Achievements
Waste Prevention
2 tons of paper
62 tons of organics
Recycling Collection
347 tons of paper
3 tons of plastic
157 tons of metals
Buy-Recycled
$1 million spent
NASA Launches
Green Team
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's various
WasteWise activities demonstrate its hard work to
successfully reduce solid waste. In addition to launch-
ing a 'green team' in 1998 to promote waste prevention
and recycling activities, Goddard Space Flight Center
reduced nearly 3 tons of paper waste and saved $10,600 through a series of office
waste reduction programs, including switching to an electronic employee newsletter.
"Technology is becoming the biggest saver of paper in our Center. As organizations
find themselves in budget crunches, more and more are looking at putting informa-
tion on the Internet to save on printing and paper costs," explains Darlene Walter,
Environmental Protection Specialist. Goddard also recycled paper, plastic, and metal
and composted yard waste. Furthermore, the facility reported purchasing nearly $1
million of recycled-content products.
Being WasteWise Is Free, Flexible, and Rewarding
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Sign Up.
Simply fill out and send in the enclosed registration form or register online at
. Federal partners can sign up as headquarters, a bureau,
a region, an individual facility, or other agency unit.
Set Goals.
A WasteWise partner representative will assist you in identifying practical and
measurable goals, tailored to your specific needs, in the core program areas of waste
prevention, recycling collection, and buying recycled-content products. To accommo-
date EO 13101 directives, WasteWise designed a flexible 5-year goal implementation
period for federal partners.
Track and Report Progress.
Once you set goals and begin implementing the program, monitor your program's
progress. Update WasteWise on your accomplishments at the beginning of each
calendar year.
Be Recognized.
In addition to all the products and services offered by WasteWise, EPA provides
national and local recognition for your successful waste reduction efforts. WasteWise
highlights partner achievements through publicized events including regional and
national forums, recognition certificates, press releases, EPA publications (both
printed and on the Internet), and the annual Partner of the Year awards program.
United States
Environmental Protection
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Solid Waste And
Emergency Response
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EPA 530-F-00-005
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Teaming Up
with
WasteWise
Imagine you
were given an
enormous task.
A task that
could be very
difficult to
accomplish
on your own.
Why go it
alone when an
established team
is already in
place to help?
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Preserving Resources,
Preventing Waste
How Does Teaming Up with Waste Wise Help?
Through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Waste Wise
Program, federal agencies can do more to stretch limited resources, improve
operational efficiencies, and minimize the environmental impacts of their
everyday activities. Hundreds of other governments, major corporations, and
institutions have reaped the benefits of this national network. Waste Wise can also help
your agency comply with Executive Order (EO) 13101 directives to prevent waste,
recycle, and buy recycled-content products.
Waste Wise has already helped nearly 1,000 of America's leading businesses, institutions,
and governments save over $830 million in avoided disposal costs, prevent more than
2.4 million tons of waste, and recycle 24 million tons. With this proven track record,
Waste Wise offers an established framework to help your agency meet EO 13101 direc-
tives. Waste Wise will assist you in designing EO 13101 /Waste Wise goals; provide tech-
nical assistance on municipal solid waste issues; and help you measure and quantify
waste prevention, recycling collection, and buy-recycled activities.
Established in 1994, Waste Wise is a free, voluntary partnership program designed to
assist and challenge organizations to find savings through innovative waste reduction
activities. Every day, Waste Wise partners demonstrate that solid waste reduction cuts
costs and increases efficiency.
WasteWise Brings
EO 13101 Alive
Executive Order 13101
Directs Federal Agencies to:
EPA s WasteWise Program:
* Implement cost-effective waste prevention,
recycling, and buy-recycled programs.
* Provides focused information and experi-
ence on waste prevention, recycling
collection, and buy-recycled programs.
* Set goals, track and measure results,
and report progress.
* Provides individualized technical assistance
to set goals, track results, and report annual
progress.
* Design, implement, and document
programs and results.
* Offers a well-developed approach to
program design, implementation, and
documentation of results.
* Provide internal recognition for
successful efforts.
* Assembles local and national recognition
events to promote partners successful
efforts.
UNITED STATES
rz^m POSTAL SERVICE
"The U.S. Postal Service [USPS] Northeast Area has greatly improved its commitment to waste reduction through
standard operating procedures. We've been busy training more than 1,000 postmasters about waste prevention,
recycling collection, and purchasing products made with recycled content, and our efforts are really paying
off," says Charles Vidich, the Northeast Area Environmental Compliance
Coordinator. Remarkably, this USPS region has reduced its solid waste by
50 percent since 1992.
In 1998, USPS Northeast Area reported saving $76,000 by eliminating more than
1,000 tons of undeliverable bulk mail by working with its mailers on improved
addressing and mail list management. The Northeast Area donated off-specifica-
tion and obsolete materials to local charities and recycled more than 44,250 tons
of paper, plastic, metal, and wood. In addition, savings from recycling activities
reached $2.3 million. The Northeast Area spent $3.7 million on recycled-content
products, and the nine USPS districts in the region tested and approved the use of
30 percent postconsumer paper made from undeliverable mail, proving that
closed-loop systems are viable. For delivering outstanding results, USPS Northeast
Area received the 1999 WasteWise Federal Government Partner of the Year award.
CLOSURE
Achievements
Waste Prevention
1,000 tons of bulk mail
Recycling Collection
41,500 tons of paper
106 tons of plastic
1,000 tons of metals
1,650 tons of wood
Buy-Recycled
$3.7 million spent
Rocky Flats Reduces Mountains of Wastes
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, a U.S. Department of Energy
facility, is proving to be adept at reducing its waste. "Rocky Flats' waste
prevention, recycling, and affirmative procurement activities are successful
because we have a well-instilled culture of environmental stewardship on site.
WasteWise gives us ideas and focus for our waste prevention goals," says Carol
Patnoe, Pollution Prevention Program Manager.
By switching to online employee phone books, Rocky Flats eliminates nearly
5 tons of paper and saves $30,000 each year in printing, graphics, and prepara-
tion costs. In addition, the online phone book is easier to use, frequently updated,
instantly accessible, and easily transferable. Rocky Flats also eliminated approxi-
mately 6 tons of paper and saved $7,000 by using electronic media for other
documents. Besides recycling paper, plastic, and metal, Rocky Flats spent more
than $636,000 on recycled-content products and donated or sold 36,000 pieces
of equipment, machinery, computers, and furniture from buildings scheduled
for demolition.
ROCKY FLATS CLOSURE PROJECT
Achievements
Waste Prevention
5 tons of phone books
6 tons of office paper
Recycling Collection
341 tons of paper
2.5 tons of plastic
850 tons of metals
Buy-Recycled
$636,000 spent
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