If you lack adequate equipment and experience, file cabinet removal and recycling efforts can be challenging. Luckily, CJD E-Cycling has comprehensive filing cabinets recycling services that make this process easy. We can come to your location and take away all of your unwanted file cabinets with dollies. We can even use fridge dollies to haul off your cabinets if your building lacks elevators or stairs.
Before offering our filing cabinets recycling services we will check your cabinets to determine whether or not they are fit for donation. It is important to note that many filing cabinets are not suitable for donation given that non-profit organizations have received an overwhelming supply of these products due to the economic downtown. These resources are fast-becoming obsolete now that more and more companies are opting to go paperless and are storing their important documents in digital format. Moreover, there isn’t a robust resale market for file cabinets due to these same reasons.
File cabinets recycling is a simple and straightforward process given that these cabinets are often comprised entirely of metal. Heavy equipment is used to complete the prepping process. This equipment tears, smashes and bails each unit. The resulting materials are then sent to smelters so that they can be melted down into their raw form. These raw materials can then be reused.
Creative Ways To Reuse Your Filing Cabinets
There are a number of creative ways that businesses can reuse their filing cabinets after having fully transitioned to wholly paperless operations. These strategies work best in homes and in small-sized offices where only a small number of filing cabinets must be repurposed. Not only are they great for transitioning obsolete resources into something functional and fun, but they will also help environmentally-conscious businesses and consumers limit their contribution to local landfills.
Invert, Paint And Accessorize Your File Cabinets To Create New Storage
Place your filing cabinet on its back and remove the storage drawers. You can fill the empty chambers with mops, brooms, shovels and other tools or you can use them for blueprint and architectural drawing storage. These new storage systems can be enhanced with an attractive coat of paint or accessorized with a pegboard, whiteboard or other functional addition.
Use A Mini File Cabinet To Create A Rolling Bar
Position a mini file cabinet beneath the surface of a rolling cart. Fill the drawers with all of the tools that you need to mix up your favorite cocktails. You can accessorize your rolling cart with a utensil hook or a wine rack, temporary wallpaper or paint.
Create A Rolling Kitchen Island
Add an attractive slab of wood to the top of a rolling filing cabinet in order to create your own, mobile kitchen island. You can affix a paper towel holder or a utensil rack to the side of your island. This can be painted in any color of your choosing.
Build Your Own Desk With An Unused Door
Two, miniature filing cabinets can serve as the perfect base for a new desk. If you have an unused door lying around, this will make the ideal desktop. You can experiment with different paint colors for both the file cabinets and door and will find that this design provides sufficient space for multiple computer monitors and numerous desk accessories.
Use Filing Cabinet Drawers As Book Holders
Rather than tossing an old filing cabinet drawer out, consider using it as a book holder. These also make great planters. You can even use the actual cabinet structures as garden planter boxes.
If you have more filing cabinets than you can possibly repurpose, contact CJD E-Cycling at 618-659-9006 so that we can remove these fully recyclable items from your place of business.