MECKLENBURG COUNTY
Land Use and Environmental Services Agency
SOLID WASTE DIVISION
January 2007
Resource Guide
FOR COMMERCIAL WASTE REDUCTION AND RECYCLING
Waste Reduction in Mecklenburg County
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Contents Introduction Section I Section II
Section III
Why should businesses be interested in Reducing Waste & Recycling?
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Waste Reduction Options
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How To Create & Implement a Waste Reduction Program
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Source Reduction and Reuse Strategies and Ideas
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Procurement Source Reduction and Reuse Strategies & Ideas
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How to Implement a Recycling Program Recycling Ideas and Strategies For Small Business
Section IV
Section V
Section VI Section VII
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Why Recycle It’s the Law - Mecklenburg County Source Separation Ordinance
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It Saves Money
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It Creates Jobs
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It Reduces Business Operating Costs
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Tax Incentives
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Corporate Leadership through Environmental Sustainability
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Find the Cash in Your Trash
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Conducting a Waste Assessment
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Waste Assessment Kit
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Education Ideas
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Recognition Ideas
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Employee Recognition
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Mecklenburg County Business Recognition Program
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Litter Prevention and Control for the Business Community
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How To Choose a Waste or Recycling Service Provider Recycling A-Z - Markets for Recyclable Materials
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County Recycling Drop-Off Center Map
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How To Sponsor a Commercial Drop-Off Recycling Center
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Sources for Recycling Containers
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Just Say No to Junk Mail!
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Resources and Links
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NC Recycling Legislation
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Section VIII Appendix
Glossary
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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his Commercial Waste Reduction and Recycling Resource Guide is designed to provide members of the commercial sector with information regarding the Mecklenburg County Source Separation Ordinance and the benefits a Waste Reduction and Recycling Program can provide to their business and the community; and with practical detailed information to assist a business in starting and/or enhancing a waste reduction program.
Why should businesses be interested in Reducing Waste and Recycling? There are numerous sound business reasons to reduce waste such as: Corporate Leadership Through Sustainability Initiatives •
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Sustainability for business means making responsible decisions today that will have positive effects for the future allowing future generations to have access to the same resources and environmental benefits that we enjoy today. Reducing waste and recycling is good for the environment and is a prime example of corporate leadership and environmental stewardship.
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A waste reduction and recycling program saves money through cost avoidance. It can turn Trash into Cash! Operational costs are reduced by implementing proper waste management throughout the business process. It can increase your customer base - the public patronizes businesses that make efforts to protect the environment. Recycling creates jobs, and that is a boost for the local and state economy.
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Employees feel good about having a positive impact on the environment, being recognized and rewarded for their cost reduction and waste reduction efforts, and working for a socially responsible company. Attract the best of the best! Many employees who are knowledgeable and experts in their fields are also socially responsible and want to work for companies which demonstrate the same values.
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The Mecklenburg County Mandatory Source Separation Ordinance requires businesses to keep corrugated cardboard and office paper separate from their trash for the purpose of recycling and to inform all employees or, in the case of property managers, tenants, that recycling is required. The state of North Carolina currently bans several items from landfills, and in January 2008 and 2009, additional items generated by businesses will be banned from landfills and must be recycled.
North Carolinians throw away enough trash to fill 2,555 miles of dumpsters each year, enough dumpsters to line the length of N.C.’s Interstate 40 more than six times.
Section I:
Waste Reduction Options
What is Waste Reduction?
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ny action you take to reduce the amount and/or toxicity of waste. It includes waste prevention, recycling and composting, as well as purchasing and manufacturing goods that have recycled content or produce less waste. It doesn’t have to be complicated. You don’t have to get bogged down in a comprehensive plan. A complex approach to developing a waste reduction program would be to review all business operations to identify and implement as many opportunities for reducing waste as possible. However, the implementation of any strategy will result in economic and environmental benefits for a business. You don’t have to construct an expensive waste management facility. Just start somewhere. Make a plan to lower waste removal costs. Decide to lower expenditures on raw materials, office supplies, and equipment. Streamline your operations to reduce waste
AND reduce operational costs. Just deciding to make informed choices about source reduction, waste reuse and recycling strategies is a great start!
Did You Know? With a 64 percent national recycling rate, nearly all the steel made in the United States and in the world is made from scrap. Many steel products are recycled at a high rate in North Carolina, though less than 20 percent of steel cans were recovered in 2001. Look at Appendix B “Recycling A-Z” to see what can be recycled.
Ways to reduce waste (in order of importance) include:
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Reduce
Do anything you can to prevent waste generation from the source. Source reduction should be your first strategy before recycling, since it will save you the most money and have the greatest positive effect on the environment. For example, you can: • Purchase or produce items in just the quantity needed • Choose items that use less packaging • Avoid using a material altogether • Choose items that have a longer life and can be readily recycled
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Reuse
Focus on reusing materials again in their original forms. Many reuse options eliminate the transportation, energy and resource requirements associated with recycling alternatives. It’s easy to: • Reuse office furniture • Re-label file folders • Remanufacture toner cartridges
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Recycle
Use a material again to make another product. • Turn recycled tires into materials for cushioning playgrounds • Turn plastic bottles into clothing or plastic lumber. • Turn newspapers into insulation
Section II:
How To Create And Implement A Waste Reduction Program
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Step One - Obtain Management Support and
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Involvement
Unless management is behind it, it won’t happen. Your managers must endorse your company’s waste reduction program from Day One. Their support can take the form of an informal endorsement, or better yet, they can implement a formal waste reduction and recycling company policy. Management must support the waste reduction team by endorsing program goals and implementation, communicating the importance of reducing waste within the company, setting an example, guiding and sustaining the program, and encouraging employee commitment and participation through rewards and incentives.
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Step Two - Establish A Waste Reduction Team A team approach to planning, designing, implementing and maintaining your program allows tasks to be distributed among several employees from different departments within the company. It also establishes essential communication links. Team members should meet regularly to develop a plan and begin program implementation. How long will it take? Generally, large facilities incorporating many different options will need several months to start up a program. Department-specific or more modest programs might be implemented in less then a month. Some businesses might even be able to implement simple options within a matter of days. Regardless, time and resources invested will undoubtedly be returned by the savings a successful waste reduction program generates year after year.
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Works with management to set preliminary and long-term goals and plans for waste reduction efforts. Conducts a waste assessment by gathering and analyzing information on processes, procedures, and the company waste stream. Plans for implementation of waste reduction efforts. Educates employees and promotes participation Monitors the progress of the program. Provides management with program status reports.
Size and Composition of Team - What size team do you need? It depends on the size of your company, and should represent as many departments or operations as possible. For a one-person team, choose someone who can wear many hats and is familiar with the overall operations of your company. Likely candidates for a two-person team would be a company manager and an administrative or technical support person. Larger businesses should create a team of employees from different departments to encourage widespread input and support. Environmental managers, building supervisors, technical, operational, administrative, maintenance or purchasing staff members, and other employees interested in waste reduction make good team members. Company management, or the team itself, should appoint a knowledgeable and motivated team leader. Depending on the size of the company and type of program, the position can require a significant amount of time and energy. The leader must be capable of directing team efforts; administering the planning, implementation and operation of the waste reduction program; and acting as a liaison between management and the team. You might choose a facilities manager, an environmental manager, or an employee who has championed waste reduction in the company. If possible, the task should be incorporated into the person’s job description.
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Step Three - Set Preliminary Goals
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The team’s first task is to work with management to establish and record specific preliminary goals for the program. The amount of waste that can be reduced will depend on the level of effort the company is willing to dedicate to the task. Remember that goals provide a framework, but should be flexible – you may need to reexamine and adjust them as the program proceeds.
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Step Four - Get Participation From the Whole Company
Once you’ve established the general direction of the waste reduction program, you’ll want to present the program to the rest of the company. Now’s the time to get employees in the loop and give the team momentum! Start with a direct announcement by the president or representative of upper management, demonstrating that the program has full management support and is a high priority for the company. The announcement should: • • • •
Introduce employees to waste reduction Explain how waste reduction will benefit both the company and the environment Outline program design and implementation stages Publish the team leader’s name and contact information
Do! Solicit suggestions from employees. Post announcements in a prominent place or distribute them through electronic or voice mail to save paper.
Communicate regularly to maintain employee support. And don’t forget that employees will appreciate being asked to join in the company’s waste reduction efforts –find ways to ask them for help.
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Step Five - Look at Your Waste Assess the Waste Stream
What kind of wastes are you generating? How much of each type of waste is going into the dumpster? The data you collect in your waste assessment can be used to identify and evaluate potential waste reducing options, including alternative purchasing practices, reuse, material exchanges, recycling, and composting. If time or resources prevent conducting a waste assessment, you can approximate your waste generated by using industry averages of the amount of waste generated by companies in your related field.
Many effective waste reduction and recycling measures can be adopted without the help of a formal waste assessment. For small businesses or businesses with very few items in the waste stream, a complex waste assessment may be unnecessary. Larger companies will find it helpful to determine the types and amounts of waste generated. Refer to Section V, “Find the Cash in Your Trash,” of this guide for help in conducting your own waste assessment!
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Step Six - Select Ways to Reduce and Recycle
This is where the most satisfying work begins! Use the following information to list, analyze, and choose appropriate waste reduction measures for your company.
A. Compile and Screen Your Options Use the results of your waste assessment as a tool to aid the team in listing all possible waste prevention, recycling, composting, materials exchange, and purchasing measures that might be effective. Consider program goals as you compile your list. B. Analyze and Select Your Options At the outset, strive to consider all three types of options: source reduction and reuse, procurement, and recycling. Source Reduction and Reuse Options Think waste prevention first – it delivers the most bang for the buck!! You’ll find that just one source reduction option can result in savings in purchasing, storage, materials handling, removal costs and other areas. Make sure your analysis is comprehensive and take into account savings in all related areas. Source Reduction and Reuse Strategies are located on pages 10 and 11.
Procurement Options Commit to new purchasing strategies and establish new habits in which procurement with waste reduction in mind becomes the norm rather than the exception. Ideas: • Buy supplies with reduced packaging. • Beef up inventory control to avoid over ordering and possibly throwing away perishable items. • Use the company’s buying power to reduce waste and encourage growth of recycling markets. • Contact your suppliers and discuss alternative products that would meet new purchasing criteria. Procurement Strategies are located on page 11. Recycling Options Do you have waste that cannot be prevented? Evaluate recycling options. Determine the marketability of the materials to be collected, and weigh the costeffectiveness and potential operational effects of recycling options. Your team should also consider whether the new recycling program will affect current purchasing practices. For instance, the company might want to buy exclusively aluminum cans for vending areas instead of glass and plastic containers to take advantage of strong markets for aluminum. Appendix B, “Recycling A-Z,” lists markets for recycling.
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Keep In Mind!
Step Seven - Plan Your Program Now that you’ve decided to adopt specific waste reduction options, your team is ready to forge into planning and implementation. This is not a race. Plan to build your program slowly, especially if your waste reduction program is complex. Implement a few options at a time, so employees are not overwhelmed by changes in procedure. In addition to making the program manageable, your efforts to carefully phase in options will give time to identify, assess, and solve any operational problems in the early stages. If your program involves only a few simple measures, it might be possible to implement all options at once. Give it a shot. Remember that cost-effectiveness may not always be the overriding criteria for selecting options. Other criteria, such as improved environmental awareness, employee morale, community relations and legal requirements, may be equally important. If your company is most focused on costeffectiveness, don’t automatically disregard options that have large start-up costs. When the long-term feasibility of such options are considered, they may show impressive multi-year savings that make them viable. In selecting your options, you should also review the long-term feasibility of the program as a whole. Successful programs can be designed around complementary options that take advantage of their different strengths. Don’t remove an option from consideration until you consider whether it may, over time, save enough money to pay for other waste reduction activities that improve environmental awareness, employee morale, or community and customer relations.
TIP: Section VI contains great education Ideas.
Some options do not require extensive analysis. For example, a facility that already has a copy machine that can make two-sided copies efficiently, easily adapts to a policy mandating double-sided copying.
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Step Eight - Roll Out Your Program You’ve gotten great input from employees, Your teams have proved their analytic skills. Now it’s time to kick the program into high gear. Set a date for the kickoff of the program and make it fun, creative and exciting. Your team can decide the best way to motivate and educate your staff, considering a wide range of communication media including: • • • • • •
Newsletters Electronic mail Training sessions Posters Employee orientation Special events -- slogan contests, cash awards, or other recognition for waste reduction activities.
Management should ensure that waste reduction training and education become part of every employee’s job. Incorporating waste reduction responsibilities into employee job descriptions works well.
Note: Implementing a Recycling Program requires a somewhat different approach and is covered in Section III.
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Step Nine - Reward Employees and Publicize Results
Let your company bask in the glow of its success. Publicize waste reduction results so everyone knows they are making a difference. Monitor the program and make improvements or modifications as needed. Respond to employee questions with enthusiasm and retrain employees when necessary. Incentives, prizes and awards keep people pumped up and eager to participate. Your success makes great press internally and externally. Waste reduction and recycling can boost your company’s image. Let your customers and your community know that you are taking positive steps to manage waste and protect the environment.
Tip! TIP: Read Section VII, “Recognition Ideas,” for effective ways to recognize and reward employees and great education Ideas.
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Step Ten - Monitor and Evaluate
Once your program is underway, your team should judge results against goals. As the potential for reducing waste in the company becomes better understood, consider establishing long-term goals for the program. It is important to evaluate the program periodically to: • • • • • •
Join Mecklenburg County Waste Reduction and Recycling’s Business Recognition Program and enjoy the public recognition you deserve!
Your Waste Reduction Program
Keep track of overall program success and to build on that success Identify new ideas for waste reduction Identify improvement areas Document compliance with any regulations Determine the effect of any new additions to the program Keep employees informed and motivated
The best way to assess and monitor program operations is through continued documentation. Perform your first evaluation after the program has been in place long enough to have an effect on the company’s waste generation rate, usually about one year after roll-out. You may find that conducting additional periodic waste assessments to determine further changes in the company’s waste output is worthwhile as well. Data and procedures from the initial assessment make subsequent assessment much faster and easier.
