RECYCLING by Building COMPETITIONIT’S. ON.

This is not Biomedical Research . . . it’s easier.

Winners featured on NEMShttp://www.nems.nih.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Can Challenge: It’s a Wrap (You know like wrap it up, like a cycle, like . . . Recycle.)

All around, we could all put in that little extra effort not to trash recyclables.Speaking of, did you know that you could recycle these with commingled?

Recycling plastic is fantastic.

Trees say please, don’t trash paper and wooden pallets.

Who wants to be a flower pot in their second life? Pipette tip racks.

Don’t let metal end up in your front end.

No cans in the can.

Cardboard in the trash . . . uh, really?

Dumping construction debris . . . um, why?

Let those feed bags feed the earth . . . compost!

Microbes find animal bedding quite comfy . . . compost!

Toner and Inkjets save lives, man. NIH Charities receives a $1 for each recycled cartridge!

Blue Bin and Mini Trash Can Challenge: Downsize

(You know like one of those other Rs . . . Reduce.)

You get a blue bin!

You get a blue bin!

And you get a blue bin!

Really, you can all have blue bins.

But would you like a mini trash can to go with that?

Of course, you do!

Half & Half Challenge: 50% Diversion(You know our goal is 50% by 2015, right?)

If for all of August

and alll of September

and alllllll of October

NIH has a 50% monthly recycling rate (without construction debris)

then each Building gets an automatic 25 POINTS

RECYCLE

TRASH

Scoreboard:(You know, everybody wins when we save resources.)

Can Challenge: It’s a Wrap50 POINTS. 5% DECREASE in trash. Bonus 5pts for every 5% over 5%.

Blue Bin and Mini Trash Can Challenge: Downsize

25 POINTS. 75%-100% Desk side recycling use. Bonus 5pts if Green Team Leads help assess their own spaces.

Half & Half Challenge: 50% Diversion25 POINTS. 100% in this together.

Tiebreaker(You know there’s a chance this competition is too easy so . . .)

Best Makankosappo photo!

Email(green@mail.nih.gov) them to NEMS!

#RecyclingItsOn

Leased Facilities Opt-In Challenge: 

Take on a recycling project at your facility and share the details with us, we'll spotlight you on NEMS.

Relocating and having to dig up fossilized files from the 90s? Try to recycle as much as possible during the process.

Want more out of your recycling program? Make it happen and start to move towards that goal. Reach out to your Green Team Leads and Facility Managers and let them know it's important to you.

To us.

Resources: 

Recycling and waste disposal at the Bethesda campus, view the NIH Environmental Management System (NEMS) website or the Waste Disposal Guide. *To request a blue bin call either 301-402-6349 or email ariell.lawrence@nih.gov.

For the offsite facilities, contact the facility manager or Montgomery County Division of Solid Waste for specific recycling information.

Any recycling questions, call either 301-402-6036 or 301-496-7990 or email green@mail.nih.gov.

You Know . . .Recycling is tracked by building, but some buildings share a trash collection point. Encourage and remind each other to stop and consider if an item can be recycled before throwing it in the trash.