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Andrew Yates
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I am a premises manager in a large LEA Secondary school some 1200 users on a daily basis.I took the decision 6 years ago to recycle .This was partly due to the ever increasing costs of skips,at its peak 2 /week at £150 each,but also came under prssure from small but vocal group of staff and students.The first thing I did was to find a compactor then a cheaper skip company who recycled items other than paper.We now recycle not only paper but all cardboard and plastic bottles ,this was free until the start of this year but are now charged a small amount.The down side is its very labour intensive even though a lot of it is seperated at source,and with the paper it seems to be to easy to print off too many copies and then bin it.It does generaly work well and the initial saving was over 50% on skip hire . Andrew Yates email yatesa@barclay.herts.sch.uk
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Peter Cooper
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What grade of plastic can we recycle? At the bottom of the plastic is a triangle with a number in (I beleive this is the grade of plastic) and we have been told that anything that has a number 1 cannot be recycled because it has been recycled too mcuh and is too thin. Is this correct?
Thanks,
Pete
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HAZEL REASON
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Alot of people don't seem to understand that waste contractors seperate and recycle waste at the depot anyway. We have had this argument with staff who did not know only a very small amount of our waste actually reaches landfill, and we have been doing this for some time. Reducing waste bins and having seperate recycling points may be a more costly exercise, and I would urge anyone to check what your waste remover does with the waste after it leaves the building.
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Dave Gill
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Pete
In my experience it rather depends on the area in which you are located.
Some have the facilities to deal with more grades of plastic than others. Also, I believe there is a fear of cross contamination from different grades which would render an entire shipment worthless, so there tends to be a 'we only want this' attitude.
The sooner some clear guidance on plastics recycling is issued, the better.
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Bezz Williams
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Peter
I agree it depends on where you are into what is accepted and where there is an outlet for the recycled material, your local authority should be able to advise on what can be done in your area- check their websites
In cambridgeshire grades 1-2 and 3 are accepted as recyclable, there should be no issues with cross contamination
Most recycling centres either have trained staff to separate by hand or a nifty gadget that by infra red sensors identify the type of plastic and an air jet sends it off to a holding bin for that type of plastic
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