Tenants Go Green Meeting October 6, 2014
Meeting Notes
October 2014 TENANTS GO GREEN A new environmental sustainability initiative at 111 South Wacker Dear 111 South Wacker Tenants, We would like to thank everyone who joined us yesterday for our Tenants go Green Meeting. Following is an overview of what was covered and attached are the presentations and a handout on Office Recycling that can be shared with your employees. Also, attached is the Electronic Recycling Drive Schedule for the last week of the month. Please be sure to stop off at the Office of the Building to pick your E-Cycle Card to fill out as well as brochures that were handed out at the meeting. I. Welcome and Meeting Overview Betty Casties 111SW Property Management II. LEED Update Hilary Curtis Goby LLC a. Hilary updated us on how 111 South Wacker s LEED recertification process is moving along. 111 South Wacker has surpassed the 60% mark! We should be at 100% by the end of the month. III. Recycling Presentation Patrick O Connor and Keisha Glover - Independent Recycling (please see their attached presentation for more details) a. Keisha updated 111 South Wacker Tenants on how much waste and recycling the building has done over the past year and this past month. She also explained different ways in which 111 South Wacker can help bring our recycling numbers up. b. Independent recycling offers different size bins which makes recycling easier. If your space is in need of recycling bins, please contact the Office of the Building (312) 252-6300. IV. October Electronics Recycling Drive Tom Robertson and Diana Ciepiela 111SW Property Management a. We have heard your requests and 111 South Wacker will be hosting an E-Cycle (electronic recycling) Drive. i. When: October 27 th October 31 st Every tenant has an assigned day that the company will pick up your electronics. (please see spreadsheet attached) ii. Time: Between the hours of 12pm and 4pm. iii. If you have not received your E-Cycle card to fill out please see the Office of the Building, Suite 2950 iv. All E-Cycle Cards are due to the Office of the Building by Wednesday, October 22. V. New Tenant Website LEED & Sustainability Section Overview Diana Ciepiela a. Our new 111 South Wacker Tenant Website will include a new LEED tab. Tenants Go Green presentations and handouts, Green Tips and other sustainable information will be available on the new LEED tab. The website will go LIVE on October 13 th.
October 2014 VI. Questions and Drawing a. The winner of the Mountain Bike was Robyn Mills from Purohit Navigation. Congratulations Robyn! VII. Additional Recycling Support Information a. Our night cleaning staff will be placing stickers on all of the small blue desk recycling bins. The stickers explain what can be recycled in the bins. An email will be sent to Tenant Contacts when the stickers arrive to let everyone know when the stickers will be applied. b. Composting bins are available. If you would like to obtain a compost bucket for your kitchen, please contact the Office of the Building at 312-252-6300. Our next Tenant s Go Green Meeting will be held on Monday, November 3 rd from Noon to 1:00pm and the topic will be Successful Tenant Energy Reduction Strategies. If any Tenants have best practices that they would like to share on this topic, please contact Betty Casties (312) 252-6301 or betty.casties@am.jll.com. Thank you for your interest and support of the 111 South Wacker Tenants Go Green Program!
Presentation
111 South Wacker TENANTS GO GREEN MEETING October 6, 2014
Agenda 111 South Wacker Recycling Program Welcome Betty Casties, 111SW Property Team LEED Project Update Hilary Curtis, Goby Everything You Want to Know About Recycling Patrick O Connor and Keisha Glover, Independent Recycling Services Tenant Electronic Recycling Drive Tom Robertson & Diana Ciepiela, 111SW Property Team New 111SW Tenant Website / LEED Page Diana Ciepiela, 111SW Property Team Wrap-up & Drawing
111 South Wacker LEED Project - Recent Highlights Moving forward in the last month of the LEED Project! 60% of LEED submission completed.
111 South Wacker LEED Project - Recent Highlights Paper shreds every bit counts! Tenant Recycling Information Requested. Submitting ENERGY STAR award in November Custodial Effectiveness Audit complete I- BEAM audit performed
Everything You Want to Know About Recycling
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Family-owned and operated recycling and waste hauling company Been serving the Chicagoland area since 1976 2
In 2013, we picked up of WASTE from 111 S Wacker 3
HOW MUCH OF THAT WASTE DO YOU THINK WAS RECYCLED? 4
229 tons or were RECYCLED That s a 48% diversion rate 5
To increase landfill diversion at this building To maintain C&D diversion 6
HOW CAN WE HELP YOU INCREASE YOUR RECYCLING EFFORTS? 7
1. Review your current waste program. 2. Conduct a waste audit to evaluate your current program. 3. Implement a customized, integrative recycling program to achieve success. 4. Provide recycling containers and bins. 5. Educate tenants and janitorial staff. 6. Monitor, report, and encourage. 8
Desk Side Containers Copy Room Containers Commingle Containers Co-Collection Carts Color Coded Bag System Clear Bags for Paper Green Bags for Commingle Black Bags for Trash Battery Collection Tubes Fiber Drums and Gaylords for Universal Waste Separate Trash and Recycle Dumpsters 9
For every ton (2000 lbs) of recycled paper YOU can save... 3.5 cubic yards of landfill space 17 thirty foot (pulp) trees 7,000 gallons of water 79 gallons of oil 4000 kilowatts of energy 60 lbs of unreleased pollutants 10
aluminum cans aluminum foil and bakeware steel cans and tin cans (soup cans, veggie cans, coffee cans, etc.) corrugated cardboard magazines office paper newspaper paperboard paper cardboard, dairy and juice cartons junk mail phone books glass plastic bottles 11
