Shimar Recycling

• The birth of Shimar Recycling came about when recycling educator Meredith Marley, entrepreneur/investor Will Marley and and a skeleton crew joined forces to take over the relics of a one time thriving commercial recycling department from SunShares Recycling in Durham, NC, in September of 1997.

• Having the good fortune of starting with a small client base, the transition into entrepreneurship was made much easier for these new business owners. In the initial two years of service, Shimar focused on providing a quality service and most importantly, a reliable service.

• Since 1997, Shimar has managed to wade through volatile recycling markets to see the company quadruple its revenues and size. In 2000, it moved into a larger and more adequate recycling facility. This allowed it to increase market revenues for recycled materials which helps it keep customer's service fees affordable.

• In addition, this move allowed it to expand the numbers and types of materials which can be collected from existing and prospective clients. This helps keep Triangle businesses and institutions on the cutting edge of waste reduction, thus making them responsible stewards of our precious environment.

• Shimar Recycling currently provides service to about 1600 businesses and continues to grow through referrals of its existing customer base. As it grows, it remains committed to the mission of providing the best recycling service to businesses and institutions in the Triangle area.

• The mission is to provide a professional and affordable recycling collection service for businesses and institutions in the Triangle, NC area, with an emphasis on customer satisfaction. In order to do so, Shimar acts as its client's recycling coordinator to help them optimize their recycling system and maximize the potential benefits of our service (e.g. cost savings, conservation of natural resources, and contributing to the development of a sustainable community). In addition, Shimar strives to provide a work environment that is safe, fun and provides opportunities for its employees to grow on a personal and a work level.

• Shimar Recycling is an equal opportunity employer.

Educational Services

The key to a successful recycling program in a business and institution is education. One of the most important aspects of a recycling program is to designate a recycling coordinator to oversee the operations. Once the program is set up properly, there will be very little maintenance that coordinator will have to do. In addition, we will provide you with most of the information that you will need to run a successful program.

We will provide all of our customers with educational materials for all of your containers to clearly mark what may be placed in each container.

We can design memos for you to send out to employees to educate them about your recycling program, as well as provide you with educational sessions/demonstrations. In these sessions, we can explain the service, discuss the materials that can be recycled, and answer any questions.

If you are a school, we would enjoy coming out to your campus to provide fun, interactive demonstrations about how to properly recycle. We also have lesson plans for all ages about our natural resources and what we can do to protect and conserve them.

Waste Assessments

Do you know what types of trash your business or institution generates? Do you know how much you generate?

Well, we think about this for all of our customers. We are specialists in reducing the amount of waste that goes to our vanishing landfills. Let us provide you with an onsite waste assessement.