California Integrated Waste Management Board

2008 WRAP Application Form

Note: The 2008 WRAP application period is closed. See you next year!

Instructions

The Waste Reduction Awards Program's (WRAP) application is a pass/fail opportunity. To receive an award, your business must participate in some type of source reduction, recycling, procurement, and education program. All entries must reflect data for calendar year 2007.

  • Due Date: Applications were due no later than June 16, 2008.
  • Application Simplified: If you are a previous WRAP winner, you may choose to only provide new information on those aspects of your program that have changed since last year’s application, specifically tonnage amounts, waste audit information, and cost savings if applicable.
  • Electronic Submission Only: Starting in 2008, the WRAP application must be submitted electronically using the following online form. The online WRAP application must be completed in one sitting. You cannot save your application and return to complete it at a later time. The application may take as long as 1-1/2 to 2 hours to complete and we recommend that you have your information prepared before beginning. Note: Please send any attachments to wrap@ciwmb.ca.gov
  • Template Available: If you wish to develop your application off line and then copy and paste your data into the online application form, a template is available in Microsoft Word format (127 KB).
  • Need Help? If you require assistance with the application, please contact your Local Assistance and Market Development representative located on the Contacts page. Select your county and city to identify the proper contact. In addition, the WRAP 2008 Application Tips page offers helpful advice.
  • Statewide Recognition: Additionally, if your business would like to compete for a more prestigious waste reduction award for statewide recognition, there is a supplemental application that must be completed.
  • Impacting Climate Change: New this year is a section to calculate the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from your business’ waste reduction programs. For many materials for which you have recycling and composting weight data, your business’ contributions can be calculated. This information will help show another way your efforts here in California contribute toward global sustainability.
Contact Information

* Company Name:

Company Website URL:

* Contact Name:

Contact Email:

* Contact Phone:

* Mailing Address:

  

* City:

* State:

  

* ZIP Code:

* Required

Number of Sites

This application is for:

 Single Site: Multiple Sites: How Many?
Previous WRAP Awards

Check all that apply:

 2000 and prior: 2001: 2002: 2003: 2004: 2005: 2006:

Section 1: Waste Reduction Programs, Greenhouse Gas Reductions, and Cost Savings

A. Solid Waste Source Reduction/Reuse

The phrase “source reduction” refers to the prevention of solid waste before it is even generated. Source reduction includes changes in practices such as double–sided copying and printing, utilizing electronic forms and processes, reusing items, or altering of other business or manufacturing processes to lessen waste.

Please identify the products you reused or source reduced by checking the boxes below, and estimate the weight reduced for the top five items reused or source-reduced during the year:

    Weight (in lbs.)

Cardboard boxes and miscellaneous packaging materials:

Cell phones and other electronic devices:

Computers and televisions:

Food waste donation:

Food waste on-site composting:

Grasscycling (leaving grass clippings on the lawn):

Green waste chipping for mulch:

Green waste on-site composting:

Green waste (xeriscaping):

Manufacturing wastes (explain below):

Office furniture:

Office paper (e-forms using both sides, etc.):

Office supplies (files, binders, etc.):

Pallets and other wood:

Other or additional information describing your source reduction/reuse programs:

   
B. Recycling

Please identify the products you recycled by checking the boxes below, and provide the weight for the top five materials recycled during the year:

    Weight (in lbs.)

Aluminum cans:

  

Batteries:

  

Carpet:

  

Clothing/Textiles:

  

Construction or demolition debris:

  

Copier and toner cartridges:

  

Corrugated cardboard:

  

Electronic waste:

  

Fluorescent lights:

  

Glass:

  

HDPE plastic #2 (including milk jugs):

  

LDPE plastic #4 (including plastic bags):

  

Lumber:

  

Manufacturing wastes (explain below):

  

Mixed paper:

  

Newspaper:

  

Paint:

  

PET plastic #1 (e.g., soda bottles):

  

Scrap metal:

  

Steel cans:

  

Textbooks:

  

Used oil filters:

  

Used vehicle parts:

  

White paper:

  

Other:

  

Other or additional information describing your recycling programs:

   
C. Composting

This includes organic materials collected for off-site chipping, composting, or anaerobic digestion. Please identify the products you composted by checking the boxes below, and estimate the total weight of materials composted during the year:

    Weight (in lbs.)

