Blue Q Paper or Plastic? Shopper

Blue Q Paper or Plastic? Shopper

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Blue Q Paper or Plastic? Shopper


Hi,I did the following:
How can I sort garbage that is mostly plastic bottles and printed paper?I have a business model that creates a lot of waste product that is in the form of printed computer paper and plastic bottles. There is some "regular trash" as well: McDonalds, coffee cups, banana peels, etc. I want to recycle the paper and plastic products but have no efficient way of seperating the two. I've searched online but can't find a suitable machine or process. Anyone know of any?

Posted by Toby
Containers/bins for each type of item where the products become waste items...Paper....Plastic....Trash would be a starting point

Posted by LADY RAVEN GABRIELLE
get a few separate bins. 1 for bottles 1 for paper and 1 for trash. coffee cups are recyclable too though.

Posted by starfish
encourage the staff to use separate bins, larger sack made of a bed cover can be hanged to Collete the empty bottles , Paper , hard board ( McDonald boxes ) . Other trash can collected in pvc bins and be compost . Coffee cup's can be washed and store well to recycle as decorate items.

Posted by Kim
Have you checked with the local recycle to see if they actually need to be separated? Many recyclers now allow for "comingling" meaning that you can simply separate trash and recyclables - two bins. It also depends on how much plastic and paper your business generates, without knowing the load size it is difficult to assess the most efficient format your your needs. You could try a three bin system (yes, that's three separate bins - one paper, one plastic, one trash). At individual desks, that could mean a small trash bin, small cardboard container for paper, 5 gallon bucket for plastic. Periodically, these could be emptied into larger containers. Before all this trouble, though, I would definitely consider contacting your garbage hauler, they often have good resources.

As to the coffee cups and banana peels . . . have you considered encouraging people to bring their own mugs (or having a supply in the office break room). Banana peels and coffee can easily be composted in indoor worm bins (yahoo search for "indoor worm bins" or "indoor worm composter". The compost can be used to fertilize office plants, but that may be going a little too far!

Great job taking steps to recycle!

Posted by Nin10dude
Well.. there are optical scanners that can sort out the such but that costs money..
The simplest way is to place more bins for specific products. The office paper and bottles to one bin, the banana peels, paper cups, and McDonalds to the Compost Bin.

I take it you're trying to have a greener workplace? All you need is for people to pay more attention; some signs and more bins everywhere. If you are intending on recycling the stuff with a city collection system, yours may accept combined recycling (all recycles into one bin). Just ensure that once people realize how to distinguish the two, you can feel happy that everything you toss in the recycle isn't contaminated. Also, don't bag recycles!

Posted by Puspika
You can sort garbage by using separate bins that is mostly for plastic bottles, coffee cups, banana peels, printed papers, etc. You can get some knowledge from this website. http://educationofscienceandtechnology.blogspot.com/

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