In a bid to combat so called ‘wish-cycling’ and contamination, recycling firm Paper Round has launched “SustainABLE Box”, a self-assembled box intended to capture hard-to-recycle items and those which are often misplaced in mixed recycling. The box is central to a service offering available to businesses in London, Brighton and Sussex.
Despite the UK’s best efforts, there are still several materials in use in the workplace which cannot be recycled via traditional methods and are commonly misplaced. This contributes towards a significant contamination problem.
Paper Round says it has launched the service in response to this issue and to customer requests for a service that is clear about material destinations, processes and general due diligence.
Using its network of vetted re-processors, Paper Round says it has found viable recycling routes for several hard-to-recycle items including source separated items like crisp packets, stationery, coffee pods, plastic film, and PPE. The firm says complete transparency is a unique part of the service, and that they will “tell customers exactly where every material ends up and what their second life is.”
Closing the loop
Plastics collected as part of the service, such as film, crisp packets, snack wrappers, and stationery will be transformed into “a weatherproof recyclable alternative to plywood”, which is available to buy back for use at the workplace or in construction. This buy-back scheme closes the loop and helps participating businesses contribute towards the circular economy.
“Delivered as part of their SustainABLE Pathway campaign which helps businesses reduce their carbon footprint, SustainABLE Box offers Paper Round’s customers a new and innovative way to recycle more, reduce general waste and lower carbon emissions,” says a press release.
Flat-packed boxes (made from recycled content) and pre-paid material labels (which double-up as posters) are sent out directly to customers. Once full, boxes are sealed and collected by Paper Round from the convenience of their customers’ workplace. Source separated materials are taken back to the firm’s facility in Essex, before being sent to vetted re-processors in the UK.
The firm says clients can kick-start their journey to reducing waste by ordering a SustainABLE Box from Paper Round’s website.
