Reuse/Recycling

We hear the three "R's" - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle all the time and oftentimes complete our own recycling at home or the office. What kinds of activities or practices can organizations do to raise awareness and ensure that supplies and equipment is reused or recycled?

This could be as simple as having recycling dumpsters handy and reusing drinking cups to making it more of an overall community program. Some examples include:

• Have volunteers/teams guide sorting projects


• Work with local organizations to recycle paint and brushes, etc.


• Reuse buckets as planters


• Use local mulch from city trees that have been cut down


• Tie in with other community events (e.g. Nike shoe recycle day)


• Use other organizations/resources (such as ecocycle)

How can volunteer teams create effective and practical plans and execute on these plans for the reuse and recycling of all excess materials, as well as all other material used during the project?