A success Story: Virginia Beach City Public Schools Recycling Program Recycling Committee

A Success Story: Virginia Beach City Public Schools Recycling Program

• Recycling Committee

• School Recycling Workshop

• July 17, 2008, Washington, DC

John Barnes, Administrator, Waste Management Division, Department of Public Works, City of Virginia Beach

• John Barnes, Administrator, Waste Management Division, Department of Public Works, City of Virginia Beach
• John Kalocay, Assistant Superintendent, Administrative Support Services
• Dr. Eric Hines, Director, Office of Custodial Services
• Tim Cole, Sustainable Schools Project Manager, and
• Jay Ratliff, Director, Food Services

TFC Recycling 1958 Diamond Hill Road Chesapeake, VA 23324 757.543.5766 tfcrecycling.com

TFC Recycling

TFC Recycling Virginia Programs

• Accomack/Northampton Counties (Eastern Shore)

• Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA)

• City of Newport News

• City of Norfolk

• City of Virginia Beach

• Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS)

• Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA)

• Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority (VPPSA)

TFC Recycling North Carolina Programs

• Alamance County Municipalities –

• Burlington, Elon College, Gibsonville, Graham, Green Level

• and Haw River

• City of Durham

• County of Durham

• Perquimans, Chowan and Gates Counties (PCG)

• Town of Edenton

• Town of Duck and Town of Southern Shores

Most populous city in VA

• Most populous city in VA

• 500,000 population

• 40th largest city in U.S.

• Best known as major resort

• 38 miles of beaches

• 4 military bases

• 120,000+ households

• State-of-the-art curbside recycling service

3rd largest school system in Virginia

• 3rd largest school system in Virginia

• 38th largest school division in U.S.

• 71,000 students

• 88 schools and specialty centers

• 57 elementary schools
• 15 middle schools
• 11 high schools and a number of
• secondary/post-secondary specialty centers

What are they doing?

• What are they doing?

• Classrooms and Offices

• Each of the division’s

• 5,000 classrooms and

• offices is equipped with a

• 28 quart-size recycling bin

VBCPS RECYCLES!

• Paper - white and colored, catalogs, magazines, newspapers and junk mail

• Cardboard / paperboard

• All Plastic Bottles (#1 and #2)

• juice and milk containers “chugs” and soda and water bottles

• Glass containers - glass jars

• Cans – aluminum and steel

Fall 2006, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) goes Green with its first publication of Green News.

• Fall 2006, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) goes Green with its first publication of Green News.

• Green News is a newsletter produced by the school division that focuses on educating and inspiring school employees to become better stewards of the environment. http://www.vbschools.com/online_pubs/greennews/2008/winter_2008.pdf

Who recycles ?

• Who recycles ?

• students

• teachers

• office personnel

• custodians and

• food service staff

• District of Excellence in Child Nutrition

• by the School Nutrition Association

• Served 8.5 million meals during 2006-2007 school year

• Choice of milk served with all complete meals;

• Low fat Chocolate, Strawberry, White

• and Skim White

How are materials consolidated from

• How are materials consolidated from

• the classrooms and cafeterias in the

• school?

TFC Recycling Container

Who collects the materials and where do the materials go from the school?

• Who collects the materials and where do the materials go from the school?

Who incurs the cost of the service?

• Who incurs the cost of the service?

• Virginia Beach City Public Schools

• ↕

• City of Virginia Beach

• Waste Management Division

City of Virginia Beach Public Schools Recyclables – Processed Tons

• SY 03-04 479 Tons (cardboard/paper)
• SY 04-05 509 Tons (cardboard/paper)
• SY 05-06 812 Tons* “pilot-program”
• SY 06-07 1,247 Tons
• SY 07-08 1,372 Tons

• Source:

• Monthly reports submitted by TFC Recycling. Tons are total materials

• Weights collected from single-stream recycling containers.

How do you measure success?

• How do you measure success?

• More than 1,350 tons of

• recyclables collected in less than

• 10 months, + “making a difference”

• with many environmental savings!

TFC Recycling & Virginia Beach City Public Schools – A Winning Combination

• May 2007

• Virginia Beach City Public Schools

• receive the 2007 Virginia Recycling

• Association (VRA) Award for Excellence

• in the Government/Non-profit category.