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Sorry, A.K again, my friend say's the name is called create some space recycle bag hanger. i can't find it on the web.

A.K

We use recycle bag hangers -- got them at www.createsomespace.com

Hi, this is an interesting column. I feel like I am reading 6 years in my own past. I live in Ontario, Canada and I am an advid recycler. Our university went through the exact same transition that yours is going through today. We started with recycle bins for the campus and for individual students. It was a disaster; peaple would throw anything into the container (it had a lid on it, which was not good).
We tried to identify which containers took what meterial, based on what we recycled in our area. It still didn't work.
What we found was when you use a "bin" or "container" it's very easy to cheat the system, and by having this type of system in place, we never got to any recycling goals worth mentioning.
To make a long story short, we found this product called Create-Some-Space recycle and trash bag hanger which hangs a clear or see- through blue bag (which is itself recyclable as film plastic) directly on the wall. This proved to be key in obtaining the results which we are proud of today: 66% to 70% of recyclable material diverted from landfill!
The change in attitudes toward recycling were noted because we used recyclable see-through bags. Students would identify the dirty green bins as "garbage container." But when the clear bag hanging off the wall was introduced, people associated this with recycling and were also aware of the fact that the material inside the bag would be exposed for anybody to see. This made the students more conscious about cheating the system.
The change in attitude was amazing and I've personally thanked the people at Create-Some-Space for coming up with this solution as it saved face for a program that I was implementing.
It also saved space while making it easy for people to recycle. Plus, no bins to carry around or to clean! I would suggest that you contact them as they are involed with school recycling programs no matter what grade you in.

Bev