collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
Thanks very much!
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.
Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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Typically recycling centers have two disincentives for allowing bike-picking at a dropoff site: injury liability and loss of revenue (steel and aluminum do generate revenue).
The revenue part is going to be fairly petty to officials, but sometimes staff and middle management in a recycling program can be bristly about it. They tend to regard the bikes as income, and owned by them as soon as someone drops them off. In our experience they could be actually pretty nasty if someone asked to take a bike or bikes. It's probably best to start the conversation as high up the chain as possible.
Another component is reliability. It's going to be a lucky break if a dropoff point or recycling center is willing to let bikes sit in a pile at their worksite somewhere, waiting for your local co-op to find a volunteer to come by and get them. They're most likely going to want guaranteed responsibility for a removal schedule, so you should have that plan available when negotiating with officials or administrators.
As for liability, that's a toss up involving a lot of variables. It's sort of up to their legal team to decide whether they might have responsibility for injury from use of any bikes that liminally pass through their possession, or responsibility for injuries that might happen to you while collecting on their worksite(s). If, for instance, they leave the bikes in a pile outside of a work area, that's probably less worrisome for them.
Lastly, they'll also likely want to minimize adding processing work to their teams, who already spend all day managing the logistics of shuffling materials around. Maybe the teams wouldn't mind in your area, or maybe they'd chafe at the suggestion of complicating their workflow.
So be flexible, study what's involved in their process already, and demonstrate that you've thought a lot about this and have a plan for being reliable. And, of course, that you have your own liability insurance that covers this kind of activity.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 21:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.
Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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You also might ask them if they'd be interested in refusing to accept bikes completely, orienting the dumpers to your location instead. That could also help with getting the word out; I've had the same experience as Andy and Steve, that once word of mouth circulates people tend to bring bikes directly to you (to the extent that it can be overwhelming).
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 23:35, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Typically recycling centers have two disincentives for allowing bike-picking at a dropoff site: injury liability and loss of revenue (steel and aluminum do generate revenue).
The revenue part is going to be fairly petty to officials, but sometimes staff and middle management in a recycling program can be bristly about it. They tend to regard the bikes as income, and owned by them as soon as someone drops them off. In our experience they could be actually pretty nasty if someone asked to take a bike or bikes. It's probably best to start the conversation as high up the chain as possible.
Another component is reliability. It's going to be a lucky break if a dropoff point or recycling center is willing to let bikes sit in a pile at their worksite somewhere, waiting for your local co-op to find a volunteer to come by and get them. They're most likely going to want guaranteed responsibility for a removal schedule, so you should have that plan available when negotiating with officials or administrators.
As for liability, that's a toss up involving a lot of variables. It's sort of up to their legal team to decide whether they might have responsibility for injury from use of any bikes that liminally pass through their possession, or responsibility for injuries that might happen to you while collecting on their worksite(s). If, for instance, they leave the bikes in a pile outside of a work area, that's probably less worrisome for them.
Lastly, they'll also likely want to minimize adding processing work to their teams, who already spend all day managing the logistics of shuffling materials around. Maybe the teams wouldn't mind in your area, or maybe they'd chafe at the suggestion of complicating their workflow.
So be flexible, study what's involved in their process already, and demonstrate that you've thought a lot about this and have a plan for being reliable. And, of course, that you have your own liability insurance that covers this kind of activity.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 21:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.
Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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Does anyone have a good visual image or description to help bike donators self assess if a bike is worth donating?
My org is in a similar process of setting up an offsite donation station at a local recycling center and we hope to help folks do some self assessment since it won't be staffed by bike folks.
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You also might ask them if they'd be interested in refusing to accept bikes completely, orienting the dumpers to your location instead. That could also help with getting the word out; I've had the same experience as Andy and Steve, that once word of mouth circulates people tend to bring bikes directly to you (to the extent that it can be overwhelming).
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 23:35, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Typically recycling centers have two disincentives for allowing bike-picking at a dropoff site: injury liability and loss of revenue (steel and aluminum do generate revenue).
The revenue part is going to be fairly petty to officials, but sometimes staff and middle management in a recycling program can be bristly about it. They tend to regard the bikes as income, and owned by them as soon as someone drops them off. In our experience they could be actually pretty nasty if someone asked to take a bike or bikes. It's probably best to start the conversation as high up the chain as possible.
Another component is reliability. It's going to be a lucky break if a dropoff point or recycling center is willing to let bikes sit in a pile at their worksite somewhere, waiting for your local co-op to find a volunteer to come by and get them. They're most likely going to want guaranteed responsibility for a removal schedule, so you should have that plan available when negotiating with officials or administrators.
As for liability, that's a toss up involving a lot of variables. It's sort of up to their legal team to decide whether they might have responsibility for injury from use of any bikes that liminally pass through their possession, or responsibility for injuries that might happen to you while collecting on their worksite(s). If, for instance, they leave the bikes in a pile outside of a work area, that's probably less worrisome for them.
Lastly, they'll also likely want to minimize adding processing work to their teams, who already spend all day managing the logistics of shuffling materials around. Maybe the teams wouldn't mind in your area, or maybe they'd chafe at the suggestion of complicating their workflow.
So be flexible, study what's involved in their process already, and demonstrate that you've thought a lot about this and have a plan for being reliable. And, of course, that you have your own liability insurance that covers this kind of activity.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 21:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.
Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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We had the same experience as Nicholas: the public found out that Bike Regina was taking unwanted bikes - PLUS the City of Regina put on their website, under waste disposal, that we take unwanted bikes - and in no time, my garage was overflowing. Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: cyclista--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 5:44 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: cyclista@inventati.org Subject: [TheThinkTank] Re: collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
You also might ask them if they'd be interested in refusing to accept bikes completely, orienting the dumpers to your location instead. That could also help with getting the word out; I've had the same experience as Andy and Steve, that once word of mouth circulates people tend to bring bikes directly to you (to the extent that it can be overwhelming).
