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BottleCycler News June 2008
Over 1000 tonnes recycled since start of Melbourne free trials -
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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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BottleCycler Newsletter January 2008
First Major Milestone
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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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BottleCycler News September 2007
Results of first round of Melbourne trials to reduce glass waste, sponsored by Packaging Stewardhip Forum
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Last quarter
650 tonnes of glass were recycled in Sydney and Melbourne
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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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