Business Waste Reduction
Waste Reduction and Recycling Posters and Stickers
The California Integrated Waste Management Board is pleased to provide colorful posters and stickers to help coordinate and promote your waste reduction efforts. These posters and stickers are available to California businesses, public service organizations, educational institutions, and local governmental agencies in limited quantities at no charge. For more information on availability, see Costs and Limitations on Mailing, below. For more information, e-mail bzassist@calrecycle.ca.gov or call (916) 341-6363.
Order with the online order form, unless you are a California State agency.
California State agencies must order through the State Agency Assistance Section. Note: Some designs are not available to California State agencies.
Also see the recycling posters provided by the Department of Conservation.
You can also download posters and stickers and print (or have them printed) yourself! For details on duplicating these images, see Permissions and Restrictions Regarding Duplication, below. A PDF viewer such as the free Adobe Reader is required to open or print PDF files.
- Paper Management
- Reuse Office Supplies
- Close the Loop
- Utensil Reuse
- Battery Posters and Stickers
- Battery Posters and Stickers, Spanish
- Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Posters and Stickers
- Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Posters and Stickers, Spanish
- Medical Waste Posters and Stickers
- Costs and Limitations on Mailing
- Applicability of Posters and Stickers Outside of California
- Permission and Restriction Regarding Duplication
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Paper Management
Reuse paper.
Place near printers, photocopy machines, or places where paper is stored.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Two Sides Are Better Than One
Text—Two sides are better than one. Be wise. Use both sides.
Out of stock, but you can still reproduce your own!
Poster
10 X 4 Inches
Please Put Your Reusable One-Sided Paper in This Box
Text—Please put your reusable one sided paper in this box.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Use Both Sides
Text—Use both sides. Before you're through, use side two.
Recycle paper.
Affix to these posters samples of the paper that your office recycles.
Display near your recycling bins. What goes where varies from city to city because
different recyclers accept different things.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Acceptable as Mixed Paper
Text—Remember, Reduce, Reuse, Then Recycle. Acceptable as Mixed Paper.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Acceptable as White Paper
Text—Remember, Reduce, Reuse, Then Recycle. Acceptable as White Paper.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Unacceptable as Paper
Text—Remember, Reduce, Reuse, Then Recycle. Unacceptable as Paper.
Reduce paper use.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
PC Files Not Paper Piles
Text—PC files not paper piles. Do you really need a hard copy?
Reuse Office Supplies
Poster
5 X 8 Inches
Office Trading Post
Text—Office Trading Post. Take what you need. Contribute your unneeded office supplies. Please keep this area organized. Be neat.
Close the Loop
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Make It Your Business
Text—Make it your business to buy recycled products.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Buy Recycled
Text—Reduce, reuse, recycle, buy recycled. It's good business.
Utensil Reuse
Promote Mug Reuse at Coffee Shops.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Next Drop
Text—Reuse for the next drop.
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Take Your Cup For a Drink
Text—Bring your own cup for a discount. (Fill in amount.) Take your cup for a drink.
Battery Posters and Stickers
Poster
10 X 14.5 Inches
Battery Poster
Out of stock, but you can still reproduce your own.
Text—Keep batteries out of the trash. Contact your local household hazardous waste agency. Includes all batteries of sizes AAA, AA, C, D, button cell, 9 Volt, and all others, both rechargeable and single use. Protect the environment and help recover resources. For more information, see www.zerowaste.ca.gov or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Sticker
5 X 5 Inches
Battery Sticker
Note—This sticker is suitable for use on indoor and outdoor waste receptacles.
Text—Batteries. Keep out of Trash. Contact your local household hazardous waste agency. For more information, see www.zerowaste.ca.gov or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Battery Posters and Stickers, Spanish
Poster
10 X 14.5 Inches
Battery Poster, Spanish
Text—No deposite baterías usadas en la basura. Comuniquese con su agencia local de desperdicios peligrosos del hogar. Sin importar si son recargables o no, la misma precausión se debe tomar con las baterías tipo AAA, AA, C, D, de 9 Voltios y las pilas de botón. Proteja el medio ambiente y ayude a recuperar los recursos. Para mayor información visite www.zerowaste.ca.gov, or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Sticker
5 X 5 Inches
Battery Sticker, Spanish
Note—This sticker is suitable for use on indoor and outdoor waste receptacles.
