: Paper Cardboard Plastic shrinkwrap Plastic straps Plastic cups Printer cartridges Wood Anyone else office/factory based care to add to the list ?

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:18 am Post subject:
The only thing we recycle (cos there's so much of it) is card, apart from that I can't get anybody to do anything here.

boff

Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 354
Location: Still alive and kicking

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:21 am Post subject:

tahir wrote:

The only thing we recycle (cos there's so much of it) is card, apart from that I can't get anybody to do anything here.

Its sometimes a pain getting people on board, Ive managed to push several items using the financial cost of waste removal these days - its cheaper to be part of the recycling scheme than skip it !!

Plastic cups were the worst - had to justify why we needed to buy the special bins and bags that the recycling company insists we use.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45723
Location: Essex

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:24 am Post subject:
We don't use plastic cups, and our ties are made from offcuts of material and we re-use as much card as possible.

tawny owl

Joined: 29 Apr 2005
Posts: 563
Location: Hampshire

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:30 am Post subject:
You could try recycling within the company, e.g. get people to make notepads of once-used paper (with blank back) rather than buying notepads.

twoscoops

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 1924
Location: Warwickshire

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:41 am Post subject:
All the paper goes to be recycled at the tip as ‘domestic’, all the rubbish is burned cos we’re too tight to get it collected.

boff

Joined: 23 Mar 2005
Posts: 354
Location: Still alive and kicking

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:46 am Post subject:

Twoscoops wrote:

all the rubbish is burned cos we’re too tight to get it collected.

Ah yes, I do recall you mentioned that recently....

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Recycling where you work...

Office - paper and card are collected weekly but people are still too slug lazy to get off their seats and take it to the bin, I'm quite tired of the patronising looks I get when I suggest that the bin full of paper could be taken to the recycling bags a whole 20ft away.

Cans are recycled if someone can be bothered to take them; I don't drink cans though.

It's a very young office and I don't know whether that makes it worse; the European colleagues are rather better but even people with children just don't seem to care

I have tried but I only have so much time and energy.

Trev

Joined: 09 Sep 2005
Posts: 69
Location: Wokingham DC, Berkshire

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 10:42 am Post subject:

My lot were doing quite well for an office:

Paper (& cardboard)
Printer cartridges
Cans

and they've taken on my suggestion that our quarterly "bonus proof" can be electronic rather than ~70 pages of printout.

But then the refit of the reception area happend... 4 perfectly good 2 year old ceiling mounted air-con units just skipped along with loads of other good stuff. I would have played "Stig of the Dump" but there's no room at the inn and my list of home projects is far too long as it is anyway.

Bugs

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 10744

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 05 10:46 am Post subject:
That reminds me Trev, when we replace monitors/computers/furniture/anything we are generally offered first grabs at stuff. I think there are still a bundle of office chairs looking for a home so it's quite impressive they've not just been dumped.

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