1. Do Now:
Many people know and say that recycling is the right and smart thing to do; however, The United States still only recycles 32% of their garbage. This makes the USA have one of the lowest rates of recycling in the world.
Are you part of the 32%? Why or why not?

2. Why recycle?

3. WHAT IS RECYCLING?
Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources and generates a host of environmental, financial, and social benefits. After collection, materials (e.g., glass, metal, plastics, and paper) are separated and sent to facilities that can process them into new products and materials.
What is Recycling?
Recycling turns materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable resources and generates a host of environmental, financial, and social benefits. After collection, materials (e.g., glass, metal, plastics, and paper) are separated and sent to facilities that can process them into new products and materials.

4. World Recycling Percentage

5. Positives of recycling
Decreases need for space for landfills.
Helps environment both from Air and Water pollution
Conserves energy.
Creates jobs
Saves limited resources
Saves money
United States alone, produced three pounds of trash per person daily making a total of 160 million tons per year. Costing 10 billion dollars annually to dispose

6. BENEFITS There are at least five benefits for recycling solid waste:
Economic
Environmental
Employee Morale
Corporate Image
Compliance
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF RECYCLING SOLID WASTE? 
There are at least five benefits for recycling solid waste:
Economic
Environmental
Employee Morale
Corporate Image
Compliance

7. BENEFITS
Economic
Potential economic advantages of waste prevention include:
Reduced waste disposal fees
Revenues from recycling commodities
Economic Benefits
Potential economic advantages of waste prevention include:
Reduced waste disposal fees
Revenues from recycling commodities

8. BENEFITS The environmental benefits include:
Reduced energy consumption
Reduced pollution
Conservation of natural resources
Extension of valuable landfill capacity
Stimulates the development of greener technologies
Prevents emissions of many greenhouse gases and water pollutants
Environmental
The environmental benefits include:
Reduced energy consumption
Reduced pollution
Conservation of natural resources
Extension of valuable landfill capacity
Stimulates the development of greener technologies
Prevents emissions of many greenhouse gases and water pollutants

9. BENEFITS Employee Morale
Employees morale improves when they see the company taking steps to reduce waste through recycling
This heightened morale could increase employee enthusiasm, productivity and more waste prevention measures
Some companies use recycling revenues for employee recreation (I.e. picnics, holiday parties etc.)
Employee Morale
Employee morale improves when they see the company taking steps to reduce waste.
This heightened morale could increase employee enthusiasm, productivity and more waste prevention measures.
Some companies use recycling revenues to pay for employee recreation (I.e. picnics, holiday parties etc.)

10. BENEFITS An enhanced corporate image might attract customers
When customers and the surrounding neighborhoods see that the company is environmentally conscious, it creates a favorable image of the company
An enhanced corporate image might attract customers
Surveys show that more and more consumers consider a firm's environmental record when making purchasing decisions
Corporate Image
When customers and the surrounding neighborhoods see that the company is environmentally conscious, it creates a favorable image of the company.
An enhanced corporate image might attract customers.
Surveys show that more and more consumers consider a firm's environmental record when making purchasing decisions.

11. BENEFITS
Compliance
Reducing solid waste through recycling can also mean compliance with local or state solid waste regulations
Some communities also restrict the amount or types of waste accepted at solid waste management facilities
By implementing an aggressive recycling program, your business can help ensure compliance with these requirements
Compliance
Reducing solid waste through recycling can also mean compliance with local or state solid waste regulations. Some states and localities in the United States require businesses to take steps to reduce or recycle their solid waste.
Some communities also restrict the amount or types of waste accepted at solid waste management facilities.
By implementing an aggressive recycling program, your business can help ensure compliance with these requirements.

12. Why Recycle It’s our job to leave the world as nice as we receive it.
To make sure future generations will be safe

13. Recycling facts
In a year we throw away enough cans to make a whole fleet of commercial planes.
The United States recycles 32 percent of all garbage.
That has doubled during the past 15 years
64 million tons recycled
100 million tons wasn’t recycled

14. How to fix the problem Sort your trash before you throw it away.
separate bins for each material
This will set an example for your kids
Become accountable for what you say and do and do the right thing.

