| A policy of responsible waste management is one | | | | recycling process is profitable for everyone |
| encouraged by legislature and in some states | | | | involved. |
| rewarded by lucrative contracts. And why not? A | | | | Putting an efficient waste disposal and recycling |
| planet friendly system of disposal will benefit | | | | policy in place should be the first step for every |
| everyone by returning recyclable materials to an | | | | responsible factory manager, not only for the |
| area where they can be re-used. | | | | production floor but also within employees' work |
| Efficient waste management is not just for the | | | | areas and in the canteen which produces kitchen |
| community as a whole: individual companies can | | | | waste. The local waste disposal company will visit |
| make a remarkable difference to production costs | | | | and assess how best to address each area |
| by putting a recycling process in place and by | | | | efficiently and suggest how a budget for waste |
| selling recyclable items to other companies. | | | | disposal might be spent to maximum effect. |
| In factories and production plants that make | | | | A greener company is invariably a more profitable |
| metal components, there are thousands of 'off | | | | company. The days when a policy of waste |
| cuts' produced each working day. There was a | | | | recycling was an expensive luxury are over as |
| time when these off cuts were taken to landfill | | | | new markets have been created for re-usable |
| but now enterprising companies sell their waste | | | | materials. Consulting a waste disposal expert can |
| production materials to other companies as scrap. | | | | be a profitable experience as many waste |
| The same policy might be applied to foam; glass; | | | | disposal companies are equipped with information |
| glass fiber; wood and paper. | | | | on possible customers who will welcome |
| Just about every recyclable material has a used | | | | re-useable products and who will pay to have |
| market that will add to profitability if recycled | | | | them readily available on a regular basis. |
| sensibly. And although few people in industry are | | | | Waste disposal companies provide an invaluable all |
| waste disposal experts, there are professional | | | | round service beginning with advice on what can |
| waste disposal companies to make the proper | | | | be removed as waste and what can be sold on |
| assessment of individual company's waste | | | | for recycling; how to store recyclable waste; how |
| requirements and recommend which items are | | | | to implement new recycling policies; the cost of |
| recyclable products and which should be taken | | | | disposable waste and how the cost can be offset |
| away as waste. | | | | through recycling profits. |
| There are companies now that specialise only in | | | | Irresponsible waste disposal will no longer be |
| reconstituting waste fabrics and other materials | | | | tolerated by the green policies encouraged in |
| which are then re-sold as raw materials for | | | | most states but there is no need to panic at the |
| further production. Waste management | | | | thought of production profits flying out of the |
| companies transport the materials from one | | | | factory window as managers vainly try to learn a |
| customer to another, creating valuable floor space | | | | lifetime of knowledge on waste recycling in five |
| in the disposing customer's factory and providing | | | | minutes. Contact your local waste management |
| valuable new resources to the receiving end: the | | | | company and let them do the work! |