by MissMalaprop
Enhance Your Waste Reduction Program
Develop a written waste reduction policy statement from facility management to employees (e.g., encourage waste reduction to reduce facility costs and impacts on environment).
Establish a waste reduction technical team composed of management and staff.
Identify specific goals and objectives. For example, implement a paper recycling program by December 1997, require the use of reusable plates, cups and utensils in the cafeteria when the next cafeteria contract is up for renewal, and implement affirmative procurement activities throughout the facility by November 1997.
Select waste reduction projects that meet your objectives. For example, purchase bins and post signs to implement a paper recycling program.
Budget and schedule implementation of selected waste reduction projects.
Provide incentives to employees based on returns from recycling, reduced disposal, and material procurement costs. Effective incentives can be in the form of cash bonuses, or funding for company sponsored events, parties or sports teams.
Solicit employees’ opinions about current operations and potential waste reduction opportunities. Employees’ input will help management identify specific waste reduction opportunities they may have overlooked, and will give employees a sense of accomplishment in helping to develop waste reduction activities and procedures.
Integrate waste reduction into your overall environmental and total quality management (TQM) programs (e.g. ISO 9000 and ISO 14000)
Plamex, an audio headset manufacturer in Tijuana, is expanding its employee training program to enhance waste reduction awareness and to improve production line segregation of recyclable materials. In 1996, Plamex reduced wastes by 30%.
Kodak, which refurbishes reproduction machines at its Tijuana plant for reuse by its customers, reduced its solid waste disposal costs from $ 150,000 to $ 54,000 between 1994 and 1995. Kodak provides bonuses to employees from recycling revenues.
Many Border companies, including Panasonic, are actively incorporating solid waste reduction and recycled products procurement as part of their ISO 14010 certification process. Waste reduction and other preventive measures are the factors weighed most heavily in an ISO 14010 audit score.
Giuntini, Ron, and Tom Andel. “Track the Comings and Goings, & Costs of Returnables.” Transportation and Distribution. v35, n7 (July 1994) 55.
Ottman, Jacquelyn A. “Four Strategies for Success in the Green Packaging Era.” American Marketplace. v15, n23 (November 17, 1994).
Saphire, David, “Delivering the Goods, Benefits of Reusable Shipping Containers.” Inform, Inc., 1994.
The Fabricated Metal Products Industry. Guides to Pollution Prevention, EPA/625/7-90/006, U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, Washington DC, July 1990.
Pollution Prevention in the Electronics Industry. U.S. EPA/SEDESOL Pollution Prevention Workshop (English and Spanish), May 1996.
Profile of the Electronics and Computer Industry. EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project, EPA/310-R-95-002, September 1995.
Profile of the Fabricated Metal Products Industry. EPA Office of Compliance Sector Notebook Project, EPA/310-R-95-007, September 1995.
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by Auntie P
Mrs. Yvonne Williams
Deputy Director
Environmental Services Department
City of San Diego
9601 Ridgehaven Court
San Diego, CA 92123-1636
Phone (858) 492-5076, Fax (858) 492-5021
Email: ycw@sandiego.gov
Arq. Jose Luis León Romero
Director
Public Works and Services Department
Ayuntamiento de Tijuana
Palacio de Gobierno Municipal
1er nivel Ave. Independencia y Paseo Tijuana
Tijuana, B.C. 22320 México
Phone (52-66) 973-71-41/42/43
US/Mexico Border Team
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street, H-W-3
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Phone (415) 744-2096, Fax (415) 744-1044
California Environmental Protection Agency
Integrated Waste Management Board
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone (916) 255-2427, Fax (916) 255-2644
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
20 California Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone (415) 399-0140, Fax (415) 399-0299,
Facultad Internacional de Economía*
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Calzada Tecnológico S/N, Mesa De Otay
Tijuana, B.C. 22390 México
Phone (52-66) 82-08-32, Fax (52-66) 82-08-32
Dr. Paul Ganster
Director
Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4403
Phone (619) 594-5423, Fax (619) 594-5474
E-mail: pganster@mail.sdsu.edu
Use this worksheet to identify and record the different waste-generating activities and equipment in your facility, the types of waste produced, and any current waste reduction efforts. In addition, identify all materials that could be targeted by your waste reduction program and brainstorm ways to reduce, recycle, or compost these materials.