15. KEY PEOPLE Step 1. – Key People - Select a Recycling Coordinator
The recycling coordinator will need to have good communication and organizational skills. Creativity, patience, persistence, a sense of humor, and good rapport with other people in your business are important character qualities
The following six steps will help you establish a recycling program.
Step 1. – Key People - Select a Recycling Coordinator
The recycling coordinator will need to have good communication and organizational skills. Creativity, patience, persistence, a sense of humor, and good rapport with other people in your business are important character qualities.
If you are the owner or manager of a small business, you will probably be the coordinator, at least in the beginning.
For small and mid-size companies, the coordinator will spend anywhere from a couple of days to a couple of weeks getting your recycling program off the ground. After that, he or she should need no more than a few hours a month to monitor it.

16. KEY PLAYERS A coordinator’s role typically includes:
Conduct a waste audit and determine what to recycle
Selecting the contractor
Designing the collection system
Educating employees
Tracking the program’s progress
Designate area monitors to assist the coordinator in:
- Keeping the collection containers free of non-recyclable material
- Notifying the coordinator if containers overflow
- Encouraging employee participation
Step 1. – Key People - Select a Recycling Coordinator
A coordinator’s role typically includes:
Conducting a waste audit and determining what to recycle
Selecting the contractor
Designing the collection system
Educating employees
Tracking the program’s progress
Depending on the size of your business, you may also need to designate area monitors to assist the coordinator in:
Keeping the collection containers free of non-recyclable material
Notifying the coordinator if containers overflow
Encouraging employee participation

17. KEY PEOPLE: Custodians
Always involve custodians in the planning process for any recycling program
Additional training may be necessary to familiarize them with new or alternative waste collection procedures
Realistically assess their safety concerns and how changes will affect their workload
The custodians commitment and cooperation in executing your recycling program are crucial to success
Step 1. - Key People - Janitors Always involve janitors in the planning process for any recycling program. Whether you have in-house janitors or contractors, invest the time to talk with them to gain a better understanding of your current waste handling and disposal practices. Additional training may be necessary to familiarize them with new or alternative waste collection procedures. Realistically assess their safety concerns and how changes will affect their workload. The size, weight, location, and number of containers are important. Consider these questions:
Will the janitors be able to empty them easily?
Where is the central point where recyclables are to be consolidated?
Will it take longer to empty recyclables than it takes to empty the garbage?
The janitors' commitment and cooperation in executing your recycling program are crucial to success. You may need to modify the janitorial contract to specify recycling services.

18. KEY PEOPLE: Food Handlers
Step 1. – Key People – Food Handlers
Food and other "wet wastes" contaminate dry recyclable waste unless you keep them in separate dumpsters
It may be possible to reduce food waste through the suggestions of food handlers
Donating food may be another alternative rather than disposal
Food waste can also be recycled through composting
Step 1. - Key People - Food Handlers
Food and other "wet wastes" contaminate dry recyclable waste unless you keep them in separate dumpsters.
It may be possible to reduce food waste through the suggestions of food handlers.
Donating food may be another alternative rather than disposal.
Food waste can also be recycled through composting.

19. KEY PEOPLE: Teachers Step 1. – Key People - Teachers
The materials generated during the day for a lesson.
It is necessary to provide the teacher with a staging area and time in which to separate the materials.
Step 1. - Key People - Construction Contractors The materials generated during the demolition phase of a renovation are mostly recyclable, and because of their mass and weight, they offer an enormous diversion opportunity as well as potential cost savings.
In order to realize savings from recycling demolition materials, it is necessary to provide the contractor with a staging area and time in which to separate the materials. If the contractor separates the materials, the value of the material can be rebated back to reduce hauling costs.
Concrete, for example, can be recycled at a much lower fee than landfilled.

