Coordinators

Approaching Recycling Education in a New Way

RE3 was created for YOU! All of the following information and materials were developed to help you increase participation in your recycling program. Click on a topic below to find resources and links:

RESOURCES:

INFORMATION:

2010 Webinar - Using Social Media and Mobile Phones for Recycling - Slidedeck; Podcast

Increasing Recycling Participation: Find information to help you improve the recycling performance in your city or county and the programs that serve them.

2009 Webinar - Social Media Video: A How To. Right click link and choose "Save Link As." Once zip file is saved to your computer, right click file and choose "Extract All." Click Next, Next. Open the extracted folder, then open .wmv file.

Social Marketing: Defines social marketing and techniques to make it work for your recycling program.

Visit RE3.org's blog to read and share great up-to-date, recycling and social marketing information.

Social Media: Reprint of “Friendly Recycling” article in Resource Recycling’s December 2009 issue. Learn about RE3.org’s use of social media to educate about recycling.

N.C. Stats & Facts: Interesting stats and facts about recycling different materials in North Carolina.

Social Media: Use of New Media to Cause Recycling Behavior Change - Use of social media to promote recycling resulted in improved attitudes about recycling and increased recycling rates on a university campus.

Make-up of N.C.'s Waste Stream: Click to download the Waste Stream poster as [ 8.5 x 11 pdf ] or [ 11 x 17 pdf ].

Media Options: Pros and cons of various media. Explains which options will work best for your recycling program and audience (pdf format).

Material Request Form: N.C. recycling coordinators may download form and return to N.C. DPPEA. Items will be shipped or delivered while supplies last. (doc format).

Group Activities: Public outreach activities from your recycling colleagues (pdf format) .

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RE3.org Logos

School Recycling: RE3.org partners with the Recycle Guys to spread recycling messages to schools.

Download and browse through the collection of RE3.org's Posters for print or web use.

Event & Venue Recycling: How to initiate recycling at your event and venue.

Download royalty free Stock photo images of recyclable and recycled content materials for web or print use.

College and University Recycling: Examples of recycling from N.C. collegiate recycling programs.

Download Recycling Stickers and decals to print and use.

Collection & Materials: Learn more about increasing collections and range of recyclable materials (pdf format).

RE3 Resource Calendar: Links to resource calendar, where you can see if the RE3.org booth (tent, tables, chairs, recycling bins) are available to borrow.

Commodity Fluctuations: Markets turn discarded materials into commodities, requiring a different way of thinking about waste (pdf format).

Colleague Contact: Links to a map of local government's recycling coordinators around North Carolina.

Working with the Private Sector: Collectors, Processors and End-users play a vital role in North Carolina recycling programs (pdf format).

Recycle Bins: Recycling bin funding and inexpensive bin ideas [Word].

NC Material Recovery Facility Map: Locate your nearest material recovery facility that is sorting, baling and marketing your recyclable material [JPG] or [PDF].

Landfill Diagram: Ever wonder how a landfill is constructed? Well this poster breaks it down for you – beneath the garbage and above [JPG] or [PDF].

Other recycling campaigns

Other Recycling Campaigns: Recycle Guys (for kids) and Recycle More NC (for adults).

Banned Materials: Information on North Carolina's disposal ban on plastic bottles, oil filters and wooden pallets.