Program Benefits
Demonstrate Your Company’s Environmental Leadership to Your Customers and to Our Community
OCRRA’s Blue Ribbon Recycler program highlights excellent business recycling performance to the community and your customers. Each business or organization that obtains certification receives the following:
Recognition for Your Business:
- A certificate/award and decal to display in a public area proclaiming your recycling achievements.
- A recycling certification letter, suitable for use in pursuing potential clients and customers, signifying key sustainability practices are in place
Promote your success:
High profile attention on both OCRRA’s popular website (www.ocrra.org)
and Update Newsletter (distributed to over 100,000 local
recipients on a quarterly basis)- A graphical Seal of Recycling Excellence than can be used on your company letterhead, email signatures, and your website
- Promotional Event at your workplace
Environmental Benefits of Recycling
- Recycling one ton of office paper recycled reduces greenhouse gasses by 4.3 tons and saves over 7,000 gallons of water
- Recycling one ton of Aluminum cans recycled reduces Green House Gases by 13.7 tons and energy use by 90 %
- Recycling one ton of Cardboard recycled saves 462 gallons of oil
Achieve Cost Savings
- In some cases, reduce trash hauler fees by diverting recyclable items out of the waste stream
- Implement recommended waste reduction measures and achieve cost savings
In addition, every business or organization that receives the Blue Ribbon Recycler certification becomes eligible to be recognized as our community’s Recycler of the Year.
