The idea
Why doesn't every community recycle?
One of the reasons is cost of:
Equipment
Manpower
Infrastructure
Logistics
In rural America - small towns can't always afford the startup capitol it takes to get a recycling program off the ground.
Why not re-use a vehicle that we once trusted to take our children to school - to now recover our cans, plastics and paper.
The Recycle Bus
An oversimplified recipe
Take one yellow school bus
Remove seats
Reinforce frame on passenger side
Cut 3 bays on the passenger side
Convert side wall to swinging doors
Paint recycle green – add logo
Pick up cans - plastic - paper
Why recyclebus.org
The community I live in voted to start curbside recycling this year. It made sense to me that the recovery vehicle did not need to be an expensive piece of equipment.
This web site is to encourage:
communities to start a recycling program with a small startup cost.
communities to "piggy-back" onto towns with existing recycling programs.
entrepreneurs to start their own recycling business.
Feed Back
Please send ideas to still173@gmail.com