Comments on: Why Doesn’t Your Office Have A Recycling Bin?

By: Bruingold

Bruingold — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:53:00 +0000

As a contractor, I have worked in many different offices, all of which provided recycling bins. But in every one of those places, the cleaning crew always threw the recycle material in with the regular trash.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:25:00 +0000

This reminded me of this story http://www.fourgreensteps.com/community/blogs/48/2327 .I wonder if they even recycle that!

I agree with shameless, good start, but it is not as simple as it seems.

By: Shameless

Shameless — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:41:00 +0000

First off, Recycling=Awesome
But this article puts the cart before the horse.
Here’s a question, WTF do you do will all the recyclables after you collect them?
Just because you collect the recyclable material doesn’t mean it will actually make it to a recycling plant.
Most offices have a cleaning crew who handle disposal of waste.
A lot of corporate cleaning services charge extra for a recycling option. Same with building management or property management companies. If you want a recycling dumpster next to the regular garbage dumpster you have to work that out with the company that handles your waste management. Expect, and be prepared to pay more.
As an office you can make that happen, but lets not be so glib as to assume recycling is as easy as putting out a bin and sending a company wide e-mail.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:39:00 +0000

Just started up a business and we are all about trying to help the environment, yet we realized we don’t have a recycling bin in the office. Things to do today: get a sweet blue recycling bin like the one above.

By: Juan Altitude

Juan Altitude — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 15:52:00 +0000

Food for thought! This is also a good article to start a discussion in the office about such policies. My dream is to one day have a composting bin at the office. Smell is not an issue since we already have a garbage, right?