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

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

4. 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. 5 Electronic Equipment What: Employee personal computers, laptops, printers, fax machines, other peripherals Where: Offices Recyclers:  UNICOR, Maryland facility Janice Aragon (202) 305-3768 jaragon@central.unicor.gov  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. 6 Batteries What: Rechargeable and non-rechargeable batteries Where: Main copy rooms Recycler: INMETCO, Inc. One INMETCO Drive Ellwood City, PA 16117 (724) 758 ‑ 2800 www.inmetco.com Results: Average 400 lbs/quarter

7. 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 www.greendisk.com Results: Approximately 170 lbs/quarter

8. 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 14820 Southlawn Lane Rockville, MD 20850 (301) 762 ‑ 6990 Results: EPA does not collect data

9. 9 For More Information Dexter Johnson Headquarters Environmental Management System & Recycling Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (202) 564-0179 johnson.dexter@epa.gov