bob j. bennett certified recycling systems manager director of recycling greenbrier county swa

Bob J. Bennett Certified Recycling Systems Manager

Director of Recycling

Greenbrier County SWA

The Greenbrier County Solid Waste Authority has operated a recycling program for 20+ years. In that time the program has seen many ups and downs.

We operate a Drop-Off Center, a Buy-Back Center and we pickup items on a very limited basis. We serve Greenbrier, Monroe, Summers and Pocahontas Counties. We border Virginia, so we also receive a few materials from that area.

Over the past few years our program has seen substantial growth. In February of 2007 we relocated our program into a larger facility. The old location could no longer handle the amount of materials coming in. The Authority owned an old Coke Cola bottling plant in Ronceverte and moved our operation to that location. That location has a six car garage that we modified into our public drop-off area.

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Materials Collected – 2011Greenbrier County Estimated Population – 2011 = 35,800

• Cardboard 629 tons• Newspaper 215

tons• Office Paper 129

tons• Magazines 106

tons• Plastics #1 & #2 80

tons• Aluminum/scrap 193

tons• Electronics 126

tons• Total 1,478 tons

Progress• 2000 = 4 employees processing 715 tons

• 2006 = 4 employees processing 1270 tons

• 2009 = 4 employees processing 1414 tons

• 2011 = 4 employees processing 1475 tons

Where to get HELP?• Other Recyclers• WVDEP – REAP ( Rehabilitation Environmental Action Plan )

• WVSWMB• Grants

www.greenbrier-swa.com

greenbrierrecycle@frontier.com

304-645-4232

Marketing Your Program• Advertise

Local Papers

Brochures

Web Page

One-on-One

Signs

Tours

Marketing Your Program - Cont• Public Relations

Those who use your program.

Those who do not use your program.

Those you want to use your program.– Public– Businesses– Haulers– Medical– Other Recyclers– Facebook

Marketing Your Materials• Quality• Brokers• End Users• Other Recyclers• Local Sales

ThankYouPETE HDPE