Burrp! We can do it, too.

This article was in yesterday's USPS News Link. What a great idea somebody in Tampa had: generate more recycling income by asking employees to bring in recyclable paper from home. In one year, the BURRP program there generated $250,000 in revenue.

Read the article below for inspiration:
USPS employees have long been encouraged to recycle at the local level — checking facilities and work areas to help the Postal Service realize its goal to send zero waste to landfills.


But an effort underway in Tampa District is encouraging employees to recycle paper at work — and bring paper from home as well.


This program is called “Bring Us UR Recycled Paper” program — BURRP for short. Participating employees are given “BURRP” bags to carry newspapers and other recyclable paper from home to work. Paper brought from home then is collected and sold to a recycler.


Employees get to contribute to the recycling effort, and USPS generates revenue.


How much revenue? In the first year, Tampa generated nearly $250,000 from the BURRP program. If every district participated, it’s estimated the Postal Service could generate $10 million each year.


Click here to watch the latest edition of “Going Green” and learn more about BURRP.