Don’t just sit there…get involved!

RECYCLING IS EVERYBODY’S JOB

WELCOME TO THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

DHCD’s commitment is to work “with partners to finance housing opportunities and revitalize great places for Maryland citizens to live, work and prosper.” Governor O’Malley has called for us to do all we can to improve state services to Maryland’s hard-working families.  Through the Maryland Mortgage Program , DHCD has empowered thousands of Maryland families to realize the American dream of homeownership and for existing homeowners.

DHCD’s rental housing programs increase and preserve the supply of affordable housing and provide good choices for working families, senior citizens, and individuals with special needs.

Also, community development and revitalization programs like Neighborhood BusinessWorks, Community Legacy, and Main Street Maryland support Smart Growth and help our cities and towns remain rich, vibrant communities.

Secretary Ray

SkinnerDeputy

SecretaryClarence Snuggs

100 Community Place - Crownsville, Md. 21032

Garbage Patch, a loose, free-floating "dump" twice the size of Texas.

100 million tons and growing

This is one of many reasons we recycle.

COMPREHENSIVE DHCD RECYCLING PLANWE RECYCLE THESE ITEMS TO HELP THE ENVIRONMENT

• Paper (mixed, white, newspaper)• Plastic bottles, • Aluminum cans

• Cardboard boxes (recycle/reuse)• Packing cardboard (Lean Cuisine)• Glass (all)• Light bulbs & tubes

• All toner cartridges (printers, copiers, faxes)• Cell phones

• Batteries (household)• Styrofoam package material• Bubble wrap & peanuts taken to Mail Boxes, Etc.• Plastic bags

State Contractors - Vangel & World Recycling

Landlords

State Contractor - Waste Management Co.

Employees

Vendor pick up or free return mailing

We PROMOTE & EDUCATE• REMINDERS –

• Presentations at the DHCD’s All Hands Meetings

• Signage – posters - emails – DHCD’s Intranet

• What we recycle – reuse

• Where to take the recyclable/reused items to (central areas within divisions, copiers, utility closets, employees' lounge, main conference room, Office of Facilities & Fleet Management Services)

• CONDUCT CLEAN- UP DAYS (Departmental, by divisions or individuals)

• HOLD GREEN TEAM MEETINGS (Open to everyone)

• PROHIBIT STYROFOAM FROM BEING USED by cafeteria

• DISCOURAGE THE USE OF STYROFOAM by employees personally & events

• ENCOURAGE USING RECYCLABLE PRODUCTS rather than Styrofoam at home

• ELECTRONIC FILING/RECORD KEEPING

• DEPARTMENTAL SHARE DRIVES

• CONDUCT TRASH AUDITS – throughout the building

• EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION – employees who demonstrate good recycling habits are announced at the monthly All Hands Meetings & via emails to all staff

• WE LISTEN

• PROVIDE FEEDBACK & FOLLOWING UP ON SUGGESTIONS

NO

More Styrofoam

• WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE

• Look for more ways & items to recycle.• Recycle/reuse DHCD’s office supplies & equipment (repair, clean & re-

issue), • Collect & reuse water for watering our plants (dehumidifier & rain water)-

use rain barrels with soaker hoses for outside gardens• Use LED lights • Community outreach -events such as collecting gently used hats, coats &

shoes for donations to charitable organizations (recycle/reuse)• Staff voluntarily take various items to be recycled/properly disposed of:

• Household batteries• Plastic shopping bags• Styrofoam blocks/peanuts, bubble wrap• Paint & e-cycling items

• WE MAKE RECYCLING EASY – with bins, various locations

We PROMOTE & EDUCATE• INVITED THE OFFICE OF ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY RECYCLING to come on site and

give a brief presentation, distribute brochures and to the AA Co. residents made recycling bins available. Also provided brochures from other counties.

• HOW TO NOT TO WASTE PAPER when printing• Printing, without a banner page or extra blank sheet (provide instructions)

• WHERE TO RECYCLE , WHAT WE RECYCLE & WHAT THEY CAN RECYCLE AT HOME

• WITH FACTS - PICTURES• Bags are consumed at a rate of over one million bags used every minute!

• That’s around 500 billion plastic bags a year - worldwide

• ENCOURAGE PROPER DISPOSAL OF paint – hazmat products (oil)

• ENCOURAGE E-CYCLING

WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN?

We REDUCED our landfill dumpsters from two dumpsters to one

We INCREASED our recycling dumpsters from one to TWO.

Employees embraced recycling

Got excited

Found more ways to recycle

More employees report recycling at home & increasing their recycling (Example: 2 trash cans now equate to 1 bag with 2 recycling bins)

DHC

RECYCLING IS EVERYBODY’S JOB!

WE WOULDN’T BE SUCCESSFUL WITHOUT THE ENTIRE TEAM.

EmployeesFor recycling

Facilities & Fleet Management Services

Responsible for holding it all together!Deb Tolson, Director of FFMS & Green Team

Building CoordinatorDale Dorsch

Supervises Housekeeping Day-

time Crew responsible for collecting

recycling

Green Team Coordinator

Sharon HayesHelps with holding

meetings and distributing information

Green Team Members

Who help with ensuring that

everyone recycles

THANK YOU on behalf of the

Department of Housing & Community Development’s

GREEN TEAM

Deb Tolson, Director of Facilities & Fleet Management Services

and DHCD GREEN Team, 410-514-7102Sharon Hayes, Manager of Facilities & Fleet

Management Services and DHCD’s GREEN Team Coordinator 410-514-7091

RECYCLING IS EVERYBODY’S JOB