How to Start Recycling Paper. To start a recycling program, determine which material you want to recycle, find someone to pick up the material, put recycling bins around your office, and get staff to participate. That is "all" there is to it. Having commitment from your management to encourage staff will help. But it is even more important to have management participate.

Yellow pages directories generally have recycling vendors who will pick up your recyclables. Look under headings such as recycling, refuse, waste disposal, etc. One yellow page directory has a heading called, Waste Disposal Reduction and Recycling. Call around to see who can offer you the best pickup service. Each vendor will have their own requirements and conditions. Most vendors will supply large bins to keep in the yard. Some will provide smaller bins to place around the office. The types of services provided by local recycling vendors varies throughout the state. Shop around and compare. You can buy your own bins if need be.

Some counties and cities have recycling coordinators who can help you. To find the recycling coordinator in your community, look in the government section of your phone directory. The public works department for your county or city is the most likely place to find the recycling coordinator.