The energy saved from recycling 1 aluminum can will power a computer for 1 hour. 350: The number of pounds of paper each office employee disposes of annually. 2,500,000: The number of plastic bottles Americans use HOURLY. Americans throw out enough glass bottles each month to fill this office building. 12
WHAT DOES THIS PROGRAM LOOK LIKE IN OUR BUILDING? 13
95% of paper waste generated at your desk is recyclable! It s easy! No need to remove paper clips, staples or rubber bands! 14
Container has food waste, plastic, cans, and wet paper Avoid contamination by properly disposing of waste 15
Be sure to properly dispose of waste This waste container does not contain any acceptable recyclable products 16
Container has paper items that could have been recycled Paper products can become contaminated if mixed with wet or food waste 17
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Volume By Commodity Corrugated Cardboard: 12,496 lbs. Office Paper: 18,275 lbs. Bottles and Cans: 469 lbs. Organic Compost: 1,800 lbs. Total Recycled: 33,040 lbs. Total Waste Stream: 89,880 lbs. Environmental Statistics Total yards not Landfilled: 50 Energy Saved: 62,480 kwh/ton Trees Saved: 266 Oil Conserved: 1,234 Gallons Unreleased Pollutants: 937 lbs. Water Conserved: 2,240 gals Landfill Diversion Percentage: 37% 19
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RECYCLABLE MATERIAL? 20
Step 1: Pick Up and Transport 21
Step 2: Transfer 22
Step 3: Tracking, weighing, grading 23
Step 4: Sorting 24
Step 4: Sorting 25
Step 5: Creating Bulk Loads 26
Step 6: Bulk Loads 27
Step 7: Processing 28
Step 8: New Products 29
Step 9: New Products 30
Paint and chemicals appliances Light bulbs, mercury, ballast, and electrical gear Computers and electronics batteries 31
PAPER CARDBOARD: ground, cleaned, and sprayed at a mill then are converted into toilet paper, hand towels, napkins, food packaging, and newspapers. LIGHTING: mercury from light bulbs goes back into new light bulbs. BATTERIES: Heavy metals in batteries are drained and reused to form new batteries. WOOD: often chipped and used as feedstock for pulp mills, boiler fuel, cover for wildlife habitat, chipboard, mulch, wood flour for plastics, or as animal bedding. 32
METAL: scrap is melted down and resmelted into new metallic products. PLASTIC: often repurposed into clothing, wood plastic, and furniture. GLASS: typically pulverized and used for fiberglass or as substitute for sand in paving materials. ASPHALT SHINGLES: often ground and used in hot mixes for road repair. INERT: concrete, stone, brick, dirt, and porcelain debris is crushed and used for road work, fill, and drainage. 33
WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO INCREASE OUR DIVERSION? 34
Educate Collect Conduct Analyze Publicize 35
Divert 50% or more of total waste stream generated by building Recycle 450,000 pounds (or 225 tons) annually of dry, recyclable materials Divert over 90% of construction and demolition debris 36
Achieve 100% participation in the building s recycling program Zero contamination deposited into desk-side recycling containers Zero contamination deposited into kitchen area commingled collection containers Zero recyclable materials deposited into departmental recycling containers 37
Turn off the lights when you re leaving any room for 15 minutes or more and utilize natural light Think before you print: Could this be read or stored online instead? 38
Bring your own reusable utensils for those meals you eat at the office Carpool, bike, or take transit to work, when possible 39
Questions? 40
111 South Wacker Electronic Recycling Drive Currently 85% of unwanted electronics go into landfills in he United States. 111 South Wacker will hold an Electronics Recycling drive Oct 27-30.
111 South Wacker Electronic Recycling Drive ELECTRONIC RECYCLING DRIVE Who: Ecotronix Recycling When: October 27 October 30 Where: Please flip the back of your E-Cycle Card Process: 1. Check your E-Cycle Card for date scheduled for pick-up. 2. Fill out the Card Where will you station electronics ready to recycle? Would you like a certificate? 3. Return card to Office of the Building. 4. On your date Ecotronix employees along with security will come to collect your electronics between 12:00pm and 4:00pm.
111 South Wacker New Tenant Website & LEED Page Our NEW Website has a LEED page! Website will be live starting Monday, October 13, 2014 http://v2.111southwackerdrive.info/toc.cfm http://v2.111southwackerdrive.info/main.cfm?sid=leed&pid=leed
Wrap-Up / Drawing Additional Recycling Support Information Stickers for Recycling Bins Recycling Flyer Composting Bins Available Questions? Next Meeting Monday, November 3rd Topic: Successful Tenant Energy Reduction Strategies Drawing for Mountain Bike and Lock Thank You for Participating!
Wrap Up Notes
How to for our building s Paper Recycling & Desk Side Bins Acceptable Materials Blue Prints Envelopes Newspaper Books Glossy Paper Post-It Notes Brochures Junk Mail Tyvek Envelopes Cardboard Magazines White Paper Colored Paper Manila Folders No need to remove paper clips, staples or rubber bands! Bottle and Can Recycling Centralized Containers Acceptable Materials Aluminum Cans Plastic Bottles Glass Bottles Steel Cans Includes plastic 1-5 and 7 - see imprint on containers. Unacceptable Materials Bubble Wrap Napkins Ring Binders Plastic #6 CDs/DVDs Packing Peanuts Styrofoam Coffee Cups Paper Towels Tissues Food Waste Photographs Toner Cartridges Food Wrappers Plastic Coated Paper Waxed Paper Paper recycling will be collected regularly from all desk side and centralized containers. Bottles, cans, and other recycling will be collected from the designated bins located on each floor. Recyclables will be picked up separately from the garbage. Please do not contaminate the recycling with garbage and food waste. Please do not use your recycling bin for storage. Independent Recycling Services Phone 312-732-9253 www.312recycle.com info@312recycle.com