In fiscal year 2008-09, the Division of Facility Management (FM) was able to divert more than 1,329 tons of office waste from the landfills to recycling markets under the Office Recycling Services Contract. This year, we anticipate that total will increase as a result of HB1465, which bans the disposal of rigid plastic containers – including beverage bottles – into solid waste facilities in North Carolina.
The ban is effective Oct. 1. For details on which plastic items must be recycled and which non-recyclable plastics should be disposed of with general trash, click here.
As part of its Recycling Services Contract, FM is providing basic recycling containers for the collection and recycling of plastic in state-owned and -maintained buildings located in the Raleigh/Wake County region. Agencies located elsewhere will need to make their own arrangements.
As a reminder, FM provides for the collection and recycling of the following items: plastic, glass, aluminum, paper, shredded material, magazines, maps and glossy material.
For additional tools and information on recycling programs in state government facilities, contact FM Recycling Coordinator Patricia Scurlock at patricia.scurlock@doa.nc.gov. The N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance provides additional resources and tools for the business, home, state and local government on recycling programs and disposal of banned landfill materials on its website at http://www.p2pays.org.
