It is my pleasure to introduce you to Andy Gale the founder of Bay Area Recycling for Charities. His company is one of a small but committed group of mattress recyclers in the nation who work with municipalities, furniture stores, colleges and landfills to divert the dreaded used mattress from a lifetime waste.
This is only one division of a company that Andy started in 2008 with the tag line: one man, one mission and one revolutionary idea. Today if you take a look into his organization you will find more than 20 employees and a cluster of services including refrigerator collection & recycling for the utility companies, a growing effort to provide compostable service wear to restaurants and other groups, Zero Waste event organizer and a vision to collaborate with others to solve the recycling problem in the United States.
Andy has built his structure as a non-profit so it functions more like a THINK TANK driven by a board of directors than a traditional company. He believes this provides the organization the ability to shift quickly as the recycling industry needs become recognizable.
Don’t delay; join us for a great interview with an awesome guy!
Topics Include:
- Mattress Recycling
- Electronics Recycling aka E-Waste
- Event Recycling
- The Difference between Zero Waste & Zero Landfill events
- Identifying Compostable Plastics vs. Traditional Plastics
Links:
- Mattress Recycling Council
- How to Identify Compostable Plastics
- Can compostable plastics be mixed with traditional plastics
- Why does the utility company want your old refrigerator? DTE, ComEd, EnergyStar
- Shop - Compostable Service Wear; Plates, Cups, Flat Wear, Etc.
- Zero Waste Event Containers from Clear Stream Recycling Systems
- What is Pyrolysis, Video
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Andy Gale, Founder
Bay Area Recycling for Charities
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