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II: Source Reduction and Reuse Strategies and Ideas
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Use e-mail and maintain electronic (instead of paper) files Establish a company website instead of printing brochures Print on an as-needed basis, instead of mass producing documents and forms, to avoid extra copies Receive faxes through computers and print only as needed Make double-sided copies whenever possible Set up computer software to default two-sided printing Reduce size and double-side standard forms Eliminate unnecessary reports Maintain central files instead of filing in multiple files Proof documents on the computer screen before printing Update mailing lists to avoid duplication and returned mail Route magazines, reports, and other documents Install computer-based training for new employees instead of printing training manuals Participate in a Commercial Mail Reduction Program (see Appendix F) Convert scrap paper, outdated forms, and letterhead into memo pads Use non-toxic fluids and art supplies Reuse office supplies, such as file folders and manila envelopes, when possible; collect and store excess reusable items in a central location for future use Use outdated letterhead for in-house memos Sell or donate used equipment and furniture Provide reusable cups for staff use, instead of disposables, and reduce use of other disposable items where possible Donate old magazines and journals to clinics and shelters Reuse cardboard boxes
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Practice preventive maintenance on equipment to prolong service life Consider: • Renting equipment that is used infrequently • Using repaired or remanufactured office equipment • Using rechargeable batteries • Installing reusable furnace and air conditioner filters Invest in equipment that facilitates waste reduction, where feasible, such as: • High quality, durable, repairable equipment • Copiers that make two-sided copies Reclaim usable parts from old equipment Rotate tires on company vehicles on a regular basis to prolong tire life. Keep tires properly inflated Find uses for worn out tires (e.g. landscaping or swings) Recharge fax and printer cartridges
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Can waste produced by your company in its manufacturing process be used as raw material in one of your suppliers’ products? If so, make this part of your bid evaluation Develop a review and approval procedure for all raw materials and supplies purchased. The purchasing agent can regulate the quantity of materials ordered to reduce excess and out-of-date inventory Inspect materials before acceptance; do not accept incorrect orders, off-specification materials, impure feeds, etc. Have an inventory control system in place, so on-hand quantities and expiration dates are easily identified; this will prevent over-purchasing that leads to excess and out-of-date inventory Use just-in-time ordering to eliminate inventory by moving raw materials from the receiving dock to the production area for immediate use Find uses or markets for off-specification material that would otherwise be disposed Store inventory under appropriate conditions and temperatures to maintain shelf life Arrange storage so materials can be easily accessed and handled to prevent spills and breakage Purchase more efficient and durable equipment Prevent poor operating practices or carelessness by properly training forklift drivers to prevent damages to materials and products Repair rather then replace. Return, reuse, and repair wooden pallets
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Food service areas Donate surplus, edible produce and food to food banks • Consider using durable towels, tablecloths, napkins, dishes, flatware, cup, and glasses rather than disposable items • Offer smaller portions to reduce food scraps • Use unbleached coffee filters • Encourage customers to take home their extra food • Buy sugar, cream and condiments in bulk and use reusable serving containers instead of packets
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Let your customers know you are environmentally responsible Encourage customers to use their own reusable bags, mugs, or cups Encourage customers to return their metal hangers at dry cleaners Promote items that are refillable, reusable and recyclable Offer customers waste-reducing choices such as: • Items in bulk or concentrate • Solar powered items – watches, calculators, batteries • Recycled content items – paper, plastic • Rechargeable batteries • Razors with replaceable blades • Durable merchandise • Repairable merchandise
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Use a mulching lawn mower on grounds – time savings should reduce cost of lawn maintenance and reduce need for fertilizers Compost grass clippings and leaves or request that contractor compost these items Use compost as a top dressing or soil amendment Ensure that yard trims are sent to the Mecklenburg County Composting Facility or chipped into mulch to be used on company property to reduce weeds and conserve moisture around plantings Choose a landscape design that needs low maintenance • Slow-growing species and evergreen trees do not generally create large amounts of debris • Xeriscaping is a water-conservative approach to landscaping. Plants whose natural requirements are appropriate to the local climate are emphasized, and care is taken to avoid losing water to evaporation and run-off
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Order items in bulk quantities to reduce packaging Purchase material in appropriate-sized containers; for example, if used in bulk, buy in bulk; if used by the can, buy by the can Purchase copiers and printers that are designed for high-volume double-sided copying Purchase supplies with minimal or reusable packaging Purchase multi-purpose and concentrated products, such as cleaning supplies Purchase non-toxic or less toxic materials when possible Purchase supplies with minimal or reusable packaging Ask suppliers to take back unwanted packaging and to minimize packaging on orders Request that deliveries be shipped in reusable returnable containers Reuse newspaper and shredded paper for packaging Reuse foam ‘peanuts’ and ‘bubble wrap’ and cardboard boxes or find someone who can reuse them. Or set up a system to return them to the distributor for reuse Use just-in-time • ordering to eliminate inventory by moving raw materials from the receiving dock to the production area for immediate use • delivery on low-use materials to minimize spoilage Purchase energy efficient products where available and practical Require longer warranties Review and/or revise current packaging standards When renovating, purchase building materials made from recycled-content, such as ceiling tiles, carpets, floor tiles, and wallboard Negotiate with suppliers up front • for return of leftover/unused product or material on which shelf life has expired • for return of scrap material for recycling in manufacture of new product Purchase recycled products when economically feasible Develop life cycle costs for the products you purchase Keep records on suppliers’ capabilities Find out costs involved in maintaining various levels of inventory Learn what raw materials comprise the products that you purchase Determine which products contain recycled materials
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Section III:
How To Implement A Recycling Program
In Section II, you evaluated your waste stream and now know what recyclables are in your trash. The key to getting them recycled is using a team, following a plan and generating excitement for workplace recycling!
Each week, N.C. workplaces throw away enough potentially recyclable office paper to fill two soccer fields three feet deep.
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Step One:
Obtain Management Support To make recycling a success, you will need staff time for planning, implementation and oversight. You may need to make changes to janitorial or waste hauling contracts. You may need capital or operational expenditures, as well as purchasing or process changes to improve material recovery and decrease material contamination. Section IV of this guide, WHY RECYCLE, provides reasons for starting a program. It’s helpful in gaining management support for a workplace recycling program.
Did You Know? Remember to target office paper and cardboard, because they are specified in the Mecklenburg County Mandatory Source Separation Ordinance! As much as seventy percent of office waste is paper. More then ten percent of waste in the typical office is corrugated cardboard.
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Designate A Recycling Program Coordinator
The program needs to be “somebody’s baby.” The designated recycling coordinator will plan and implement the recycling program and act as a liaison among management, employees, maintenance staff, outside vendors, and customers. This individual will monitor and publicize the program to keep participation rates up and contamination rates down. In larger offices, a team of program monitors are made up of employees representing different work areas or different work shifts can work with the program coordinator to help keep employees educated and enthused about recycling. How much time will it take? Your recycling coordinator may need to dedicate about one day per week to initial planning and implementation. Once the program is underway, he or she will only need a few hours a week to maintain the program. In multi-tenant buildings, the property manager should coordinate the building’s recycling efforts. Each tenant can choose a monitor to assist with the program.
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Find A Market For The Materials Finding a market for the recyclables and understanding just how that market accepts the materials is an important part of the recycling coordinator’s job. An extensive list of potential markets can be found in this guide. See APPENDIX B – “Recycling A-Z: Markets for Recyclable Materials.” You can also visit www. wipeoutwaste.com for the most current markets. Many vendors can offer assistance in setting up your recycling program. Some offer collection services and will help you decide if you are generating enough materials to support pick up. Some private recyclers will provide containers. You may choose to take paper and cardboard to one of the Mecklenburg County Commercial Drop Centers (see APPENDIX C of this guide for a location map).
TIP: Your waste hauler or paper recycling vendor may be able to provide a container for cardboard. For most containers, except compactor boxes, the corrugated cardboard boxes must be flattened for collection. Employees can place the corrugated boxes in a central location; custodial staff or designated employees flatten and stack the boxes in the recycling container. See Appendix A – “How to Choose a Waste or Recycling Service Provider” for detailed information.
Industrial Waste Recycling
Get Your Stuff Together
Finding markets for industrial waste that cannot be reduced or reused is not as simple as plugging into your local community recycling program. But, if you are producing large enough quantities of homogeneous waste, the potential reduction in disposal fees makes working to find a market worth the effort.
When you contact a private recycling vendor, you’ll need to have a description of your wastes and an estimate of how much of each your business generates. Typically, an office generates ½-to-one pound of paper waste per person per day. Ask the vendor these questions:
Today, local industries are recycling a variety of items in their waste streams: cardboard, chemicals, fiber drums, metals, plastic film, and other plastics and packaging, petroleum products, textiles, and wood pallets. Resources for finding additional industrial markets can be found in the APPENDIX G of this guide, “Resources and Links.” You can also call Mecklenburg County Commercial Recycling Technical Assistance at 704-432-3200 for assistance.
(1) What containers and educational support can you provide? (2) What do you charge for pick up? (3) Do you pay for our materials? How much? (4) What happens if we have a contaminated load? (5) How do you handle billing, payment, and tonnage reports? (6) Do you require a contract? How long?
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III: Did You Know? Aluminum and glass companies rely heavily on secondary materials for their product, and many plastics manufacturers also depend on recovered material. Only half of NC’s aluminum cans are recycled despite a statewide disposal ban on the material.
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Step Four:
Design The Program
Container Considerations Container size will depend on where containers are located and how often they will be emptied. Desktop or desk side containers serve individual employees at their workstations and are either emptied by a custodial staff or by the employee into a larger centralized container. Centralized containers can be located in well-traveled hallways, the mailroom or copier room, and any other areas where large quantities of paper are generated. These centralized containers can be large enough to serve as final storage containers and moved to the loading dock for pickup. They may alternately be emptied into larger storage containers.
The coordinator will need to determine answers to these questions:
It’s smart to run a pilot collection program in one department or work area to determine if the containers, collection, and separation methods you’ve chosen are convenient for employees and custodial staff. If you purchase large quantities of containers and later find out they don’t meet the needs of your program, you may be faced with a restocking fee to return them.
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After you have determined what materials you can market, your recycling coordinator will plan exactly how you will separate, collect, store and transport recyclable materials.
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Who will handle the recycling collection within the facility? Can the cleaning crews collect recyclables at each workstation or only at centralized locations? Will the cleaning contract need to be renegotiated? Is there adequate storage space for recyclables? Where? What containers will be used to collect and store the materials? Will the recyclables be stored near the final pickup location? If not, how will the containers be moved to the loading area? Will the loading area be clear at the scheduled pickup time or will the recyclable collection be competing with customer needs?
Use common sense when storing paper or other flammable recyclables. Do not block passages, keep paper away from heat sources, and post no smoking signs. A covered storage container is preferable. If you have any questions about fire safety contact the fire marshall’s office. In Charlotte call 704-336-2101; in other parts of Mecklenburg County call 704-336-2154.
Good Idea! One Charlotte Company uses the mailroom as the cardboard box collection area. Anyone in need of boxes takes what they need and the rest are flattened and put into a wire cage on the loading dock where the recycling vendor collects them.
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Think Ahead! Ask your recycling vendor what containers they can provide. If you don’t have money to purchase containers, think about labeling existing cardboard boxes, trashcans or other suitable containers for recycling collection. Need to purchase containers? Refer to Appendix E, “Sources For Recycling Containers.”
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Educate Your Employees It’s the single most important variable in making a recycling program work --employee education. What should you cover? The program’s purpose, its method of operation, and the importance of each employee to the program’s success. Spell it all out in memos posted on bulletin board. Reiterate it in the in-house newsletter. Say it again in 15-to-20 minute training sessions. Emphasize the new collection, introduce the new collection containers, and explain the collection methods. New employees should be trained as part of their orientation. Keeping contaminants out of the recycling stream is very important to maintain the value of your commodities and to retain your reliable recycling companies. Reminding employees about contamination prevention will be an on-going education process. See Section VI of this guide, “Education Strategies and Ideas.”
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Kick Off The Program
Set a date for kickoff. Announce it in a memo or in-house publication. Recruit and train program monitors. Schedule all employees for a recycling training session. Check with your recycling vendor, container vendor, and janitorial staff or building manager to be sure everything is in place for the kickoff date. Make sure and everyone knows their role. Position the labeled recycling containers the night before the kickoff; distribute desk containers at the training sessions. Hit the ground recycling!
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Step Seven:
Employee Recognition and Company Recognition
A workplace recycling program gets employees involved in a common project. It also gives employees who recycle at home the satisfaction of bringing their environmental ethic to work. Section VII of this guide, Recognition Ideas, will inspire you with ways to recognize and reward employees.
Don’t Forget! Recycling saves natural resources, can lessen air and water pollution, and creates jobs within the recycling infrastructure. Join Mecklenburg County Waste Reduction and Recycling section’s Business Recognition Program to get well-deserve public recognition for your company’s efforts.
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In a small office there may not be enough materials generated to warrant pickup by a vendor. One solution is to combine recyclables with those of neighboring offices. Or you may want to deliver materials to a private recycler or a County-operated recycling center. See Appendix C, County Recycling Drop-Off Center Map. If you are a tenant, check with your property manager about the recycling services they provide. Property management companies are included in the Mecklenburg County Source Separation Ordinance. If the complex meets the ordinance criteria, the property manager is required to provide tenants with paper and cardboard recycling options and provide the tenants with written information about the options. Small businesses can band together with other businesses. Check with other businesses in your building, complex, mall, or block. Coordinated efforts can raise recyclable volumes enough to make recycling services more affordable. Sponsor a Free Commercial Drop Center for paper and cardboard at your location for your group of small businesses. See Appendix D, ”How to Sponsor A Commercial Drop-Off Recycling Center” Piggyback with a large business in your area that is already recycling. Check to see if a large business will allow you to empty recyclables into their large recycling bins. Ask trucks that bring supplies to your business if they would be available to back-haul clean recyclables to a recycling vendor.
TIP: Many items are easily recycled in the Charlotte Region. Look at Appendix B, ”Recycling A-Z, Markets for Recyclable Materials,” to see what can be recycled.
What’s Right For Your Business? While the basic practices of commercial recycling and waste reduction are common to all businesses, your company’s size, type and location can impact your program choice. Mecklenburg County has developed a number of waste reduction and recycling information sheets specific to different types of businesses, including banking/finance, hotel/motel, industry, places of worship, property management, restaurants, small business and construction and demolition. All sheets are available on the Mecklenburg Solid Waste website www.wipeoutwaste.com. You may also request that free sheets be mailed to you—just call the Business Recycling Infoline at 704-432-3200.
Keep In Mind… Although the City of Charlotte may provide trash collection service to your small business, it does NOT provide recycling service to businesses.
Why Recycle?
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Reason to Recycle #1: It’s The Law!
The Mecklenburg County Source Separation Ordinance is a mandatory source separation ordinance that targets office paper and corrugated cardboard generated by businesses.
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Businesses that generate less than 500 pounds of office paper per month will be exempt from separating office paper from their solid waste. Source separation is not required if doing business from a temporary location (e.g., street vendor, construction site, outdoor festival). Businesses may apply for an exemption if physical constraints preclude compliance with the ordinance. These will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Businesses may be exempted if compliance with the ordinance would require them to violate codes or regulations such as the Zoning Ordinance.
The intent of the ordinance is to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills.
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What are the penalties for non-compliance? The County will provide the business with three notices before penalties will be assessed. Each notice will be accompanied by an offer of technical assistance. A civil penalty of $50 per day will be assessed if a business fails to comply with the ordinance within thirty days of receiving a third notice of violation.
What is required of the business? Businesses are required to keep corrugated cardboard and office paper separate from their trash for the purpose of recycling. A business entity may either contract with a vendor to pick up their corrugated cardboard and office paper or they may take these materials to a recycling facility including one of the County’s Recycling Dropoff Centers (see Appendix C). A business is allowed to commingle corrugated cardboard and office paper with the rest of their trash if they are contracting with a certified mixed waste recycler who will do the separation for them. Otherwise, once separated, these materials may not be mixed together. The business must also inform its employees or tenants (in the case of property managers) about the ordinance and the source separation system in writing. Who does the ordinance affect? Any business that contracts for 16 cubic yards or greater of uncompacted trash per week is included in the ordinance unless the business qualifies under one or more of the exemptions (see below). Compacted solid waste will be measured on a 3:1 ratio basis against uncompacted solid waste (e.g., 5.33 cubic yards of compacted waste will be regarded as equivalent to 16 cubic yards of uncompacted waste). Who is exempt? • Businesses that generate less than 500 pounds of corrugated cardboard per month will be exempt from separating corrugated cardboard from their solid waste.
The ordinance in it’s entirety can be found at www.wipeoutwaste.com.
North Carolina Legislation The State of North Carolina currently bans the following materials from landfills: Whole tires, used oil, yard waste, aluminum cans, white goods (large appliances), antifreeze, lead acid batteries and tires. Near Future State Requirements House Bill 1518, effective January 1, 2008: “Holders of on-premises malt beverage permits, on-premises unfortified wine permits, on-premises fortified wine permits, and mixed beverages permits shall separate, store, and provide for the collection for recycling of all recyclable beverage containers of all beverages sold at retail on the premises.” This is to include aluminum, plastic and glass beverage containers. House Bill 1518, effective October 1, 2009: “An ACT to prohibit the disposal of motor vehicle oil filters, rigid plastic containers, wooden pallets, and oyster shells in landfills.” See Appendix H for detailed information on NC State Legislation.
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Reason to Recycle #2: It Saves Money
Waste reduction programs are designed to provide economic benefits through the reduction of operational costs by implementing proper waste management throughout the business process. Conducting a waste assessment allows a business to discover the ‘”Cash In Its Trash.” Through assessment, employees become aware of what waste is created and how it is managed. Staff can then target opportunities for waste reduction and recycling. Waste reduction and recycling reduce the demand on our natural resources, save valuable landfill space, save energy, provide materials for new products and create opportunities for new industries.
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Reason to Recycle #3: It Creates Jobs
Consider these fast facts from the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources: • • • •
• TIP: If you generate large quantities of cardboard, you should look at the economics of baling the cardboard on site. Baled cardboard will generally bring in twice as much in revenue as loose cardboard. Determine what size and weight bales your recycling vendor will accept before purchasing a baler. Small balers that generate bales of about 300 pounds sell for about $5,000.00. As bale weight and size increase, the price of the baler increases to as much as $50,000.00. In addition to baler cost, consider staff time to operate a baler and related costs such as baling wire, maintenance and electricity.
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Recycling employs more than 13,000 North Carolinians and recycling jobs have increased about 48 percent in the last 10 years The United State’s major industrial sectors need recycled materials now more than ever and are counting on expansion There are around 530 recycling businesses in North Carolina employing more than 14,000 people Recycling businesses make at least $25,000/ year creating a $325 million annual payroll, which is plowed back into the economy through purchasing, home buying, savings in local banks and property and income tax payments A 20 percent increase in recycling would create as many as 500 new jobs in this state creating a stronger economy Almost 80 percent of U.S. paper mills rely on recovered recycled paper. In fact it supplies 37 percent of their material Ultimately, the major industrial sectors would suffer severe difficulties if the supply of recycled materials suddenly disappeared
Did You Know? Creating jobs: Recycling is an increasingly important part of our state’s economy. A recent study showed that more than 10,000 recycling jobs exist in North Carolina, an increase of 12 percent in the last five years. Many small businesses have been created in our state to recycle discarded materials and products.
