Recycling Efforts
Reported by
•
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State Agencies
Colleges &
Universities
(publicly funded)
Where MSW goes in SC
Recycled
1,551,365 tons
Landfilled
3,235,738 tons
Incinerated
224,919 tons
MSW Recycling & Disposal
Goals & Rates
• Recycling Goal
– Goal:
35 percent
– Actual:
31 percent
• Disposal Goal
– Goal:
– Actual:
3.5 pounds per person
per day
4.4 pounds per person
per day
S.C. Solid Waste Policy and
Management Act says:
• All state agencies shall procure
products and materials with recycled
content. It is the goal of the General
Assembly for state agencies to reflect a
25 percent goal in their procurement
policies.
Section 44-96-140 (E).
The challenge of tracking
recycled-content data – would
require changes to current system
• Add a new data field in procurement data
information system.
The challenge of tracking
recycled-content data – would
require changes to current system
• Consider an electronic catalog of
environmentally friendly products linked to an
automated shopping system OR place symbols
in printed and electronic catalogs as well as
electronic shopping systems to identify
recycled-content products.
The challenge of tracking
recycled-content data – would
require changes to current system
• Automatically substitute recycled-content
products when filling orders for copier paper
and other widely available recycled content
products.
Record Keeping
• Using a tracking
form enables
organization to
measure growth
and success of
‘green
purchasing’
program
S.C. Solid Waste Policy and
Management Act also says:
No later than September 15th of each
year, each state agency and state
supported school of higher learning
shall submit to [DHEC] a report
detailing its…recycling program and a
review of all goods and products
purchased during the previous fiscal
year…containing recycled materials.
Section 44-96-140 (E).
Reports submitted in FY07
• Sixty-one state
agencies
reported on their
efforts
• Twenty-four
state-supported
schools
submitted a
report
By the Numbers:
In FY07, more than 17,000 tons of
material were recycled by state
agencies as well as colleges and
universities.
The No. 1 material recycled by state agencies
as well as colleges and universities was office
paper, followed by cardboard.
In regards to buying recycled content
products, copy paper was the No. 1 item,
followed by recycled-content toner and/or
ink-jet cartridges.
Of those who responded, 57 percent of state
agencies and 69 percent of colleges and
universities reported purchasing recycled
copy paper.
State Agency and Colleges &
Universities Recycling Report
for FY07
www.scdhec.gov/recycle and click
on Resource Center (to the left).
More Information:
Elizabeth Rosinski
rosinsev@dhec.sc.gov
803.896.4238
DHEC’s Office of Solid Waste Reduction
and Recycling
1.800.768.7348
www.scdhec.gov/recycle
fax: 803.896.4001