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Wake Technical Community College

Wake Technical Community College. Stephen Hardin Gary Collins . General Assembly 130A-309.10 . Passed in 2009 and took affect as of July 1, 2009. Aluminum Cans Plastic Bottles Computer Monitor Land fields Watch Video at WralTV5. How To Get Started. Identify What To Recycle

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Wake Technical Community College

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  1. Wake Technical Community College Stephen Hardin Gary Collins

  2. General Assembly 130A-309.10 • Passed in 2009 and took affect as of July 1, 2009. • Aluminum Cans • Plastic Bottles • Computer • Monitor Land fields • Watch Video at WralTV5.

  3. How To Get Started • Identify What To Recycle • Policy Procedure • Create a Recycle Team • Get Students Involved • Get Faculty & Staff Involved • Contract Responsibility

  4. Identify What To Recycle • Paper • Plastic Bottles/Containers • Card Board • Computers • Material Waste • Food Waste • Motor Oil • Light Bulbs

  5. Policy & Procedure • Location for Bins • High traffic areas • Lobby • Cafeteria • Written Procedure • Who, what, when, where, why of what to recycle and don’t forget why

  6. Create A Recycle Team • Visit other locations • Invite others from each buildings or department • Use your current custodial staff • Contact your local Waste Management contractor.

  7. Get Involved • Create a Student Environmental Club • During outside/inside invents make sure recycle containers are visible • Have a recycle day/week

  8. Sticker LabelsMake sure containers are visible marked

  9. Location That Make Sense • Fax Machine • Copier Locations • Printers • Vending Areas • Common Areas • Conference Rooms

  10. Wake Tech Facts • Contract with Waste Management • Each location has different schedule due to the needs • Our recycle material is sold by our contractor which in return gives us a lower cost

  11. Wake Tech Facts • 10,750 cubic yards of waste per year • 24,000 tons of aluminum cans, scrap metal, etc • 26,600 tons of computers, printers, copiers, TV’s • (How Much We Sent To State Surplus) • 2 tons of batteries, motor oil, tires • Mailroom, empty HP cartridges are recycle • $20,000 in grants to purchase more recycle bins. Check with your local county for grants

  12. SMO Involvement • Member of WTCC’s Energy Conservation Committee • Sub Committee for Recycling • Reclaim Natural Resources and Help Minimize Waste • Recognized Other Improvements that could be made: • Set Printers and Fax Machines’ Default to Print Double Sided • Change Toilet Paper and Paper Towels to Coreless

  13. SMO Involvement • Campus Wide Education • Official Campus Recycling Guide • New Employee Training • Posters • Kick-off Party • Containers • Specific Recycling Container Tops • Rubbermaid “Untouchable” series • Bottle and Can Top • Paper recycling Top

  14. SMO Involvement • Employees Deposit Recycling Materials Into Centrally Located Recycling Containers • Collect Recycling Materials from Centrally Located Bins • Take Collected Materials to Designated Totes Outside the Buildings • Cardboard is Collected and Taken to the Cardboard Dumpsters (4 at Main Campus) • Staff/Faculty Notifies Us Bulk Cardboard

  15. SMO Involvement • Plastic Bottles and Cans are Emptied 1/wk or As Needed • Vending Company Also Has Bottle Collection Bins • Outside Recycling Containers • Close to the Building – SMO • Away From the Building – Landscaper

  16. Recycling Program atWake Technical Community College Stephen Hardin Gary Collins

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