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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.
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..
Victorian Premier's Sustainability Awards 2009
BottleCycler one of 3 companies shortlisted as finalist
NPC sponsoring free trials of BottleCycler
Do the Right Thing - 2 months' free trial
The Qantas story
Over 361,000 bottles crushed in Melbourne Qantas Club Lounge
Improve the way you manage your glass recycling.
This is a new and unique product and service with benefits at multiple levels.

Savings with Bottlecycler

Current Situation (example) Time/Cost
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
 
20-50 crates per day: average 35 = 700 bottles 1143 minutes
Hours per week 19.1 hours
 
With Bottlecycler
 
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
 
700 bottles per week = 2.5 times 62.5 minutes
Hours per week 1.0 hours
 
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
Difference $ per week $ 886
Savings $ per year $46,056
 


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