My favorite tour for sure.
This 'taking the bull by the horns' and doing something about waste. Eddie Lott, founded Recycle Revolution (RR) after traveling for 4 years, living the good life, hang ing out etc. Then September 11 happened and he had an epithamy. "What am I going to do to make the world a better place?" He came to his home, his community in Dallas and knew he wanted to start his own business. With his family's support and blessing, he started Recycle Revolution in 2008. They moved to their larger facility 10 months ago because of the growth.
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His mission to find an alternative to everything that has been created by Man. They collect paper, aluminum, glass, electronics, toilets, lamps, food waste and styrofoam. They provide education, audit reports and its all interwoven in the culture. They collect from 30 different bars, primarily in Deep Ellum who pay RR.
Everything gets weighed and sorted. There are 8 different grades of paper.
Lowest to highest grade. Cereal boxes are the lowest and hard white (no print) is the highest. It is the "truffle" of waste. Hard white sells for $400/ton versus newspaper at $80/ton.
Lowest to highest grade. Cereal boxes are the lowest and hard white (no print) is the highest. It is the "truffle" of waste. Hard white sells for $400/ton versus newspaper at $80/ton.
Eddie is working to create a community whereas his company reduces landfills and finds a user for just about everything they collect. He is forward thinking and as he talks, he becomes even more dynamic because of his passion and delivery. I want to hook him up with several large users here in Fort Worth. RR provides recycling collection at apartment complexes which is wonderful. When I lived in an apartment, any person that lived in a house that came to visit, left with bags of my recyclables. Really pushed the 'friend' envelope.
I want to help Eddie expand into Fort Worth. LOVE LOVE LOVE him and his mission.
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