Getting Started

EARTH 911 has put together a detailed Office Recycling Guidelines page for starting a recycling program.  http://www.earth911.org/master.asp?s=lib&a=brrc/RecyclingGuide.asp  The following guidelines are from the EARTH 911 page.

Select a recycling coordinator for the office, building, or floor.

Know what to collect

Know the local recycling market

Decide on a collection method

Keep recyclables clean

Recycling hauling options, drop-off or pick up service

Program implimentation

Monitor your program

Close the loop, buy products with recycled content in your office

In Escambia County these questions and others like them can be answered by contacting the Department of Solid Waste Management/ Recycling Operations at (850) 937-2160

College and University Recycling:

• Florida Atlantic University’s Materials Recovery Program, an Innovative Grant Program
  
• University of Oregon ’s web site about their recycling efforts, site also contains many great links such as one for cell phone reuse!
  http://www.uoregon.edu/~recycle/main.htm
• International Institute for Sustainable Development - greening the campus, Tools for Decision Makers
  http://iisd1.iisd.ca/educate/
• National Wildlife Federation campus ecology site
  http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/
• Harvard University’s waste reduction program
  http://www.uos.harvard.edu/information/dep_fac_sol.shtml
• A group that will come to your campus and help organize dorm recycling that benefits non-profit organizations
  http://www.dumpandrun.org/
• School-University Recycling Training: School-University Recycling Training(powerpoint)
  This presentation demonstrates how several schools have started recycling programs and saved money.

Correctional Institution Recycling:

• Waste Reduction and Recycling Guide for Florida Correctional Facilities

Hospital Recycling:

• Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, a national initiative between the American Hospital Association and the EPA, with a goal of mercury reduction
  http://www.h2e-online.org
• Environmental Self-Assessment Tool for Health Care Facilities This file is in the form of an extensive checklist of safety and environmental guidelines.
  http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/ppu/esahcf.pdf
• Healthcare Without Harm - aims to eliminate pollution in healthcare practices
  http://www.noharm.org
• Sustainable Hospitals project from the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
  http://www.sustainablehospitals.org