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Recycling stations are infrastructure

More than a third of the waste receptacles we ship are recycling stations. A recycling station is only as green as the truck that empties it, and specifying one is a decision about collection before it is a decision about furniture.

Wishbone Site Furnishings
·September 9, 2026·1 min read
1,482
recycling stations shipped since 2018
37%of all waste units
9 : 1two-stream to three-stream

Diversion happens in three places: at the bin, in the truck, and at the facility. The bin is the only one a furniture manufacturer touches, and it is the one that fails first when the other two are not there. A three-stream station on a site with two-stream collection is a single bin with three lids and a contaminated organics slot.

Why two streams is the honest default

Two-stream stations outsell three-stream in our orders by nine to one. That is not a failure of ambition. It is parks departments specifying what their collection actually supports. The sites that order three streams, hospitals with cafeterias and campuses with dining, are the ones with a third truck.

What the station itself contributes

Clear labelling at the opening, because sorting happens at the point of use or not at all. A body that survives being emptied twice a day for a decade. And, on the stations we ship most, a curved top that sheds rain and snow so the openings stay usable in January. The furniture's job is to make the right action the easy one. The truck does the rest.

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Modena Curved Top Recycling Station with innovative custom wrap in Pit Meadows BC
Modena Curved Top Recycling Station with innovative custom wrap in Pit Meadows BC1 / 6
Wishbone Modena Triple Recycling Station at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby BC
Wishbone Modena Triple Recycling Station at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby BC2 / 6
Custom Modena Tripple All Metal Waste and Recycling Station for the City of White Rock
Custom Modena Tripple All Metal Waste and Recycling Station for the City of White Rock3 / 6
Wishbone Modena Triple Recycling Station in Langley BC
Wishbone Modena Triple Recycling Station in Langley BC4 / 6
Modena Triple Recycling Station Vernon BC
Modena Triple Recycling Station Vernon BC5 / 6
Wishbone Modena Curved Top Waste Receptacle in Edmonton Alberta
Wishbone Modena Curved Top Waste Receptacle in Edmonton Alberta6 / 6

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