Food scraps from employees or cafeteria:

  

Lawn clippings, leaves, yard trimmings:

  

Manufacturing wastes (explain below):

  

Other or additional information describing your composting programs:

   
D. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction

Atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have reached the highest levels in 600,000 years. Release of carbon dioxide, methane and other gasses (greenhouse gasses) is widely considered to contribute to global climate change, with potentially severe repercussions world wide. It is now clear that human activity has increased the generation of greenhouse gasses, primarily through the burning of fossil fuels for energy. Source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting of solid waste can also reduce or eliminate greenhouse gases that would otherwise be created by the extraction of raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of goods. Quantifying this information will provide you with data you can share with your employees and customers demonstrating some of the other benefits of your waste reduction efforts.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has developed tools to calculate reductions in greenhouse gas emissions based on changes in waste management activities. Unfortunately, these calculations are only currently available for some materials. Below we have provided some conversion factors for some commonly recycled materials to enable you to estimate the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions achieved by your business. Please fill in the material type weight information from Section B into the corresponding material type row under the Weight (lbs.) Recycled column below. Multiply this number by the number in the CO2e Conversion Factor column. Input your total in the GHG Reductions column. These reductions are measured in pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents (lbsC02e). These estimates are for educational purposes and do not include transportation. More information on the US EPA calculator...

  Weight (lbs.)
Recycled		 Multiplied
By		 CO2e Conversion
Factor		 Equals GHG Reductions
(in lbs. CO2e)

Aluminum cans:

 X 8.38 =

Corrugated Cardboard:

   X 2.12 =  

Glass:

   X .19 =  

HDPE plastic:

   X .86 =  

LDPE plastic:

   X .51 =  

Lumber:

   X 1.87 =  

Mixed Paper:

   X 2.28 =  

Newspaper:

   X .84 =  

PET plastic:

   X .95 =  

Steel cans:

   X 1.10 =  

Textbooks:

   X .94 =  

White Paper:

   X 2.89 =  
E. Waste Audit

Describe how you audit your source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting efforts, or email a copy of your company's 2007 waste audit (a report detailing the types and quantities of materials disposed, recycled, and reused) to wrap@ciwmb.ca.gov

F. Cost Savings

Please calculate the amount of money you saved through the year from waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting efforts, including earnings from sales of recycled materials, reduction in solid waste disposal costs, and reduced purchasing costs, postage, and other items. Briefly indicate how you calculated this number as well.

Total annual savings:

 $

Explanation of calculation:
G. Assistance Needed

Is there a particular material you would like to recycle or reuse, for which you cannot find a recycler or hauler? Please explain what it is and how much is generated. CIWMB staff will follow-up to assist you.

Section 2: Closing the Loop And Buying Responsibly

A. Recycled-Content Product Procurement

Please identify the specific recycled-content products you purchased regularly during the year:

    % Postconsumer

Biofuels:

  

Compost or mulch:

  

Copier paper:

  

File folders, binders, etc.:

  

High-efficiency oil filters and extended oil change intervals:

  

High-quality paper (stationery):

  

Packaging materials (boxes, peanuts, etc.):

  

Paper towels:

  

Premiums for trade shows, marketing:

  

Plastic lumber:

  

Printer or copier cartridges:

  

Recycled-content carpet:

  

Recycled-content coolant or other fluids:

  

Recycled-content insulation (cellulose or fiberglass):

  

Recycled latex paint:

  

Re-refined oil:

  

Retreaded tires:

  

Tire-derived products (playground/track surfaces, flooring, mats):

  

Toilet paper:

  

Trash bags: