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Sports stadiums and other sporting venues in the UK produce a surprisingly wide range of waste materials. DMR (dry mixed recyclable) bins have historically been the answer however, many venues are now investigating the alternatives to bins for their waste with the aim of saving money on bin emptying costs, reducing bin quantities required and reducing waste handling.
What are the disadvantages of Dry Mixed Recyclable Bins?
DMR are widely offered solution for recyclable waste disposal in the UK. The main disadvantages of using Dry Mixed Recyclable bins are:
- You need to pay for them to be emptied
- You need to be careful not to exceed the weight limit
- They can be cumbersome to move, particularly when full or located on uneven ground
- They can take up a lot of room in your bin store yet contain very little waste
- They can be physically demanding to fill with bulky waste
What are the alternatives to Dry Mixed Recyclable Bins?
Recycling Balers are a popular alternative to DMR bins used by sports venues in the UK for handling cardboard waste. Unlike bins, whole cardboard boxes can be placed inside the baler without the need for squishing them down first. In fact, a cardboard baler can turn the equivalent of many bins of cardboard into only one small cardboard bale. Recycling Balers come in all shapes and sizes and therefore you can select a machine to suit your volume and size of cardboard waste. When a baler isn't being used for cardboard waste, it can also be used to compact plastic waste too making it a great multi-material waste option.
The following example below shows how a Premier League football club installed a large QCR Cardboard Recycling Baler:
Premier League football club cut their cardboard waste costs with QCR
With a recent promotion to the Premier League, a football club saw their waste streams increase due an upsurge in crowd attendances and a higher demand for merchandise from the club shop. The club contacted QCR and a free site survey was undertaken on a day to suit the venue. Our Waste Experts quickly identified that waste cardboard from the shop was put into DMR bins. However, as staff were reluctant to manually compact the sometimes unwieldy boxes, these bins often overflowed and a general waste skip was in place to handle the remaining boxes.
QCR Recycling Equipment offered the venue a free trial of a recycling baler at their site which was delivered free of charge. Following the installation of the medium cardboard baler, numerous bins could be removed and cardboard waste was no longer placed in a skip. At the end of the successful trial, the site could decide whether they wished to hire or purchase the equipment. This has produced big cost savings and increased space on site. Equally because the cardboard within the bales was dry and uncontaminated, the site received a payment for their waste cardboard bales.
Customer quote: "The results we are achieving with the baler have exceeded our expectations. We are now able to efficiently manage our cardboard waste in an efficient and cost saving manner" - General Manager of Premier League Football Stadium
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