it's your business to recycle!
Curbside Service - Residential and business routes (outside the Central Business District) are currently in operation. The service, recycling bins and implementation assistance is provided at no extra charge for City garbage customers. For more information, please call 864-467-8300 or email wooda@greatergreenville.com.
All other businesses (and residents) are welcome to use the recycling center at 800 E. Stone Avenue which is open 24 hours, 7 days a week. Businesses can also check the Index of Waste Minimization Resources which lists many vendors who provide recycling services for materials such as textiles, pallets, oil, etc. Check: http://www.scdhec.gov/eqc/admin/html/
wmrindex.html
Read on for more business recycling assistance:
With almost 1500 members, Freecycle Greenville is growing fast. And proving daily that one man's trash is indeed another man (or woman's)
treasure.
Freecycle Greenville is a web-based group whose members are dedicated to
the giving away of useful but unwanted goods to keep them out of landfills and maybe help someone less fortunate in the process. Items posted here must be FREE, LEGAL AND APPROPRIATE for all ages. No spam, politics or
general crankiness allowed. Any one can join but members are expected to not only take items but offer them as well. To join, visit us at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freecyclegreenville
useful business recycling links
http://www.scdhec.net/environment/lwm/recycle/
Do you have something you want to give away? Is there something you want that you don't want to pay for? Try Freecycle Greenville - a free waste exchange service! Click here to find out more!
use retailers who recycle
Want to know where your recycled paper goes? Want to commit to buying recycled or tree-free paper products?
FedEx KINKO'S stocks their self-serve copiers with recycled paper. Over the span of this year's "Green Holidays" (St. Patrick's Day - Earth Day - Arbor Day), FedEx Kinko's is also stocking a Green Machine copier at every U.S. location, featuring copy paper that is 100% postconsumer, processed chlorine free. They'll also plant a tree if you buy a ream of recycled copy paper or recycled content greeting cards at their store. Best of all, FedEx Kinko's announced in March 2003 a new Sustainable Forest-Based Products Policy, developed in consultation with Rainforest Action Network (RAN). The new policy promises to provide more and higher-content recycled papers, no use of old growth or endangered forest fibers, stock papers that are processed chlorine free, increase use of tree free papers, support source reduction such as double-sided copies, and work with suppliers to ensure that they also verify their sources and follow FedEx Kinko's guidelines.
STAPLES announced in November 2002 its commitment to phase out paper products from endangered forests and dramatically increase its sale of recycled paper, thanks to a campaign led by ForestEthics and Dogwood Alliance, with help from lots of other environmental groups around the country.
OFFICE DEPOT now carries its "Green Top" house brand of recycled paper with 35% postconsumer content at very competitive prices with many virgin copy papers. We've seen specials where it's sold at the same price as their house brand "red top" virgin copy paper.
Click the links below for more retail locations offering recycled paper products including cards and gift wrap.
http://www.conservatree.org/paper/
AddlProducts.shtml
http://www.conservatree.org/paper/Choose/
http://care2.greenhome.com/products/
SmallQuanGuide.shtml
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recycling containers and equipment
useful business recycling links and contacts
Markets and Sustainable Business Practices and Compliance---
www. scdhec.gov.environment/admin/compass
local SCDHEC contact: Susan Turner 241.1090
Battery recycling
Cardboard boxes
Tyvek envelopes: 866-33-TYVEK
Used oil: 1-800 So USE IT
fluorescent bulbs
Building Materials and Furniture
Start your own business recycling program
Business recycling tips
Environmentally friendly shopping: organic, recycled and more!
http://www.greatergreenville.com/city_services/
buy_recycled.asp
EPA's Waste Wise Program
www.epa.gov/wastewise
Smart Offices
www.smartoffice.com
Reuse Development Organization
www.redo.org
National Resources Defense Council
www.nrdc.org
America Recycles Day
www.americarecyclesday.org
Sustainable Building
www.greenbuilder.com/sourcebook
Plastic Resources
www.plasticsresource.com
Southern Waste Information Exchange
www.enviroworld.com/swix
South Carolina Waste Exchange
http://www.scdhec.gov/lwm/scme/
Office Supplies
www.treeco.com
www.recyclexchange.com
www.ecomall.com
Computer Equipment
Dell Computer Recycling and the Cristina Foundationthrowplace.com
sharetechnology.com
Rotary Club of Clemson
Computers for Kids Program
Contact: Jack Henson 864-654-2276
This program refurbishes computer systems for households in need who have early elementary aged children.
Contact the Goodwill Computer Store in Simpsonville for refurbishing and recycling options. Goodwill computer drop-off locations can also be found at the Blackberry Valley, O'Neal, Piedmont and Enoree County-run convenience centers. To contact the County Solid Waste Division, please call 864-297-8558.
Donation: Some public schools, churches, and non-profit organizations accept some used computer equipment for reuse. You will need to call to confirm prior to delivery. For more information on electronics recycling:
Costco has formed a partnership with GreenSight Technologies LLC to offer consumers cash incentives for recycling certain types of electronics. If the equipment has trade-in value, they will receive payments in the form of Costco cash cards.
Learn about computer manufacturer recycling programs.
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