Industrial Recycling and Your Bottom Line

Many companies today are being charged more that they need to on industrial waste. Are you one of them?

These business have unnecessary fees and bad contracts that are made to take advantage of their company!

Here at WCI, we work exhaustively to examine your waste processes, contracts, and invoices.

Our consultants work hard with you to make sure that you save as much as possible. We want you to take every savings opportunity. So after examining your processes and invoices, we will come up with a recommendation list for you and your company. For many clients, this means that we recommend industrial recycling as a cost-cutting measure.  

With a 90% success rate, we believe that we can help you diminish your waste management cost and save thousands of dollars.

In this article, we will be discussing  the three different parts of industrial recycling:

  1. What Industries Use Industrial Recycling

  2. What materials constitute industrial recycling

  3. How industrial recycling can affect your bottom line. 

Let’s dive in!

What Industries Use Industrial Recycling

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Industrial wastes come from manufacturing industries, office buildings, or any other corporation that generates oil, scrap metals, lumber, masonry and concrete.

Many large corporations around the United States produce industrial waste every day. For example, companies such as Intel, Estée Lauder, Texas Instruments, and Nike are some of the highest contributing companies to Industrial waste.

Some people think that industrial waste only comes from companies that produce metallic waste, but this is not the case. Industrial waste can include waste from cafeterias, such as leftover oil, to scrap metals from an Apple product.  

What Materials Constitute Industrial Recycling

Here are some examples of industrial waste:

  • Debris from construction sites (e.g. pipes, leftover gravel, lamps containing mercury, asphalt).

  • Demolition materials (wood floor, screws, scrap metal, paint/lead paint).

  • Wastes from car and body shops (car engine, parts, wastes created from paint, scrap metal, used oil, tires, broken batteries).

  • Leftover paint, brushes, or tools from a paint or furniture store. 

  • Unused or leftover chemicals from Labs (science labs, photography development, etc).

  • Pesticides used in farming (agricultural waste).

  • Waste from printing (leftover ink, ink cartridges, chemicals used to produce specific forms of printing).

  • Wastes from clothing industries/factories (chemicals used to produce color on clothing).

These are only a few examples of industrial waste. There are many more out there, but this should give you an idea whether or not you or your company fall into this situation. 

How Industrial Recycling Helps Companies

Many industrial companies have taken the leap to better improve their waste management. For example, some companies such as Intel and Estée Lauder have decided to recycle more than half of their waste. Intel has recycled more than 75% of its waste since 2008 and Estée Lauder has had a recycling rate of roughly 89% since 2016.

Other industries, including Nike and Texas instruments, have recycled their waste to better their production efficiency. Nike has used Industrial Plastic Recycling, to produce shoes from recycled waste products. Companies like Texas Instruments are reusing the water used in fabricating their materials to feed cooling towers in their utility plant. 

Clearly, many industries have benefited from industrial recycling. Can you?

How Industrial Recycling Can Affect Your Bottom Line

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When you  work with us, we’ll help you save by recycling your byproducts. We can help create alternative solutions to your waste management problems. 

Let’s look at how your company can benefit from Industrial Recycling:

  • Reusing recycled materials to produce new materials can result in an emission reduction, but also waste cost reduction. You won’t need to spend more money on producing new materials.

  • Industrial recycling will diminish your landfill/waste costs (e.g. disposal and material costs).

  • Reduced resource extraction, resulting in a lower raw materials transporting and processing costs.

  • Industrial companies will be able to save money on landfill taxes and enhance their site efficiency/logistics.

  • Industrial recycling also benefits the environment. Less waste = fewer landfills

  • Lastly, industrial recycling results in social benefits and a sustainable brand. This increases the value of your company to customers and prospective investors. 

Don’t hesitate to contact us and schedule a consultation. We’ll share how our services can benefit you and help you save!