Technical Assistance
The Recycling Program staff can help businesses identify waste streams, suggest waste reduction strategies, assist in establishing and maintaining recycling programs, recycling collection, and employee education. The Recycling Program staff is also available for presentations and company fairs. Call the Recycling Program at 496-5910 for assistance with your waste reduction and recycling needs.

• Business Recycler Newsletter
  The Business Recycler is published three times per year and features practical solutions for businesses with the goal of using less, recycling the rest.
  
• Business Junk Mail Reduction
  Reduce junk mail at the office with these junk mail reduction strategies.
  
• The Recyclopedia
  Use this reuse and recycling resource for matching items such as plastics, pallets, office furniture, binders with either a reuse or recycling option and keep valuable materials out of the landfill.
  
• Buying Recycled Content
  You're not really recycling unless you are creating a demand for products made from recycled materials. Demand is created through your purchase of recycled content products.
• The PaperLess Plan
  A poster and diskette featuring a step by step action plan can help your company use less paper, save natural resources, and money. The PaperLess...It's Better for Business" plan enables you to make a difference. Call the Recycling Program for your copy or download it in PDF format from the Santa Clara County Office of Integrated Waste Management at www.reduceWaste.org.

Call the Recycling Program for the following business resources.

Waste Reduction Ideas for:

• Offices
• Retail Stores
• Food Services
• Hospitals
• Hotels and Motels
• Landscape Industry
• Meetings and Conferences
• Packaging
• Printing Industry

Tips for:

• Encouraging Top Management to Support Waste Reduction Efforts
• Motivating Employees to Change Old Habits
• Environmental Policies for Business
• Creating a Paper Reduction Campaign
• Purchasing for Waste Reduction