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• Half a gallon of oil is conserved for
every laser cartridge recycled
SERVICES
• By recycling one aluminum can,
you are saving enough energy to
run a TV for three hours
• If all our newspaper was recycled,
we could save about 250,000,000
trees each year
• Every year, we throw away approx.
25-billion Styrofoam coffee cups
• Recycling batteries keeps heavy metals out of
landfills and the air. Recycling saves resources because
recovered plastic and metals can be used to make new batteries.
• By recycling all of its paper, plastic, and corrugated waste generated in a year, an
office building of 7,000 workers could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1,200
metric tons of carbon equivalent. This is equivalent to taking 900 cars off the road
in one year.
• If offices throughout the country increased the rate of two-sided photocopying from
the 1991 figure of 20% to 60%, they could save the equivalent of about 15 million trees
• Six billion pens are thrown away every year in the U.S.
• Water bottles take up more than 25% of the volume of landfills every year…
4-billion pounds.!
7500 N. Caldwell Avenue
Niles, IL 60714
Toll-Free: 800.621.1503
Local: 847.588.1690
24-Hr. Fax: 847.588.1695
www.GarveysOP.com
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Looking For Ways To Make Your Workplace
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Cardboard Recycling Program
Garvey’s Can Help! In an effort to make it easier for you to
start a recycling program at your office, Garvey’s would like
to announce three recycling initiatives to get you started.
In addition to recycling batteries, we will be
collecting and recycling cardboard. Simply flatten
any cardboard boxes received with your order,
and when convenient give the pile to a Garveyʼs
driver. Garveyʼs will either re-use or recycle the
boxes with our cardboard bailer. This should cut
down on your waste pick-up considerably.
Battery Recycling Program
Toner Recycling Program
Looking for a way to recycle your old batteries? Garveyʼs is now collecting and
recycling used batteries that were purchased from us. This program is easy to use.
There are no special containers for the return. Simply place old/unused batteries
into a envelope or small box, depending upon amount to be recycled, and hand it
back to a Garvey driver. The driver will then bring them back here, where we will
consolidate them and ship them off to Waste Management for recycling.
In 2007 Garveyʼs started a toner recycling
program called “Recycle for a Reason”. If you
return your empty cartridges to us, we not only
turn them over for recycling, but we put the
proceeds to good use– local charities. In 2007
we were able to raise $8,100 for Mercy Home
for Boys & Girls, Easter Seals, and Misericordia
Heart of Mercy. In 2008 we were able to raise
over $10,000 for Jane Addams Hull House,
Girls Scouts of Chicago & N.W. Indiana,
Prevent Child Abuse, and Rotary Club of
Chicago Near South. In 2009 we will be
raising funds for Aspire, Jobs for Youth
Chicago, Uhlich Children's Home, and
Chicago Lighthouse for the blind. Itʼs a
win/win situation, and itʼs never too late to
start. Simply collect your cartridges and
give them to your Garveyʼs driver
whenever itʼs convenient!
Computer/Electronic
Recycling
Interested in recycling
computer/electronic equipment?
While Garvey’s doesn’t directly
recycle computer equipment, we
found a local organization that
would! You can visit them online
for specific drop off locations & times.
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