The information needed to complete this worksheet can be obtained by conducting a walk-through of targeted functional areas of your entire facility. The walk-through entails carefully observing waste-generating activities and equipment, examining the contents of waste containers, and interviewing supervisors and employees.
Be sure to pay close attention to areas and operations that tend to generate the largest amounts of waste, such as shipping and receiving departments, copying areas, cafeterias, assembly lines, and offices. Remember to include a review of the grounds maintenance operations. While conducting the walk-through, watch closely for activities and equipment that generate waste unnecessarily, as well as waste reduction efforts that are already in place.
Before the walk-through begins, contact department managers to inform them of the visit and the possibility of short interviews with department staff. (More involved interviews should be scheduled separately.) You may also want to interview custodial workers and operations staff.
If possible, schedule the walk-through just before trash pickups to allow a sufficient amount of waste to accumulate. Avoid scheduling it on or around holidays, company parties, or other special events that would produce wastes not representative of a normal workday.
During the walk-through, ask questions about variations in daily waste generation. For example, periodic deliveries may result in more discards on the delivery day. In addition, ask about any recent or upcoming changes within the department, such as new equipment or procedures, that could alter the types or amounts of waste generated.
Larger companies may want to record information gathered on the walk-through by department, copying this worksheet as needed.
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Many companies have demonstrated that by reducing and recycling materials that would otherwise become trash, they can reap substantial savings, sometimes millions of dollars per year. Border Waste Wi$ e was developed to assist businesses in taking cost-effective actions to reduce solid waste.
Why Reduce Solid Waste?
Waste reduction activities offer distinct benefits, both for the environment and your bottom line.
Waste Prevention
Waste prevention can save your company money through lower purchasing and disposal costs. It can also save your customers money by reducing what they throw out. Avoiding the generation of waste reduces the burden on disposal facilities, conserves natural resources, and often reduces pollution.
Recycling Collection
Collecting recyclables can help keep large amounts of material out of your company’s dumpster. It can reduce your waste disposal bill and generate revenues from the sale of some materials. Recycling offers some of the same environmental benefits as waste prevention: extending the life of landfills, conserving natural resources, and reducing pollution.
Buying or Manufacturing Recycled Products
Recycled products are of high quality and can be competitively priced compared to virgin products. Buying and manufacturing goods with recycled content helps ensure that recycling will continue to advance and will eventually help lower the cost of recycled products.
Why Participate in Border Waste Wi$ e?
In addition to the benefits of waste reduction outlined above, participation in Border WasteWi$ e offers several advantages.
- Border WasteWi$ e offers technical assistance via this website, “how to” publications, lessons from other companies, and training materials. Project partners also offer free, confidential waste reduction assessments to a limited number of companies.
- Successful waste reduction efforts will be highlighted in Border WasteWi$ e partner documents.
- Border WasteWi$ e provides an opportunity for your firm to be viewed by peers and customers as a leader in environmental initiatives.
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Begin by assessing the products and equipment used and the waste generated by your business. Then identify ways to improve efficiency and eliminate waste. The ideas below can help you decide what waste prevention practices to adopt.
Purchasing
- Establish purchasing guidelines to encourage waste prevention (durable, concentrated, reusable, high quality products).
- Consider length of warranty and availability of repair services when purchasing equipment.
- Use optical scanners, which give more details about inventory, allowing more precise ordering.
- Order supplies in bulk to reduce excess packaging.
- Order supplies by voice mail or electronic mail.
- Substitute less toxic materials for toxic materials (e.g., vegetable based inks, water based glue, markers, and paints).
- Ask suppliers to minimize packaging on orders.
- Request that deliveries be shipped in returnable containers.
Packaging
- Eliminate unneeded packaging or layers of packaging.
- Use lightweight packaging.
- Use reusable boxes and mail bags for shipping to branch offices, stores, and warehouses.
- Reuse packaging (e.g., foam peanuts, bubble wrap, and cardboard boxes) or find someone who can.
- Set up a system for returning cardboard boxes and foam peanuts to distributors for reuse.
- Return, reuse, and repair wooden pallets and spools.
- Order merchandise with minimal packaging, in concentrated form and in bulk.
