Why Your Business Should Recycle

Why Your Business Should Recycle

You already know the mantra. It’s good for the environment. We have to save the planet. Won’t someone please think of the children? Why should you, as a business, recycle? That’s for homeowners and eco-people, not for your business, right? What if we can give you some good reasons why recycling is exactly for your business, and how we can make it easy?

Businesses are where most people spend a majority of their day

Not only do most people spend most of their waking hours at work, but many of them also buy take-out that involves recyclable materials. They also use a lot of recyclable material as part of their job.

Businesses produce a lot of recyclable materials

While the most recycled material in the US is asphalt, the most abundant recyclables in business are paper and cardboard. With 300 million tons of paper produced annually worldwide, and most of that going to schools and businesses, don’t you think it’s time to start reducing, reusing and recycling?

So why aren’t you recycling?

Some areas are requiring businesses of a certain size to recycle. But why aren’t they doing it on their own? Respondents in a survey on Recycle.co.nz cited limited access or space as the second most popular reason they didn’t recycle.

What should you do now?

You could start with reducing and reusing. Try going as paperless as you can. Use e-mail more, interoffice memos less. Reuse non-sensitive papers for scrap notes. After that, talk to us about how we can make recycling fit your office regardless of size. If you are ready to recycle, we can make that happen.