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We’ve (finally) gone all eco here. For a while we’ve been having our post-consumer PVCu frames taken away by Ecoplas. That was fine, but I wasn’t happy at that being the only form of planet saving act. So every office now has a paper recycling bin, which I emptied all 6 today, and it’s almost disgraceful the amount of paper we used. Also, we managed to dispose of the HUGE amount of trade magazines that had piled up over the years, thoughtfully. It would have been criminal to just throw away all that paper.
The other step we have just implemented is to put the old timber we remove to good use. So, we’ve found a local guy who takes old timber windows and doors (and timber of all nature really) and turns it into fire wood for wood burning stoves.
The net result of all this is we are emptying our bins less, and we are using a lot less skip space, meaning we have saved hundreds on skip exchanges. And it’s also satisfying to know that you’ve been responsible and made sure that a load of waste isn’t just going to go to landfill.
>Good stuff! Do you separate the glass from the timber frames or does the local guy just take the lot and do it himself?
There's also a health & safety issue with allowing someone on to your premises to collect, especially where's there's glass involved.
Also, where does the paper go for recycling after emptying the bins? Does someone collect it or do you take it somewhere?
>Yeah we de-glaze everything, he is just able to take pure timber away. We take it to our local Morrisons, they have a huge paper recycling container facility, as well as others. We get our PVCu frames taken away too. Glass is skipped but LSS Skips separate that at their end, so that isn't wasted either. Our plastic bottles in the office are recycled, as well as any cans of drink. I don't know how much else we can actually do lol. When did you post this comment by the way? I've only just got it but it says you… Read more »