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Volunteers - Loaning and Sharing with Volunteers
Linda Holterhoff
Program Manager
City of Cincinnati Recycling Program
At the 30,000 ft. level, you can expand recycling by inviting grass roots organizations to borrow the ClearStreams for their events. Over 1,000 counties, cities and non-profits are using ClearStreams in various loaning and sharing programs to leverage their resources.
Loaning out ClearStream containers to volunteers makes recycling happen all season long without burning out your staff.
Enthusiastic, environmentally conscious volunteers provide valuable in-kind service hours which do not come out of your budget. Volunteers are vocal people who appreciate leadership that promotes out-of-home recycling.
Watch a video, which will give your community groups instructions and other information to make their recycling experience successful.
Watch Loaning and Sharing Video
View Georgia's video, which shows how the entire State has created turnkey loaning and sharing programs.
A good description of inter government cooperation can be found in the April 2005 issue of Resource Recycling.
A sample that can be sent out to community groups asking them to reserve units can be found here.
Forms. The city of Eugene, Oregon, uses a form that requires a deposit on the ClearStreams as well as proof of insurance