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EXHIBIT D <br />King County Solid Waste Division <br />Green Works Business Recycling Program <br />L Green Works Program <br />A) Green Works Promotion and Telephone Referral Service <br />Promotional efforts, including radio and print advertisements, inform businesses <br />throughout King County (County) that their waste prevention and recycling programs are <br />important, and that they can receive: (1) free assistance to establish or expand these programs (see <br />I.B. below); and (2) public recognition if they meet program standards (see I.C. below). The <br />Green Works telephone line is staffed from 8:30 a.m. -4 :30 p.m. Monday through Friday. County <br />staff refer business callers to the appropriate agency (including cities participating in the City <br />Optional Program {COP)) for assistance. <br />B) Green Works Business Recycling Assistance Program <br />A network of technical assistance providers (including County staff, and city recycling <br />coordinators and their consultants who are participating in the COP) assist businesses with their <br />waste prevention, recycling, and buy recycled programs. Assistance includes telephone assistance, <br />instructional and educational materials, on -site waste consultations, and employee education:: <br />C) Green Works Recognition Program <br />The Green Works recognition program can be used by COP cities to encourage businesses <br />to start or enhance their recycling programs. To become Green Works members, businesses must <br />recycle at least 40% of their solid waste, practice at least three waste prevention strategies, and <br />purchase at least three recycled content products; businesses which meet higher standards become <br />"Distinguished" Green Works members. Green Works Partners are Distinguished members that <br />help to promote the Green Works program. County staff: (1) approve Green Works applications; <br />(2) provide certificates, decals, and recognition letters to each new Green Works member; and <br />provide each Green Works member with recognition via radio and print advertisements, in the <br />annual Signs of a Green Business directory, and in the quarterly Recycling Works newsletter. <br />D) Corporate wide and Targeted Assistance <br />County staff coordinates assistance to corporations with facilities located throughout the <br />County and coordinates joint programs with umbrella organizations (trade associations, etc.) to <br />educate industry members and to expand recycling and waste prevention in the commercial sector. <br />The Packaging Waste Prevention program assists businesses throughout the County (including <br />COP cities) to eliminate or reduce their packaging waste. <br />IL Recycling Works Quarterly Newsletter <br />This quarterly newsletter, distributed to 28,000 businesses, provides information about <br />current waste reduction, recycling, and recycled product procurement practices relevant to <br />businesses. Any city may produce newsletter inserts that will be mailed with Recycling Works to <br />the businesses in that city. <br />III. Printed Materials Please see the attached lists of available materials. <br />G:lbrpkop\ 19981ilsrxd.doc <br />