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Corporate By: Aaron Griffith Recycling Programs Efficiency, standardization and savings are just the beginning Care for the environment is a major goal for most large companies, but implementing recycling pro-grams on a large scale can be a headache. In fact, the term “corporate program” carries with it baggage that suggests top-down mandates that are out of touch with specific facility needs; most facilities feel like they are just fine with solv-ing their own environmental problems and they don’t need someone in a corporate office hun-dreds of miles away telling them what to do. While the wariness of mandated environmental programs is often legitimate, there are several reasons why corporate-wide recycling programs are essential for multi-site organizations to put into place. The most obvious reasons for implementing a corporate recycling program are cost and time savings. Buying recycling products in bulk is usually cheaper, and many recycling companies are will-ing to provide discounts when they are guaran-teed business over a long period of time. A company-wide program also means that indi-vidual facilities don’t have to spend time research-ing and chasing down their own recycling solu-for more info Visit www.cmmonline.com and type in search keyword: Sustainability . For more information on related products, visit www.cmmonline.com , select SUPPLIER SEARCH from the main navigation bar, and enter keyword: Recycling . By establishing company-wide recycling programs, manu-facturers and distributors are often willing to discount the necessary equipment a company or organization has to purchase. www.cmmonline.com 25 Image courtesy of Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC Aaron Griffith is marketing project manager for Air Cycle Corporation. Headquartered in Broadview, Illinois, Air Cycle provides solutions to help facilities recycle their fluorescent lamps, batteries, ballasts and electronic waste. Their products include the Bulb Eater™ lamp crushing system, EasyPak™ prepaid recycling containers and nationwide bulk pickup recycling service. You can check out Air Cycle online at www.AirCycle.com or www.LampRecycling.com. For more information call 800-909-9709 or send an e-mail to [email protected].