Writing/Printing Paper
- Make double-sided copies whenever possible.
- Reuse envelopes or use two-way envelopes.
- Circulate memos, documents, periodicals, and reports rather than individual copies.
- Use voice or electronic mail or put messages on a chalkboard or central bulletin board.
- Make scratch pads from used paper.
- Use outdated letter head for in-house memos.
- Eliminate unnecessary forms. Double-side forms or redesign them to fit on a half sheet.
- Use narrow-ruled notebooks.
- Seek methods to reduce production errors.
- Save documents on floppy disks instead of making hard copies.
- Use central files for hard copies.
- Print more words on each page (e.g., smaller font, narrow margins).
- Proof documents on screen before printing.
- Print drafts on paper already printed on one side.
- Use same draft of report for corrections by several people.
- Donate old magazines and journals to hospitals, clinics, or libraries.
- Keep mailing lists current/one copy per address.
- Call or mail postcards directly to senders asking that your business be removed from mailing lists.
- Reduce advertising mail by writing to: Direct Marketing Assoc., Mail Preference Service, P.O. Box 3861, NY, NY 10163-3861. Ask that your business be eliminated from mailing lists.
- Accept final in-house documents with hand corrections.
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Over-Stocked, Exchangeable Items
- Set up an area for employees to exchange used items.
- Advertise surplus and reusable waste items through a commercial waste exchange. CalMAX is a materials exchange network in California; services are available at no cost to users. CalMEX, CalMAX’s bilingual component serving parts of Baja California was recently launched. Call (916) 255-2369 for a free catalog and materials listing form or check out the CalMAX homepage.
Equipment
- Rent equipment that is used occasionally.
- Use remanufactured office equipment.
- Invest in equipment that facilitates waste prevention such as:
- high quality, durable, repairable equipment
- copiers and printers that make two-sided copies
- Install reusable heating, ventilation and air conditioning filters.
- Replace incandescent with fluorescent lights.
- Institute maintenance practices to prolong the use of copiers, computers, and other equipment.
- Reclaim reusable parts from old equipment.
- Use recharged or rebuilt fax and printer cartridges.
- Sell or give old furniture and equipment to employees or donate it to a local charity.
- Find uses for worn tires (e.g., landscaping, swings).
- Use retreaded tires on company vehicles. Rotate tires on a regular basis to prolong tire life. Keep tires properly inflated.
Landscaping/Organics
- Use a mulching mower or retrofit your mower and leave grass clippings on lawn (grasscycling).
- Compost grass clippings and leaves or ask your landscaper to send trimmings to a composting facility (check with recycling coordinator about any composting requirements).
- Use compost as a topsoil amendment or request your landscaper contractor to use it.
- Choose a landscape design that needs low maintenance and generates little waste (e.g., perennials, slow growing shrubs).
- Buy a chipper and turn tree and shrub clippings into mulch.
Food and Personal Services
- Use durable towels, tablecloths, napkins, dishes, flatware, cups, and glasses.
- Encourage employees to bring their own mugs and utensils. Ask food vendor to offer discounts on beverages served in own mug.
- Buy company mugs; stop providing disposable cups.
- Encourage customers to take home extra food.
- Offer smaller portions (e.g., child’s menu).
- Arrange for food bank pick-up of unserved food.
- Sell or give food scraps to farmers who can process it for feed (check with local health and agricultural agencies).
- Compost vegetable food scraps. (Check with your recycling coordinator concerning local guidelines or restrictions.)
- Set up a worm bin at the office to convert your food wastes (banana peels, coffee grounds) into high quality potting soil (vermicompost).
- Use reusable coffee filters or unbleached disposable filters.
- Reuse trash can liners or eliminate where possible.
- Consider using cloth roll towels, hot air dryer, large paper rolls in rest rooms or buy smaller/lighter sized paper towels.
- Provide condiments in bulk dispensers.
Consumer Choices
- Teach your customers about the importance of reducing waste. Effective tools for getting across the message include: promotional campaigns, brochures and newsletters (remember to use recycled paper), banners, newspaper ads, product displays, store signs, and labels.
- Encourage customers to bring their own bag(s) and compliment them when they do.
- Offer customers a rebate when they reuse grocery bags, containers, mugs, and cups.
