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News Spring 2009
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Specifications for design and fit out
Changing the way you look? Why not change the way you manage your glass recycling and save time. space and money and reduce your footprint on the environment.
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400 venues using BottleCycler!
Over 400 venues are now using BottleCycler - recycling an average of 350 tonnes of glass per month and you don't have to be big to benefit..
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Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards 2009
BottleCycler one of 3 companies shortlisted as finalist
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NPC sponsoring free trials of BottleCycler
Do the Right Thing - 2 months' free trial
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The Qantas story
Over 361,000 bottles crushed in Melbourne Qantas Club Lounge
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Improve the way you manage your glass recycling.
This is a new and unique product and service with benefits at multiple levels.
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Savings with Bottlecycler
| Current Situation (example) |
Time/Cost |
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| Put bottles in blue crates (avg 20 bottles) |
5 mins |
| Bring blue crates to loading dock (6 on a trolley) |
8 mins |
| Hand sort by colour |
10 mins |
| Walk back |
5 mins |
| Total cost in time per 6 bar bins |
28 mins |
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| 20-50 crates per day: average 35 = 700 bottles |
1143 minutes |
| Hours per week |
19.1 hours |
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| With Bottlecycler |
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| Put bottles in BottleCycler (avg 300 bottles per bin) |
15 mins |
| Bring bin to loading dock |
5 mins |
| Walk back |
5 mins |
| Total cost in time per Bottle Cycler Bin |
25 mins |
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| 700 bottles per week = 2.5 times |
62.5 minutes |
| Hours per week |
1.0 hours |
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| Total savings in hours per week |
18.0 hours |
| At $ 50 per hour ( total company cost ) |
$901 |
| Glass Collection cost per week @ $5.00 per bin * 3 bins $ 15 |
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| Difference $ per week |
$ 886 |
| Savings $ per year |
$46,056 |
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| Additional advantages:
- Space saving : no more blue crates stacked behind the bar, in the eye of customers
- OH&S issues: safer transport of bottles, no manual sorting involved
- Space saving and tidier workplace in the loading dock: instead of 6-9 sulo's and 50 spare crates , 3-4 little blue bins
- Noise reduction in loading dock |
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