Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Environmentally Friendly Ways to Recycle Unwanted Papers


recycle-unwanted-papers

Recycling is one of the simplest and most effective ways to achieving a sustainable environment. We find ourselves accumulating piles of unwanted paper, and more often than not, it’s at our office workplaces. Here are some ways to dispose of those unwanted papers in an environmentally friendly way.

Office Recycling Bin

Think about one of the most common places that unwanted papers accumulate. It’s most likely your office work space! Often, office employees have stacks of paper accumulating on their desk, and it’s these same papers thrown into an un-orderly pile that are probably never going to be looked at again.

The most convenient way to get rid of them is to have an office recycling bin, or multiple bins if you work in a large office space. The most sensible places to put these bins are next to the photocopiers and printers. It’s also sensible for each employee to have a small recycling bin under their desk.

Office recycling bins give employees an easy, central point to dispose of all of their unwanted papers. Having enough bins and placing them in convenient spots, allows you to dispose of the papers straight away. This is a very simple way to encourage an easy transition into a more environmentally friendly workplace.

Not only is this beneficial to the environment, it creates a far more tidy and productive work space for people.

Secure Document Destruction Service

Depending on the nature of the business, some companies must safely store and sometimes, destroy confidential documents. Often, the most convenient way to achieve this is to go straight to your waste management company for a secure document destruction solution.

Not only will the waste management company know how to destroy the unwanted documents without breaching confidentiality, they will also ensure that it is done so in an environmentally friendly manner. As this process takes a little bit more consideration than regular recycling, it’s helpful to know that your waste management company can handle it all for you.

Secure document destruction solutions can come in a variety of container sizes depending on your business’ needs. Additionally, this solution is especially useful if you have too many documents to simply be shredded.

  • Shred it

Using a shredder is another effective way to recycle unwanted papers. Firstly, shredders are useful to destroy confidential documents, considering you don’t have many to get rid of and a complete secure document destruction solution isn’t necessary.

However, there are also many other efficient ways to make use of unwanted shredded paper in the workplace. If your business ships goods from a warehouse, consider replacing your packaging material or void filler with the shredded paper accumulated in the office. Reusing this paper allows your business to save resources and reduce waste. Not to mention that the shredded paper is likely to be a more environmentally friendly void filler than your existing one, such as foam or pieces of polystyrene void filler.

  • Donate it

Shredding and reusing unwanted papers is still effective even if you can’t find a use for it in your workplace. That’s because there are many more creative ways to use it. Rather than going straight in the recycling bin, shredded paper can be donated to people who could make use of it, to help reduce overall waste. For example, shredded paper can be used by people who are moving houses, to help pack and move items safely. It can also be used as mulch for those who enjoy gardening. Another alternative is for it to be donated to your local op shop and used as packaging for fragile items such as glassware. Instead of recycling unwanted papers straight away, consider what other uses shredded paper could be effective for.

  • Use less paper

A big part of being sustainable is saving resources or getting the best use of out them so that they’re not going to waste. Using less paper to begin with, reduces the need to recycle as much.

A simple way to achieve this in the workplace by printing and photocopying on both sides of the paper when documents have multiple pages. This reduces your paper consumption by half - a simple, yet significant solution.

Outdoor recycling containers

Many workplaces consider outdoor recycling containers a highly effective way to recycle documents. Offices can allocate a staff member at the end of each day to be responsible for collecting the recycling bins and disposing of them in the outdoor containers. However, this can also be done by the office cleaner.

Bulk waste removal has many benefits, including the reduced number of collection frequencies. On a side note, this also reduces transport emission from the collection trucks, making this an even more environmentally friendly solution.

Waste management businesses offer a variety of sizes for both front and rear bins, as well are flexible collection frequencies.

Co-mingled recycling

Another efficient way to recycle unwanted papers is to use a co-mingling solution. Co-mingled recycling is a solution that allows you to mix paper with other recyclables, such as bottles, cans, cartons, cardboard and certain types of plastics.

Some people consider this a far more cost-effective and easier recycling method, to encourage an eco friendly waste solution.

At Nationwide Waste Solutions, we offer recycling solutions to suit your needs, including office bins, secure document destruction, co-mingled recycling bins, and bulk waste removal. For more information about how we can help conveniently encourage your business to be more environmentally friendly, call us at 1300 729 922 or contact us here.

0 comments:

Post a Comment