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Reason to Recycle #4:
It Reduces Business Operating Costs Part of the cost of running a business is waste disposal. Some costs, such as the rental, tipping and disposal fees paid for waste hauling services, are obvious. Other costs, such as government provided waste disposal and processing facilities, are passed on to businesses through taxes. Recycling can save money now by reducing disposal costs for your business. Effectively managing waste can help local government hold down future costs for waste processing and disposal. Have you ever researched what your company currently pays for waste disposal? Recycling saves your company money if the cost of waste handling and recycling is less than current waste handling costs. If your business is located in an office park or rents a portion of a larger building, the costs for waste disposal may be paid indirectly through your lease payment. Make sure your building manager is aware of how recycling can positively affect the building’s
waste disposal cost. If you are a small company that doesn’t generate enough recyclables to warrant collection by a private vendor, pooling recyclables from the entire building or office park can make collection cost effective. Be sure to restructure your waste hauling contracts after you have implemented a recycling program. You may be paying for more service than you need if waste containers are being emptied before they are full.
Did You Know? In 1994, North Carolina had 306 recycling companies. In 2004, there were 532, a 74 percent rise in only 10 years. Translation? More recovered materials. More jobs. More money flowing through our economy - all because of recycling! The 1994 study indicated a 20 percent increase in recycling would create as many as 500 new jobs. –From the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources
How To Determine The Full Cost/Savings From Recycling Estimate of Recycling Savings A forty-five employee company generates about 550 lbs. mixed office paper and 400 lbs. cardboard, but does not recycle. The company has an 8-cubic yard waste container that is emptied twice per week at a low monthly cost. However, the waste disposal contract is up for renewal and monthly fees are expected to increase. The increase can be mitigated by starting a recycling program for paper and cardboard. Here’s an estimate of the monthly cost of waste disposal and recycling using a vendor. Existing Waste Service Fee
= $ 87
Projected Waste Service Fee* (current level of service twice weekly)
= $218
Projected: Downsized Waste Service* (weekly pickup of 8-cubic yard waste container)
= $109
Recycling Vendor Fee* (Bi-monthly pickup of 10 roll carts for paper and cardboard)
= $ 58
Total
= $167
Estimated monthly saving:
$218 - $167 = $ 51
*based on information obtained from Mecklenburg County waste assessments
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Reason to Recycle #5 Tax Incentives
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One ton of uncoated virgin (non-recycled) printing and office paper uses 24 trees. Every ton of steel recycled saves 2,500 pounds of iron ore, 1,400 pounds of coal and 120 pounds of limestone. Producing recycled paper causes 74 percent less air pollution and 35 percent less water pollution than producing virgin paper. The pollutants created in producing one ton of aluminum include 3,290 pounds of red mud, 2,900 pounds of carbon dioxide (a greenhouse gas), 81 pounds of air pollutants and 789 pounds of solid wastes. Recycling one ton of steel reduces air pollution by 86 percent and water pollution by 76 percent, and saves 74 percent of the energy and 40 percent of the water that would have otherwise been used.
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Recycling an aluminum can saves 95 percent of the energy required to make the same amount of aluminum from virgin materials. Producing new plastic from recycled material uses only two-thirds of the energy required to manufacture it from raw materials. Producing glass from virgin materials requires 30 percent more energy than producing it from crushed, used glass. Producing recycled paper requires about 60 percent of the energy used to make paper from virgin wood pulp.
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Corporate Leadership Through Environmental Sustainability
Resource Saving Facts •
Energy Saving Facts
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Sustainability for business means making responsible decisions today that will have positive effects for the future. It entails being thoughtful in our actions and careful enough to allow future generations to have access to the same resources and environmental benefits that we enjoy today. Reducing waste and recycling are prime examples of corporate leadership and environmental stewardship. The public appreciates and patronizes businesses that make efforts to protect the environment and reduce waste. Businesses that have implemented a waste reduction and recycling program are eligible to join the Wipe Out Waste Business Recognition program which recognizes and rewards Mecklenburg County businesses that have made efforts in the workplace to reduce and recycle waste and to buy recycled products.
Find The Cash In Your Trash: Conducting A Waste Assessment Conducting a waste assessment involves determining what wastes you generate and how much of each, which can be prevented, which can be reduced, and which can be recycled.
1. Determining The Approach
Planning and executing an appropriate waste assessment involves determining its scope, scheduling the different assessment activities, communicating the necessary information to employees, and performing the actual assessment. Depending on the objective of your waste reduction program, a waste assessment can involve examining facility records, conducting a facility walk-through, performing a waste sort or a combination of the three. The assessment team should determine what type of assessment is most suited for the company based on such factors as the type and size of the facility, the complexity of the waste stream, the resources (money, time, labor, equipment) available to implement the waste reduction program and the goals of the program. In a facility generating only a few types of waste materials, the team might only need to review company records and briefly inspect facility operations. If the company generates diverse types of waste and has established a goal to cut waste disposal by 50 percent, the team will need to thoroughly examine and quantify the waste generated in most company operations by performing a waste sort.
A. Examining Company Records Examining company records can provide insight into the company’s waste generation and removal patterns. The type of records you might find useful include: • • • • • •
Purchasing, inventory, maintenance and operating logs Supply, equipment, and raw material invoices Equipment service contracts Repair invoices Waste hauling and disposal records and contracts Contracts with recycling facilities and records of earned revenues from recycling
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B. Conducting a Facility Walk-Through A walk-through involves a complete tour of the facility and its grounds, observing the activities of the different departments and talking with employees about waste-producing activities and equipment. Include all departments and shifts. A walk-through is a relatively quick way to examine a facility’s waste-generating activities and processes. Specifically, it will enable the team to: • • • • • • •
Observe types and amounts of waste produced. Identify waste-producing activities and equipment. Detect inefficiencies in operations or in the way waste moves through the organization. Observe the layout and operations of various departments and shifts. Assess existing space and equipment that can be used for storage, processing recyclables, and other activities. Assess current waste reduction efforts. Collect additional information through interviews with supervisors and employees.
The team should be careful during the walkthrough not only to record the types of waste observed and the ways in which waste is generated, but also to consider the potential waste reduction opportunities that lie in increasing the efficiency of these operations. Before conducting the walk-through, check with the managers of the departments that will be toured to avoid disrupting special deliveries, rush orders, or other department functions. Request that the supervisor and employees of each department be available during the walk-through to answer questions or describe operations. These interviews can offer important additional detail on waste generation and removal practices. Interviews also help keep employees informed and interested in the evolving waste reduction program, and offers an opportunity for them to ask questions. Employees are a valuable source of ideas for reducing waste.
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V: C. Conducting a Waste Sort Should more data be required than company records or a facility walk-through can provide, you may want to do a waste sort. A waste sort involves the physical collection, sorting and weighing of a representative sample of the company’s waste. The goal of the sort is to identify each waste component and calculate as precisely as possible its percentage of the total waste the company generates. A waste sort can focus on the entire company’s waste, or target certain work areas. If the team believes one or more specific functional areas are responsible for much of the facilities waste, it may chose to concentrate its waste sort accordingly. It may be feasible for some companies to assemble and measure one day’s worth of waste. In larger firms where this is impractical, the team might choose instead to assemble a portion of the waste from each department for measuring. Regardless of the approach taken to structure the waste sort, consideration must be given as to whether waste generation at the company varies significantly enough from one day to the next to distort results. Seasonal and periodic variations in waste generation are also common. The assessment team might want to sort samples on more than one day. Multi-day sampling might provide a more accurate representation of the waste generated at the company. Since the data gathered in the waste sort will be used as the basis for key waste reduction and recycling program decisions, it is important that you obtain a truly representative sample of the company’s waste. If a representative sample is not obtained, calculations on waste generation, waste composition, and waste removal costs can be skewed significantly. If your company has an active recycling program in place, the assessment team will need to decide whether the waste sort should
measure all materials, or target just the portion of the waste streams not currently being recycled. For a complete assessment of the types and amounts of waste being generated, the waste reduction team should locate all recycling collection areas and measure the contents. If your focus is on ways to reduce just the materials that are not being recycled, you can exclusively target waste collected in company dumpsters. This will also help identify the amount of materials that could have been recycled under the current program, but ended up being thrown away. In organizing a waste sort, you must determine which waste categories to quantify. The major components of a businesses’ waste include paper, plastic, glass, metal, and organic material such as wood, yard trimmings and food scraps. The team needs to decide whether to limit the waste sort to identifying and measuring only the major waste component categories or to sort the waste into subcategories (such as breaking down paper into newsprint, corrugated cardboard, magazines, and other). Precise measurements are important because they will be useful later when determining which materials can be exchanged, reused, sold, or recycled.
Did You Know? Saving energy: Enormous amounts of energy are required to make products and materials worldwide. Energy is saved by not using products and materials when at all possible, or by reusing products in their current form. Tremendous energy savings come from using recycled instead of virgin materials in manufacturing.
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2. Documenting The Waste Assessment
Documenting all information gained through the waste assessment is important. Worksheets guide the waste assessment process, and function as a record of your waste assessment activities and data. Worksheets recorded during your waste assessment should be part of your company’s permanent records. Documenting your findings serves several purposes, including: • • •
Providing a record of the company’s efforts to reduce waste. Developing a record-keeping system that tracks costs, savings, and waste reduction quantities. Obtaining baseline data to use for investigating the economic and technical feasibility of waste reduction options and to evaluate the impact of these options once implemented.
Strengths Methods
Waste Assessment Approaches Waste Sort: Facility Wide
Waste Sort: Specific Functional Areas
Facility Walkthrough Records Examination (Purchasing Records)
• Provides waste generation estimates for the entire facility.
• Provides quantitative information about specific types of waste and functional areas; appropriate if targeting specific types of waste.
• Can require less time and effort than waste sorts.
• Requires significant time and effort to conduct.
• Does not provide data on waste generated facilitywide.
• Might not identify all waste generated.
• Might not be representative if only conducted once.
• Might omit major components of the facility’s waste.
Limitations
• Provides quantitative information on each waste component.
• Does not provide qualitative information on how or why wastes are generated.
• Might not be representative of the waste in the specific area if only conducted once.
Records Examination (Hauler Records)
• Can provide data on waste • May provide generation of specific accurate data materials or products. on the weight or volume of waste • Allows first hand • Tracks major potential generated at the examination of facility waste from the point of facility. operations. origin. • Can require less • Can provide • Can require less time time and effort qualitative and effort the facility than facility walkinformation about walkthroughs or waste troughs or waste major waste sorts. sorts. components and waste generating • Can be more accurate processes. than waste sorts of tracking small items, low • Allows interviews volume waste materials, with workplace and occasional or personnel. seasonal waste materials.
• Might not be representative if only conducted once. • Does not provide precise information about the quantity of waste generated.
• Not likely to provide a full picture on waste generation. • If company purchasing is not centralized, can be incomplete or require substantial effort to collect and analyze.
• Might not provide adequate data, if accurate waste hauling records do not exist. • Not likely to provide information about specific waste components. • Can be difficult to use if more than one business shares a dumpster.
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V: Waste Assessment Kit
7 Easy Steps
Estimate the amount of waste you generate that currently is dumped into the landfill. You may need to contact your waste collection company for this information
Multiply By
Dumpster
Estimated % Full at Pickup
Number of Containers
Compactor Other
Number of Monthly Pickups
Add volume column for total waste
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Volume (cu yd) Equals
Container Size (cu
Multiply By
Container Type
Multiply By
1
Just fill in the blanks to determine the type and amount of trash you generate.
Cu. Yds.
Determine total monthly waste disposal and collection costs. This information should be on your waste hauling bill. If container rental costs, disposal (tipping fees) fees and hauling costs are not itemized, include the total costs. Monthly
Total Cost
Cost
3
Equals
Monthly
Transportation Cost
Plus
Monthly
Disposal Cost
Plus
Monthly
Container Rental
Determine the waste stream and amounts. For an understanding of the types of waste generated, identify each waste stream from point of generation to placement in the garbage dumpster.
Dept/Area Example: Offices
Common Areas Lobby Restrooms Copy Room Mail Room
Waste Stream White Paper Aluminum Cans Cardboard Food/Food WAste Wrappings Paper Towels
Who Collects & With What
Est. Amount of Waste Produced
Janitor collects materials from garbage cans with a rolling An 8 cubic yard dumpster is full every night. 35 gallon garbage container and places in 8 yard dumpster on loading dock. About 50% of the waste is office paper, 30% of the waste is cardboard, 5% is aluminum cans and plastic drink Cardboard is broken down and collected separately. bottles and 15% is restroom waste and food waste.
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Determine the percentage of material in the waste stream. Use Section 3 to help estimate the percentage of materials in the waste stream. Often, it is helpful to interview individuals who are more familiar with the waste stream such as janitorial or cleaning staff.
% of Total Waste
Material
Material
% of Total Waste
#1 Plastic Bottles #2 Plastic Bottles Textiles Food Waste Other Other True Garbage
Office Paper Corrugated Cardboard Newspaper Magazines Aluminum Cans Tin Cans Glass Bottles & Jars
Total should equal 100%
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Determine the percentage of recyclables or materials that could be reduced in the waste stream by using the information in section 4. Choose only those that you plan to recycle or reduce. Estimated Participation Rate
Percentage of Recycled/Reduced Material
Equals
Estimated Percentage of Recyclables
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*Experience indicates 75% is an average recovery rate for the total amount of your recyclables
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(Total from 1)
Cu. Yds.
Adjusted Percentage of Waste
Multiply By
Previous Amount of Waste Generated
*(% remaining from 5)
Equals
Determine the adjusted amount of trash to be landfilled if a recycling/reduction program is started. Adjusted Volume of Waste (Should be less than total from 1)
*100% minus percentage from 5
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Determine the potential savings from reduced trash. Using the adjusted volume of garbage found in section 6, call your waste hauler and find out the waste disposal charges for the adjusted amount of waste. Call other waste haulers and get price quotes as well. Compare the new costs with the costs found in section 2. Example: If 50% of your trash will be reduced or recycled, you may be able to cut your collection costs in half. Or if you currently have an 8 cu. yd. dumpster and after recycling you only need a 6 cu yd dumpster, you may be able to save money by reducing your container size.
$
Adjusted Waste Disposal Cost
Previous Waste Disposal Cost
Waste Disposal Savings
(New Cost from Haulers)
(Number found in 2)
(Total from 7)
$
$
**These funds may now be available to cover the cost of your new recycling program. **Costs do not take into consideration the environmental and societal benefits that occur as a result of recycling
-See Next Page for conversion table to help in estimating numbers-
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V: D E N S I T Y
C O N V E R S I O N
Volume MATERIAL
Weight VOLUME
WEIGHT (lbs)
1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 5000 Sheets 500 Sheets 500 Sheets 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 12” Stack Set-Charlotte White and Yellow
50-150 300-500 700-1,100 400 755 42 5 6.4 360-505 720-1,000 35 6.75
1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 1 case - 24 cans 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard
50-75 250-430 0.9 150 850
1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 8 Bottles 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard
30-40 515 1 24 270
1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard 55 gallon drum
500-700 1,000-1,800 300
55 gallon drum 1 Cubic Yard 1 Cubic Yard Each
400-410 200-250 350-450 40 (average)
Each Each 1 gallon
12-20 60-100 7
PAPER Corrugated Cardboard (uncompacted) Corrugated Cardboard (compacted) Corrugated Cardboard (baled) Mixed Office Paper (uncompacted) Mixed Office Paper (compacted) 1 Case Office Paper Ream 20# bond 8 1/2 X 11 Ream 20# bond 8 1/2 X 14 Newspaper (uncompacted) Newspaper (compacted/baled) Newspaper Phonebooks
METAL Aluminum Cans (whole) Aluminum Cans (manually compacted) Uncompacted Steel Cans (whole) Steel Cans (flattened)
PLASTIC Soda Bottles (uncompacted) Soda Bottles (compacted) 2-Litter Bottles Dairy/Detergent Bottles (uncompacted) Dairy/Detergent Bottles (compacted)
GLASS Whole Bottles Semi-crushed Bottles (manually broken) Uncrushed to manually broken bottles
ORGANICS Food Waste (solid/liquid fats) Leaves (uncompacted) Grass Clippings (uncompacted) Pallets
AUTOMOTIVE Car Tires Truck Tires Used Motor Oil
Common Conversion Factors 1 Gallon = 0.0049 Cubic Yards 1 Cubic Yard = 202 Gallons
90 Gallons = 0.45 Cubic Yards 1 Ton = 2000 Pounds
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Education Ideas
Some companies can effectively reach all their employees by circulating memos or holding information meetings. Others might need to conduct a full-scale education or training campaign to be sure the entire company is aware of and involved in the program. Either way, employees appreciate feedback and frequent updates on the success of the program. Employee interest may increase if the team encourages them to submit new ideas for increasing the efficiency of company operations. Other ways to “educate” your employees: • • • • • • • •
Integrate waste reduction & recycling into normal work routine. Place waste reduction and recycling information on the employee Web page. Send out periodic emails with information about the program and successes as well as issues. Sort recyclables the first time they are handled – If you are going to keep cans separate from bottles, then have one bin for cans and one bin for bottles and make sure they are clearly labeled. Place signs near recycling (or reuse) containers that clearly show what materials can be recycled/reused and, if necessary, what items must stay out of the bin. Place recycling containers in all meeting and employee dining rooms. Make sure every office staff person has a desk-side bin and a recycling guide. Make announcements at conferences, company events, picnic, etc., to please remember to recycle.