- Offer customers waste reduction choices such as:
- items in bulk or concentrate;
- solar-powered items such as calculators, flashlights;
- durable merchandise;
- repairable merchandise; and
- items in refillable bottle.
- Encourage customers to return reusable items such as metal hangers to dry cleaners.
- Promote waste prevention through advertising.
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| Baler | A machine used to compact recyclables into bundles to reduce volume. Paper products, corrugated cardboard, plastics, and aluminum and steel cans are commonly baled. |
| Bi-Metal Container | Any metal container that contains at least two different metals such as a steel-bodied can with an aluminum top. |
| Boxboard | Paper product used for office supply, cereal, cracker and shoe boxes, usually made from mixed waste paper. Not to be confused with corrugated cardboard. |
| Commingling | The mixing of materials during collection. |
| Compactor | A machine used to compress materials to a smaller volume. |
| Composting | The controlled process whereby organic materials are biologically broken down and converted into a stabilized humus material. |
| Computer Paper | Also known as CPO, or computer print-out. High quality white paper used either with tractor-feed or single sheet printers. May have blue, green or other color stripe printed on surface, but the basic fiber color is white. |
| Construction & Demolition Debris |
Any waste resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, demolition operations or on pavement, buildings, or other structures. Waste that includes lumber, drywall, concrete, pipe, brick, glass, electrical wire, and rubble. |
| Consumption | The amount of any resource (material or energy) used in a given time. |
| Contaminant | A material that is harmful or undesirable to the recycling process when it is included with a recyclable material. |
| Container Rental | The monthly fee for having a compactor or dumpster on-site. |
| Corrugated Cardboard | Also known as cardboard box, and commonly used as a shipping container. Paper product made of unbleached kraft fiber, with two heavy outer layers and a wavy inner layer to provide strength. |
| Cullet | Container glass that has been sorted, crushed, and cleaned for glass factory furnaces to be manufactured into new containers. |
| Disposal | Management of solid waste through landfilling, incineration, or other means at permitted solid waste facilities. |
| Disposal Cost Savings | Economic savings from reduced waste hauling operational expenses and avoided disposal facility tipping fees. |
| Diversion Rate | The amount of all materials recycled as a percentage of the municipal solid waste stream. |
| EcoPurchasing | A source reduction strategy used by purchasing managers to select products that create the least amount of waste and toxicity. |
| Ferrous Metals | Metal containing iron (such as steel) in sufficient quantities to allow for magnetic separation. |
| Food Waste | Vegetable and animal food wastes resulting from food preparation, storage, or serving activities. |
| Gaylord | A 1.4 cubic yard cardboard container used to store loose materials. |
| Generation Data | Information on waste amounts derived from actual waste materials produced – usually determined by assessing waste bin on-site. |
| Generator | An individual, company, organization or activity that produces wastes or recyclable materials. |
| Hauler | A company that collects garbage and/or recyclable materials. |
| Hazardous Waste | Waste requiring special precaution in its use, collection, storage, transportation, treatment, or disposal to prevent injury to human health or the environment. Includes flammable, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, toxic, radioactive, volatile and pathological materials. |
| HDPE | High-density polyethylene, or #2 plastic. A plastic resin used for the manufacture of milk jugs, laundry product containers, margarine and butter tubs, and some plastic bags. |
| Landfill | A land waste disposal site that is designed to minimize water pollution from run-off and leaching. |
| Ledger | A paper category that includes most office paper, such as letterhead, computer paper, copier bond, and notebook paper. |
| Market | A business or industry that accepts recyclable materials for further processing or final manufacturing into new products. |
| Materials Exchange | See Waste Exchange |
| Mixed Paper | Types of paper that are not included in the high-grade category, such as envelopes, manila folders, junk mail, greeting cards, wrapping paper, glossy inserts, catalogs, and magazines. |
| Municipal Solid Waste | That portion of the waste stream that includes residential waste, commercial/institutional waste, and some light industrial waste. It does not include hazardous waste, radioactive waste, medical waste, or heavy industrial waste. |
