TRIM WASTE RECYCLING — REPURPOSED DOLLARS

Not all systems need to be
massive to produce desired results, not to mention a quantitative ROI. Bison Printing, Bedford, VA, generates roughly 100,000 pounds of trim waste per month. Prior to its summer 2005 installation, the waste paper was manually deposited into tall Gaylord boxes from cutters and vacuum pumped from the stitchers to the boxes. Machines were stopped when the boxes were filled, and they would eventually be loaded onto a trailer, untreated, and delivered to the recycling company.