Where does this go?
Where does this go...after the bin?
Miscellaneous
100
Apple Core
What is the Compost or Trash depending on the date.
100
Plastic Food Wrapper
Landfill
100
Where does this go?
Trash or you can bring it to a facility that accepts plastic film (big box store)
200
Battery from a mouse or keyboard
What is the front desk of DEO or the Loading Dock
200
Battery from a mouse or keyboard
After going to the loading dock, the State's Hazardous Waste Vendor - Veolia transports the batteries to a recycling facility where materials are either recovered or disposed of.
200
What is the best way to reduce waste?
Don't generate it in the first place! Use reusable items, buy durable items, and more!
300
A perfectly good stapler
What is The Restore!
300
Aluminum Can
What is a Material Recovery Facility
300
Where could your office reach out to with questions about waste streams?
DOAGreenTeam@wisconsin.gov
or
Melinda.Fude@wisconsin.gov
400
Confidential Paper Records
What is The Records Center!
400
Compost
What is GreenBox compost takes this to be composted at an industrial composter that produces compost that thy send to farms and your garden!
400
If you need to purchase an item off a statewide mandatory contract how can you make that purchase more sustainable?
Check to see if the contract has any environmentally preferable products!
https://vendornet.wi.gov/Contract.aspx?Id=0274bbc4-b181-f011-9066-00505684483d
500
Plastic #6
What is The Trash!
500
Confidential Paper Records
Records are maintained in secure storage areas until there is enough to fill a semi-trailer. The
trailers are sealed at our loading dock and are not opened until the load reaches its destination
at the Georgia Pacific paper recycling mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Once there, the paper is
shredded, and the fiber is recycled into toweling and tissue products. Georgia Pacific processes
each trailer load and provides a certificate of destruction once completed.
500
Currently, waste bins at DOA are color-coded by label (theoretically). What do these label colors mean: Black, Blue, Green?
• BLUE LABEL PAPER RECYCLE ITEMS o Paper (with tape, staples & paperclips) o Notebooks (metal spiral removed) o Books & Magazines o Paper File Folders o Phone Books o Post-It Notes o Card Stock o Newspapers o Paper Bags o Cardboard o Envelopes • GREEN LABEL COMMINGLED RECYCLE ITEMS o Plastics #1-7 o Glass Bottles & Jars o Aluminum Cans o Steel & Tin Cans o Clean Aluminum Foil o Plastic Bottles, Jugs, & Containers • BLACK LABEL WASTE ONLY ITEMS o Styrofoam o Paper Towels o Waxed Products o Food Containers o Plastic Cling Wrap o Soiled Aluminum Foil o Packing Materials o Rubber Products o Ceramic Products o Coffee & Tea Grounds 21 o Labels & Label Sheets o Candy, Gum & Wrappers o Office Materials, Supplies, Pens o Plastic page protectors and transparencies
https://doa.wi.gov/DFTS/FacilityTenantManual.pdf