Going Green, Saving Green: Attorney General’s Office Boosts Recycling Program
Salt Lake City, UT - There is nothing earth-shattering about what is going on at the Attorney General’s office in Salt Lake City, Utah. It’s quite the opposite. The Utah AG’s office is taking a small step in the right direction to save, not shatter, our planet.
The Utah Attorney General’s office in Salt Lake City has recently revamped its recycling program. Prior to April of this year, the AG’s office recycled through a private company, Columbus Secure Shredding (CSS), which also disposed of confidential documents. This allowed for the recycling of white paper, and number 1 and 2 plastics.
However, in lieu of the current economic crisis, the office of the Attorney General had to rethink its budget. Cutting costs meant cutting down on private recycling and taking advantage of the city’s public services.
When the AG’s office switched over to the Salt Lake City’s public recycling service, they not only saved money, but they took a small step in saving our planet. Salt Lake City’s public recycling program, which contracts out to Allied Waste, accepts all recyclable materials (excepting glass), including all papers, cardboards, plastics.
This increase in acceptable items has lead to an increase in office recycling. Each week the 90 gallon blue bins are filled and rolled to the streets for collection. There’s nothing earth-shattering about what’s going on at the Attorney General’s office in Salt Lake City, Utah. No. Just a small step in the right direction.
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