California is on a mission towards 'Zero Waste' and the City of Carlsbad is doing its part to help the state reach its goal of diverting 75 percent of waste from landfills. As the environmental services provider for the City of Carlsbad, Waste Management is working with the City to bring all Carlsbad businesses in compliance with the City's recycling requirement and into compliance with Gov. Brown's legislation, Assembly Bill 341 which requires businesses that generate four yards or more per week of solid waste and multi-family complexes with five units or more to have a recycling program in place. Here are some tips for meeting the mandates of the law.
Compliance with AB 341 is easy
By implementing a recycling program in your office, you can significantly reduce the amount of waste you throw out, comply with the City's recycling requirement, and possibly lower your monthly service rate.
Whether you have an existing recycling program or starting from scratch-here are some quick and easy tips:
Appoint an office champion
Identify someone who will take ownership of managing your recycling program and coordinate employee participation.
Request a free site assessment
A Waste Management recycling coordinator will conduct a comprehensive site assessment to determine ways you can reduce waste and increase recycling. The assessment also includes determining appropriate levels of service that best suit your needs, as well as free staff training to sustain the program. Call to set up your site assessment at 760-754-4149.
Recycle
Place a desk-side recycling container (an empty copier paper carton will suffice) at every desk. Collect paper, bottles, cans, and cardboard/paperboard from all your employees. Recycle old printer cartridges using mail-back containers from the supplier.
Reduce
Think before printing a document. E-mail information to co-workers instead of using a hard copy. By reducing the amount of material going into your trash bins and increasing the level of recycling, you will have immediate impact on your monthly trash rate.
Reuse
Encourage employees to re-use. Use paper already printed on one side for notes or printing drafts on the other. Bring your lunch to work in reusable containers. Drink coffee out of mugs or bring a travel mug with you to the coffee shop.
Rot (compost)
Organics comprise nearly one-third of the materials found in the trash. Starting a food scraps program helps eliminate food from the trash and contributes to the creation of compost helping to conserve natural resources.
Waste Management's Green the Office program provides the basic tools you need in order to get your office recycling program off and running. WM provides a step-by-step program outline, pdfs you can turn into flyers, posters, magnets and stickers (see example below), and sustainability tips. You provide the waste and recycling containers. You may download materials by visiting http://northcounty.wm.com
Compliance with AB 341 is easy
By implementing a recycling program in your office, you can significantly reduce the amount of waste you throw out, comply with the City's recycling requirement, and possibly lower your monthly service rate.
Whether you have an existing recycling program or starting from scratch-here are some quick and easy tips:
Appoint an office champion
Identify someone who will take ownership of managing your recycling program and coordinate employee participation.
Request a free site assessment
A Waste Management recycling coordinator will conduct a comprehensive site assessment to determine ways you can reduce waste and increase recycling. The assessment also includes determining appropriate levels of service that best suit your needs, as well as free staff training to sustain the program. Call to set up your site assessment at 760-754-4149.
Recycle
Place a desk-side recycling container (an empty copier paper carton will suffice) at every desk. Collect paper, bottles, cans, and cardboard/paperboard from all your employees. Recycle old printer cartridges using mail-back containers from the supplier.
Reduce
Think before printing a document. E-mail information to co-workers instead of using a hard copy. By reducing the amount of material going into your trash bins and increasing the level of recycling, you will have immediate impact on your monthly trash rate.
Reuse
Encourage employees to re-use. Use paper already printed on one side for notes or printing drafts on the other. Bring your lunch to work in reusable containers. Drink coffee out of mugs or bring a travel mug with you to the coffee shop.
Rot (compost)
Organics comprise nearly one-third of the materials found in the trash. Starting a food scraps program helps eliminate food from the trash and contributes to the creation of compost helping to conserve natural resources.
Waste Management's Green the Office program provides the basic tools you need in order to get your office recycling program off and running. WM provides a step-by-step program outline, pdfs you can turn into flyers, posters, magnets and stickers (see example below), and sustainability tips. You provide the waste and recycling containers. You may download materials by visiting http://northcounty.wm.com