Why Recycle
Recycling is the method by which we recover valuable resources to be re-used again and again.
Increasing population and higher standards of living is pressurising the earth’s resources, many of these resources are finite.
We must conserve these resources as well as use them more wisely. While recycling is only one part to healing the environment it is a practical action that individuals can take part in every day.
A successful waste reduction program depends upon the participation and support of individuals and companies.
Offices, factories, restaurants and companies dispose of a large volume of solid waste. Contained in this waste are resources that can be recycled, including cardboard boxes, office paper, bottles, aluminium cans and plastics.
Paper Reclaim can provide a recycling service for most of the recyclable products that a company may have. Trained staff will visit and carry out a waste audit. They will advise on what can be recycled to save costs and benefit the environment.
It has been estimated that more than 30,000 tonnes of waste paper is still going to landfill in Auckland every year. Most of this is bulky cardboard and lightweight bags of office paper that on average costs $300.00 per tonne to landfill (figure based on 150kg per 4 cubic metre front loader bin at $45.00 per empty). That’s a staggering $9 million cost to those businesses not recycling. It is little wonder that paper recycling is so popular when people understand its significance. How much more competitive would those businesses be if they were saving that $9 million every year?