Eddie and Paula Lott gave us a tour of the Recycle
Revolution facility in Dallas, TX. Eddie studied Latin American Studies. This
recycling plant has two vehicles and is a community drop off. It is a shipping and receiving facility that
recycles paper, cardboard, plastics, aluminum, glass, electronics, food waste
etc basically anything that they have a market for it. They educate everybody
(employees and clients) in regards to sustainability and recycling. Some of the
main commercial clients include ATT and small business. For Recycle Revolutions sustainability makes
sense and they are the bridge between businesses and recycling. Currently, Dallas Landfill charges $24/ton for
disposal, meaning easy to just waste and not recycle. They are also educator,
teaching local businesses in Dallas about recycling resulting in opening new
markets for Recycle Revolutions. The local radius currently served is North
Texas specially Dallas and immediate suburbs. Some of the goals include short term:
fork lift, desert micro, paint outside, bin system and long term: b-crop, power
washer, bike trailer. The company does not have residential compost only commercial.
Recycling material is sorted and weighted. The highest paid material is Hard White
(pure whit paper) priced $380-$400/ton and the lowest paid is newspaper priced $65/ton.
The company has been in service for 4 years and has 10 active employees and
known for loyalty and trust. Prior to
Recycle Revolutions, there was a taxi cab service building. The work done by
this company means personally that there needs to be hope to make our dreams
come true. Knowing the hard work Recycle Revolutions is doing to change the
word and become sustainable example company, brings me to a point that it takes
small steps to achieve our goal of a sustainable world. The relationship of my experience to the big
picture is that recycling can be anything as long as there is a market for it. People
have this perspective that only glass, aluminum and plastic is recyclable, when
this is not true anything this recyclable as long as there is a market for it.
“I do not love recycling, just believe in it” by Eddie Scott
Picture from www.recyclerevolutiondallas.com
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