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 • Policy Procedure • Create a Recycle Team • Get Students Involved • Get Faculty & Staff Involved • Contract Responsibility

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

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

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.

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

Sticker Labels Make sure containers are visible marked

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

• 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

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

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

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

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

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

Recycling Program at Wake Technical Community College Stephen Hardin Gary Collins