ReCycle North

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ReCycle North

• Less Waste
• More Opportunity

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ReCycle North

• Founded in 1991 by Ron Krup
• Established to address
• Waste management
• Homelessness
• Approach
• Transformational educating individuals about
  reducing solid waste

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ReCycle North

• 12 years later still combines an environmental
  mission with a social purpose
• Reduce amount of reusable/repairable household
  items that are dumped in landfills
• Provide job skills and technical training
• Donate items to low-income individuals

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ReCycle North

• Reuse
• People donate items which are available for sale
  in Household Goods Retail Store, 266 Pine St.,
  Burlington (nominal fees are charged to donate
  items)
• Building Materials Center provides building
  materials for homeowners and low-income housing
  developers

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ReCycle North

• Reuse
• Since 1991, reuse operations have generated 4.3
  million
• Sales figures are used to quantify the reduction
  of solid waste to area landfills

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ReCycle North

• Training
• Apprentice-Style Training
• Major appliance repair
• Computer systems technology
• Customer service and retail management
• Office administration

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ReCycle North

• Training
• Work Experience Training
• Basic work skills for individuals with
  disabilities, low-income youth, and long-term
  unemployed

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ReCycle North

• Training
• Community Service Learning
• Individuals referred from Department of
  Corrections
• Individuals on public assistance

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• Poverty Relief
• Committed to an annual donation of 50,000 worth
  of household goods and services
• Vouchers given to area social agencies that in
  turn provide them to their clients to use for RCN
  household goods and services

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Operating Budget/Financial Structure
• Non-profit 501 C 3
• Annual operating budget of 1.4 million
• 1.2 million in revenue from sales of donated
  goods
• Remaining balance from monetary donations,
  grants, and income from training programs
• Ended 2002 with a surplus of 38,790

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Operating Budget/Financial Structure
• Almost 90 of budget used for program services
  (reuse, job training, poverty relief)
• 9.2used for administration/general expense
• 1.6 used for fundraising/development

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Organizational Structure
• Executive Director reports to Board
• Nine-Member Board of Directors
• Eyes from the Community
• Active in Strategic Planning/Goal Setting
• Approve purchases over 1,000
• Make RCN their primary charity when it comes to
  donating their money

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Strategic Planning/Goal Setting
• Considers itself entrepreneurial
• Creates annual business plan the projects
  revenues, expenditures, surpluses
• Sets goals and reviews these goals periodically

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Strategic Planning/Goal Setting
• New Initiative Building Materials Center and
  Deconstruction Service
• Discontinued Program Electronics Training
  Program

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Sharing Its Expertise
• Regional and national conferences
• Active in Vermont Businesses for Social
  Responsibility

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Partnerships
• FAHC used computers
• Sears used appliances
• UVM/City of Burlington annual Exchange
• VT DET / VT Corrections training
• VT social service agencies poverty relief

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Setting Guidelines
• Reuse and recycling guidelines
• Criteria and application procedures for training

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ReCycle North

• What Works
• Donors
• Household Goods / Appliances
• Monetary Gifts
• Volunteer Hours

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• What Hasnt Worked
• Developing Educational Materials About Recycling
  for VT Teachers
• Costly to produce (time and dollars)
• National providers do it better
• Realized this isnt what RCN needs to do

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ReCycle North

• What can you do?
• Donate reusable items
• Make a monetary donation
• Volunteer your time
• 226 Pine Street, Burlington