ITS PAPER ISN’T IT - BUT YET NONE OF MY CLIENTS BOTHER RECYCLING DRAWINGS, JUST TOSS IT INTO THE DUMPSTER - DOES ANYONE KNOW IF RECYCLING OF DRAWING PAPER IS AVAILABLE?
Almost all drawings these days are reproduced by large-format laser printers on ordinary paper, exactly the same materials as copies of letter-size documents. We do recycle drawings with the rest of our office paper.
We recycle drawing paper in our office just like the rest of our paper.
Sunday School kids love using the large pieces of paper for their masterpieces. Haveing the binder on the edge makes it easy to fasten to the easels.
We do recycle our drawings, when allowed. Refer to my thread on CCA on “Terrorists using our drawings”.
I called around in South FL. and spoke to several of my clients, no one is recycling their old drawings - if anyone in South Florida is reading this and knows where I can take drawings to be recycled, please post - thanks.
We recycle virtually everything in our office, including large size plots on bond paper.
What you cannot recycle are older bluelines and blueprints made with the diazo process. Those are long gone here in San Francisco (there are already youngsters in the office who ask what THAT is if you drag out an old record set), but diazo might still be used elsewhere.
Marc may want to try seeing if the worms in his office will take on drawing paper. I can ask one of my clients designing DNA if they can create a worm just for drawings. I think we may have an answer for the terrorists and the greenies.
As stated above we have a worm bin. As a native of Moscow Idaho (located on the edge of the paluose) I’ll be searching for and donating as many Driloleirus Americanus as I can find. These guys should be big enough to handle any stack of drawings.
As we are remodeling our office right now I believe that as a Green item donating 100 sf to the worm bin should be no problem. and I’ll start the captive breeding program as well. we want to be really really green.
from http://www.palouseprairie.org/invertebrates/palouseworm.html
“Driloleirus americanus is a large, pinkish-white earthworm as much as 3 feet long, said to smell like lilies when handled. Threatened by habitat loss (Palouse bunchgrass prairie) and non-native worm species. During summer droughts, the worms dug burrows as deep as 15 feet.”
Word of caution regarding the reuse of old contract documents. Several of my clients have required confidentially clauses in my services agreement. Misuse of any documents, even during disposal, may violate those confidentially requirements.
Marc: I think I had an old computer that must have had those same worms.
if those designer worms can provide security at night as well, you’ll have a best seller. I’m not entirely certain I would want to break into an office that was patrolled by 3 foot long worms…
Sounds like a “B” horror movie (similar to Squirm where I remember the worms came out of the shower head) … at least the ones you are talking about sound like they smell nice (“said to smell like lilies when handled”).
All of our drawings are shredded and recycled.