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 23:35, cyclista@inventati.org wrote:
Typically recycling centers have two disincentives for allowing bike-picking at a dropoff site: injury liability and loss of revenue (steel and aluminum do generate revenue).
The revenue part is going to be fairly petty to officials, but sometimes staff and middle management in a recycling program can be bristly about it. They tend to regard the bikes as income, and owned by them as soon as someone drops them off. In our experience they could be actually pretty nasty if someone asked to take a bike or bikes. It's probably best to start the conversation as high up the chain as possible.
Another component is reliability. It's going to be a lucky break if a dropoff point or recycling center is willing to let bikes sit in a pile at their worksite somewhere, waiting for your local co-op to find a volunteer to come by and get them. They're most likely going to want guaranteed responsibility for a removal schedule, so you should have that plan available when negotiating with officials or administrators.
As for liability, that's a toss up involving a lot of variables. It's sort of up to their legal team to decide whether they might have responsibility for injury from use of any bikes that liminally pass through their possession, or responsibility for injuries that might happen to you while collecting on their worksite(s). If, for instance, they leave the bikes in a pile outside of a work area, that's probably less worrisome for them.
Lastly, they'll also likely want to minimize adding processing work to their teams, who already spend all day managing the logistics of shuffling materials around. Maybe the teams wouldn't mind in your area, or maybe they'd chafe at the suggestion of complicating their workflow.
So be flexible, study what's involved in their process already, and demonstrate that you've thought a lot about this and have a plan for being reliable. And, of course, that you have your own liability insurance that covers this kind of activity.
~cyclista Nicholas
On 2024-04-04 21:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic,
there have been very few bikes worth getting.Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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Our experience mirrors Rockville Bike Hub's. Hopefully this means we are being successful in letting donors know to bring bikes to us directly. It can be a mixed blessing...
Abby Easterly QC Bike Collective 35 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101 603.493.1720 - shop phone 603-315-2656 - Abby phone www.qcbike.org [2]
On 2024-04-04 17:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly,
though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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Hi,
We have lots of experience with this. At present, we have agreements with two municipal landfills (Long Island, NY) to get bikes. In both cases, the landfills are very eager to work with us. Even though there's some bureaucracy, it's manageable.
In one case, it's working like a dream. This landfill is very focused on recycling. They pre-sort the bikes for us, and even deliver them. The quality has been really (and uniformly) good. We're lucky that the landfill manager is a cyclist. We get about 30 bikes per month from them.
With the other landfill, we pick them up with a trailer. They gave us an open container specifically for bike donations in an area where people can also donate things like building supplies, clothes, electronics, etc. Unfortunately, people will sometimes throw regular garbage into our container or throw the bikes in sideways, so they become a tangled pile.
This landfill emails us when the container is nearly full. We pickup once every two to three weeks and get 15 or so usable bikes per trip. The quality is generally lower.
For us, it is much more a matter of rummaging through what's there. We can often find good bikes in the pile. But, it is labor intensive.
One thing we can strongly suggest if you have this kind of arrangement-- ask to have the bike donations area/container next to the general metal recycling dumpster. When you get the many unsalvageable bikes, you can recycle them easily.
Hope this helps,
Greg Long Island Bicycle Coop
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 8:59 PM Abby Easterly via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
Our experience mirrors Rockville Bike Hub's. Hopefully this means we are being successful in letting donors know to bring bikes to us directly. It can be a mixed blessing...
Abby Easterly QC Bike Collective 35 Elm Street, Manchester, NH 03101 603.493.1720 - shop phone 603-315-2656 - Abby phone www.qcbike.org
On 2024-04-04 17:29, Stephen Andruski via TheThinkTank wrote:
The Rockville Bike Hub is allowed to pick up bikes from our local recycling center. Before the pandemic we were going fairly regularly, though there was decreasing value. Since the pandemic, there have been very few bikes worth getting.
Once people have found out we accept bikes, many more have come straight to us.
Steve Andruski
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 5:12 PM Bike Regina via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
The person you want to ask is Stan Yu at BCBC in Saskatoon. They have an amazing waste diversion program.
operations@bridgecitybicyclecoop.com
Angèle Bike Regina board member
-----Original Message----- From: alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2024 2:41 PM To: thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org Cc: alex.hindle@bikeedmonton.ca Subject: [TheThinkTank] collecting bikes from municipal eco-stations/waste dropoff sites
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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We at the Bicycle Co-Op of Williamsburg (Virginia) used to have a relationship with the County "Convenience Center" (where people drop off larger items that they are trashing, and we used to get some fine bikes that way. We haven't collected them over the past couple of years, because the community knows about us, and they bring bikes to us. But, it was simply a matter of communicating with the county administration, and they would hold bikes for us to pick up.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 4:43 PM alex.hindle--- via TheThinkTank < thethinktank@lists.bikecollectives.org> wrote:
Hello! We're talking with managers at our city eco stations (household waste dropoff sites) about their collecting bikes that we (Bike Edmonton) can then pickup to reuse. They already get a lot of bikes dropped off in their scrap metal bins, but these are all scrapped at the moment. I wondered if any other groups have arrangements with waste drop-off sites/reuse centres to do this? If so, can you share the arrangement you have and process you use. Do you select useful bikes from a big pile, do workers there filter out what they think are good bikes, or do you have to take them all? This seems to be one of the bigger challenges we need to figure out.
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A Puri -
Abby Easterly -
alex.hindle＠bikeedmonton.ca -
Andy Ballentine -
Bike Regina -
cyclista＠inventati.org -
Gregory Ferguson -
Stephen Andruski