REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE


story by Margaret Ann Michels • photography by Jason Bennett W


HILE THE THREE Rs FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSUMERS ARE REDUCE, reuse and recycle, in business, the system often works in reverse. Someone starts a small recycling program by putting a blue bin in the kitchen. When they tire of fishing out plastic foam cups, they get ceramic mugs for employees to reuse. Management realizes it’s saving money on cup purchases and wonders where else costs can be reduced. Finally, marketing decides to print on recycled paper, publicizes the initiative and gains some environmentally-conscious clients. Once recycling becomes mandated, what began as one or two people hauling the recyclables out on weekends requires assistance from a commercial recycler. Fisher Recycling began helping businesses become greener by carting away their recyclables


in 1992. Founder Chris Fisher was joined by his wife, Elizabeth, in 1997. Te area’s first full-circle vendor of recycled materials offers everything from biweekly curbside cardboard pickup to in-house collection of all recyclables six days a week. Full-circle means Fisher makes products from recycled materials, including countertops created from crushed glass embellished with seashells or pieces of grandmother’s china. Fisher also makes driveway and sidewalk “pave- ment” from crushed glass, is experimenting with sink basins and recently launched a food waste composting program.


Fisher Recycling’s many restaurant clients supply green, brown and clear glass, which is pulverized and used to create beautiful new products such as countertops, cheese boards and sink basins.


Read more about Fisher Recycling and see additional photos at www.MountPleasantMagazine.com.To schedule a waste audit for your business, visit www.FisherRecycling.com.


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