Jefferson Lab’s Recycling Rates Improve again in 2003
By the end of calendar year 2003 EH&S Reporting and staff volunteers had established 16 fully functioning recycling centers as well as several satellite collection areas. Materials collected include: CDs/diskettes, inkjet cartridges, fax/copier/printer cartridges, transparencies, Tyvek® envelopes, greeting cards, packing materials, batteries, packing materials, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles. Since the inception of JLab’s recycling center program in the year 2000, there has been a dramatic increase in the quantities of materials recycled.
| Quantities of Materials Collected for Recycling (in pounds) | |||||
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
| CDs | 1 | .5 | 7.5 | 11 | |
| Diskettes | 6.1 | 10 | |||
| Inkjet cartridges | 23 | ||||
| Fax / copier / printer cartridges | 1609 | 264 | 331 | 1058 | 1455 |
| Transparencies | 1.5 | 22 | 76.5 | 52 | |
| VHS Video Tapes | 9 | ||||
| Greeting Cards | 573 | 143 | 84 | 58 | |
| Batteries | 793 | 154 | 507 | 720 | 2118 |
| Plastic bottles | 66 | 441 | |||
| Aluminum cans | 573 | 507 | 1124 | 1278 | 529 |
Your efforts in protecting the environment don’t go unnoticed. The amount of refuse going to our landfills is reduced with your
time and efforts. What is done with the recyclable materials that we collect? Below are a few examples of how materials are
reused.
- Companies such as Anheuser Busch, Coca Cola, and Pepsi reuse the aluminum, after it is processed and cleaned, in their caneries.
- Greeting cards are collected and sent to St. Jude’s Ranch for children where they are precision cut and decorated. The cards are then resold for $.15 each - the funds are put into various savings accounts for each child for college, etc.
- Transparencies are collected and mailed to 3M for recycling.
Thank you to Jefferson Lab’s recycling center volunteers (listed below) and to you for your efforts!
| Debbie Magaldi (12) Sarah Ingels (12) Nicole Brown-Sinkler (58) Sherry Thomas (58) Justine Jackson (52) Becky Nevarez (52) Deborah Gruber (18) |
Mat Wright (89) Kelly Dixon (89) Chris Kerns (87) Diane Sarrazin (85) Kristin Foose (ARC 7th) Hugh Williams (ARC 5th) Tim Whitlatch (ARC 4th) |
Deborah Stitts (ARC 2nd) Gary Hays (ARC 2nd) Jennifer Allen (28) Betty Beeler (28) Heather Larrieu (16) Kari Heffner (16) |
Thanks again for helping to keep Jefferson Lab CLEAN & GREEN!