The Office of Property Management annouces the expansion of recycling and waste prevention in the Frank D. Reeves Center, a major office and public building at 14th & U Streets, NW.  

• Starting Friday, February 9, the custodial staff will no longer collect trash from employee workstations. Instead, employees will use desktop Mini-bins or smaller versions of the typical trash can, designed to hold no more than five pounds. This new, small can is for candy wrappers, peelings, used napkins, disposable flatware and other non-recyclables items. 
• The filled Mini-Bins are emptied in the “Trash” part of the closest multimaterial sorting centers or “Multi-Port” conveniently located in the halls and public areas of the Reeves Center. Larger items are to be disposed of in the designated trash section of the Multiports.
• The non-trash materials are recycled into the appropriately marked “Office Paper” or “Cans and Bottles” section of a Multi-Port.

“I am thrilled that at the Wilson Building--our City Hall--we have gone from a recycling rate of 18 percent to a rate of 60 percent in a very short period of time, and that's even more than the 45 percent rate required by law," said Councilmember Carol Schwartz, who was instrumental in the expansion of both governmental and residential recycling during her eight years as head the Council's Committee on Public Works and the Environment and is now chair of the Committee on Workforce Development and Government Operations. "DC government recycling and reuse helps protect our environment--and the DC government should be a model.”

Lars Etzkorn, Director of the Office of Property Management, said,“I thank all DC government personnel in the Reeves Center and the public for helping reduce waste and encouraging reuse by using the Mini-Bins and Multi-Ports.”

DC government agencies in the Reeves Center include: the Departments of Transportation, Public Works, Health and Personnel, the Lottery Board, the Metropolitan Police Department, an ANC office, the Offices of Latino Affairs, Energy, Campaign Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Minority Business and Property Management; Councilmember Jim Graham, as well as commercial establishments and a daycare center.

Surplus trash cans are reused or recycled.  A survey of customer reaction will be conducted in the spring.