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*Unless stated, all facts are from DPPEA or DENR 2003 data. http://www.re3.org/facts.html
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Section VII:
Recognition Ideas
When considering a recognition program, keep these ideas in mind. • •
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Keep the program simple, with categories that are easily measurable. Consider funding for the recognition and award program from site or facilities management, or from the revenues from the recycling program itself. Make regular program reports to both participants and site management. Highlight program success (either financial or otherwise) to all employees. Since each and every member of your company has participated in the success of your program, it is important that all employees receive recognition of their involvement through regular reporting on the quantity of material reduced through the source separation, reuse and recycling elements of your program. This may be done via bulletin boards, newsletters, or memos to building occupants. To demonstrate source reduction, e-mail should be used where feasible. If your results are particularly good, you may wish to involve the public relations staff to give your program more visibility.
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A surprise break with snacks for the most recyclables collected
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Lunch paid for by the company for the department that collects the most recycled (paper for instance) Recycled content mugs, hats, or team t-shirts for the department with the largest reduction in paper usage due to double-sided use of paper
Whole company recognition Money saved in the total program is placed in the company benefits fund or donated to a charity on behalf of each employee.
Consider rewards for the employee: •
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Who makes the most contributions to the program; offers suggestions or assists in the program concept. Recognize him/her at a staff meeting or through interoffice e-mail or create a Thank You poster. Who collects the most cans and bottles during a specific time frame. Award a gift certificate. Who makes a suggestion to save the company money through a waste reduction suggestion. Award a bonus (commensurate with the amount of money saved). With the most recyclables in their bin, during an on-the-spot inspection, Award a small gift (recycled content) on the spot.
Individual recognition • • • •
Certificates of appreciation. See Samples below. If you would like an electronic copy of the certificates call 704-366-3777. Recycled content gifts (it always helps to walk the walk) Gift certificates for local restaurants or local health food stores. Time OFF – this is always a favorite with staff. An extra hour for lunch or leaving early on a Friday afternoon can make anyone feel appreciated.
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Supplier/vendor can also be recognized for outstanding accomplishment, innovation, or contribution.
Mecklenburg County Business Recognition Program The Wipe-Out-Waste Business Recognition Program recognizes and rewards Mecklenburg County businesses that have made efforts in the workplace to reduce and recycle waste and to buy recycled products. Sponsored by Mecklenburg County Solid Waste, the program is free and voluntary. Any business in Mecklenburg County that recycles and has a waste reduction program can join.
Rewards For Joining Invitation to attend the annual Wipe-OutWaste Business Recognition Waste Reduction and Recycling Awards Banquet. Networking with other businesses. Recognition by County Officials. Opportunity to submit an application to be selected for one of the annual Business Recognition Awards. Use of Wipe-Out-Waste logo for education and promotion materials. A WipeOut-Waste decal to display at their business. Free technical assistance from the County. Free publicity in local media. Publicity through the Wipe-OutWaste educational events, presentations, and forums.
How Does My Business Join? There are two levels of membership - Member or Mentor. Members agree to make a three-year commitment to implement a comprehensive solid waste reduction program and annually report their accomplishments in the following areas: Waste Reduction, Recycling and Buying Recycled
Products. Mentors agree to act as a mentor to another business, offering information and technical assistance including over the phone assistance, tours of facilities, etc. Mentors also assist in recruiting other businesses to join the Wipe-Out-Waste Business Recognition Program. Get your Application Form at www.wipeoutwaste.com. Select Business Recycling and then select Business Recognition Program or call 704-336-3777 for a form to be mailed to you or for additional information.
Kudos! Mecklenburg County Business Recognition Program Medium Business Recycler Of The Year The Building Center, Inc. (medium business - 25 99 employees): Recycles wood, plastic, steel, paper and cardboard. The company has an incentive to give back to employees the proceeds from the sale of recyclable material, encouraging employees to separate materials. Last year, forty employees split $10,000 and the company saved money by not having to send the material to the landfill.
Zero Waste Award Recreational Equipment, Inc.: Thirty-nine part-time employees work out of three large warehouses and set-up events throughout Mecklenburg County. The waste reduction and recycling program is so exceptional that the company does not use a dumpster. The company generates about the same amount of trash at work as a small family does in one week, so employees simply take it home and put it in their residential rollout container.
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VII: Way To Go! May 31, 2006 Recyclers Of The Year: Mecklenburg County Recognizes Organizations For Waste-cutting Programs Charlotte, NC – Four businesses and four schools were recognized today for their efforts in recycling and waste reduction. The Business Recycling Awards luncheon is an annual event hosted by Mecklenburg County Solid Waste and Recycling, recognizing businesses and organizations for their innovative approaches to waste disposal, waste reduction and commitment to business recycling.
FWA Group, Architects (small business - 24 employees or less): Employees voluntarily recycle glass, plastic and metal and rotate the duty of carrying materials to the recycling center. Large architectural drawing sheets with errors on them are donated to schools for use in art and other classes. Employees are encouraged to track their personal home energy and water use on a provided spreadsheet. UNC Charlotte (large business - 100+ employees) Last year, UNC Charlotte recycled 1,639,769 pounds household and office materials and 308,060 pounds of construction and demolition materials; composted 23,383 pounds of food waste and 1,815 pounds of sawdust; donated 6,210 pounds of food (from on-campus cafeteria) to Urban Ministries; and collected 18,000 pounds of non-perishable food, clothing, furniture and small appliances, then donated to local organizations. UNC Charlotte collects more than forty items that can be recycled on campus. The per capita recycling rate increased 15.65% over the last school year. The most successful project to date was a renovation of locker rooms into laboratories in Belk Gym - of more than 40,000 lbs. of metal, and 80,000 lbs. of concrete, only 10,000 lbs. of material were sent to landfills.
Litter Prevention And Control For The Business Community Every business has a basic responsibility to its community and our world -- to ensure that its waste does not become litter. The public appreciates businesses that keep their properties clean and litter free. In addition to the stigma of litter, your business may be charged and fined under state and local littering laws.
Litter Prevention Musts Keep all outdoor recycling and waste receptacles covered. Make sure receptacles are the appropriate size and collections are frequent enough to avoid overflows. Conduct end-of-day cleanups in loading and unloading areas, parking lots, and sidewalks.
Section VIII:
North Carolina LITTER LAWS G.S. 14-399-effiective 3-01-02 Definition of littering: (a) No person…. shall intentionally or recklessly (a1 * unintentionally) throw, scatter spill or place …cause to be blown, scattered, spilled, thrown or placed or otherwise dispose of any litter upon any public or private property not owned by the person within this State or in the waters of State. (b) When litter is blown, etc…from a vehicle or watercraft, the operator shall be presumed to have committed offense. Penalties: (c) less than 15 pounds: not commercial=Class 3 misdemeanor, ~first offense: fine $250-$1,000; 1 point on license; may require community service of 8-24 hours.
Place litter containers near entrances and walkways.
(*c1=infraction, *$100, *4-12 hours) ~subsequent offense within 3 years: fine $500-$2,000; 1 point on license; may require community service of 16-50 hours
For additional information call Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful: 704-432-1772
(*c1=infraction, *$200, *8-24 hours) (d) 15-500 pounds; not commercial=Class 3 misdemeanor; fine $500-$2,000; 1 point on license; shall require community service of 24-100 hours (*d1=infraction; *200, *8-24 hours)
Litter Fact Litter is everyone’s problem and the problem is getting worse. Each year 11 million pounds of litter (one pound of litter per person) is deposited on the streets and highways of NC. Surveys indicate that a sizable portion of litter in Mecklenburg County comes from business operations, especially in loading dock and dumpster areas.
(e) 500 + pounds or any quantity for commercial purposes or hazardous waste=Class I felony:1 point on license, vehicle subject to seizure; shall require cleanup, repair of property, community service; in civil action for damages- - shall pay court costs/attorney’s fees and greater of 3x cost of damages or $200 to injured party. (*e1 not commercial or hazardous=infraction, *$300, *16-50 hours)
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APPENDIX A
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How To Choose a Waste or Recycling Service Provider Consideration: • • • • • • •
Size of your business and number of employees Person(s) in or at your business responsible for contracting for waste collection Type(s) of recyclables and estimated quantities How waste is collected inside and outside your business Available waste storage space inside and outside your business Size of current waste container(s) and number of pickups per week Container accessibility for pickup vehicles
Questions To Ask A Provider
Volume Office Paper: 96-gallon (0.625 cubic yards) containers of office paper per month. (>3 Containers * 0.625 cubic yard containers/ month) * (400 pounds per cubic yard) = >750 pounds/month Section 3.A. of the Ordinance indicates we assume 400 pounds for each cubic yard of office paper. Cardboard: Determine cubic yards of container provided
Waste haulers must be permitted by the Mecklenburg by waste/recycler hauler County Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA) Solid Waste Division (704) 432-1753. (4 * 8 yard dumpsters) * (1 pick up per month)* (100 pounds per cubic yard) = 3,200 pounds/month • What will be the schedule for collections? • How much notice is required for unscheduled pickups? Section 3.A. of the Ordinance indicates • How will missed pickups be handled? we assume 100 pounds for each cubic • What is the fee for pickup? yard of flattened corrugated • If the hauler is to provide both waste and recyclables cardboard. collection, will it include waste pickup at a cost that could be adjusted as solid waste quantities decrease due to recycling? • Does the hauler lease or rent exterior recycling storage containers (dumpsters or roll-off containers)? • Who is responsible for repairs to a dumpster or roll-off container? • How often is the dumpster or roll-off container cleaned and where? • Where does the hauler intend to take the waste or recyclables? You are responsible for your own waste or recyclables, so you need to ensure that the hauler will take your waste or recyclables to a legitimate landfill or recycler.
Tips on How to Get a Competitive Bid
Competitive bids for services require a clear definition of the services you require. Most recyclers/haulers will quote services over the phone. The challenge is to get at least two bids for the same services. The following tips should assist in obtaining competitive recycler/hauler service bids. Visit www.wipeoutwaste.com for names of recyclers and haulers. Save time by identifying potentially suitable vendors • by phone before requesting a bid. Define your required services in writing to the vendors (e.g., use a bid form). • Specify the duration of service required (6 months, 1 year, etc.). • • State estimated volume of waste/recyclables and frequency of service required; ask for costs of service on various size units or container configurations. Request the vendor to provide a per unit or per item bid and a total. Include information on when and where to return the bid. • State in the bid request that alternative approaches can be proposed by vendors in addition to the original bid request. • Evaluate the bids with prospective vendors to make sure there are no hidden charges or misunderstandings.
A Final Note – Monitor Service
After you award a contract and service begins, monitor the service. Often a waste-hauling firm will have a change in drivers or a routing change, disrupting your service. However, the waste hauler’s accounting department is not aware of the disruption and will continue to charge you for the contracted services. As the customer you must alert the company, if there is any disruption in your service. Be sure your contract allows for modification of your service frequency. As you begin to recycle more, there should be a drop in the trash hauling services required.
APPENDIX B
Recycling A-Z: Markets For Recyclable Materials
Service Providers Recycling Service Providers are the connection between those who generate waste materials and those who turn these materials into new products. The services you can expect depend on the type of materials generated, the condition of the materials, and most importantly, the quantity of materials available. For example, a company might provide a container and pick-up your recyclable materials if you generate a large quantity, but require delivery for small amounts.
Recycling Vendors The www.wipeoutwaste.com website contains a current listing of recycling vendors by commodity. From the main page above select Business Recycling. From there you can select Recycling Service Providers. If you do not have computer access to the website, please call the Business Recycling Infoline 704-432-3200. The website also has information on the Business Recognition Program, the Recycling Ordinance, Recycling Drop Off Centers, Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling, Waste Assessment Information, Waste Haulers, and Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful Litter Prevention Programs.
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All of the following commodities are reusable or recyclable within our region and UP TO DATE local vendor information is available at www.wipeoutwaste.com.
Reusable Donations Appliances or White Goods Banned from Garbage Recycle with a qualified metal recycler. Appliances Include: • • • • • • • • • • • • •
air conditioners clothes washers and dryers dehumidifiers dishwashers freezers furnaces garbage disposals heat pumps water heaters conventional and microwave ovens refrigerators stoves trash compactors
Crisis Assistance Ministry 500-A Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 371-3001 www.crisisassistance.org Goodwill Industries 2122 Freedom Drive Charlotte, NC 28266 (704) 372-3434 www.goodwillsp.org Habitat for Humanity Restore 3326 Wilkinson Blvd Charlotte, NC 28208 1133 N. Wendover Rd, NC 28211 (704) 392-4495 www.CharlotteRestore.org Second Harvest Food Bank 500-B Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 376-1785 www.secondharvestcharlotte.org (freezers & refrigerators only)
Major appliances may contain hazardous materials such as mercury, PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls), CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons), fluorescent tubes, rechargeable back-up batteries and oils that must be properly removed before the appliance can be recycled or disposed.
