When it comes to recycling bins, blue has long been the standard color of choice in the industry. However, if your recycling program has got you ‘blue’, so to speak, think about adding a dash of color to perk up things around your office. Perhaps your corporate colors are distinct. Perhaps your office décor calls for a particular color scheme. Perhaps you just want to be different and offer collection bins that are different from the standard blue. Fear not, desk side recycling bins are…

Fundraising… who knew that this could easily tie into recycling? I had received a call from a high school that was launching a school-wide campaign to compost for their garden project this fall. They were interested in fundraising by using our “KC kitchen Composter”. Their hope is to have staff purchase these compost collection bins to use in their offices, homes to collect organic waste for their outdoor composter. The students also hoped that by selling these compost bins to their parents, they would be…

Many schools have a milk program in place and some are making the transition to the milk bottles made of HDPE plastic. I had a customer call in and asked if we had a recycling container that could be used to collect not only the plastic milk bottles, but also the left over milk. The janitorial staff had been complaining that the excess milk that was being thrown in the waste containers was leading to leaking bags and an unsightly mess. I immediately thought of…

Many companies today are not only looking to ‘Be Green’, they are also looking at ‘Buying Green’. It is absolutely a pleasure to be able to offer our customers a full line recycling , waste and compost bins that contain a minimum of 35% recycled content in all colors and up to 66-99% recycled content in our “Super Sorter Series”. There are companies that only offer recycled content in one color (usually blue), whereas other colors are made of virgin plastic. Offering a product line…

Battery disposal is important for the environment. Each year, almost 180,000 tons of batteries are disposed in the landfill by Americans alone. About 14,000 of those tons are rechargeable batteries; the rest are single-use. Replacing single-use batteries with rechargeable ones, will not only saving money, but will ensure fewer batteries end up in the landfill. I had an inquiry about  “Battery Recycling” I was asked if it would be okay to use a plastic bucket with lid, to store the used batteries for collection prior…