• Raven will pickup at your office/shop/business sorted paper and cardboard.

• It can be done on a fixed schedule or on an “on-call” basis.

• A flat fee of $5.00 per pick up is charged plus $5.00 for each 5 minutes of service.

• Paper recycling bins can be purchased from Raven Recycling or borrowed contingent upon payment of a damage deposit.

• Call 667-7269 and register for pickups today!!!

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Why Participate in PaperSave?

Fibre products make up over 40% of the total waste that goes into the landfill. To deal with this waste Raven offers a collection service for office paper and cardboard.

Throwing paper and cardboard into the landfill is expensive. Beyond our local landfill and the accompanying tax dollars spent there, the overall environmental cost of paper is high. Pulp and paper production creates some of the most toxic effluent that any industry can produce.

Pulp and paper mills use a great deal of energy and consume enormous amounts of fresh water. Modern logging practices and the creation of huge monoculture plantations have a disastrous impact on the environment. In addition, the burial in landfills of half the trees we cut down after a single use is a waste of a precious natural resource.

Suggested Guidelines For Participating

Any organization can participate in PaperSave by following these guidelines:

• sign up for the PaperSave program and Raven will send someone to pick up the paper either on a regularly scheduled basis or “as-needed”.
• to participate, paper must be sorted into the appropriate categories (white office paper, mixed paper, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, boxboard, telephone books). You can use your own containers, or purchase/borrow paper recycling containers from Raven.
• to ensure costs are kept down (remember, businesses pay by the five minute increment for the time Raven spends collecting and sorting your paper) one paper station per floor, preferably located near an outside entrance
• shredded paper must be placed into clear plastic bags
• small amounts of cardboard are accepted if bundled and tied. Raven also offers a dedicated Cardboard pickup program. Contact 667-7269 for details.

Why Sort Paper?

After the paper is collected it is brought to the Raven Recycling Centre and baled. These approximately thousand pound bales are then sold and shipped to various pulp mills. Each category of paper is worth a different dollar amount. White office paper is worth the most and is the only category to make money over the costs of collection, processing and shipping. Therefore it is important that the white paper is sorted very carefully to keep the quality high. Since Raven is a non-profit organization the money made from the white paper is used to pay for the recycling costs of the other paper categories.

Cost

A flat fee of $5.00 per pick up is charged plus $5.00 for each 5 minutes of service (i.e. $10.00 will be charged for the first 5 minutes and $5.00 will be charged for each additional 5 minutes). Keep costs low by having easy access to the paper station and the paper properly sorted. Click here for a guide on how to sort paper, or ask the PaperSave driver. Pick-ups can either be on an on-call basis or on a regular schedule depending on how much you produce. Plastic storage bins can be purchased from Raven Recycling or borrowed contingent upon payment of a damage deposit.

Close the Loop!

To truly recycle, individuals and businesses alike must be involved in all aspects of the recycling loop. In other words, not only must we provide our waste paper for recycling, we also need to support the recycling industry by creating a demand for recycled products. Raven Recycling is selling an 80% recycled fibre paper ideal for use in photocopiers, laser printers and plain paper faxes – check out the web page What Raven Sells paper listings . This paper is made up of 60% post-consumer paper, 20% industrial waste paper, and 20% total chlorine-free virgin pulp (and it’s old growth free).  Raven sells this paper essentially at cost.