If your business is serious about reducing waste, using these project fact sheets will save you time and make your waste reduction decisions easier. These fact sheets not only show you what to do, but how to do it and why it makes sense. Hundreds of companies have saved money and reduced waste by implementing these and other projects.

WASTE PREVENTION/SOURCE REDUCTION

• Improve/Implement Office Paper Waste Reduction and Recycling

• Improve or Establish a "Packaging Reduction" Program

• Replace C-Fold and Paper Roll Towel Dispensers with Electric Hand Dryers in Rest Rooms

REUSE AND RECYCLING

• Crush and Recycle Metal Aerosol Cans and Recycle Paint Cans

• Recycle Drained and Crushed Oil Filters with a Metals Recycler

• Recycle Fluorescent Light Tubes

PROCUREMENT/RECYCLED MARKET DEVELOPMENT

• Develop a Facility-Specific Affirmative Procurement Project to Increase Purchase of Recycled-Content Products

TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL

• Purchase a Solid Waste Compactor