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CIWMB Publications

CIWMB publications are available for order, download, and/or viewing in HTML at the Board’s online Publications Catalog. To order hard copy publications, call 1-800-CA-Waste (California only) or (916) 341-6306, or write:

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Public Affairs Office,
Publications Clearinghouse (MS-6)
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025 (mailing address)
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025

Other Resources

  • Midpoint International, which manufactures a mini trash bin, has testimonials from more than a dozen clients describing the successes of their programs. It also makes available an excellent brief step-by-step guide on how to launch a mini bin office recycling program. See contact information under mini trash bin manufacturers below.
  • The Northern Illinois University web site describes its waste audits and documents changes in waste stream composition since implementing a mini trash can program.

Contacts

Recycle At Work
City of San Jose, Environmental Services Department
777 North First Street, Suite 300
San Jose, CA 95112-6338
Kayleen Warner, Recycle At Work Program Coordinator
(408) 277-5533

The Green Workplace
900 Bay Street, Room M2-59
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1N3
David Sparling
(416) 585-7541

City of Oakland
Public Works Agency, Environmental Services Division
250 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Suite 5301
Oakland, CA 94612
Cliff Feldman, Recycling Specialist
(510) 238-6815

California Integrated Waste Management Board
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025 (mailing address)
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025
Andrew Hurst, Waste Reduction Coordinator
(916) 341-6118
(Note: Implemented a mini bin system at the Joe Serna Jr. Cal/EPA Building, the headquarters facility serving more than 3,000 employees in a 25-story high-rise)

Solid Waste Management District
Spencer County
918 East County Road, 800 North
Chrisney, IN 47635
Debbie Steincamp, Director
(812) 362-7401
E-mail: recycle@psci.net

Porter County Solid Waste Mgt. District
155 Indiana Ave.
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Lance Hodge, Executive Director
(219) 465-3694

Kalamazoo County Recycling
201 W. Kalamazoo Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Steve Leuty, Coordinator
(616) 384-8110

Mini Trash Bin Manufacturers
Midpoint International Inc.
10 Furbacher Lane, Unit 5
Aurora, Ontario
Canada L4G 6W1
Bruce Buchan, President
(905) 726-9658 x201
1-888-646-4246; fax (905) 726-9659

You Name It Promotions
3515 Grand Avenue, Suite 200
Oakland, CA 94610
Gerry Goeres
(510) 891-9647

Rubbermaid Commercial Products
9686 Gardenia Avenue
Fountain Valley, CA 92708
Larry Carr
(714) 839-3568; fax (714) 839-7430

Kaeser and Blair Inc.
4236 Grissom Drive
Batavia, OH 45103
1-800-607-8824
Distributed in California by:
Roger Wyman
6130 Monterey Road, #124
San Jose, CA 95138

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Last updated: December 28, 2007


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Larry N. Stephens: lstephen@ciwmb.ca.gov  (916) 341-6241