Your Assignment, Part I
Write a proposal on why your business should implement a recycling program.
Conduct research to find information from two different sources, and remember to
document source information. Create an outline using the information you find.
Complete the following steps as you create your proposal:
1. Read the Recycling Basics page of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's)
website: https://www.epa.gov/recycle/recycling-basics. Also read the Recycle at
Work page of the Less Is More website:
https://lessismore.org/materials/19-start-recycling-at-work/.
2. Take notes on all the main ideas from the Recycling Basics page and the Recycle
at Work page, highlighting the ideas you could use to support the implementation of
a workplace recycling program.
a. Be sure to write down any source information that you will need to incorporate
into a works-cited page in MLA format.
3. Look up the cost of purchasing two 32-gallon recycle carts from your local
hardware store as well as two other suppliers.
4. In the company's budget information, you determine that the office cleaning/
waste management budget has $1,000 that is not being spent. You also find the
training costs per employee in the table below:
Average Training Costs
Expense
Per employee
For entire company (45
people)