| Non-ferrous Metal | Scrap metal that a magnet will not attract, such as aluminum, copper, lead, zinc, brass, precious metals, and other alloys. |
| Pallet | A wooden platform placed underneath large items so they may be picked up and moved by a forklift. |
| PET | Polyethylene terephthalate or #1 plastic. Clear plastic resin used in the manufacture of soda and liquor bottles, and some food containers, such as peanut butter jars. |
| Post consumer Waste | Waste materials generated by businesses or households. |
| Preconsumer Waste | Waste, scrap, or offcuts from industrial and manufacturing processes (it has not been used by businesses or households). |
| Processing | Operations performed to make recyclable materials more marketable. Processing may include sorting, baling, grinding, pelletizing or crushing. |
| Pull Fee | The charge for collecting and transporting waste to a waste disposal facility. |
| Recyclable Material | Those materials that are capable of being recycled and which would otherwise be discarded as solid waste. |
| Recycled Content | That part of a product which has been manufactured using preconsumer or post consumer recycled material. |
| Recycling | The process by which materials otherwise destined for disposal are collected, remanufactured, and purchased. |
| Reuse | The use of a product more than once in its same form for the same or similar purpose. |
| Roll-Off | A special truck which deposits and picks up a 10-to-50-cubic yard container at a site. |
| Secondary Materials | Recyclable materials such as waste paper and scrap metal. |
| Sludge | Solid or semi-solid residue resulting from waste water treatment or industrial processes. |
| Solid Waste Management | The administration of activities that provide for the collection, storage, transportation, processing, treatment and disposal of solid waste. |
| Source Reduction | Strategies that reduce the total amount and/or toxicity of the materials entering the waste stream. Also referred to as “waste prevention.” |
| Source Separation | The process of segregating various materials by type at the point of generation in order to manage them through recycling, composting or other waste handling system. |
| Special Waste | Solid wastes/recyclables that can require special handling and management, such as used motor oil, whole tires, white goods, mattresses, lead-acid batteries, furniture and medical wastes. |
| Tin Cans | Food and beverage cans with steel bodies that are plated with tin. More correctly referred to as steel cans. |
| Tipping Fee | Charge for dumping (”tipping”) a container of waste at a landfill, incinerator or other waste disposal facility. The fee is usually dollars per ton. |
| Virgin Materials | Natural resources, such as oil, timber, natural gas, and minerals that are extracted from the earth, as opposed to secondary materials that have already been used at least once. |
| Waste Assessment | An on-site assessment of the waste stream and recycling potential of an individual business, industry, institution, or household. |
| Waste Exchange | Two or more companies exchange materials that would otherwise be discarded. It may also be an organization with electronic and/or catalog networks to match companies that want to exchange their materials. |
| Waste Prevention | See “Source Reduction.” |
| Waste Stream | The total flow of solid waste generated by a business, industry, institution, household, or municipality. Components of the waste stream are reduced by implementing source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting techniques. |
| White Goods | Large appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, water heaters, washers, dryers, and air conditioners that are made of enameled metal. |
| Yard Waste | The portion of the waste stream consisting of vegetative matter resulting from landscaping, maintenance and land clearing operations, such as leaves, grass clippings, brush, tree trimmings, and garden wastes. |
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Aluminum Association
1525 Wilson Blvd., Suite
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (202) 862-5100
American Forest And Paper Association
1111 Nineteenth Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (1-800) 878-8878
E-mail: info@afandpa.org
American Plastics Council
1300 Wilson Blvd.,
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (1-800) 2-HELP-90, Outside U.S. (703) 741-5000
Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (ARCA)
1920 S Acacia Avenue
Compton, CA 90220
Ph. (310) 763-2212
Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)
1300 Wilson Boulevard
Arlington, VA 22209
Ph. (703) 741-5578, Fax (703) 741-5646
E-mail: robin_cotchan@plastics.org
Asociacion para Promover el Reciclado del PET (APREPET)
(Association to Promote the Recycling of PET in Mexico)
Augusto Rodin 299 – 2.
Col. Cd de los Deportes, C.P. 03710,
Benito Juarez, México, D.F.
