Right Now! - Links to useful guide about greening your business:

• Recycling in the City of Pittsburgh: The city’s environmental services website has a recycling guideline for Business,Institutions, Apartments (6 or more units) and Commercial Recycling.
• Determine baseline data for your program by doing a waste audit. The PA DEP has some instructions and downloadable waste audit forms that may can get you started.
• Even more info about the how and why of waste audits can be found at Solidwastedistrict.com.

Vendors- What do you need to help make your business greener?

• Collection Equipment
• Serviceware Alternatives
• Food Donation
• Hard to Recycle Items
• Haulers
• Recycling Contracts

Education and Outreach- beyond waste management of Businesses:

• Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania (PROP) Phone: 800-769-7767
• EPA’s Waste Wise Program has lots of great resources for businesses of all types to reduce municipal solid waste as well as some industrial wastes.
• Report created by the Six Sigma Academy & Company entitled Going Green in the Retail Industry that reinforces the need of the waste audit and developing a plan for reducing your businesses waste footprint and making money.
• The RePaper Project has a great guide on paper recycling that will help further understanding of the recycling process, markets and the importance of paper fiber conservation in your business.

County Recycling Coordinators