| Save Your Company Money By Recycling | | | | work this out on a tonne to week basis it would |
| Given the economical climate we are all having to | | | | take you 5 weeks to accumulate a tonne of |
| tighten our purse strings, we certainly don’t | | | | rubbish rather than the previous 1 week. For |
| want to have to pay for services/ resources etc | | | | those of you who are not numerically minded I |
| that are not absolutely vital to increasing revenue. | | | | have worked out the yearly saving based on |
| However, there are small things that can be | | | | these figures. |
| changed within a company/ place of business | | | | 1 year sending 1 tonne per week to landfill: |
| which can save you money in the long term. One | | | | 40 x 52 = £2080 per year. |
| way you can do this is to recycle. | | | | 1 year sending 1 tonne every 5 weeks to landfill: |
| Now I know that trying to get employees to | | | | 40 x 10.5 = £420 per year. |
| think about what they are throwing away on a | | | | THIS IS A TOTAL SAVING OF £1660 WITH |
| daily basis can be a battle at the best of times its | | | | LANFILL TAX AT £40 PER TONNE, REMEMBER |
| one that’s worth fighting. As our landfills get | | | | THAT THIS WILL BE £72 PER TONNE IN A |
| bigger the cost of sending rubbish to them | | | | LITTLE OVER 3 YEARS! |
| increases and with threats of a major rise in | | | | This may not seem like the saving of the century |
| landfill tax looming it has never been more | | | | but anyway you look at it you are saving |
| important to keep waste levels to a minimum. | | | | yourself an unnecessary cost and by highlighting |
| Landfill tax is currently set at £40 per tonne and | | | | similar expenses you can ensure that your |
| this is set to increase to as much as £72 per | | | | outgoings are as low as possible. |
| tonne by 2013 that is a steady increase of £8 | | | | Recycling companies generally offer a very |
| per tonne per year. When you consider that on | | | | reasonable collection charge to collect recyclable |
| average 60% of the waste we throw out can be | | | | materials and you may even find that some of |
| recycled, separating this material out will mean | | | | them won’t tie you to a contract so you can |
| that instead of sending, for example, 1 tonne of | | | | try it out. To find recycling companies in your |
| rubbish per week to landfill at a current cost of | | | | area you can search on such sites as If it saves |
| £40 you would instead be accumulating a rather | | | | you money it’s surely worth a try. |
| more cost effective 200 kilos a week. If we | | | | |