Recycling Ideas?
Recycling Ideas?
(OP)
Hi and thank you for taking the time to read,
I work for a distribution center where A LOT of boxes are tossed in the trash daily. This is a big problem environmentaly and is done without automation, hence we pay someone to do a job with no direct return. We do have an automated recycling system with conveyors leading to a compression compartiment, but it doesn't cover all of the warehouse and therefore is not perfectly used. I would say 50% of the carbdoard is recyled because it is near the conveyors. However, as mentionned, the rest is just tossed in the nearest trash barrel.
I am coming to you today because I would like to know if anyone has any form of ideas with the lowest cost possible. I am a young engineer and, hence, have little experience. We have asked the workers to bring the cardboard to the recycling conveyors, but not only do they avoid doing it, but it does add extra time while stopping production.
Lastly, we can't add extra conveyors due to cost and lack of space.
Once again, thank you for reading,
Olixus
I work for a distribution center where A LOT of boxes are tossed in the trash daily. This is a big problem environmentaly and is done without automation, hence we pay someone to do a job with no direct return. We do have an automated recycling system with conveyors leading to a compression compartiment, but it doesn't cover all of the warehouse and therefore is not perfectly used. I would say 50% of the carbdoard is recyled because it is near the conveyors. However, as mentionned, the rest is just tossed in the nearest trash barrel.
I am coming to you today because I would like to know if anyone has any form of ideas with the lowest cost possible. I am a young engineer and, hence, have little experience. We have asked the workers to bring the cardboard to the recycling conveyors, but not only do they avoid doing it, but it does add extra time while stopping production.
Lastly, we can't add extra conveyors due to cost and lack of space.
Once again, thank you for reading,
Olixus





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BillPSU
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RE: Recycling Ideas?
It is part of your corporate culture either way.
Maybe bins on pallets for non-conveyor areas. Maybe weigh it and throw some money into a pizza fund.
Engineering is easy. Corporate culture is hard.
Maybe get buy-in from an unofficial small group leader, one of the "cool kids".
Thomas J. Walz
Carbide Processors, Inc.
www.carbideprocessors.com
Good engineering starts with a Grainger Catalog.
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