Ph./Fax: 5563-8917 / 5611-6536
California Chamber of Commerce
1215 K Street, Suite 1440
Sacramento, CA 95814
P.O. Box 1736
Sacramento, CA 95812-1736
Ph. (916) 444-6670, Fax (916) 444-6685
California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 2815
Sacramento, CA 95812-2815
Ph. (916) 551-1313
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025
Ph. (916) 341-6000
California Resource Recovery Association (CRRA)
785 Orchard Drive, Suite 225
Folsom, CA 95630
Ph. (916) 441-CRRA / 441-2722,
Fax (916) 932-2209,
E-mail: crra@aol.com
Californians Against Waste
921 11th Street, Suite 301
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph. (916) 443-5422, Fax (916) 443-3912
Co-op America
1612 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (1-800) 58-GREEN
Environmental Defense,
Los Angeles, CA Office
3250 Willshire Blvd., Suite 1400
Los Angeles, CA 90010
Ph. (213) 386-5501
E-mail; members@environmentaldefense.org
Flexible Packaging Association (FPA)
971 Corporate Blvd., Suite 403
Linthicum, MD 21090
Ph. (410) 694-0800, Fax (410) 694-0900
E-mail: fpa@flexpack.org
Glass Packaging Institute (GPI)
515 King Street, Suite 420
Alexandria, VA 22314
Ph. (703) 684-6359, Fax (703) 684-6048
Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP)
1601 North Bond Street, Suite 101
Naperville, Illinois 60563
Ph. (630) 544-5050, Fax (630) 544-5055
E-mail: info@iopp.org
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI)
1325 G Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20005
Ph. (202) 737-1770, Fax (202) 626-0937
Keep America Beautiful
1010 Washington Blvd,
Stamford, CT 06901
Ph. (203) 323-8987, Fax (203) 325-9199
E-Mail: info@kab.org
National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
P.O. Box 1327
Sonoma, CA 95476
Voice (707) 996-4207, Fax (707) 935-1998
E-mail: information@napcor.com
National Association of Home Builders Research Center,
American Housing Technology & Information Resource
400 Prince George’s Blvd.
Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
Ph. (301) 249-4000, Fax (301) 430-6180
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National Solid Waste Management Assn., member of the “Environmental Industry Associations”
4301 Conneticut Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20008-2304
Ph. (202) 244-4700, Fax (202) 364-3792
Northern California Recycling Association (NCRA)
P.O. Box 5581
Berkeley, CA 94705
Ph./Fax (510) 217-2433
E-mail: ncra@ncrarecycles.org
Rubber Manufacturers Association, Scrap Tires
1400 K Street NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20005
Ph. (202) 682-4880
E-mail: info@rma.org
Solid Waste Association of North America
1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 700
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph. 1-800-GO-SWANA (467-9262), Fax (301) 589-7068
E-mail: info@swana.org
US Composting Council (USCC)
4250 Veterans Memorial Hwy, Suite 275
Holbrook, NY 11741
Ph. (631) 737-4931, Fax (631) 737-4939
E-mail: admin@compostingcouncil.org
US Environmental Protection Agency, Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
Ph. (866) EPA-WEST, (415) 947-8000
The Bottom Line of Green is Black:
Strategies for Creating Profitable and
Environmentally Sound Businesses (1993)
Ted Saunders & Loretta McGovern
HarperCollins Publishers
10 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022
Ph. (212) 207-7000, Order/Cust. Service (1-800) 242-7737
Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste
(1994) (EPA 530-K-92-004)
Call EPA RCRA/Superfund Hotline
Ph. (1-800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810
Business Recycling Manual (1991)
INFORM, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005-0001
Ph. (212) 361-2412, Fax (212) 361-2400
Buy Recycled Products: How Your Office
Can Complete the Recycling Loop (1991)
National Office Paper Recycling Project
US Conference of Mayors
1620 Eye Street, NW, Fourth Floor
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (202) 293-7330, Fax (202) 293-2352
Directory of US & Canadian Scrap Plastic
Processors & Buyers (1994)
Resource Recycling, Inc
PO Box 10540
Portland, OR 97296
Ph. (503) 227-1319
Ecopreneuring (1991), out of print Nov. 1996
Stephen J Bennett
John Wiley & Sons
605 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10158-0012
Ph. (212) 850-6000, Cust. Service (1-800) 597-3299,
Fax (212) 850-6088
Environmental Dividends
INFORM, Inc.
