Remember to recycle at work and in your apartment and condominium. Reduce waste and recycle 70% by 2020.

Recently, we developed an educational campaign to increase awareness about recycling at work and at apartments and condominiums. Watch these cable television PSAs and remember to recycle all that you can. Reduce waste and recycle 70% by 2020!

This 30-second piece spotlights business recycling in English...

and in Spanish...

We have a piece for recycling at apartments and condominiums in English...

and in Spanish, as well...

Are churches, and programs they host, required to recycle?

From our mailbag:

“Are Churches and businesses run on their facilities (Childrens' programs - schools and day care) required to comply with SORRT?”

Thanks for your question, B. To clarify for everyone, SORRT – Smart Organizations Reduce and Recycle Tons - is our non-residential recycling program. All non-residential properties in Montgomery County, regardless of type or size, are required to recycle all mandatory materials in accordance with Executive Regulation 15-04AM. This includes churches.

Our Business Recycling Handbook, available in English, as well as Chinese and Spanish, is a comprehensive resource for planning, starting, and maintaining a recycling program at non-residential properties.

We’re happy to provide advice and assistance by phone or in person, too! For more information, or to schedule a visit, please call the SORRT Program Office at 240-777-6486.

Gabriela Monzon-Reynolds
Manager, Business Recycling SORRT Program

Recycling Awareness Week: Special recycling achievements honored

Isn't this plaque beautiful?! We gave this -- and others just like it -- to the individuals, and multi-family and business properties we honored during our Recycling Achievement Awards Recognition Program yesterday.

We were happy to honor our special recyclers with... an award made in the United States (Colorado, to be exact) from recycled glass.

Meet our honorees for Excellence in Recycling, Outstanding Achievement, and Outstanding Achievement (Individual) at multi-family and business properties, and from our Recycling Volunteer corps.

Congratulations to all!

Our Summer 2008 SORRT Newsletter is available

The Summer 2008 issue of our SORRT Network Newsletter is available on our website. Our Non-Residential Recycling Program publishes this quarterly newsletter.

This issue's topics include:

• Celebrating Recycling Awareness Week in Montgomery County
• Annual Business Recycling Awards
• Focus on: Mixed Paper

Interested in reading back issues? Visit our SORRT Network Newsletter Archive.

Recycling Awareness Week - awards given for special achievement

At yesterday's Recycling Achievement Awards Recognition Program, we celebrated recycling efforts in these categories:

• Outstanding Recycling Volunteers
• Multi-Family Property Excellence in Recycling
• Multi-Family Property Outstanding Improvement in Recycling
• Multi-Family Property Outstanding Individual Achievement in Recycling
• Excellence in Recycling -- Business
• Outstanding Achievement in Recycling - Business
• Outstanding Achievement in Recycling - Individual

Congratulations to all for helping to promote recycling in Montgomery County!