But what about the hangers that could not be reused? Unfortunately, they were thrown away. There was no other option available, and that
was something that always bothered us.
It also bothered one of our suppliers, N. S. Farrington.
I was curious how their new hanger recycle program got
started, so I went to their facility in Winston-Salem and met with co-owner
John Erskine. According to John, for
years dry cleaners had been trying to do their part to reduce waste and to be
more environmentally friendly. Many eco-friendly
products were introduced, but few performed at an adequate level. Customers were disappointed with the quality
of the products. But somewhere along the
way the folks at Farrington recognized that packaging supplies would always
need to be used. That’s when they began
to focus on ramping up their recycling efforts.
Fast forward to today.
They developed a simple program, and we are very excited to be a part of
it. Here’s how it works:
- N. S. Farrington supplies us with a recycling bin to place unusable wire hangers in
- They pick up the bins once full and then will leave an empty replacement bin at no charge when making their regular delivery
- They take the full bins to licensed metal recyclers
- The recyclers melt down the hangers into raw carbon steel in the form of bar stock and piping and resell it to places like construction companies, small machine shops, and so on for use as raw material in their operations
Here’s the coolest part – this program is recycling almost
17 tons of hangers per year, and according to John, “At these levels, A Cleaner
World and other participating companies are keeping roughly 5000 cubic feet of
waste out of landfills each year.” Nice!
We can accommodate numerous different Chatswood regions waste types including general waste (household rubbish, office stationary, furniture), garden waste, and construction waste and mixed waste a combination of general waste, garden waste, and construction waste.
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