Company not recycling?
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I've been based at a large engineering depot in Yorkshire for a few weeks.
Late one afternoon I was emptying some of our general waste of non recyclable plastic, paper into the weekly emptied landfill bin. I noticed that a huge amount of bags filled with metal cans and plastic bottles were in here too. I thought someone might have done this by accident, but it was the same in all the other waste bins too. I had a look about and it seems that this is where the cafeteria recycling the workers are correctly and diligently placing in the correct bins ends up.
I found the employed cleaning staff and asked them why this was happening, they must have thought I was some H&S guy as they got all nervous and explained that there are not enough recycle bins, and those that they have are nearly always full. I had a look to see if this was true, and the bin marked 'recycling' is full off all sorts of crap, most of it suitable only for landfill.
I approached the guy in charge of all this kind of stuff and asked him where the bins we're. He directed me in the rough direction of the previously mentioned bin, and then quickly buggered off. In the meantime over the past week, this stuff still isn't getting recycled and is all going in general waste.
I know this all sounds somewhat petty, but it aggravates me, as it says to me the company are more interested in their image, and showing that they are 'going green' than actually doing so. I can't imagine the workers would be too happy either, knowing that the plastic bottles and tin/aluminium cans they wash out and peel the labels off are merely being tossed into the trash at the end hanger.
I'm not sure if the problem lies with the cleaning staff, or with the company that owns the site, but either way nothing seems to be getting done. Does anyone have any advice as to whether I should try and do anything about this? Or is it likely to just fall on deaf ears. After all, I'm just a mechanic and I won't be here for too much longer.
Cheers
Late one afternoon I was emptying some of our general waste of non recyclable plastic, paper into the weekly emptied landfill bin. I noticed that a huge amount of bags filled with metal cans and plastic bottles were in here too. I thought someone might have done this by accident, but it was the same in all the other waste bins too. I had a look about and it seems that this is where the cafeteria recycling the workers are correctly and diligently placing in the correct bins ends up.
I found the employed cleaning staff and asked them why this was happening, they must have thought I was some H&S guy as they got all nervous and explained that there are not enough recycle bins, and those that they have are nearly always full. I had a look to see if this was true, and the bin marked 'recycling' is full off all sorts of crap, most of it suitable only for landfill.
I approached the guy in charge of all this kind of stuff and asked him where the bins we're. He directed me in the rough direction of the previously mentioned bin, and then quickly buggered off. In the meantime over the past week, this stuff still isn't getting recycled and is all going in general waste.
I know this all sounds somewhat petty, but it aggravates me, as it says to me the company are more interested in their image, and showing that they are 'going green' than actually doing so. I can't imagine the workers would be too happy either, knowing that the plastic bottles and tin/aluminium cans they wash out and peel the labels off are merely being tossed into the trash at the end hanger.
I'm not sure if the problem lies with the cleaning staff, or with the company that owns the site, but either way nothing seems to be getting done. Does anyone have any advice as to whether I should try and do anything about this? Or is it likely to just fall on deaf ears. After all, I'm just a mechanic and I won't be here for too much longer.
Cheers
It was the same here. Office bins removed. Then we got separate bins in each corridor.
People got upset for a while, then just got used to it.
Just like at home.
I say go for it, get a set of recycling bins sorted and people will just do it right.
It's no more effort really.
If its an engineering shop, surely the aluminium cans should be going on the crap pile anyway....we are at £650 a ton.
People got upset for a while, then just got used to it.
Just like at home.
I say go for it, get a set of recycling bins sorted and people will just do it right.
It's no more effort really.
If its an engineering shop, surely the aluminium cans should be going on the crap pile anyway....we are at £650 a ton.
Companies that proclaim to be green are some of the worst culprits at polluting.
We deal with one company that wins green apple awards for their innovative approach to contracts, yet will send three lorries to deliver three skips when one would suffice.
When it is pointed out that this actually increases their carbon footprint they aren't interested.
We deal with one company that wins green apple awards for their innovative approach to contracts, yet will send three lorries to deliver three skips when one would suffice.
When it is pointed out that this actually increases their carbon footprint they aren't interested.
Many licensed premises I deal with have no recycling policy, bottles and cans just go into the general waste, too much aggro for them, no space for bins. Imagine how many bottles a pub gets through , they just end up in landfill.
Many do recycle the card board, it goes back into the delivery cages and back on the delivery lorries to base, not sure what happens to it then.
Many do recycle the card board, it goes back into the delivery cages and back on the delivery lorries to base, not sure what happens to it then.
More than one of my former employers just chuck everything in landfill. These bins are usually overflowing! Whilst the "recycling" bins are virtually empty. Irony is that if we had put paper, card (and we produced a s
t ton of that!) in the recycling bins, the landfill bins would be far less full. And it would all look tidier!
As above, many companies like to pretend they are green. But for a multitude of reasons, it doesn't happen in practice!
t ton of that!) in the recycling bins, the landfill bins would be far less full. And it would all look tidier!As above, many companies like to pretend they are green. But for a multitude of reasons, it doesn't happen in practice!
Zoon said:
Companies that proclaim to be green are some of the worst culprits at polluting.
We deal with one company that wins green apple awards for their innovative approach to contracts, yet will send three lorries to deliver three skips when one would suffice.
When it is pointed out that this actually increases their carbon footprint they aren't interested.
My council has an optional garden waste wheeliebin collection. They send a great big truck and crew truck out every fortnight - right through the year including winter when nobody does any gardening!We deal with one company that wins green apple awards for their innovative approach to contracts, yet will send three lorries to deliver three skips when one would suffice.
When it is pointed out that this actually increases their carbon footprint they aren't interested.
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