Salvation Army 501 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 332-1171 www.salvationarmysouth.org (many appliances & household machinery also)
Appliances Donation (in working order)
Goodwill Industries 2122 Freedom Drive Charlotte, NC 28266 (704) 372-3434 www.goodwillsp.org (In any condition)
Butterfly Bin 2920 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 www.butterflybin.org
Computer, Electronics & Accessories Donation
Second Harvest Food Bank 500-B Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 376-1785 www.secondharvestcharlotte.org (up to date and operational) Eye Glass Donation Lions Club 5950 Fairview Rd. Charlotte, NC 28210 (704) 588-9123 www.southparklions.org Food - Edible, Perishable & Non-Perishable Food Donation Ada Jenkins Center Loaves & Fishes (704) 523-4333 www.loavesandfishes.org Charlotte Rescue Mission 901 W. 1st Street Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 334-4635 www.charlotterescuemission.org Community Food Rescue Jerry Jones 500-B Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 342-FOOD www.communityfoodrescue.org Crisis Assistance Ministry Clark Pennell 500-A Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 371-3000 CUP Inc. Carl Thomasson 1201 E. 36th Street Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 331-4806
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Friendship Trays 2401 Distribution St. Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 333-9229 www.friendshiptrays.org
Charlotte Rescue Mission 901 W. 1st Street Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 334-4635 www.charlotterescuemission.org
Lighthouse Counseling Center 5801 Pineville Mathews Rd. Charlotte, NC 28226 (704) 341-5326 www.calvarychurch.com
Crisis Assistance Ministry 500-A Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 371-3001 www.crisisassistance.org
Mecklenburg Co. DSS Community Resources 301 Billingsley Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 336-4809 www.charmeck.org/ Departments/DSS/Community+R esources+Office/Home.htm
Florence Crittenton Services 1300 Blythe Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 372-4663 www.fcsnc.org
Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina Ann Register 500-B Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 376-1785 www.secondharvestcharlotte.org United Way of America 301 S. Brevard Street Charlotte, NC 28202 1-866-744-7778 http://national.unitedway.org Uptown Shelter 1210 North Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28236 (704) 334-3187 www.uptownshelter.org Household/Furniture Donations Amvets Pick Up Service Charlotte, NC (704) 393-2359 Butterfly Bin 2920 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 www.butterflybin.org
Goodwill Industries 2122 Freedom Drive Charlotte, NC 28266 (704) 372-3434 www.goodwillsp.org Habitat for Humanity Restore 3326 Wilkinson Blvd Charlotte, NC 28208 1133 N. Wendover Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 392-4495 www.CharlotteRestore.org Also takes Lighting fixtures Salvation Army 501 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 332-1171 www.salvationarmysouth.org United Family Services 200 N. Sharon Amity Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 332-9034) United Way of America 301 S. Brevard Street Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 372-7170 http://national.unitedway.org
Mattresses Donation Butterfly Bin 2920 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 www.butterflybin.org Crisis Assistance Ministry 500-A Spratt Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 371- 3001 www.crisisassistance.org United Family Services 200 N. Sharon Amity Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 332-9034 Medical Supplies Donation MedAssist of Mecklenburg 5516 Central Avenue Charlotte, NC 28218 (704) 536-9766 www.ncfreeclinics.org (unexpired, unopened prescriptions) Pet Supply Donations Humane Society of Charlotte 2700 Toomey Ave. Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 377-0534 www.clthumane.org School Supplies Donation Classroom Central (704) 377-1740 2116 Wilkinson Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28208 United Family Services 200 N. Sharon Amity Rd. Charlotte, NC 28211 (704) 332-9034
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Vehicle Donations
RECYCLING
American Cancer Society Charlotte, NC 1-888-227-5500
Items acceptable at the drop centers or at residential curbside pickup are:
Butterfly Bin 2920 N. Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 www.butterflybin.org (operational vehicles only)
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Charlotte Rescue Mission 901 W. 1st Street Charlotte, NC 28202 (704) 334-4635 www.charlotterescuemission. org Goodwill Industries 2122 Freedom Drive Charlotte, NC 28266 (704) 372-3434 www.goodwillsp.org Kidney Foundation 5950 Fairview Rd. Charlotte, NC 28210 800-356-5362 www.nkfnc.org
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Paper and Cardboard Glass food or beverage containers Aluminum, steel, tin or bimetal cans Spiral paper cans Plastic soda bottles –#1 and #2
Plastics labeled with numbers 3,4,5,6 or 7 are not collected for recycling at the County operated drop centers Audio Visual Film and Tape Recycling Environmental Recycling Alternatives Greg Meurs High Point, NC (336) 869-8785
Salvation Army 501 Archdale Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 332-1171 www.salvationarmysouth.org
Regal Asset Recovery Bruce Sciotto/ Tommy Robbins 12777 Suite A East Independence Blvd. Mathews, NC 28105 (704) 882-9061
Volunteers of America 246 Stoneridge Drive Columbia, SC 29210 1-800-948-1414 (803) 779-6465 www.carshelpingpeople.org (In any condition)
Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Southern Resources, Inc Michael Sordi 3826 Raleigh St, P.O.Box 220885 Charlotte, NC 28222 (704) 342-1696
TWC, Inc William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321 Rechargeable Battery Recycling Battery Service 200 W 24th Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 331-0695 (Also takes alkaline and sealed rechargeable nickel cadmium) Carolina Industrial Products, Inc. Deka Industrial Batteries 3140-B Piper Lane Charlotte, NC (704) 357-0797 (will take Ni-cad, but there is a charge) Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com (any kind of battery) Ecoflo, Inc. Lila Richards 8440 Byrum Drive Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 357-9299 (West Mecklenburg Recycling Center) Environmental Recycling Alternatives Greg Meurs High Point, NC (336) 869-8785 Haz-Mart Transportation & Disposal, Inc. Jack Holder 221 Dalton Ave. P.O. Box 37392 Charlotte, NC 28237 (704) 332-5600
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Heritage Environmental 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Southeast Recycling Technologies, Inc Steve Barnett 906 Chase Drive Johnson City, TN 37604 (800) 592-3970
[email protected] www.recyclebulbs.com US Battery Corp 2525-A North Graham St. Charlotte, NC (704) 334-6815 (will take anything except Ni-cad) Batteries From Any Motorized Machinery Advanced Auto Parts Please look in the phone book for your nearest store (Also accepts used oil) Auto Zone Please look in the phone book for your nearest store Battery Service 200 W. 24th Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 331-0695 (Also takes alkaline and sealed rechargeable nickel cadmium) Battery & Ignition Auto Parts 3631 Tryclan Drive Charlotte, NC (704) 525-5335
Battery Service & Supply Co “Stan the Battery Man” 4032 Old Pineville Rd. Charlotte, NC (704) 522-1956
Exide Technologies Tommy Tice 648 Griffith Rd, Suite G Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 521-9225
Carolina Industrial Products, Inc. Deka Industrial Batteries 3140-B Piper Lane Charlotte, NC (704) 357-0797 (will take Ni-cad, but there is a charge)
Haz-Mart Transportation & Disposal, Inc. Jack Holder 221 Dalton Ave. P.O. Box 37392 Charlotte, NC 28237 (704) 332-5600
Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com (any kind of battery)
Heritage Environmental 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Industrial Battery & Charger 5831 Orr Road Charlotte, NC (704) 597-7330
Ecoflo, Inc. 2750 Patterson St. Greensboro, NC 27407 (800-999-6510) Environmental Recycling Alternatives Greg Meurs High Point, NC (336) 869-8785
Interstate Battery of Charlotte 5615 Cannon Drive Monroe, NC (704) 289-8166 North State Battery, Inc. 3853 Patterson Ave. Winston Salem, NC 27105 336-661-1774
Batteries contain chemicals and heavy metals and are considered to be hazardous. The following batteries are subject to special disposal requirements: • Nickel-cadmium • Small sealed lead acid • Mercury oxide
• Large lithium (over 9 volts) • Silver oxide batteries • Lead-acid (auto) batteries
All of the above batteries (except lead-acid) must either be managed as a hazardous waste or recycled as prescribed by Federal Universal Waste Rules (40CFR 273). Lead acid (wet cell) batteries are those used in most motor vehicles. Because they contain toxic substances, it is illegal to dispose of lead acid batteries with your regular garbage.
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Batteries, cont’d Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 US Battery Corp 2525-A North Graham St. Charlotte, NC (704) 334-6815 (will take anything except Ni-cad)
Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276
Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276
Noble Oil Services 1-800-662-5364 5617 Clyde Rhyne Drive Sanford, NC 27330
Onyx Industrial Services Sales Department 125 Commercial Rd. Mooresville, NC (704) 660-1490
Chemicals
Onyx Industrial Services Sales Department 125 Commercial Rd. Mooresville, NC (704) 660-1490
Here are some markets for several categories of chemical waste. Refer to the links below (p2pays. org) for a more comprehensive listing or list your chemicals on ncwastetrader.org
Pace Recycling Bob Lambert 1947 Charles Raper Jones Hwy Mount Holly, NC 28120 (704) 827-1985 (Auto Gas Tanks)
Auto Fluids Recycling Carolina BG Adam Thomas 624B Mathews-Mint Hill Rd Mathew, NC 28106 (704) 847-8840 MA: P.O. Box 1200 Environmental Recycling Services Alternative Greg Meurs 116 Marywood Drive High Point, NC 27265 (336) 869-8785 Garco Greg Russel 2503 North Fayetteville Street Asheboro, NC 27203 (336) 683-0911 Haz-Mart Transportation & Disposal, Inc. Jack Holder 221 Dalton Ave. P.O. Box 37392 Charlotte, NC 28237 (704) 332-5600
Parts Cleaning Technologies Corp. (Formerly Detrex) Tim Connelly/ Bob Benson 3114 Cullman Ave. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 372-9280 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 USFilter Recovery Services Frank Baldwin 2115 Speedrail Ct. Concord, NC 28025 (704) 455-1333 Dry Cleaning Waste Recycling Clements 2415 Winterbrook Drive Mathews, NC 28105 1-800-841- 5808
Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Solvents Recycling Chemical Process Solutions, Inc. John Brady 200 Westminister Dr. Greenville, SC 29605 (864) 271-0700 Clements 2415 Winterbrook Drive Mathews, NC 28105 1-800-841- 5808 Environmental Recycling Services Alternative Greg Meurs 116 Marywood Drive High Point, NC 27265 (336) 869-8785 Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Onyx Industrial Services Sales Department 125 Commercial Rd. Mooresville, NC (704) 660-1490
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Parts Cleaning Technologies Corp. (Formerly Detrex) Tim Connelly/ Bob Benson 3114 Cullman Ave. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 372-9280 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 USFilter Recovery Services Frank Baldwin 2115 Speedrail Ct. Concord, NC 28025 (704) 455-1333 Other Chemicals Recycling Chemical Process Solutions John Brady 200 Westminister Dr. Greenville, SC 29605 (864) 271-0700 Clement Industries Jeff Henderson 2415 Winterbrooke Dr. Matthews, NC 28105 (704) 841-7226 Environmental Recycling Services Alternative Greg Meurs 116 Marywood Drive High Point, NC 27265 (336) 869-8785 Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Onyx Industrial Services Sales Department 125 Commercial Rd. Mooresville, NC (704) 660-1490
USFilter Recovery Services Frank Baldwin 2115 Speedrail Ct. Concord, NC 28025 (704) 455-1333 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Electronics Recycling Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com Computel John Rhinehardt 1500 N. Graham St. Charlotte, NC 28206 704-376-1116 Environmental Recycling Alternatives Greg Meurs High Point, NC (336) 869-8785 Foil’s Mike Torrence 2283 NC Highway 49 North P.O. Box 296 Harrisburg, NC 28075 (704) 455-5134 L. Gorden Iron & Metal Co. Louis Gorden 1300 Salisbury Rd. Statesville, NC 28687 (704) 873-9004 LDS, Inc. Joe Brusnighan 2015 Kaufelt St. Greensboro, NC 27407 (336) 398-8888
Lionheart e-Services E-Waste Recycling 6123 Sweat Rd Wallace, SC 29596 Kim L. Morgan -Contact 843-921-6719
[email protected] O.C. Stafford Electronics Ozzie Stafford Service & Development 408 Banner Ave Greensboro, NC 27401 (336) 274-9917 Recycle America Alliance (Formerly Waste Mgmt Asset Recovery Group) Kathy Smith 7700 Kempwood Dr. Houston, Texas 77055 (336) 413-1085 Regal Asset Recovery Tommy Robbins/ D. Bruce Sciotto 12777 Suite A, East Independence Blvd. Mathews, NC 28105 704-882-9061 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Simputer USA (non-profit) Roger Deora Hickory Grove Business Park 6630 East Harris Blvd, Suite J Charlotte, NC 28215 704-535-4774 cell (704) 277-6049
[email protected] [email protected] www.simputerusa.org Southeast Recycling Technologies, Inc Steve Barnett 906 Chase Drive Johnson City, TN 37604 (800) 592-3970
[email protected] www.recyclebulbs.com
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Electronics, cont’d Southern Resources, Inc Michael Sordi 3826 Raleigh St, P.O.Box 220885 Charlotte, NC 28222 (704) 342-1696 TECHNOLOGYRECYCLER.NET Raleigh, NC 27614 (919) 488-3416 www.technologyrecycler.net TWC, Inc William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321 Food - Cooking Oil Recycling Carolina Bi-Products (Division of Valley Proteins) Paul Humphries 5533 S. York Rd Gastonia, NC 28052 (800) 849-2254 Oilmatic of the Carolina’s Robert Chiappetta 521 Eagleton Downs Drive, Suite A Pineville, NC 28134 (704) 588-9828 Restaurant Grease and Meat By-products Recycling Carolina Bi-Products (Division of Valley Proteins) Paul Humphries 5533 S. York Rd Gastonia, NC 28052 (800) 849-2254 Ecosolve Ralf Rogers 4408 Northpointe Industr. Dr. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 399-4000
Environmental Biotech of Charlotte Sales Department Charlotte, NC (704) 821-4000 Liquid Waste, Inc. Sales Department 8531 Old Dowd Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 391-2392 Stanley Septic & Drain Service Sales Department Charlotte, NC (704) 596-3353 Valley Proteins Mike Boling P.O. Box 718 , Hwy 52 Wadesboro, NC 28170 (704) 694-3701 Mercury containing devices/ Lamps & Lights Recycling Devices containing mercury must be recycled in the appropriate manner as mercury is a hazardous waste. Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com (lamps & lights-all kinds) Fluorescent Light Tubes and Ballasts Recycling Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com (capacitors also)
Ecoflo, Inc. 2750 Patterson St. Greensboro, NC 27407 (800-999-6510) Environmental Recycling Alternatives Greg Meurs High Point, NC (336) 869-8785 Haz-Mat Transportation & Disposal, Inc. Jack Holder 221 Dalton Ave. P.O. Box 37392 Charlotte, NC 28237 (704) 332-5600 Heritage Environmental 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Southeast Recycling Technologies, Inc Steve Barnett 906 Chase Drive Johnson City, TN 37604 (800) 592-3970
[email protected] www.recyclebulbs.com Metals Metals may include scrap steel, aluminum, copper and other metals and alloys. These metals may take the form of appliances, automotive parts, entire vehicles, aluminum and steel cans, gutters, etc.
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The following metal recycling companies accept a variety of metal types. Contact one or more of them to find out what they accept and what services they may provide. You can also drop-off metals at the County’s four full-service Recycling Drop-off Centers and at our Rozzelles Ferry Rd. (704-3921063) location. Aluminum cans can be delivered to selected Recycling Drop-off Centers. Beverage Containers from the vending machines or canteen areas can be recycled through the County operated drop centers or, in the case of aluminum cans, be sold to a local recycling vendor. The Charlotte Fire Department also collects aluminum cans, with revenues benefiting burn victims. Charlotte Fire Fighters (704)336-8376. www.ffbcf.org In addition, many fire stations collect aluminum cans to benefit the Children’s Burn Hospital. Contact your local fire station for more information. Amity Metals Sales Department 2915 Providence Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 364-2970 Atlantic Scrap & Processing John Deshenes 419 Atando Ave. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 375-5937 Bruce’s Iron and Metal, Inc. Bruce Wofford 4604 S. York Rd. Gastonia, NC 28052 (704) 864-3671
C & C Scrap Iron & Metal Inc. Sales Department 157 Bethlehem Rd. Kings Mountain, NC (704) 563-0453 CMC Steel South Carolina 310 New State Rd. Cayce, SC, 29033 (803) 936-3700 www.smi-sc.com Consolidated Alloys Ross Gathings 2214 N. Graham Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 334-8049 D. H. Griffin Companies David H. Griffin Sr. 4700 Hilltop Road Greensboro, NC 27407 704-331-9400 (Charlotte Office) 336-855-7030 www.dhgriffin.com Federal Waste Paper Rodney Faust 1763 W. Webb Avenue Burlington, NC 27215 (336) 228-0692 (Aluminum cans only) Foil’s Mike Torrence 2283 NC Hwy 49 North P.O. Box 296 Harrisburg, NC 28075 (704) 455-5134 Future Steel & Iron Sales Department Charlotte, NC (704) 583-1805 Global Recycling Sales Department 2800 N. Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28262 (704) 376-2370 (Engine Motors also)
Heritage Environmental Sales Department 4132 Pompano Road Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 (metals from hazardous material only) L. Gordon Iron & Metal Co. Louis Gordon 1300 Salisbury Rd Statesville, NC 28687 (704) 873-9004 Mars Recycling & Shredding, Inc Marvin Stallworth P.O. Box 561121 Charlotte, NC 28256 (704) 549-8409 Maslo Kay Rogers or Crystal Balesandro 1200-B Tarheel Road Charlotte, NC 28208 704-398-9895 Mobile: 704-488-3257 Metal Recycling Services Sales Department 1306 Coakley Street Monroe, NC 28110 704-598-2474 Morris Scrap Metal Sales Department 2045 Shelby Rd Shelby, NC (704) 739-3869 Pace Metal Recycling & Waste Hauling Inc Bob Lambert 1789 Stanley Hwy Mount Holly, NC 28120 (704) 827-1985 Plyler Paper Stock Rita Plyler 800 Gesco Street Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 372-8787
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Metals, cont’d
Steel Drum Recyclers
Pallets Recycling
Smith Metal & Iron Co Sales Department 101 Glenn Hope Rock Hill, SC (704) 332-5191 803-324-5353
Industrial Container Services Jim Cooper 3212 Campus Ridge Rd. Matthews, NC 28106 (704) 821-7635 P.O. Box 1217
Accu-Pak Systems, Inc Sales Department Charlotte, NC (866) 662-2336
Southern Metals Co., Inc. Robert Helbein 2200 Donald Ross Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 394-3161
Industrial Container Services Dan Bartley 2900 West Trade Street Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 392-5386 ext. 3
Southern Resources MIchael Sordi 3826 Raleigh Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 342-1696
McManus & Son Drum Co. Tom Lewis 5631 Racine Ave Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 598-2224
Stateline Scrap Metal Brett Busha 5401 York Hwy Gastonia, NC 28052 (704) 864-9001
Tallent Drum Co Sales Department 1129 Lowell Spencer Mountain Rd Lowell, NC 28098 (704) 824-1807 P.O. Box 675
TWC, Inc William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321 United Scrap Buddy Fisher 3600 Primrose Ave. Charlotte, NC 28266 (704) 399-6318 Weyerhauser Paper Co. Shannon Anderson 201 East 28th Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 334-5222 ext. 1132 (Aluminum cans only) Wise Aluminum John Stewart 2001 Wilkinson Blvd Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 343-9387
West Drum Company Mary E. West 6949 Goldhill Rd Concord, NC 28025 (704) 786-3446 Winston Container Co, Inc. Sales Department 1 Winston Container Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 394-0176 Pallets, Wooden Crates Wood pallets can be returned to the shipper for reuse. These items are often similar in how they are processed into end products (usually mulch or compost).
