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How does the program work?
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here to view a detailed PowerPoint presentation on setting
up an office paper recycling program
Participating City Buildings
Assistance
About 85% of our trash can be recycled. It
is estimated that each of us currently generates more than
a pound of recyclable paper every day. That really
adds up!
How does the program work?
The 4-step Office Paper Recycling Program,
illustrated below, makes recycling easy.
 1
Employees separate recyclable paper (colored and white)
into desk-top folders or desk-side box
City employees are provided with desktop folders or desk-side
boxes to make it easy to sort recyclable office paper while
you work. The tabbed divider in your folder or the
partition in your in the box is designed to separate the
white paper from the colored/newspaper.
 2
Employees empty full folders into centralized drop-off
containers, usually located near copy machines
If you work in a heavy paper generating area, you may deposit
your paper into the large blue recycling carts.
Please make sure you put only paper that can be recycled
into the containers. The wrong type of paper can contaminate
and ruin an entire batch of recyclable paper. (See
below for what can and can't be recycled.)
Flatten corrugated cardboard boxes and leave them
alongside the stackable containers.
 3
Custodial staff collects paper from centralized drop-off
containers
 4
Recyclable paper is picked up by a waste hauler or recycler.
What can and cannot be recycled?
You can recycle...
White bond paper, including:
- Typing paper
- Letterhead
- Copier paper
- Memos
- Computer paper
(incl. green and multi-stripe bar)
Colored paper, including:
- Colored bond paper
- Carbonless forms
- Manila folders
- Self-stick notes
Newspaper
Cardboard (flatten and leave next to bins)
(Staples need not be removed from any type of paper)
You cannot recycle...
- Telephone books
- Carbon paper
- Thermal fax paper
- Envelopes
- Photographs and blueprints
- Glossy, coated paper
- Rubber bands
- Paper clips
- Binders: glued, metal & spiral
- Gummed labels, adhesives
- Wrappers, bags, hand towels,
tissues, napkins, paper cups & plates
- HI-5 containers
(aluminum cans, glass and plastic bottles) can be deposited
in the public recycling containers located
on
the ground
floor in your building, or your area may have its own HI-5
beverage container recycling program.
Who is part of the City recycling
program?
The following locations are part of the contracted City
collection program:
Board of Water Supply - Beretania Street
Board of Water Supply - Pearl City
Facility Maintenance - Halawa
Facility Maintenance - Parks & Recreation, Pearl City
Fasi Municipal Building
Gibson Building
Honolulu Fire Department - Training Center
Honolulu Fire Department - Waipahu
Honolulu Hale
Honolulu Police Deparment - Headquarters
Honolulu Police Deparment - Kapolei
Honolulu Police Deparment - Pearl City
Honolulu Police Academy - Waipahu
Kapolei Hale
Neil Blaisdell Center
Oahu Transit Service - Pearl City
Oahu Transit Service - Middle Street
Assistance
If you would like to set up a recycling program for an
office at a remote location, please email info@opala.org,
or call the City's Recycling Office at 768-3200.
How can I obtain further assistance? We can assist you
if you need equipment, educational materials, or someone
to come to your office and make a presentation. Email us
at info@opala.org or call
the City's Recycling Office at 768-3200.
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