Our Wheelchair Project has world-wide renown for providing mobility to disadvantaged children in developing countries. That's "the big one". But it goes beyond that: As discarded bikes are dismantled, all the left-over components are separated into 'General Metal', Aluminium, rubber tubes and general waste. There isn't much of general waste left, but a 10 m3 skip is filled with metal about every two to three weeks, and the aluminium gets recycled separately. Here is a photo of our ute and trailer full of aluminium wheels, to take to the recyclers. The money earned is, of course, ploughed back into the purchase of materials, including consumables such as grinding wheels. We estimate that, over the years, in excess of 40,000 bikes have been recycled rather than going into landfill!Caring for the environment, whilst making a few extra dollars...
Our Wheelchair Project has world-wide renown for providing mobility to disadvantaged children in developing countries. That's "the big one". But it goes beyond that: As discarded bikes are dismantled, all the left-over components are separated into 'General Metal', Aluminium, rubber tubes and general waste. There isn't much of general waste left, but a 10 m3 skip is filled with metal about every two to three weeks, and the aluminium gets recycled separately. Here is a photo of our ute and trailer full of aluminium wheels, to take to the recyclers. The money earned is, of course, ploughed back into the purchase of materials, including consumables such as grinding wheels. We estimate that, over the years, in excess of 40,000 bikes have been recycled rather than going into landfill!