Custom Pallet & Crating, Inc. Doug Reiner 5104 N.Graham St. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 921-1100 Edwards Wood Products, Inc Sales Department 2215 Old Lawyers Rd Marshville, NC (704) 624-5098 First Alliance Logistics Mgmt Sales Department 5000 Nations Crossing Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 522-0233 Gamble Pallet & Crating Co. Cheryl Gamble 701 Johnson Rd. P.O. Box 217034 Charlotte, NC 28221 (704) 375-9301 IFCO Systems Kent Wilburn 4101 S. I-85 Service Rd Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 391-2227 L.A. Brick Pallet Recycling Leroy Lewis 5405 South Minister Lane Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 458-4718 cell (980) 721-7005 Neal’s Pallet Company Neal Sparrow 8808 Wilkinson Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28214 (704) 393-8568
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Pallets & Such Sales Department 1004 Damron Rd Bessemer City, NC (704) 629-4551 (704) 629-3653 Pallet Lady The, Inc. Sales Department 1342 Sugar Hollow Drive Charlotte, NC (704) 392-9392 Piedmont Distribution Centers Sales Department 14260 Carowinds Blvd Charlotte, NC (704) 588-2820 RJ Brewer Grinding Service Ron Brewer 3733 Kidd Lane Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 399-5500 Simpson Wood Products Melvin Simpson 524 Atando Ave. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 374-1850 Starnes Pallet Service Tommy Starnes, Jr. P.O. Box 5371 4000 N. I-85 Service Rd Charlotte, NC 28229 (704) 596-9006 Statesville Pallet Co Inc 351 Old Mountain Rd Hiddenite, NC 1-800-459-2621 Tree Brand Packaging, Inc. Sales Department 7971 Graham Rd Denver, NC 28037 (704) 483-0719 Workman’s Pallet Services Sales Department Rockhill, SC (803) 366-0283
Wood Crates Recycling - Wood must be untreated, unpainted and unstained. Foxhole Landfill 17131 Lancaster Highway Charlotte, NC (704) 341-4962 Hours: M-F, 7:00 am-4:00 pm; Sat., 7:00 am-3:00 pm Hwy. 49 C&D Landfill & Recycling Center 2105 Speedrail Court Harrisburg, NC 28025 (704) 455-1561 Neal’s Pallet Company 8808 Wilkinson Blvd. Charlotte, NC (704) 393-8568 RJ Brewer Grinding Service Ron Brewer 3733 Kidd Lane Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 399-5500 Paper Paper may include office paper, colored paper, computer paper, envelopes, manila file folders, newspaper, magazines, phone books, corrugated cardboard etc. Some companies require separation and some companies will take a mixed blend of all paper types. Each company will explain their requirements and costs. Paper Shredding If you have confidential papers, but still want to recycle, contact one of the companies that shred paper and then recycle it. Paper & Cardboard Recyclers Legend cc = corrugated cardboard op = office paper
Caraustar Joe Cippoletti 2426 Chamberlain Ave. Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 333-5488 (trailer-load quantities only) cc, op Carolina Fiber Corp Carol Becker 1901 Trox Street Greensboro, NC 27416 (336) 275-4047 (trailer loads & 30-40yds) op Iron Mountain Secure Shredding Paula Dockery 10525D Granite Street Charlotte, NC 28273 (704) 372-1231 (65gal, 95gal, console=4’x3’) op Mars Recycling & Shredding, Inc. Marvin Stallworth P.O. Box 561121 Charlotte, NC 28256 (704) 549-8409 (35gal, 64gal, 96gal, 100lb secure console) Maslo Kay Rogers Sylvia Dixon 1200-B Tarheel Road Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 398-9895 (704) 488-3257 cell (desk bins to tractor trailers) cc, op Planet Recycling Brian Couture P. O. Box 3484 Matthews, NC 28106 (704) 849-6363 (64gal, 96gal, 6-8yd dumpsters) cc, op
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Paper Shredding, cont’d Plyler Paper Stock Co. Rita Plyler 800 Gesco St. Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 372-8787 (95gal, 6yd) cc, op Pratt Industries (formerly Visy) 201 East 28th Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 332-3900 (8yd dumpster) cc, op Recover, Inc. Jim Mobley 1200 Woodruff Road, A-3 Greenville, SC 29607-5732 (864) 213-2141, ext. 1420 (baled, full truckload quantities preferred) Signature Waste Systems Joe Swinford 660 Westinghouse Blvd. Suite 106 Charlotte, NC 28273 (704) 714-9400
[email protected] (all sizes for the office, 4yd, 8yd, rolloffs, front end) cc, op Sonoco Paper Stock Dealers Rusty Anderson 3901 Barringer Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 (704) 525-8728 (trailer loads only) cc, op Southern Resources MIchael Sordi 3826 Raleigh Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 342-1696
TransGlobal Waste Services Donna Hawkins Charlotte, NC (704) 222-4879 cell 866-573-7667 toll free dhawkins@transglobalwaste. com (trailer-load & compactor quantities only) op, cc US Green Fiber Larry Taylor, Bob Young 1007 Amble Road Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 509-5151 (trailer loads only) op + Phone Books Weyerhaeuser Paper Company Paige Denton 201 East 28th St. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 334-5222 ext. 1137 (65gal, 95gal; shredding=35gal & 96gal) cc, op Garbage Collection & Paper/ Cardboard Hauling All-Points Waste Michael Locklear P. O. Box 2458 IndianTrail, NC 28079 (704) 821-5424 cc, op (BFI) Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill, LLC Drew Neal, Charles Gillian 5105 Morehead Rd. Concord, NC 28027 (704) 393-6900 cc, op Container Corp. of Carolina Sales Dept. 3358 Highway 51 North Fort Mill, SC 29715 (704) 377-0161 cc, op
Republic Waste Services Andy Braman 5516 Rozzelles Ferry Rd. Charlotte, NC 28214 (704) 596-2077 cc, op Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. Mark Stack 2712 Lowell Rd. Gastonia, NC 28054 (704) 824-2011 cc, op Paint Recycling Environmental Recycling Services Alternative Greg Meurs 116 Marywood Drive High Point, NC 27265 (336) 869-8785 (Recycles paint & Disposal) Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 (Proper Disposal only) Parts Cleaning Tech. Corp. (Formerly Detrex) Tim Connelly/ Bob Benson 3114 Cullman Ave. Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 372-9280 (Proper Disposal only) Safety Kleen Systems, Inc. Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 (Proper Disposal only)
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Society of Plastics Industry’s (SPI) Plastics Coding System Full Name
Typical Products
Features
PETE Polyethylene terephthalate
Bottles: (soft drink-with or without Code 1 symbol), honey, liquor, dish detergent, antacid, cold medicine, some food trays, peanut butter jars.
High Transparent with strength, high high gloss; clear or resistance colored; no seams; injection molding nub on bottom or opaque with dull finish.
Tough; highly resilient, slick surface; semi-rigid; hard to scratch; sinks in water.
HDPE natural (without color) High density polyethylene
Jugs: milk, cider, distilled water and spring water; bottles: juice (not clear), rubbing alcohol, large vinegar, grocery bags.
Chemical and moisture resistant: tough
Translucent matte finish (not shiny)
Slightly waxy to touch; semi-rigid to flexible; does not crack when bent; scratches to some degree; floats in water.
HDPE (colored) High density polyethylene
Bottles: laundry and dish detergent, fabric softener, saline solution, bleach, motor oil and antifreeze.
Chemical and moisture resistant; tough
Opaque matte finish (not shiny)
PVC Polyvinyl chloride
Bottles: imported mineral water, salad dressing, salad and vegetable oil, floor polish, mouthwash, liquor, some translucent pharmaceutical bottles; bottle liners and cap coatings, blister pack “bubble” for batteries, tile and drainage pipes.
Hardy; chemical resistant
Can be transparent, translucent, or opaque (colored, usually high gloss); bottles have seams; clear bottles sometimes have faint blue tint; bottom has blow molding smile.
Tough; very smooth surface; forms opaque white line when bent; semi-rigid; scratches easily; sinks in water.
LDPE Low density polyethylene
Usually appears in flexible film bags for dry cleaning, bread, produce, trash, etc.; also some rigid items such as food storage containers and flexible lids; coatings, and recycling bins.
Good optics; tough; lightweight; flexible
Can be nearly transparent (e.g., dry cleaning bags) or opaque: can be colored; low to high gloss.
Slightly waxy to touch; flexible; stretches before tearing when pulled; scratches easily; floats in water.
PP Polypropylene
Battery cases, medical containers; oil additive containers, some dairy tubs; cereal box liners; bottle caps; rope and strapping; combs; snack wraps; bags; some yogurt cups and lids (those that do not crack easily when bent).
Hard, good tensile strength
Transparent, translucent, or opaque; clear or colored; can have shiny or low gloss finish.
Smooth surfaces; semirigid; tough; cannot scratch; floats in water.
Some yogurt cups and tubs; cookie and muffin trays; clear carry-out containers; vitamin bottles; most fast food cutlery; waste baskets; VCR cassettes.
Good optics; stiff flexible
Transparent or opaque; clear or colored; high gloss; only wide mouthed containers (no bottles)
Slick, smooth surface; cracks easily when bent; brittle to semi-rigid; hard to scratch; sinks in water.
EPS Expanded (or foamed) polystyrene
Carry-out containers (clamshells, etc.); meat and produce trays; hot cups; egg cartons; packing peanuts.
Lightweight; heat resistant; buoyant
Opaque only; smooth to grainy finish; foamed, thick walled.
Smooth surface; cracks easily when bent; lightweight and fluffy; easily scratches; floats in water.
Other Varies
Plastics other than the six most common or made of multiple layered resins, blends, or different parts (i.e.: water cooler bottles; microwavable serving ware; most snack bags; squeezable bottles for condiments, etc.)
Varies
Varies
Varies
PS Polystyrene
Appearance
Physical Properties
Slightly waxy to touch; semi rigid to flexible; does not crack when bent; scratches to some degree; floats in water.
SPI Code
1 PETE
2 HDPE
2 HDPE
3 V
4 LDPE
5 PP
6 PS
6 PS
7 OTHER
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Plastics Plastics take many forms, from rigid bottles to flexible stretch wrap. Only number 1 and number 2 plastics can be recycled at the County Recycling Drop-off Centers. Visit the list of plastics markets on the website for recyclers of other plastics. Identify the various types of plastic by locating the SPI coding imprint on either the bottom or the side of the container. The recycling triangle with a number in the center is the imprint to locate. Amity Metals Sales Department 2915 Providence Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 364-2970 (tractor trailer quantities) #1,#2,#4 & #5 An American Recycling Company of NC Bruce S. Spaziani 1128 Waynewood Drive Waxhaw, North Carolina www.aarc-nc.com
[email protected] 704-843-0519 #2 & #4 Blue Ridge Recycling Monty Thompson 420 Seaboard Drive Mathews, NC 28104 (704) 821-4482 (post industrial scrap) #1,#2,#4 & #5 Bromley Plastics Corp. David Katterman P.O. Box 550 Fletcher, NC 28732 (828) 651-8737 #5
Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum #1,#2,#4 & #5 Environmental Recycling Alternative Greg Meurs 116 Marywood Drive High Point, NC 27265 (336) 869-8785 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Enviroplastic Rejan Arsenault 2501 Ashcroft Monroe, NC 28110 (514) 352-6060 #2 ERC2 Peter Suttoni 1011 Woodward Avenue Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 358-6700 Baled, truckload qty’s only #2 Federal Waste Paper Rodney Faust 1763 W. Webb Avenue Burlington, NC 27215 (336) 228-0692 #1,#2,#4 & #5
Harmony Industry Inc. David Pendlebury 1411 Progress Rd. High Point, NC 27260 (336) 886-7225 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Mars Recycling & Shredding, Inc. Marvin Stallworth PO Box 561121 Charlotte, NC 28256 (704) 549-8409 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Plastic Recy-color, Inc Debbie Smith 4955 Indiana Ave Winston- Salem, NC 27116 (336) 924-3353 MA: P.O. Box 11288 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Plastic Tubing Kenny Poole Roseboro, NC 28382 (800) 752-5237 #2 Plastics Reclaim, Inc. Richard Roche P.O. Box 8674 Greenville, SC 29604 (864) 421-0078 (Brokers) #1,#2,#4 & #5
Garco Greg Russel 2503 North Fayetteville Street Asheboro, NC 27203 (336) 683-0911 #2,#4 & #5
Polymer Recovery (Layman Plastics) Bill Layman 1127 Tarheel Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 (704) 391-2470 #2 & #5
Guilford Molding, Inc. Barry Appelget 1308 Benjamin Parkway Greensboro, NC 27498 (336) 288-5117 #1,#2,#4 & #5
Poly Reps, Inc Sales Department 2501 Ashcraft Ave. Monroe, NC (704) 238-9949 #2,#4 & #5
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Plastics, cont’d Pro-Poly Enterprises, Inc. (Formerly Gilmore Assoc/ Visda) Steve Barnhart 521 Townsend Ave High Point, NC 27263 (336) 434-2178 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Recover, Inc. Carmen Edwards 1200 Woodruff Rd. #A-3 Greenville, SC 29607 (864) 213-2141 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Re-Use It Plastics, Inc. Barbara Canter Mooresville, NC 28211 (704) 799-1881 #1 Rutherford Sales and Recovery Co. Dewey Stroud P. O. Box 347 Forest City, NC 28043 (828) 245-6060 #1,#2,#4 & #5 (post-industrial #1-7, tractor trailer quantities, mixed loads okay) Sonoco Paper Stock Dealers Rusty Anderson 3901 Barringer Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-525-8728 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Southern Resources MIchael Sordi 3826 Raleigh Street Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 342-1696 #1,#2,#4 & #5
TransGlobal Waste Services Donna Hawkins Charlotte, NC (704) 222-4879 cell 866-573-7667 toll free
[email protected] (trailer-load & compactor quantities only) #1,#2,#4 & #5
Styrofoam Peanuts Recycling
TWC, Inc. William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321
[email protected] #1,#2,#4 & #5
Polyester Recycling
Wellmark, Inc. Darren Lynch 355 Waketa Drive Asheboro, NC 27203 (336) 498-1881 #1,#2,#4 & #5 Expanded Polystyrene (Styrofoam) Recycling An American Recycling Company of NC Bruce S. Spaziani 1128 Waynewood Drive Waxhaw, North Carolina www.aarc-nc.com
[email protected] 704-843-0519 International Cushioning Co. Rick Brademeyer 536 N. Generals Blvd. Lincolnton, NC 28092 (704) 735-3932 ext. 350 Modern Polymers Inc. Jean Boyd 901 West Academy Cherryville, NC 28201 704-435-5825, ext 23 (1/2 to full trailer loads only)
[email protected] www.modernpolymers.com
Peanut Hotline # 1-800-828-2214 UPS Store Manager all stores Charlotte, NC (704) 342-1950
Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum Sonoco Paper Stock Dealers Rusty Anderson 3901 Barringer Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-525-8728 Nylon Carpet Recycling An American Recycling Company of NC Bruce S. Spaziani 1128 Waynewood Drive Waxhaw, North Carolina www.aarc-nc.com
[email protected] 704-843-0519 Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum Harmony Industry Inc. David Pendlebury 1411 Progress Ave High Point, NC 27260 (336) 886-7225 Sonoco Paper Stock Dealers Rusty Anderson 3901 Barringer Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-525-8728
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Polypropylene Carpet An American Recycling Company of NC Bruce S. Spaziani 1128 Waynewood Drive Waxhaw, North Carolina www.aarc-nc.com
[email protected] 704-843-0519 Blue Ridge Recycling Monty Thompson 420 Seabaord Drive Mathews, NC 28104 (704) 821-4482 Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum Vinyl Recycling An American Recycling Company of NC Bruce S. Spaziani 1128 Waynewood Drive Waxhaw, North Carolina www.aarc-nc.com
[email protected] 704-843-0519 Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum Harmony Industry Inc. David Pendlebury 1411 Progress Ave High Point, NC 27260 (336) 886-7225 Reily Recovery Kevin Reily 1200 Galilean Trail Chapel Hill, NC 27516 (919) 933-3611
Sonoco Paper Stock Dealers Rusty Anderson 3901 Barringer Rd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-525-8728
National Container Services Sales Department 1209 Tarheel Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 393-9050
TWC, Inc. William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321
[email protected]
Tallent Drum Co Sales Department 1129 Lowell Spencer Mountain Rd Lowell, NC 28098 (704) 824-1807
Vinyl Reclaiming Company, Inc. Richard Dnniss 2650 Bennett Rd. Ft. Mill, SC 29175 (803) 548-0721 Plastic Drums Recycling Custom Polymers 700 Tuckaseegee Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 704-332-6070 40,000 lb. quantities, or tractor truckload quantities minimum General Steel Drum Co Sales Department 4500 South Blvd Charlotte, NC (704) 525-7160 Industrial Container Services Sales Department 2900 West Trade Street Charlotte, NC (704) 392-5386 Industrial Container Services 3212 Campus Ridge Rd. Mathews, NC 28106 (704) 821-7635 P.O. Box 1217 McManus & Son Drum Co. Tom Lewis 5631 Racine Ave. Charlotte, NC 28269 (704) 598-2224
TWC, Inc. William Tung 2128 Eastway Drive Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 536-8321
[email protected] West Drum Company Mary West 6949 Gold Hill Rd Concord, NC 28025 (704) 786-3446 Winston Container CO, Inc Sales Department 1 Winston Container Rd Charlotte, NC (704) 394-0176 Toner Cartridge Recycling Toner cartridges can be recycled locally or, in some cases, returned to the manufacturer with prepaid shipping by UPS. You can save 40-60% of the cost of new cartridges when you purchase remanufactured cartridges Advance Laser Services Bill Smith 129 Park Arbor Lane Apex, NC 27502 (704) 333-9590 Carolina Cartridge Systems, Inc. Sherry Dills 2506 Lucena Rd Charlotte, NC 28206 (704) 529-5550
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Cleanlites Recycling Dennis Olsen Spartanburg, SC (864) 503-9900 www.cleanlites.com Duraline 975 Walnut St. Suite 218 Carry, NC 27511 704-525-3725 Evergreen Recycling Group Charlie Sistare 10810 Southern Loop Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28134 (704) 588-5722
[email protected] (company will make charitable donation for each toner cartridge bought or recycled) Laser Labs Ken Rowell 4404-B Stuart Andrew Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28217 704-529-1187 (will pick up empty cartridges) Recycling for Education 800-748-2100 (For each cartridge collected, a donation is made to support the delivery of technology resources to CMS students.) Regal Asset Recovery Bruce Sciotto/ Tommy Robbins 12777 Suite A East Independence Blvd. Mathews, NC 28105 (704) 882-9061 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Tone Tech Cathy Chauncy 920 West Tremount Charlotte, NC 28203 (704) 377-4001
[email protected]
Tyvek Envelopes Recycling Dupont Tyvek Recycle Shirly Simburg 1-800-222-5676 2400 Elliham Ave, #A Richmond, VA 23237 www.tyvekenvelopes.com X-Ray Film Developing Waste Recycling Clements 2415 Winterbrook Drive Mathews, NC 28105 1-800-841- 5808 Harmony Industry, Inc. David Pendlebury 1411 Progress Ave High Point, NC 27260 (336) 886-7225 Heritage Environmental Kyle Mitchell 4132 Pompano Rd. Charlotte, NC 28216 (704) 392-6276 Onyx Industrial Services Sales Department 125 Commercial Rd. Mooresville, NC (704) 660-1490 Safety Kleen Systems, Inc Brian Brownlee 2320 Yadkin Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 (704) 375-0098 Yard Waste Recycling Compost Central 5631 West Blvd (704) 588-9070 Monday-Friday 7-5pm Saturday 7-3pm
Foxhole Recycling Center 17131 Lancaster Highway (704) 341-4962 Monday - Friday, 7a.m. - 4p.m., Saturday 7a.m. - 3p.m. Hensons’ Inc Mulch & More 13011 Lancaster Hwy (704) 543-9952 8719 Old Dowd Rd (704) 399-7300 Trees, branches, limbs and stumps only Hickory Grove Recycling Center 8007 Pence Road (704) 535-3781 Tuesday - Saturday; 7am - 3pm North Mecklenburg Recycling Center 12300 N. Statesville Rd. (US Highway 21 north of Harris Blvd.) (704) 875-1563 Tuesday - Saturday; 7am - 3pm Other Materials Aerosol cans Empty and dry aerosol cans (no liquids or remaining pressure) are exempt from hazardous waste rules. Cans may be recycled with other steel cans at drop-off center or with metal recycler. Reduction Tip: To reduce or eliminate aerosol can waste, consider purchasing products in bulk and using reusable or non-aerosol pump applicators. When applying paints, use a brush or consider a paint gun instead of aerosol cans, or consider electrostatic painting.
