Recycling


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    College of the Siskiyous is committed

    to the three R's of Recycling:

    Reducing, Reusing, Recycling

 

 

What we do

Reduce:
     Use e-mail instead of hard copy for correspondence whenever possible
     Double-side printing whenever possible
     Make electronic forms available for public use
     Publish schedules, catalogs and manuals on-line to reduce volume of printed material
Reuse:
     Purchase recycled content materials whenever possible
     Property reutilization
     Surplus sales and donations to other organizations
Recycle:
     Paper (copy paper, magazines, newspapers, envelopes, posters, junk mail, post-it notes, calculator paper, phone books, programs, paper wrappers)
     Cardboard
     Beverage containers
     Oil/tallow
     Metal
     Grasscycle (lawn clippings)
     Chip/mulch/compost wood waste
     Toner cartridges

For More Information Contact

Lori Luddon
luddon@siskiyous.edu
530-938-5304

2009 Facts:

 Total tonnage disposed: 76.5 tons
 Annual Per Capita Disposal (lbs/emp/day): 0.5

Many thanks to the COS Foundation for awarding the recycling program a grant for fall 2008. We were able to purchase deskside containers and large collection cans for the buildings for our paper collections.



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