 Encourage students and school staff to start recycling everything that cannot be reused and purchasing items that can be or have been recycled. Encourage your students to recycle paper, aluminum, plastic, bottles and cans, cell phones, printer cartridges and electronic waste.
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City of San José
Environmental Services Department
San Jose Go Green Schools Program
10th Floor, Tower, 200 E. Santa Clara Street
San José, CA 95113
Phone: (408) 975-2533
sjgreenschools@sanjoseca.gov
www.sanjoseca.gov/esd/schools/default.asp
Provides
free recycling bins and containers for paper, bottles and cans in partnership
with RAFT and assists schools in setting up recycling programs,
conducting waste assessments, and finding a recyclables hauler. To obtain a
voucher to pick up recycling containers for your San Jose School, email sjgreenschools@sanjoseca.gov.
City of San José
Environmental Services Department
Recyclers and Haulers
www.sjrecycles.org/business/recyclers-haulers.asp
Contains
a list of franchised recyclers and haulers operating in San José.
San Jose Conservation Corps
Gina Garcia: (408) 287-9919x18
The Corps will work with south Bay Area schools to pick up bottles and cans and paper schools collect for recycling at no charge to schools. It will also pick up small electronic items for recycling.
Yes-U-Can Recycling
Brian Ramirez: (408) 390-0997
Free pick up of paper and bottles/cans from local schools with a percentage of redemption funds returned to the school.
Keep America Beautiful
School Recycling Guide
(203) 323-8987
http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=tools_teachers
Recycling program development
tools for middle schools through junior college.
Smurfit
- Stone Recycling
205 E. Alma Avenue
San José, CA 95112
Keith Miller
kmiller2@smurftit.com
http://www.smurfit.com/content/products/Recycling_and_Waste_Solutions/
Recycled
paper manufacturer, purchases paper for recycling.
Phoneraiser
www.phoneraiser.com
Recycles cell phones,
offering $3 per phone.
Recellular
www.wirelessrecycling.com
Recycles cell phones, offering $1-10 per phone. |
