Sustainability

Use Slim Jims — Secured Lobby Recycling Containers

To promote 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 11,000 Post Offices having PO Box lobbies nationwide. These secure containers carry the message, “Read, Respond, 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, 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. Once you have ordered these containers, you are required to take an online survey to confirm how the containers have been deployed. Take the online survey by going to the following web address:
http://blue.usps.gov/sustainability/earthday/ordering_green_supplies.htm and clicking Take the Recycling Implementation Survey. 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 MDC. Search for items using the PSN number listed below (without the dashes). If your office doesn’t 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. (Wait 48 hours after registering 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 Post Office™ 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 Single and Slim Jim Double), order the single and double container. The 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: N/A

Double

Description: CONTAINER, RECYCLED LOBBY MAIL, 23 GL W/LOCKING LID (QTY = 2 EA)

PSN: 4250-15-000-0664

Unit of Measure: EA

Minimum Order Quantity: 2

Bulk Pack Quantity: 2

Quick Pick Number: N/A

Price: $0.00

Edition Date: N/A

Slim Jims Replacement Parts

Where we already offer PO Box customers mail recycling in specially designed secured recycling containers, we are now offering replacement parts for broken locks and lids. The replacement parts are for the 23-gallon “Slim Jim” container that carries the message, “Read, Respond, Recycle Your Mail.”

If any of your equipment needs to be replaced, we are now offering the secure lid with lock or the lock at no cost while supplies last.

Affected postmasters should use the eBuy on-catalog requisition system to order these items for repairing secured recycling containers from the MDC. Search for items using the PSN number listed here (without the dashes). If your office doesn’t have access to eBuy, order using touch-tone order entry (TTOE): Call 800-273-1509.

Use the following information to order replacement parts:

Description: LID, RECYCLING CONTAINER SPARE W/LOCK AND 2 KEYS

PSN: 4250-15-000-0667

Unit of Measure: EA

Minimum Order Quantity: 1

Bulk Pack Quantity: 1

Quick Pick Number: N/A

Price: $0.00

Edition Date: N/A

Description: LOCK, RECYCLING CONTAINER SPARE W/2 KEYS

PSN: 5340-15-000-0668

Unit of Measure: EA