The London-based recycling firm, Try Recycling, has been named as a finalist for the third time for the London Chamber of Commerce’s Business Achievement Awards. Owner and CEO Jim Graham is glad for Try Recycling’s inclusion and for the acknowledgement given by the public to the firm’s work.
Try Recycling won the chamber’s environmental award two years ago. The company has two recycling centres in the UK capital, where Londoners, especially large companies, take their garbage to be recycled rather than having it thrown away in a landfill.
In addition, Try Recycling is also now providing waste depots for Middlesex Centre and Strathroy. Graham said that residents can drop off their wastes at the storage area, and Try Recycling will handle the sorting and transportation of recyclable materials to the processing centres.
Waste business has grown dramatically due to the global economic crisis last year. In 2009, most homeowners in London decided not to buy new homes, thus resulting in more renovations.
Graham informed that when people undertake home renovation, most of the construction’s leftovers end up in recycling centres. Currently, more than 55 per cent of waste coming from Ontario is commercial, in which 40 per cent of it is construction-related. Graham went on to say that more than 90 per cent of construction waste is recyclable.
Graham, however, said that the industry has its own problems also. He told that the several states, like New York and Michigan, have inexpensive rates for landfills. As an outcome, local construction firms are transporting trash to these states just to save some money.
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