Sustainability

Use Slim Jims – Secured Lobby Recycling Containers

To demonstrate the USPS^® Green commitment, Post Offices™ are encouraged to participate in the Post Office Box Lobby Recycling Program. Your PO Box™ customers can recycle their mail in specially designed secured recycling containers that the Postal Service™ has deployed to more than 12,000 Post Offices with PO Box lobbies nationwide. These secure containers carry the message, “Read, Respond, and Recycle Your Mail.”

The Postal Service can make significant reductions in its solid waste disposal costs if customers recycle their mail after they have finished with it. By offering customers the opportunity to recycle their mail right in the lobby, the USPS can also play an important role in meeting customers’ environmental expectations. Now is a very good time to renew our customer’s participation in USPS recycling and sustainability programs. Containers are offered on a first come, first served basis, while supplies last.

Affected Postmasters should use the eBuy on-catalog requisition system to order the “Slim Jim” secure recycling containers from the Topeka, Kansas Material Distribution Center. Search for items using the PSN number listed below (without the dashes). If your office does not have access to eBuy, order using touch-tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-273-1509.

Note: You must be registered to use TTOE. To register, call 800-332-0317, option 1, extension 2925, and follow the prompts to leave a message. Please wait 48 hours after registration before placing your first order. For complete TTOE ordering instructions, visit the Materials Customer Service website at http://blue.usps.gov/purchase/_doc/ops_ttoeins.doc or call 800-332-0317, option 4, option 4.

Use the following information to order Slim Jims. Order containers based on the rule of thumb that one container serves up to 500 active PO boxes. If two containers are needed (i.e. Slim Jim Double), order PSN 4250-15-000-0664. If three containers are needed (i.e., Slim Jim Double and Slim Jim Single), order the single and double container. Maximum order is limited to three containers.

Single

Description: Container, Recycled Lobby Mail, 23 GL W/LOCKING LID (QTY = 1 EA)

PSN: 4250-12-000-7649

Unit of Measure: EA

Minimum Order Quantity: 1

Bulk Pack Quantity: 1

Quick Pick Number: N/A

Price: $0.00

Edition Date: NA

Double

Description: Container, Recycled Lobby Mail, 23 GL W/LOCKING LID (QTY = 2 EA)

PSN: 4250-15-000-0664