REDUCE, REUSE, RELAX, RECYCLE WITH URBAN IMPACT |
Urban Impact is BC owned and operated |
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Interesting facts about cardboard recycling:
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The next time you see Urban Impact's cardboard truck on the road - imagine 250 cubic yards of material all compressed inside its walls. That is enough cardboard till fill up a 900 square feet apartment - flattened. |
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Cardboard makes up the largest percentage of any businesses recyclable materials. |
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Cardboard can be recycled here in the Lower Mainland, or sold to large consuming Mills in the NW USA or even as far away as China and Korea. |
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That by recycling one yard of cardboard you reduce 3.5 cubic yards of landfill, 17 thirty foot (pulp) trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 380 gallons of oil, 4100 kwh of energy and eliminate 60 pounds of air pollutants! |
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That the paler and more yellow your cardboard boxes are, the more it has been recycled. So the brown and more “kraft” colored your boxes are, the newer they are. |
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How many ways can you collect your cardboard?
The answer is - LOTS!
What is the best and most efficient way to collect cardboard?
The answer to this question will depend on a few things, consider these issues:
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Where is most of the cardboard generated? |
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Do you want to store the cardboard inside or outside? |
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Do you know approximately how much cardboard you would produce in a week (imagine a small pick-up truck and consider how many of these you would fill up in a week) |
We will carefully consider each of these facts and come up with a cost effective plan to collect it and recycle it. Cardboard Bins come in a variety of sizes.
Office Bins come in a variety of sizes. Click here for dimensions of the Cardboard Bins.
Solutions for Collecting and Storing Cardboard include:
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Loose in ReBins
Urban Impact can provide what the industry calls Front End containers or what most people call them - dumpsters. We of course don't believe our cardboard bins are just dumpsters - we call them ReBins.
ReBins come in a variety of sizes. Click here for dimensions of the different ReBins.
Urban Impact can even custom make a ReBin for your business. If you have special requirements - no problem, we can help you identify them and custom make a ReBin that suits your space requirements.
Urban Impact can provide seven day per week service for your cardboard ReBin. We specialize in daily service - timely, reliable and cost effective
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Balers
Are you considering installing a baler to bale the cardboard at your place of business? If so, Urban Impact can provide pick-up for your bales.
Urban Impact will also pay for your bales. The rate paid will depend on the current market conditions and how much your bales weigh.
We recommend a baler when:
- A business is generating more than 20 yards of loose cardboard per week. (If you generate less than 20 yards of cardboard a week it is difficult to justify the capital cost of buying a baler.)
- If your business has room to store bales safely and securely inside.
- Access to the storage area must be accessible for our trucks to access the bales.
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Do you want to purchase or lease a baler? Call us so that we can arrange a site visit and prepare a proposal to suite your needs.
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Compactors
Does your business generate large amounts of cardboard? Compactors are recommend for customers when:
- In excess of 30 yards of cardboard is generated per week.
- Storage of the cardboard is to be outside - compactors of course can sit outside
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Urban Impact will also pay your cardboard that is delivered to our facillity. The rate paid will depend on the current market conditions.
Do you want to purchase or lease a compactor? Call us so that we can arrange a site visit and prepare a proposal to suite your needs. |
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