120 Wall Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY 10005-0001
Ph. (212) 361-2412, Fax (212) 361-2400
Environmental Executive Directory (1992)
Carroll Publishing Company
1058 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW
Washington, DC 20007
Ph. (202) 333-8620, Cust,. Service (1-800) 336-4240,
Fax (202) 337-7020
Environmental Products Guide (1995)
Federal Supply Service
US General Services Administration
Centralized Mailing List Service
PO Box 6477
Fort Worth, TX 76115
Ph. (817) 334-5215, Fax (817) 334-5227,
E-mail: cms.gsa@gsa.gov
The Green Encyclopedia (1992)
Irene Frank & David Brownestone
Prentice-Hall General Reference
15 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10023
Ph. (212) 373-8500
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Green is Gold: Business Talking to Business (out of order indefinitely)
About the Environmental Revolution
(1991)
Patrick Carson & Julia Moulden
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
Suite 2900, 55 Avenue Road
Toronto, Ontario, M5R 3L2
Ph. (416) 975-9334, Cust. Service (416) 321-2241,
Fax (416) 976-6223
In Search of Environmental Excellence:
Moving Beyond Blame (1990)( Out of print, July 1996)
Bruce Passaic & Pete Asmus
Simon & Schuster/Touchstone
Rockefeller Center
New York, NY 10020
Ph. (212) 698-7000, Cust. Service (1-800) 223-2348,
Fax (212) 698-7007
The Official Recycled Products Guide
Recoup Publishing Ltd.
PO Box 577
Ogdensburg, NY 13669
Ph. (1-800) 267-0707, Fax (315) 471-3258,
E-mail: info@recyclingdata.com
Packaging for the Environment (1991), (out of print 1992)
E. Joseph Stillwell, R. Claire Canty, Peter W.
Kopf, Anthony M. Montrone
AMACOM Books
1601 Broadway
New York, NY 10019
Ph. (212) 586-8100, Cust. Service (1-800) 262-9699,
Fax (518) 891-0368
Recycling and Source Reduction for the Lodging Industry (1993)
American Hotel and Motel Assoc.
1201 New York Avenue NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005-3917
Ph. (202) 289-3100
Reusable Transport Packaging Directory
(1994)
Kenneth Brown
Minnesota Office of Environmental assistance
Waste Education Clearinghouse
520 Lafayete Road North, 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155
Ph. (612) 649-5750, Fax (612) 296-3417
The Rodale Book of Composting (1992)
Rodale Press, Book Reader Service
33 East Minor Street
Emmaus, PA 18098
Ph. (1-800) 813-6627, Fax (610) 967-5171
School Recycling Projects: A Handbook
for Educators (August 1990)
(EPA/530-SW-90-023)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Solid Waste & Emerg. Response (OS-305)
401 M Street SW
Washington, DC 20060
Ph. (202) 260-2090, Cust. service (202) 565-2550,
Fax (202) 260-0584
Source Reduction Now (1992)
Minnesota Office of Waste Management
Waste Education Clearinghouse
Kenneth Brown
Minnesota Office of Environmental assistance
Waste Education Clearinghouse
520 Lafayete Road North, 2nd Floor
St. Paul, MN 55155
Ph. (612) 649-5750, Fax (612) 296-3417
Think Green: A Retailer’s Environmental Idea Book (1992)
Illinois Retail Merchants Association
19 S. Lasalle Avenue, Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60603
Ph. (312) 726-4600
Waste Prevention Pays Off (1994)
(EPA-K-92-005)
Call EPA RCRA/Superfund Hotline
Ph. (1-800) 424-9346 or (703) 412-9810
Worms Eat My Garbage (1997), Second Edition
Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment (1993)
Mary Appelhof
Flower Press
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49002
Ph. (616) 327-0108
American Recycling Market
Ph. (315) 471-0707 in Syracuse
Biocycle
419 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Ph. (610) 967-4135
Co-op America Quarterly
Co-op America
1612 K Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20006
Ph. (202) 584-7336, Fax (202) 331-8166
Environmental Action Magazine
Environmental Action
1319 18th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (202)296-6267, Fax (202) 296-5149,
E-mail: env@heldref.org
In Business
419 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
Ph. (610) 967-4135, Fax (610) 967-4345,
E-mail: biosiclo@aol.com
Packaging
1350 E Touhy Avenue
PO Box 5080
Des Plaines, IL 60018-3303
Packaging Digest
400 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-4104
Pollution Abstracts
7200 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814-4811
Pollution Engineering
1935 Shermer Road
Northbrook, IL 60062-5319
Pollution Equipment News
8650 Babcock Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5821
Ph. (412) 364-5366 / 364-5667
Recycling Times
1730 Rhode Island Ave., NW, no. 1000
