Reduce Reuse Recycle Reduce the Spread of Colds

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Reduce the Spread of Colds & Flu • Frequently Wash Hands - 20 Seconds – Before Eating, After Handling Body Secretions, & Before Rubbing Eyes or Touching the Face • Cough or Sneeze into Your Sleeve, at the Bend of Your Elbow – Place Left Hand on Right Shoulder - Sneeze into Your Sleeve • Carry Disposable Tissues to Wipe/Blow Nose – Place Facial Tissues in Pocket/Purse Daily – Become a Regular Health Habit

Wash Hands Reduce the Spread of Colds & Flu • More Illnesses Transmitted by Viruses on the Hands Than by Airborne Droplets. • Respiratory Viruses on Desks, Computers, Tables, Telephones & Surfaces – A Cough - Viruses Released into Air, Settle on Surfaces, & Some Can Survive Up to Several Days – Get on Hands First, Then into Your Body When You Touch Your Eyes, Nose, or Mouth • Cough/Sneeze into Hands – Contaminate Objects You Touch & Viruses Transmitted to Others

E-Waste Computers, Monitors, & Televisions • Contain Heavy Metals – Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Nickel, Tin, Cobalt • Improper Disposal – Contaminate Landfill and Groundwater • Classified as Universal Hazardous Waste – Cannot Be Thrown into Regular Trash • UCOP Computers – UC Berkeley Overstock/Surplus Weekly Pick-Ups

Electronic Waste Collection and Recycling Act • Electronic Waste Collection & Recycling Act (2003) – Fees Charged at Initial Purchase to Fund Program – Recyclers Paid By State of California for Items Received

UCOP E-Waste Collection Employees’ Personal Computers & TVs • January 24, 2007: 10 AM to 2 PM • 11 th Street Side of 1111 Franklin Street • Items Accepted: – Computers & Laptops – Monitors – Keyboards & Mice – Television • Free Software to Clean Hard Drive – dban. sourceforge. net

Other Types of E-Waste • Location of E-Waste Recyclers – www. erecycle. org – May Charge a Fee

Recycling Collection • City of Oakland Goal – Zero Waste goal by 2020 and – 75% waste reduction by 2010 • Over half the waste created in Oakland is from business. Recycling Trash

RECYCLING Bin Location – Large bin at your desk or blue bin in the kitchen or copy room What Can I Recycle? Paper Items Paper Cardboard Envelopes Phone Books Post-it Notes Magazine Bottles and Cans Plastic Bottles Glass Bottles Aluminum Foil Yogurt and Cottage Cheese containers

LANDFILL (TRASH) Bin Location – Black bins in the kitchen or mini bins at your desk and in the copy rooms What Must go to the Landfill? Plastic Bags Plastic Cups Styrofoam Plastic Utensils Plastic Food Wrappers Plastic Coffee Cups Plastic Straws Saran Wrap