Did you know that recycling office paper can eliminate 30-70% of your waste? By participating in your office recycling program, or starting one of your own, you can help save Earth's most precious resource - the environment

Looking for recycling containers for your office or business? Check out our RECYCLING CONTAINER DIRECTORY to explore container options.

Waste Reduction Tips

• Double side photocopies. Not only does it save paper, but it also reduces mailing costs and condenses filing spaces.

• Buy recycled products. Look for products with recycled content and packaging.

• Place old office papers in a box marked "recycle" if you don't have an individual recycling bin for your desk. Transfer those papers to the central recycling bin at the end of the day.

• Proof documents on your computer before printing.

• Share journals, magazines, newsletters and newspapers rather than having several copies. This will also reduce your subscription costs!

• Use coffee mugs instead of Styrofoam or paper cups.

• Create "scratch paper" and memo pads from old stationary.

• Remove obsolete names of you mailing lists regularly. It will save you the cost of printing and mailing unnecessary publications and letters.

What can we recycle?

IN:

• White computer or printer paper.
• White stationary and notepads
• Magazines
• Index cards
• Manila file folders
• Plain envelopes
• Newspaper and inserts
• Junk mail (please remove cellophane windows)
• Phone books
• Cardboard*(Flattened and cut down into a maximum of 3 ft squares if placed in 95-gallon rolling cart)

OUT:

• Paper ream wrappers
• Carbon Paper
• Food wrappers
• Waxed paper