In the coming year, the El Cajon Boulevard Business Improvement Association is placing greater emphasis on implementing 'green' practices. Work is being done to place bike racks and public recycling receptacles in the business district. If your business isn’t already recycling, here is a good reason to jump on board.
Through a unanimous council vote on November 13, 2007, the City of San Diego became the largest jurisdiction in California to pass a mandatory recycling ordinance. The ordinance will be phased in over the next two years for commercial and multifamily facilities, which means that soon enough, all small businesses in San Diego will be required to recycle. Before being fined for not recycling, why not get started immediately? Here is how.
The Urban Corps of San Diego County Recycling Center is funded by the State of California Department of Conservation to provide discounted recycling services for San Diego County. To get a recycling program started for your business, Urban Corps will begin by offering you a free 94 gallon blue recycling container.
Cost for beverage container collection is free. Pricing for collection of paper products and scrap metals, and 50% or more beverage containers is $35.00/month. For recycling with less than 50% beverage containers, pricing is $50.00/month. Without any beverage containers, pickups are $75.00 per month. All billing is quarterly. Regular removal of large amounts of cardboard is negotiable. This is for one or two pick-ups per week.
The fact that Urban Corps provides jobs to those in need, helps conserve resources and reduce landfill use is not the only reason to implement their recycling plan. Urban Corps also helps minimize costs to their customers by reducing the amount of non-recyclable waste collected by commercial haulers.
Begin ‘greening’ your business today by contacting Eric Wolff, Program Manager for the Urban Corps of San Diego County Recycling Center about starting a recycling program.
Eric Wolff, Recycling Program Manager
Urban Corps of San Diego County
619-235-6884 Ext. 311
ewolff@urbancorps.org
Thursday, February 28, 2008
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