It's led to some uneconomical endeavors. People like to do business with companies that do recycling,'' said Steve Zazo, the company's director of marketing. He estimated that Concord Cleaners has recycled 10 tons of hangers since 1991. Undamaged hangers are reused, a savings of about 2 cents for each hanger and enough to offset the cost of sorting. Plastic also has to be sorted.
Tags have to be removed.
So do other types of plastics thrown in the stores' bins. Mr. Zazo said the company collects about two tons of plastic every three months from its 160 stores. Mr. Zazo said. Two tons sounds like a lot. But it works out to less than two pounds a week for each store.