Please see www.wipeoutwaste.com for current vendors.
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APPENDIX C
Recycling Drop-Off Centers
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Business Recycling at Mecklenburg County Drop-Off Centers Items Accepted At Commercial Drop-off Centers @ No Charge (All Quantities): • •
Mixed Office Paper – newspaper, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, junk-mail, white & colored paper. Flattened Cardboard
Items Accepted At Self Service Drop-off Centers @ No Charge (All Quantities): • • • • •
Mixed Office Paper – newspaper, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, junk-mail, white & colored paper. Flattened Cardboard Mixed Glass Jars & Bottles #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles Aluminum & Steel Cans
Items Accepted from Businesses At The Four Full Service Centers* @ No Charge (All Quantities): • • • • •
Mixed Office Paper – newspaper, magazines, catalogs, telephone books, junk-mail, white & colored paper. Flattened Cardboard Mixed Glass Jars & Bottles #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles Scrap Aluminum & Metal
Quantity to Be Determined: Acceptance of materials listed below is dependent upon several factors (i.e. number and/or quantity of items to recycle, method of packing a material, etc.). Also, on occasions, several additional items may be eligible for recycling at a Full-Service Center. As a result, businesses are requested to review the County’s wipeoutwaste.com website and click on the drop-down option “Find A Recycling Drop-Off Center?” or call (704) 336-7759. • • • • • •
Motor Oil, antifreeze/transmission fluid & oil filters – 5-gallon limit per visit Passenger Tires (off rims) – (5) tire limit per visit Batteries – lead acid (car), household, Ni-Cad, rechargeable – up to 12’ trailer Foam rubber (carpet padding) - unlimited Electronics – computers (Small Businesses Located @ Home Only, limit 2 per visit) Fire Extinguishers (empty / completely discharged)- unlimited
Items Accepted at “Metals & Tire Recovery Center” @ No Charge (All Quantities): 5740 Rozzelles Ferry Road, Charlotte, NC 28208 - Open Monday thru Friday from 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. • •
Appliances Scrap Tires (off rims) (with proper NC Scrap Tire Certificate Form)
The list of items accepted from Individual Residents at the Full Service Recycling Centers is different.
APPENDIX D
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Wipe-Out-Waste Small Business Recycling Drop-Off Program The Drop-off program is a network of convenient drop-off recycling locations for Mecklenburg County businesses that generate a small amount of recyclable items. The collection program includes; cardboard boxes, white and colored paper, computer/copy paper, drawing paper, blueprints, legal pads, stapled paper, file folders, envelopes, fax paper, post-it notes, index cards, brochures, magazines, newsprint, phone books, magazines and catalogs. All of these materials can be placed in the same container. Container locations are convenient for the public and accessible for service. Businesses are requested to host a recycling center for at least one-year period of time. Drop-Off Center Containers Business owners will be offered a choice of 8, 20 or 30 cubic yard containers. Sites generally will contain a single container in order to equitably distribute containers throughout the county. 1. The drop-off may utilize a 20 or 30 cubic yard closed top roll-off style container. Recyclable materials will be deposited through openings on the side of the container. The container will be painted red, and display the Wipe Out Waste logo, recycling symbol, anti-trash statement, and description of recyclable items. To minimize wear on asphalt surfaces, it is recommended that this container be placed on a concrete surface. 2. The drop-off may utilize an 8 cubic yard closed top front-end loader style container. Recyclable materials will be deposited through openings on the side of the container. The container will be provided by a local recycling vendor and appropriately designated as a recycling container. Collection Collection service will be provided for a minimum one-year period by Mecklenburg County or its designated representative. An evaluation of service will then be conducted after a one-year period to determine site viability, cost effectiveness, contamination levels, container usage and permanent location status designation. Upon analysis, containers may be moved to other locations, if productivity is unacceptable. Request for termination of services by drop-off center host prior to the one-year service must be submitted in writing to Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Department. The County reserves the right to terminate the program at any time do to safety or operational concerns. Drop-Off Center Maintenance To ensure the continued cleanliness and safety of drop-off center sites, drop-off center hosts are responsible for the on-going maintenance of collection centers. Education and Information Mecklenburg County Solid waste and drop-off center host will notify potential users about the location and availability of drop-off centers. The following educational tools and advertisement are available: • • • • •
Container signage Information flyers for surrounding businesses Web site advertisement Drop-off center flyers Advertisement in local media
Program Cost Mecklenburg County assumes responsibility of container and container collection cost. Call Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Reduction, 704-336-8393 or 704-336-3461, to request a recycling drop-off center for businesses in your area.
APPENDIX E
Sources for Recycling Containers
Sources and Kinds of Recycling Storage Units A recycling service provider may furnish external storage for collected recyclables. Depending on the size of the business and the possibilities for commingling, a business could use anything from a small dumpster to large rolling carts to simple small trash cans. For rolling carts or recycling bins, may have to work directly with a cart vendor – a few of the major ones are listed below. Local janitorial supply companies may also be able to provide collection containers, especially in smaller quantities. Note that a simple Web search may be the best way to find a wide array of different cart and bin products.
Name
Phone
Web Site
Amick Equipment
800-922-3795
http://www.amickequipment.biz/diakon1.asp
Busch Systems
800-565-9931
http://www.buschsystems.com/
IPL
http://www.ipl-plastics.com/ec-environ.html
Mid-Point Intl
888-646-4246
http://www.midpoint-int.com/listing.mv?c=5
Otto
800-227-5885
http://www.otto-usa.com/en/products_rc.asp
Recycling Products
800-875-1735
http://www.recyclingproducts.com/
Rehrig Pacific
800-421-6244
http://www.rehrigpacific.com/
Rubbermaid
800-347-9800
www.rubbermaidcommercial.com
Schaefer Systems Intl
704-944-4500
www.ssi.schaefer-us.com
SCL A-1 Plastics Ltd.
800-777-0979
www.scla1.com
Toter, Inc.
800-772-0071
http://www.toter.com/
Ultra-Cart
800-899-7856
http://www.ultracart.net/
Zarn
501-951-2045
http://www.zarn.com/
Local hardware and home improvement stores also have recycling containers. If you do not need to order large quantities, they may offer the simplest way to acquire bins and toters.
Another Idea! Use five gallon buckets for internal handling in certain key locations inside. Businesses that serve food may have ready access to these buckets from incoming foodstuffs or janitorial supplies, they can also be purchased. Non-returnable shipping crates, boxes or other types of packaging that can be used for internal storage of recyclables.
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APPENDIX F
Just Say No To Junk Mail
Not only does junk mail clog the postal system and create a nuisance for you, it also uses up valuable natural resources and contributes to pollution and litter problems. For every ton of paper generated in the form of junk mail, 17 trees are destroyed. Tons of junk mail are going to landfills around the country every day, depleting precious landfill space. How did I get on these mailing lists? Every time you provide your name and address to receive a product or service, there’s a good chance you are being added to one or more mailing lists. When you buy a car, have a baby, make a purchase from a catalog, give money to a charity or fill out a product registration card, your name will likely be entered into a computer database. How do I get off these lists? This Web site http://www.p2pays.org/main/optoutlinks.asp includes some really great links to let you start reclaiming your privacy and to stop the deluge of unwanted junk mail, spam and telemarketing calls.
Tried-and-True Methods For Reducing Junk Mail At The Source Contact the Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Mail Preference Service http://www.dmaconsumers. org/consumerassistance.html to get off their mailing list. DMA is the oldest and largest trade association for the users and suppliers in the direct, database and interactive marketing field. Sending a request to DMA to have your name and address removed from their mailing list can significantly reduce your junk mail load. If you wish, you may use DPPEA’s Junk Mail Terminator Cards. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. If you don’t have Adobe Acrobat Reader 5, you can download it for free. http://www.p2pays.org/search/pdfframe.asp?pdfurl=/ref/07/06570.pdf Contact the major credit bureaus to request your name to be removed from mailing lists for preapproved credit cards. The major credit bureaus, Experian, Equifax, Inc., Innovis, and Trans Union Corp. can be reached at one telephone number: 888-567-8688. Fill in and return opt-out privacy cards from financial organizations. Financial organizations are now required to provide customers with opt-out privacy cards so you can request that your name be removed from their bulk mailing lists. Call those “800” numbers provided on catalogs and other bulk mailings to request your name to be removed from mailing lists. Avoid giving your name, address, phone number and e-mail address to businesses if possible. They may use the information to put you on another mailing list and will oftentimes sell it to other bulk mailers.
This information has been compiled by the N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance to help you to get off mailing lists and to stop unwanted telemarketing calls and e-mail “spam.” North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) 1639 Mail Service Center • Raleigh NC 27699-1639 • (919) 715-6500 • (800) 763-0136 North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)
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Resources and Links
Mecklenburg County Land Use & Environmental Services Agency Solid Waste Department 700 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 www.wipeoutwaste.com Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Services: Business Recycling Technical Assistance Business Source Separation Ordinance Enforcement Business Recognition Program City/County Building Recycling CMS School Recycling Program Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful - Litter Prevention and Education Program Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Back Yard Composting & County Residential Recycling Residential Waste Reduction and Composting Residential Waste Reduction and Recycling
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Charlotte Solid Waste and Recycling Town of Cornelius Recycling: Town of Davidson Recycling: Town of Mint Hill Recycling: Town of Huntersville Recycling: Town of Pineville Recycling: Town of Matthews Recycling:
311 704-892-6031 or 1-800-927-8362 704-892-7591 704-545-9726 704-875-6541 or 1-800-927-8362 704-889-2291 704-847-4411
North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR) North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) 1639 Mail Service Center • Raleigh NC 27699-1639 • (919) 715-6500 • (800) 763-0136 http://www.p2pays.org/ N.C. Recycling Markets Directory - Find outlets for recyclable materials http://www.p2pays.org/DMRM/start.aspx Environmentally preferable procurement Learn how to plan and implement a successful buy recycled program http://www.p2pays.org/epp/ N.C. Recycled Products Directory A reference for public and private sector buyers to purchase products from companies that either distribute, manufacture or sell recycled products in North Carolina. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/06/05987.pdf North Carolina Manufacturers of Recycled Products A directory of recycled products made in North Carolina. p 46 of http://www.p2pays.org/ref/03/02333.pdf NC WasteTrader, North Carolina’s marketplace for discarded or surplus materials and products. This waste exchange service is designed to divert recoverable materials from disposal while providing feedstocks and supplies to potential users. http://www.ncwastetrader.org/home.aspx
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Electronics Identify methods to properly manage old electronic products and safely divert them from disposal http://www.p2pays.org/electronics/ Compost Get information on North Carolina’s composting and organics recycling industry http://www.p2pays.org/compost/ Environmental Management Systems Learn about environmental management systems and how they can help your organization http://www.p2pays.org/iso/ Environmental Stewardship Initiative Learn how your organization how can be ecognized for its environmental accomplishments http://www.p2pays.org/esi/ Fats, oil and grease programs Learn how to properly manage residual fats, oils and greases from residential, institutional and commercial food service establishments http://www.p2pays.org/food/ Recycling Guidebook for the Hospitality and Restaurant Industry http://www.p2pays.org/ref/05/04032.pdf Food for Thought: Waste Reduction in the Restaurant Industry This handbook offers suggestions for how restaurants can become more environmentally sustainable through source reduction, recycling and energy conservation programs. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/03/02905.pdf and http://www.p2pays.org/ref/03/02368.pdf Slide Presentations to download and use for your business presentation: • Waste Reduction for the Food Service Industry: Tips for food service vendors on how to save green by going green. • http://www.p2pays.org/ref/14/13004_files/13004_files/frame.htm • Waste Issues Spotlight: Restaurants, Bars and Food Service Operations. This slide presentation offers pollution prevention (p2) techniques for food vendors. http://www.p2pays.org/ref/12/11824.pdf • The Waste Reduction Resource Center provides pollution prevention technical support to the states in EPA Regions III and IV. WRRC is a member of the Pollution Prevention Resource Exchange (P2Rx) network of regional centers. http://wrrc.p2pays.org Waste Reduction Partners, a team of highly experienced volunteer engineers, architects, and scientists, provides Western North Carolina businesses and industries with no-cost waste and energy reduction assessments and technical assistance. http://www.landofsky.org/wrp/ GreenBiz is the leading information resource on how to align environmental responsibility with business success. http://www.greenbiz.com
APPENDIX H
N.C. Recycling Legislation
B-2 РSESSION LAW 2005-362, HOUSE BILL 1465 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA, SESSION 2005 SESSION LAW 2005-362, HOUSE BILL 1465 AN ACT to prohibit the disposal of Motor vehicle oil filters, rigid plastic containers, wooden pallets, and oyster shells in landfills. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: SECTION 1. G.S. 130A 290 reads as rewritten: Ҥ 130A 290. Definitions. (a)
Unless a different meaning is required by the context, the following definitions shall apply throughout this Article:
(17a) “Medical waste” means any solid waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals, but does not include any hazardous waste identified or listed pursuant to this Article, radioactive waste, household waste as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations § 261.4(b)(1) in effect on 1 July 1989, or those substances excluded from the definition of “solid waste” in this section. (18) ‘Motor vehicle oil filter’ means a filter that removes impurities from the oil used to lubricate an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle. …(44a) ‘Wooden pallet’ means a wooden object consisting of a flat or horizontal deck or platform supported by structural components that is used as a base for assembling, stacking, handling, and transporting goods.” SECTION 2. G.S. 130A 309.10(f ) reads as rewritten: “(f )
No person shall knowingly dispose of the following solid wastes in landfills:
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Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 375, s. 1.
