1 Recycling at EPA Beyond the Basics Dexter Johnson Sustainable Facilities Practices Branch Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments July 15, 2010.

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1 Recycling at EPA Beyond the Basics Dexter Johnson Sustainable Facilities Practices Branch Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments July 15, 2010

2 EPA Headquarters Recycling Program Scope 7,500 full-time employees 10 buildings in DC and Virginia U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) serves five Federal Triangle buildings Private haulers serve commercially leased buildings

3 Typical Materials Recycled at EPA Paper Corrugated cardboard Plastic bottles (#1 and #2) Aluminum, steel, and tin cans Glass bottles

4 Other Materials Recycled at EPA Toner cartridges and inkjet cartridges Electronic equipment (e.g., computers, monitors, fax machines) Batteries Cell phones Technotrash Tyvek ® envelopes Metal hangers Cooking oil Oil and oil filters Fluorescent tubes and bulbs Solvents Polystyrene packaging material and peanuts Plastic grocery bags Shrink wrap Tires

5 Electronic Equipment What: Employee personal computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, other peripherals Where: Offices Recyclers:  UNICOR, Maryland facility Janice Aragon (202)  Since 2009, EPA leases equipment through CTS, which takes back all computers and laptops  GSA Computers for Learning: Donated to schools  GSAXcess: Redistributed to other federal agencies for reuse Results: 1,000 lbs collected in 2010

6 Batteries What: Rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries Where: Main copy rooms Recycler: INMETCO, Inc. One INMETCO Drive Ellwood City, PA (724) 758 ‑ Results: Average 400 lbs/quarter

7 Technotrash What: CDs, DVDs, jewel cases, video/audio/computer tapes and cases, diskettes Where: Employees place materials in interoffice envelope and send to designated room Recycler: Green Disk (800) 305 ‑ DISK Results: Approximately 170 lbs/quarter

8 Plastic Grocery Bags What: Plastic film bags (shopping bags) Where: Specified pantries and copy rooms on each floor at four main DC buildings Recycler: Georgetown Paper Stock of Rockville Southlawn Lane Rockville, MD (301) 762 ‑ 6990 Results: EPA does not collect data

9 For More Information Dexter Johnson Headquarters Environmental Management System & Recycling Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (202)