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Author Topic: Film-Tech recycling program Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-03-2002 05:53 AM                     Has your booth amassed a mountain of those plastic coupling cores that come with FilmGuard and Film-Tech media pads? A lot of requests for some form of recycling program for those cores have been coming in over the months, so we're going to do a 9 month test run starting right now. Pack 'em up, save the planet and get free stuff in return! Click the "FilmGuard" button in the nagivational menu on the left side of your screen and follow the link for more info. Be sure to check the link from time to time, as minor policy changes and other offers may sneak up as this is fine tuned. Of if you want to take a shortcut, you can just click here.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 09-12-2005 01:00 AM                 It has been 1104 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-12-2005 01:00 AM                     We've been doing this for 3 years now, and although it has gotten a good response, I have a feeling many people are not aware of the program so I'm bumping it to the top of the forum. BTW, congrats to AMC, as they have clearly been the biggest participants in recycling these cores.  |  IP: Logged Dominic Espinosa Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1172 From: Boulder Creek, CA. Registered: Jan 2004 posted 09-12-2005 08:49 PM                     quote: Has your booth amassed a mountain of those plastic coupling cores that come with FilmGuard and Film-Tech media pads? Yes. Yes it has. We've got about a full box and a half. Not yet enough to send in though It's a great thing though that you're doing this. --dom  |  IP: Logged Cory Isemann Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: White Plains, MD, USA Registered: Jun 2004 posted 09-16-2005 10:13 PM                        I think I'm the only one in my area that sends them in at all.  |  IP: Logged System Notices Forum Watchdog / Soup Nazi Posts: 215 Registered: Apr 2004 posted 04-12-2007 01:50 AM                 It has been 572 days since the last post.  |  IP: Logged Raphael Friedland Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Raanana Israel Registered: Nov 2005 posted 04-12-2007 01:50 AM                     Dear Brad you are ignoring me (film-guard)  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 04-12-2007 02:35 AM                     I guess so since I have no idea what you are talking about.  |  IP: Logged Joseph Matteo Film Handler Posts: 26 From: fullerton ca usa Registered: Dec 2006 posted 09-16-2007 04:43 PM                     ok,what to do with all the empty film guard bottles i have 23 sitting around with nothing to do.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 09-16-2007 11:10 PM                     1) Clean them out well, relabel them, use to contain cleaner that need spraying. 2) Recycle them 2a) Depending on where you live, you might have government regulations on recycling something with these chemicals inside.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 09-17-2007 01:12 AM                     ..yes, they're probably labelled "2" for HDPE .. standard recycle material..  |  IP: Logged Dustin Mitchell Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1865 From: Mondovi, WI, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 09-17-2007 02:05 PM                     I'm not sure how Chris's first suggestion would work with OSHA regulations. At the very least you would not be able to use hand made labels. Better just to buy new bottles or order pre-labeled cleaning bottles from your suppliers. Its safer, adheres to government regulations, and isn't that expensive.  |  IP: Logged Ken Lackner Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1907 From: Atlanta, GA, USA Registered: Sep 2001 posted 09-17-2007 05:13 PM                     I agree with Dustin. Most companies have policies that prohibit mixing chemicals or using a container that perviously housed one chemical for a different one, no matter how thoroughly the container has been cleaned. Spray bottles like that aren't terribly expenive. Recycling seems your best option.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 09-17-2007 05:29 PM                     They are sold in quart bottles because if we sold it in bulk then we would have a dual inventory to deal with. Furthermore many of the typical spray bottles like you might buy at a Home Depot don't have a sprayer or bottle made out of a material that is suitable for the chemical composition. Trust me when I say it doesn't add any cost to the final product anyway.  |  IP: Logged John Hawkinson Film God Posts: 2273 From: Cambridge, MA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 09-17-2007 08:06 PM                     Re dual inventory: SR, A, and CDS versions, please! --jhawk  |  IP: Logged

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