Trades/Construction
RANCHO RESORT
MAINTANANCE POSITION Construction
West-Press
Printing Finance and Accounting
Charles E. Gillman Company
Accounting Specialist Health Care
CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Administrative & Professional
Tucson Urban League
CEO/President Sales and Marketing
Everready Glass
Sales Reps Administrative & Professional
Jorgensen Brooks Group
Counselor

Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup and City Councilman Rodney Glassman want our community's largest office buildings to be socially responsible by recycling.

Glassman told a group of about 30 environmental group representatives, waste and recycling service providers, government staff members and large office building owners and managers at a meeting at the Ward 2 offices last week that about 40 percent of the community's waste is produced by commercial outlets.

He said he believes that recycling at the office should be as easy as recycling at home.

To make that belief a reality, Glassman and the mayor have purchased "I'm going green" canvas tote bags that they will deliver to area businesses and talk to employees about recycling.

We think you should take them up on the offer and incorporate recycling into your business.

Blue recycling bins dot the Star's newsroom, where recycling white paper and newsprint are part of our corporate culture. Soda can and water bottle recycling is handled by individual departments.

City staff members said they are ready to help businesses and office buildings incorporate recycling into their corporate culture.

Andrew Quigley, Tucson's director of Environmental Services, told the group that recycling no longer requires sifting and sorting, and that the market for recyclable materials is strong.

He said recycling could help businesses save money and lessen their impact on landfills.

The city's director of Development Services, Ernie Duarte, said his department will work with businesses to coordinate recycling containers and mitigate conflicts, such as using parking spaces for a recycling bin, that may seem to preclude recycling.

Before tossing that sheet of white paper in the trash or tossing that soda can, consider a recycling program at your business. It could be fiscally and environmentally prudent.