Recycle bins, bags and trolleys

Paperstone offers recycling products and accessories to keep your office tidy and green. Our recycling solutions are simple, attractive and unobtrusive. Here you will find recycling bins and trolleys that are perfect for environments with high volumes of recyclable waste. The bins themselves are made principally from recycled materials while our recycling bin bags, where possible, are made from biodegradable plastics so that they do not pose a long-term threat to the environment. Clear recycling bin bags are offered for situations where it is important to identify the type of waste they hold.

Our recycling bins are suitable for every working environment – offices, warehouses, studios and workshops. But any situation in which waste is anticipated can benefit from a recycling bin or two – schools and colleges, one-off seminars, outdoor events, even parties. Why not recycle all those cans and plastic cups at your next bash so that the 'day after' is less daunting?

Some recycling facts

• The word 'recycle' first enters the English language in the mid to late 1920s. First usage was rather technical (e.g. petrochemicals). The sense that we're used to today – converting waste into usable stuff – is cited from 1960. 'Recycle' begins to be used figuratively (i.e. recycling money, ideas, people) around the end of the 1960s (Source: Oxford English Dictionary).
• The UK produces more than 434 million tonnes of waste every year. This rate of rubbish generation would fill the Albert Hall in London in less than two hours ( Source ).
• Supersize me!! One year's worth of the New York Times newspaper weighs 520 pounds (Source ). Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees (Source ).
• In the UK today, nearly 5 million tonnes of paper is dumped in landfill or incinerated every year. Recycling just one tonne of paper saves 3,700 pounds of lumber and 24,000 gallons of water London Recycling.
• Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours (Source ).

Remember, just about everything in your office can be recycled. You may even save yourself quite a bit of money in the process.

Those businesses interested in extending or even promoting recycling programmes may want to consult one or more of the following business-friendly sites:

• Envirowise is a government programme providing free information to help UK companies save money by reducing waste.
• Wastewatch is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that “advises, educates and informs people on ways to reduce all forms of waste”. Their Waste Online website ) offers very comprehensive information about setting up an office recycling scheme).
• Londoners may want to check out the GLA for recycling solutions in the capital.

Don't forget to use Paperstone as your first-stop, friendly supplier of recycling solutions!