How to Start and Operate a Recycling Business


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The solid waste crisis has become a national problem. Landfills are filling up at an alarming rate & new ones are not being opened. Recycling is one immediate answer to this problem. It is estimated that at least 30 percent of ALL trash can be recycled! Our feature publication was written by people who are active in the recycling industry. Sections on the Environment, Items to be Recycled, Markets, Collection Programs & How to Start a Recycling Business are featured in this publication. For recycling to achieve its potential, businesses must join the millions of individual citizens who recycle every day. RMC Publishing Group, Ltd. has recently released a series of books written to help businesses implement recycling programs. "Restaurant Recycling Guide" (ISBN 0-9632789-3-2), "Bar & Tavern Recycling Guide" (ISBN 0-9632789-4-0), "Charities. How to Make Money Recycling" (ISBN 0-9632789-6-7), "Apartment Recycling Guide" (ISBN 0-9632789-7-5, "Hotel & Motel Recycling Guide" (ISBN 0-9632789-5-9), Business Office Recycling Guide" (ISBN 0-9632789-8-3) & "Recycling Alternatives for a City of 25,000" (ISBN 0-9632789-9-1) are NOW available. $7.95 per guide. Quantity & wholesale discounts available. RMC Publishing Group, Ltd., 713 Sandy Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76120. (800) 457-4167.




Business Guide to Waste Reduction and Recycling


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Discusses motivation for and implementation of waste reduction and recycling programs, organizing team effort, analyzing waste generation and disposal systems, identifying source reduction and reuse opportunities, developing collection and storage systems, establishing vendor contracts, conducting employee education and publicity campaign. Includes directories of recycling contacts and waste exchanges. Charts, graphs and drawings. Resource section. Highly rated!




A Business Guide to Recycling Market Development (in Minnesota)


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Provides an extensive listing & description of sources of financial & technical help available to Minnesota businesses working with recyclable materials. Serves as an aid in finding: grants, loans, & other financial assistance as well as technical expertise useful in developing a recycling business; suppliers of recyclable feedstock; tax incentives; & help in complying with environmental regulations. Also helps business through the process of developing a proposal to the Office of Environmental Assistance Market Development financial assistance program. Also includes a 37-page report by the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, Barriers to Recyclling Corrugated Cardboard & CarpetÓ (1995).




Business Guide for Reducing Solid Waste


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Offers step-by-step instructions designed to assist medium & large businesses, governments, & other organizations establish waste reduction programs. An overview on developing & implementing a waste reduction program is followed by a series of worksheets designed to help the waste reduction team conduct a waste assessment & devise a program tailored for its company' specific goals. Appendices include waste reduction ideas, regional EPA & State waste reduction program contacts, a glossary, volume-to-weight conversion tables, & a listing of common recyclable materials.




Trash to Cash


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If your company wants to save money currently spent on waste hauling, disposal, and clean-up costs, while protecting the environment, this is the book for you. Let Trash to Cash serve as your implementation guide to an effective, on-going corporate paper recycling and waste reduction program. Berman addresses the major issues and realities surrounding paper consumption and recycling. This prescriptive guide can show you how to achieve a financially successful program for your company. Fully illustrated, Trash to Cash contains practical and insightful case studies that demonstrate how successful programs have been created and kept alive at AT&T, McDonald's, Merrill Lynch and other role-model corporations. Learn how to be on target environmentally while saving your company thousands, even millions of dollars.










Recycling Waste Paper


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