Hi-Rise Recycling

Apartment buildings have for the most part been left out of residential recycling programs because of the difficulty of getting residents to haul recyclables to a storage area by hand. As recycling requirements are adopted by more and more municipalities, however, architects and building owners find themselves forced to deal with the problem. A common solu­tion is to set up separation rooms on each floor that are serviced by maintenance personnel. The labor costs, space requirements, and fire and health code complications make this solution less than ideal. A new invention by Mark Shantzis, CEO of Hi-Rise Recycling Systems, Inc., offers an alternative solution.
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