20. WASTE AUDIT Step 2. – Conduct a Waste Audit
The reason to conduct a waste audit is to find out what’s in your trash
The waste audit will help you identify which materials to collect for recycling, what size and type of containers you will need, and what waste could possibly be prevented in the first place
Find out if your company or individual employees are already collecting any materials for recycling
A waste sort or “dumpster diving” should be the first place to gather “bottom line” information and should be done just prior to refuse pickup
Step 2. – Conducting a Waste Audit
The reason to conduct a waste audit is to find out what’s in your trash. It may not sound appealing, but it is the quickest, most practical method.
The waste audit will help you identify which materials to collect for recycling, what size and type of containers you will need, and what waste could possibly be prevented in the first place.
As part of your waste audit be sure to find out if your company or individual employees are already collecting any materials for recycling. You might want to include existing recycling activity in your collection system design.
A waste sort or “dumpster diving” should be the first place to gather “bottom line” information. It should be done just prior to refuse pickup. Make sure you are able to collect enough information from each facility dumpster.

21. WASTE AUDIT Step 2. – Conduct a Waste Audit
Gather the following materials and resources:
sorting tables
a large scale for weighing the waste
separate bins for each sorting category
gloves
surgical masks
a calculator
materials for recording data
Step 2. – Conducting a Waste Audit
The first step in doing a waste sort is to gather the following materials and resources: sorting tables, a large scale for weighing the waste, separate bins for each sorting category, gloves, surgical masks, a calculator, and materials for recording data.

22. WASTE AUDIT Step 2. – Conduct a Waste Audit Safety First!
Talk to your facility safety representative prior to doing a waste sort
Wear protective clothing such as long-sleeved shirts, pants, gloves, and surgical masks
If you discover any hazardous material, don’t touch it and contact your safety representative
Step 2. – Conducting a Waste Audit
Safety First!
Talk to your facility safety representative prior to doing a waste sort.
Wear protective clothing such as long-sleeved shirts, pants, gloves, and surgical masks.
Solid waste containers should not have hazardous materials in them. If you discover any hazardous material, don’t touch it. Contact your safety representative prior to continuing the waste sort.

23. WASTE AUDIT Step 2. – Conduct a Waste Audit
Once you have transferred all of the garbage to your sorting table, identify the materials you generate (for example, cardboard, office paper, and food waste)
Weigh each type of material and record your findings
Total the different amounts of waste found in each dumpster to find the “bottom line”
Do similar waste sorts within the facility to determine what size recycling containers you’ll need and where they should be placed
Step 2. – Conducting a Waste Audit
Once you have transferred all of the garbage to your sorting table, identify the materials you generate (for example, cardboard, office paper, and food waste).
Weigh each type of material and record your findings.
Total the different amounts of waste found in each dumpster to find the “bottom line.”
You’ll want to do similar waste sorts within the facility to determine what size recycling containers you’ll need and where they should be placed.

24. DECIDING WHAT TO RECYCLE
Step 3. – Deciding What to Recycle
Target materials with reliable markets, such as:
Aluminum
Corrugated cardboard
Used Oil
Copper/Brass
Office/Computer paper
Tires
Steel
Newspaper
Green Waste
Glass
Step 3. – Deciding What to Recycle
From your waste audit, determine which materials are generated in sufficient quantities to warrant collection in your recycling program.
For example, an auto repair shop would generate a lot of metals and used oil, but only a small amount of office paper. Although the office paper may be recyclable, the separate collection of this paper may cost more in time and effort than it is worth. Targeting the metals and used oil for recycling makes much more sense. An office building, on the other hand, should focus on paper and not be concerned with the incidental metals in their trash.
Target materials with reliable markets. The following materials are currently recyclable and have stable markets:
* Aluminum * Corrugated cardboard
* Used Oil * Copper/Brass
* Office/Computer paper * Tires
* Steel * Newspaper
* Green Waste * Glass