Text—No deposite baterías usadas en la basura. Comuniquese con su agencia local de desperdicios peligrosos del hogar. Para mayor información visite www.zerowaste.ca.gov, or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Posters and Stickers
Poster
10 X 14.5 Inches
Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Poster
Out of stock, but you can still reproduce your own.
Text—Keep Fluorescent lamps out of the trash. Contact your local household hazardous waste agency. Broken lamps can release mercury to the air and water. This includes fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps, metal halide lamps, and sodium vapor lams. For more information see www.zerowaste.ca.gov, or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Sticker
5 X 5 Inches
Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Sticker
Note—This sticker is suitable for use on indoor and outdoor waste receptacles.
Text—Fluorescent. Keep out of the trash. Contact your local household hazardous waste agency. Broken lamps can release mercury to the air and water. This includes fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps, metal halide lamps, and sodium vapor lams. For more information see www.zerowaste.ca.gov, or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Posters and Sticker, Spanish
Poster
10 X 14.5 Inches
Fluorescent Lamp and Tube Poster, Spanish
Text—No coloque en la basura los tubos de luz fluorescente. Comuniquese con su agencia local de desperdicios peligrosos del hogar. Los tubos rotos pueden liberar mercurio en el aire y en el agua. Las mismas precausiones se deben tomar no solamente con los tubos de luz fluorescente sino tamién con las lámparas compactas de luz fluorescente, lámparas de halogenuros de metal (metal halide lamps) y lámparas con vapores de sodio. Para mayor información visite www.zerowaste.ca.gov, or www.dtsc.ca.gov.
Sticker
5 X 5 Inches
Note—This sticker is suitable for use on indoor and outdoor waste receptacles.
Text—Fluorescente. No coloque en la basura los tubos de luz fluorescente. Comuniquese con su agencia local de desperdicios peligrosos del hogar.
Medical Waste Posters and Stickers
For Health Care Facilities
Poster
11 X 14 Inches
Know Where to Throw Poster
Text—Know Where to Throw. Biohazard red bag waste: fluid blood, blood saturated items, bags and IV tubing containing blood products, suction canisters, hemovacs, chest drainage units, hemodialysis products. These don't go in the red bag: garbage, sharps, pathology specimens, hazardous waste, medication. Check with your facility and/or procedure manual for disposal requirements of IV bags.
Sticker
4 X 5 Inches
Biohazard Sticker
Text—Biohazard Red Bag Waste: fluid blood, blood saturated items, bags and IV tubing containing blood products, suction canisters, hemovacs, chest drainage units, hemodialysis products.
Safe Workplace Posters—The poster that says, "You Have a Right to A Safe and Healthful Workplace," is available in English and Spanish from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Costs and Limitations on Mailing
The posters and stickers displayed on these Web pages are available to California businesses, governmental agencies, public service organizations, and educational institutions in limited quantities at no charge. Quantities mailed to California addresses are limited based on actual need and the quantities in stock. Quantities mailed to addresses outside of California may be more restricted.
Applicability of Posters and Stickers Outside of California
Some of the posters and stickers displayed on these Web pages are specially designed to address waste challenges and waste regulations that are unique to California. Although, they might also be suitable for use within other states and countries, it is the responsibility of the people outside of California who request, print, or distribute these posters and stickers to assure that they accurately reflect the needs of the locations where they are used, as well as all laws applicable at those locations.
Permission and Restriction Regarding Duplication
The posters and stickers displayed on these Web pages were created by CalRecycle unless otherwise noted. CalRecycle encourages businesses, governmental agencies, public service organizations, and educational institutions to reproduce and distribute the material displayed on this page to help promote CalRecycle’s goals of waste reduction, recycling, and safe disposal. These materials may be used, resized, and reprinted by anyone for a nonprofit purpose without permission from CalRecycle. However, requests for permission to materially alter the design beyond resizing the design and adding information must be submitted to CalRecycle as outlined CalRecycle's general use guidelines. E-mail your request to alter the design to opa@calrecycle.ca.gov or mail to:
CalRecycle
Public Affairs Office, MS 22-B
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812-4025
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Business Assistance: BzAssist@calrecycle.ca.gov (916) 341-6363