Last year, the U.S. Postal Service® launched an innovative new program to assist federal agencies to recycle on a national level. The USPS BlueEarth® Federal Recycling Program allows customer agencies and their employees (including USPS® employees) to repurpose and recycle qualified end-of-life products free of charge.
The USPS BlueEarth® Federal Recycling Program makes recycling easy enough for every federal location to participate:
“The USPS BlueEarth® Federal Recycling Program does not require federal agencies to replace any of their existing recycling programs. It can easily supplement recycling programs already in place, said Tom Day, chief sustainability officer for the U.S. Postal Service.”
The USPS BlueEarth® Federal Recycling Program is free (no shipping or disposition costs) to every federal agency.
The program provides solutions in two ways:
n A recycling program for federal agencies on a national level for government equipment, such as ink jet and toner cartridges and small electronics shipped via USPS from a government location.
n A recycling program for federal agency employees on a national level for disposal of their personal property, such as ink jet and toner cartridges and small electronics shipped via USPS from the employee’s home.
In each of the two categories above, the employee follows a simple process to access a customized website (http://blueearth.usps.gov), input the required information, print a label, seal the items in a nondescript box provided by the agency or employee, and submit the parcel to a mail carrier through current standard mailing procedures.