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Used oil.
(3) Yard trash, except in landfills approved for the disposal of yard trash under rules adopted by the Commission. Yard trash that is source separated from solid waste may be accepted at a solid waste disposal area where the area provides and maintains separate yard trash composting facilities. (4)
White goods.
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Antifreeze (ethylene glycol).
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Aluminum cans.
(7) Whole scrap tires, as provided in G.S. 130A 309.58(b). The prohibition against landfilling on disposal of whole tires in landfills applies to all whole pneumatic rubber coverings, but does not apply to whole solid rubber coverings. (8)
Lead acid batteries, as provided in G.S. 130A 309.70.
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Motor vehicle oil filters.
(10) Recyclable rigid plastic containers that are required to be labeled as provided in subsection (e) of this section, that have a neck smaller than the body of the container, and that accept a screw top, snap cap, or other closure. The prohibition on disposal of recyclable rigid plastic containers in landfills does not apply to rigid plastic containers that are intended for use in the sale or distribution of motor oil. (11) Wooden pallets, except that wooden pallets may be disposed of in a landfill that is permitted to only accept construction and demolition debris. (12)
Oyster shells.”
SECTION 4. This act becomes effective 1 October 2009. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of August, 2005.
Appendix H contains some of the NC Recycling laws. For a comprehensive listing see www.enr.nc.us/html/rules/
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NC. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance ABC Permit Recycling A Guide for Permit Holders Background During the 2005 legislative session, the North Carolina General Assembly passed House Bill 1518 (Session Law 2005-348) requiring holders of certain Alcoholic Beverage Control permits to separate, store and recycle all recyclable beverage containers. The bill affects only holders of on-premises malt beverage, on-premises unfortified wine, on-premises fortified wine and mixed beverages permits. Furthermore, recycling is only required for those containers that are sold at retail for on-premises consumption. House Bill 1518 becomes effective Jan. 1, 2008. The legislation directs the ABC Commission to work with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to develop a “model recycling program” to guide permit holders in implementing recycling. This fact sheet describes the basic components of a model program to help permit holders begin recycling efforts.
Provisions of the Law and Materials Affected As stated in H1518, effective Jan. 1, 2008: “Holders of on-premises malt beverage permits, on-premises unfortified wine permits, on-premises fortified wine permits, and mixed beverages permits shall separate, store, and provide for the collection for recycling of all recyclable beverage containers of all beverages sold at retail on the premises.” The bill then further bans the containers from disposal effective on the same date. H1518 is viewable at: http://www.p2pays.org/ ref/38/37334.pdf. In effect, the main types of containers affected by the legislation are glass bottles, aluminum cans and plastic bottles. Through previous legislation, aluminum cans were banned from disposal in North Carolina, and House Bill 1465, also enacted in 2005, bans the disposal of plastic bottles by October 2009. For most ABC permit holders, glass bottles will be the majority of the materials generated for recycling, especially by weight, followed by aluminum and then plastic. Recycling markets exist for all of these materials. Making new containers and other products from used materials saves energy and resources, creates jobs and provides valuable feed stocks to North Carolina manufacturers. Most, if not all, ABC permit holders who initiate container collection efforts will access markets through one or more of three types of collection service provides: a solid waste hauler, a recycling services company or a local government recycling program. There will likely be some cost associated with the first two options, but below the costs may be at least partially offset by reduced solid waste services and disposal fees.
Case Studies and Other Information For more information or assistance on recycling beverage containers under House Bill 1518, please contact the N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance at (919) 715-6500 or (800) 763-0136. Your community’s local recycling, solid waste or public works office may also be able to provide assistance. If you have trouble finding a contact through local telephone directories or other means, please use the search mechanism at: http:// www.p2pays.org/localgov/PAYT/ncwaste.asp or call the DPPEA at the numbers listed above. Finally, for information on ABC permit holders in North Carolina who have successfully implemented recycling programs for beverage containers, see: http://www.p2pays.org/BannedMaterials/ABCcontainer/CaseStudies.asp. The North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance provides free, non-regulatory technical assistance and education on methods to eliminate, reduce, or recycle wastes before they become pollutants or require disposal. Telephone DPPEA at (919) 715-6500 or (800) 763-0136 for assistance with issues in this fact sheet or any of your waste reduction concerns.
GLOSSARY
baler – A machine in which materials are compacted to reduce volume and transportation costs. Balers are used often on newspapers, plastic, corrugated cardboard and other sorted paper products bin – A bin is the intermediate recycling or garbage container, located at a convenient distance to a number of employees. biodegradable – Capable of being broken down by bacteria into basic elements and compounds. bleaching – The process of chemically treating paper pulp to alter its color so that the pulp has a higher brightness. boxboard or chipboard – The paperboard used for fabricating boxes (e.g. cereal, envelope, shoe boxes) chlorofluorocarbons – Chlorine-based compounds used commonly as aerosol propellants, as coolants in refrigerators and air conditioning, in fire extinguishers, in solvents, and in the production of insulating foam packaging. CFCs contribute to destruction of the protective ozone layer in the stratosphere. commercial waste – The waste, including trash and garbage, generated by businesses. commingled – Recyclable wastes that are mixed together for collection purposes. Commingled material is not recyclable unless separated after collection. compactor – Any power-driven mechanical equipment designed to compress waste materials. compactor truck – Large truck with an enclosed body that has special hydraulic equipment for loading, compressing and distributing waste within the body. composting – Natural breakdown of organic matter such as leaves and yard waste into humus, a soil-like product rich in slow-release nutrients. conservation – Activities designed to increase the efficiency of using a resource or to protect it; may refer to material, energy, and water conservation, or wildlife protection. contaminant – An unwanted or undesirable component of a product or process that diminishes its recyclability or utility. corrugated – Corrugated cardboard paper products made from stiff pasteboard formed into fluted ridges and grooves, including kraft paper with ruffled inner liner. Corrugated does not include paperboard such as cereal boxes cost avoidance – The money saved by not disposing of solid waste: includes landfill tipping fees and hauler pickup and pulling charges. cullet – Glass that has been processed for reuse by crushing into small pieces and removing paper and metal contamination. deinking – The removal of ink and filler from recycled paper as part of the pulping process. After deinking, the pulp is reused to make new paper products. densification – Processing of materials to make them more dense, such as compacting trash, crushing glass, and baling paper. disposables – Consumer products, items, and packaging used once or a few times and discarded. disposal – Discarding of materials, waste, or environmentally controlled material that has no significant recyclable value. diversion – The redirection of materials from disposal by reduction, reuse, recycling and composting programs. diversion rate – The percent of waste diverted from landfills or incineration via reduction, reuse, recycling or composting. drop-off recycling center – A facility that accepts recyclable materials where the generator transport the material to the center. (for a list of Mecklenburg County Drop Off Centers see appendix C).
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dumpster – A dumpster is the metal storage container, typically 4, 6, or 8 yard capacity, used to hold consolidated material for collection by the hauler. ecosystem – A self-sustaining and self-regulating community of organisms interacting with each other and the environment. energy recovery – A process in which waste material is burned, reducing the volume of the waste and producing steam for heating or generating electricity. environment – Combination of external conditions influencing the life of an individual or population. environment-friendly products – Products that do not have a negative impact on the environment; should include consideration of production, packaging, use, and disposal. environmental labelling – A distinct mark, writing, or symbol that helps consumers identify products that are energy efficient, use recycled or recyclable materials, and minimize use of hazardous substances. Examples are recycled or recyclable marks, and the Blue Angel, Green Seal,and EcoMark certification labels. expanded polystyrene – A polystyrene foam commonly known by the trade name StyrofoamTM. It is very light and bulky, therefore more difficult to recycle unless compacted. fiber – The unit cell of vegetable growth derived from wood, cotton, and so on. Usually many times longer than its diameter. The basic physical unit of paper pulps. food waste – All animal and vegetable solid wastes arising from food facilities, or from residences, that result from the storage, preparation, cooking, or handling of food. front loader – A refuse truck that has power-driven loading equipment at the front of the vehicle. gayloard – A cardboard box with 1.3 cubic yard capacity, often used to store recyclables. grades – Different qualities or types of a similar material (ex. Different grades of plastic or paper). green consumerism “Green” is a term coined in Europe to refer to environmentally conscious politics and lifestyle. Green consumerism involves making purchasing decisions based on environmental concerns, and implies a rejection of wasteful consumption. greenseal – A U.S. product labeling initiative to identify environmentally friendly products, set standards, and certify products that meet established criteria for low life cycle impact. hauler – A transporter of material from one location to another (for example, recyclable material from a collection site to a recycling facility or trash to the landfill). hazardous waste – Waste material in a form and quantity which may pose a hazard to human health or the environment and therefore, has been classified as a hazardous waste by an applicable regulatory agency. Hazardous wastes are subject to special handling, recycling and disposal requirements. high-density polyethylene – A type of plastic commonly used to make milk jugs and other rigid, plastic bottles. hydrochlorofluorocarbons - One of the replacement chemicals for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs); ozonedepleting potential only a fraction of CFC-12. incineration – The process of waste volume reduction by combustion. industrial wastes – Waste material that is generated at a manufacturing or production facility, which has not been designated by an applicable regulatory agency as hazardous. However, its form and quantity may pose a hazard to human health or the environment and is therefore subject to special handling, recycling and disposal requirements. integrated solid waste management – The process for managing solid waste and materials diverted from solid waste through a combination of several complementary components, such as source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, energy recovery, incineration, and landfilling. kraft – A process for making virgin fiber by a chemical digestion process, used in the manufacture of “kraft” products such as grocery bags, corrugated boxes, and milk cartons.
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landfill or landfilling – Disposal of a waste material in or on the land at a designated or licensed location, where it is permitted to dispose of non-hazardous waste. low-density polyethylene (LDPE) – A type of plastic commonly used in plastic wraps. life cycle analysis – An analytical process that quantifies environmental impact (including resources and energy used and released to the environment) for the entire life of a package or product, starting with raw materials and including all processing and transportation, as well as product use and disposal. mandatory recycling – Programs which by law require the separation of trash so that some or all recyclable materials are not dumped in landfills but rather are recovered for recycling. market – An outlet for recyclable material; can include a buy-back center, mill, intermediate hauler, end use, or processor of the material. material recovery facility – A solid waste facility which sorts or separates solid wastes or materials for the purposes of recycling, reuse or composting. mixed paper – A variety of waste paper that has not been separated by type and does not contain food waste or other major contaminants. It can include unsorted office papers, newspapers, magazines, envelopes, direct mail items, and so on. multi-resin – A multilayer product consisting of several layers of plastic. municipal solid waste (MSW) – All the garbage your community has to handle. non-recyclable waste – Waste not included in the categories of hazardous, industrial, special, or recyclable, which is generated by a facility and cannot readily be recycled in a given geographic area. This includes, but is not limited to, garbage, food waste, cafeteria waste, and mixed packaging. ozone (stratospheric) – Layer of gaseous ozone in the stratospheric atmosphere that protects life on earth by filtering out harmful ultraviolet radiation from the sun. ozone (tropospheric) – A chemical oxidant and major component of photochemical smog. Ozone at this layer can seriously affect the human respiratory system. Ozone in the troposphere is produced through complex chemical reactions of nitrogen oxides, which are among the primary pollutants emitted by combustion sources. ozone-friendly products – The term industry uses for products no longer containing ozone destroying CFCs. Chemicals substituted for CFCs may still deplete the ozone layer or have other negative environmental properties. packaging – Materials such as plastic, foam, corrugated board, molded pulp, and paper that are used to contain, protect, and transport products. pallet – A platform used in connection with a forklift for moving shipments, bales, or other large items. (Also known as a “skid”). polyethylene terephthalate PETE – A type of plastic commonly used in transparent plastic soda bottles. polystyrene – A plastic composed solely of hydrogen and carbon atoms, which is made from a by-product of the petroleum and natural gas distillation process. It is formed as a solid glass-like resin that can be made into a transparent sheet, containers, or formed into shapes (also see Expanded Polystyrene). post-consumer materials – Recovered materials from a consumer-oriented recycling collection system or drop-off center. pre-consumer materials – Recovered materials obtained from manufacturers. precycle – The act of buying products in packaging that can be recycled. product life cycle – Complete product cycle including manufacture, packaging, transportation, use and disposal. RCRA – Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, federal legislation governing the treatment, storage, handling, disposal, and overall management of solid and hazardous waste.
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recovery rate – The percent of usable recycled materials removed from the waste stream in a specific area or by a specific business. recyclable – A material that can be readily remanufactured into a new useable product either the same or different from it’s original form. recyclable wastes – Waste generated by a facility, not included in the categories of hazardous, industrial, or special recyclable, which can be readily recycled. It includes, but is not limited to, paper, plastic, corrugated cardboard, wood, glass, and metal. recycle – The process in which discarded materials are separated, collected, processed and remanufactured into new products. resin - Additives which transform a polymer into a plastic resin include colorants, flame retardants, heat or light stabilizers, antioxidants, and lubricants in addition to plasticizers. A plastic type such as PET/PETE. resource recovery – The extraction and use of materials and energy from the waste stream. Materials are used in manufacturing new products or converted into some form of fuel or energy. reuse – Using an item again for its original purpose or for a new purpose, rather than throwing it away without any treatment or modification. roll-off containers – A 10 to 50 cubic yard steel box for collection of solid waste. The container is rolled onto and off of a truck hydraulically. sanitary landfill – A method of disposing of refuse on land that is designed to minimize hazards to public health and safety. Scientific Certification System – A U.S. product labeling initiative that certifies the environmental claims of manufacturers and identifies environmentally friendly products. separation – The sorting of mixed recyclable materials. See source separation. solid waste – Any garbage, refuse, trash, dry sludge, or material that is discarded or abandoned and is intended for disposal. solid waste management – The systematic administration of activities that provide for the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, processing, treatment, and disposal of solid waste. source reduction – Any action that prevents the generation of solid waste, such as purchase or production of items in just the quantity needed, and items that use less material, have a longer life and can be readily recycled. source separation – The segregation of various potentially recyclable materials from the waste stream, usually at the point of waste generation or at a materials recovery facility (MRF) or transfer station. special recyclable waste – Waste which requires special handling in order to be recycled. This includes, but is not limited to, toner, developer, CRUs, photoreceptors, and nonserviceable parts. sustainable development – Defined by the International Chamber of Commerce as meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. tipping fee – The charge to waste transporters to dispose of solid wastes at landfills or other solid waste facilities. The trucks “tip” their garbage into the landfill. toxic substances – Substances that can cause serious harm, injury, impairment, illness, or even death. virgin materials – Resource materials as they are extracted from the earth, mined, grown, refined, and/or synthesized for the first time. waste assessment – An analysis of a company’s processes, waste stream, and disposal costs to produce detailed information on the solid waste management system. waste minimization – Reducing the volume of waste generated at the site of manufacturing. It is accomplished by product or input substitution, process modification, and on-site and off-site recycling and reuse. The primary focus has been to reduce hazardous wastes produced in industrial processes.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Mecklenburg County Land Use & Environmental Services Agency Solid Waste Department Waste Reduction and Recycling Services Division 700 N. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202 www.wipeoutwaste.com Mecklenburg County Solid Waste is a division of Land Use and Environmental Services Agency (LUESA). The Waste Reduction and Recycling Section is a part of Solid Waste Division. Waste Reduction and Recycling has several components: Commercial Recycling, Business Recognition Program, Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful - Litter Prevention and Awareness, Residential Recycling, Backyard Composting, Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling, City-County Office Building Recycling, and Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System Recycling. Waste Reduction and Recycling Services: Business Recycling Technical Assistance Business Source Separation Ordinance Enforcement Business Recognition Program City/County Building Recycling Charlotte-Mecklenburg School System Recycling Program Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful - Litter Prevention and Education Program Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling Residential Waste Reduction and Composting Residential Waste Reduction and Recycling
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To learn more about these programs please call for a copy of the Wipe Out Waste Guide or visit www.wipeoutwaste.com. Resources: NCDENR - North Carolina Division of Environment and Natural Resources DPPEA - Department of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance Publications and Website www.p2pays.org Green Guardian Website Minnesota http://greenguardian.com EPA Environmental Protection Agency Website www.epa.gov Mecklenburg County Publications & Website www.wipeoutwaste.com Montgomery County Business Regulation Handbook – Montgomery County MD Recycling: It’s not a choice. It’s the Law – Handbook for New York City Businesses, NY, NY When Less is More – Hamilton County Environmental Services, Cincinnati, Ohio A Recycling Handbook – Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Prepared By: Mecklenburg County Solid Waste Waste Reduction & Recycling Programs Designed By: Fresh Paint Creative www.freshpaintcreative.com Published By: Turnkey Media www.turnkeymedia.com Printed January 2007 on 100% Recycled Content Paper
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