Washington, DC 20036-3196
Recycling Today
4012 Bridge Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44113-3320
Ph. (216) 961-4130
Resource Recovery Report
5313 Thirty-Eighth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20015
Ph. (202) 298-6344, Fax (202) 362-6632
Resource Recycling
PO Box 10540
Portland, OR 97296-0540
Ph. (503) 227-1319,
E-mail: resrecycle@aol.com
Reuse/Recycle
PO Box 3535
851 New Holland Avenue
Lancaster, PA 17604
Solid Waste Report
951 Pershing Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20910-4464
Ph. (301) 587-6300
Waste Age
170 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, no. 1000
Washington, DC 20036-3196
Wastetech News
131 Madison Street
Denver, CO 80206-5427
World Watch
World Watch Institute
1776 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph. (202) 452-1999, Fax (202) 296-7365
Worm Digest
P.O Box 544
Eugene, OR 97440-0544
Ph. (541)485-0456, Fax (541) 485-0456,
E-mail: mail@wormdigest.org
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by Urban Woodswalker
Most businesses generate significant amounts of paper waste each day (See the list below). A significant portion of the paper waste is recyclable material of high enough quality that can be resold to a local recycler. Paper use can be reduced through the implementation of some simple source reduction practices. Many companies are saving thousands of dollars by reducing and recycling office paper, which has a top price in the recycling market. A well organized waste reduction and recycling program is essential in reducing the amount of solid waste generated by an organization.
Recommendations:
Source Reduction
Implement photocopying on both sides of the paper with photocopy machines that have this capability.
Papers with copies on just one side could be used in other ways (e.g. note pads) before they are discarded/recycled.
Maximize the usage of electronic mail. Revise and keep documents on computer disks instead of printing multiple hard copies.
Develop other forms of source reduction by conducting employee informal surveys or establish a suggestion program.
Recycling
Improve the employees recycling conscience. This could include: Holding contests that reward the teams that recollect the most paper, putting up signs reminding personnel to recycle, etc.
Include a discussion about the waste reduction and recycling programs in the orientation of new employees and during other appropriate gatherings/meetings. This will increase the participation of the new employees in the programs. The repetitive reminders that are given to employees during training that take place during the year also help to maintain focus on the goals and procedures of the program.
Make recycling convenient. Provide bins in all areas where the materials are generated. The bins can easily be obtained from many providers or can be made by using empty barrels, boxes, etc. The bins should be colorful and easy to use (i.e., without heavy lids or the need of tools to open them) and clearly marked to indicate the kind of materials that should be placed in each bin.
Schedule regular collections. The recyclable materials should be collected and transferred before the collection bins are full. By doing this, there will always be sufficient space for the correct segregation and storing of materials.
Establish contracts with local recycling companies to collect and transport the recyclable material. In some cases it could be more productive for the company to transport their own materials to a recycler than to pay for it.
Periodically review the market values to make sure you are obtaining the best price for your recyclables and minimizing the costs of others.
The initial investment for the purchase of bins for the collection of recyclables, the development of graphics for the communication of programs, the personnel training, etc. could be expensive. Many companies use a phase approach, that allows the implementation of the prioritized improvements first without incurring all the great capital expenses at the same time.
Information about providers:*
Fiber Recyclers
Recyclable Paper (high grade, mixed, newspaper, magazines, cardboard)
Contact: María Prado
Calle Guadalupe
Victoria No. 13 Fracc. García, Tijuana
ph. (011-52-66) 89-40-94
fx. (011-52-66) 89-41-04
Industrial Dibrán ( high grade, mixed, newspaper, cardboard)
Contact: Ana Picos
Calle Granate #10 B
Fracc. El Rubí, Tijuana
ph. (011-52-66) 84-50-25
fx. (011-52-66) 84-54-13
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