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Achieving Zero Waste at Cal
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Campus Recycling and Refuse Services
• Physical Plant and Campus Services (PPCS) • Oversees recycling, compost, and refuse services • Responsible for the UC Zero Waste Goal
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CRRS Student Groups
• Funded by TGIF Grants • Waste Audit Team • Zero Waste Research Center • Compost Alliance • Zero Waste Events
• Funded by CRRS
• Waste Reduction and Recycling Staff • ReUSE
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Achieving Zero Waste
UC Zero Waste Goal • 50% by 2008 • 75% by 2012 • Zero Waste by 2020
4 R’s
• Reduce • Reuse • Recycle • Rot (Compost)
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The Basics: Reducing
• Purchase items with less packaging
• Purchase items that can be recycled, composted, or reused
• Purchase only what will you will use
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The Basics: Reusing • Use ReUSE stations, contact ReUSE during office clean-outs
• Use reusable water bottles, mugs, plates, cutlery,
handkerchiefs, and shopping bags instead of disposable ones
• For office parties use reusable cups, plates, and cutlery instead of disposable items
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The Basics: Recycling
• Mixed Paper Recycling
• Bottle & Can Recycling
• Compost
• Landfill
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The Basics: Paper Recycling
YES NO
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The Basics: Bottle & Can Recycling
YES NO
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STRIVING FOR ZERO WASTE
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The Basics: Composting
YES NO
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STRIVING FOR ZERO WASTE
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The Basics: Landfill
YES NO
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The Mini-Bin System
Mixed Paper Recycling Recycling 1 ton of paper (200 full mixed paper bins): - Saves 17 trees & 7,000 - Saves 3.3 cub yards of landfill
space
Not using bag liners for 200 mini-bins saves the equivalent of 2 gallons of gas
One full mini-bin costs Cal money to send to landfill
One full mixed paper bin generates revenue for Cal
The Mini-Bin - Promotes reuse - Eliminates odors and pests
Promotes recycling and waste reduction!
Use me again and again and
again!
Over 70% of office waste is
recyclable!
striving for zero waste
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Questions?
Campus Recycling and Refuse Services
– Website: http://recycle.berkeley.edu
– Phone: (510) 643-4612
Send questions to: [email protected]
