Al Kaly Shriners Recycle program started when TRI-R Recycling signed a contract with Al Kaly Shriners on June 11, 2002. The program was limited to the Colorado Springs area. Jack Cooper of the Colorado Springs Shrine Club accepted the challenge to start the program in Colorado Springs. The job was simple. Find businesses that would sign a contract to locate a recycle bin on their property. TRI-R would deliver the bin and schedule a pick-up day to retrieve the recyclable paper. NO CARDBOARD AND NO PHONEBOOKS were signs on the bins along with JUNK MAIL OFFICE PAPERS AND MAGAZINES. . It was clear that Al Kaly Shrine was responsible. The red Fez was on each bin with the phone number of the Colorado Springs Shrine Club.

The first location for a bin was the Colorado Springs Shrine Club and the second was the Masonic Center on Panorama Drive. Fountain residents now have a recycle bin located at the City Hall of Fountain, 116 S. Main St. As the number of locations have increased, the monthly collections weight increased. The payment scheduled is based on $5 for every ton of paper collected up to 200 tons, $7.50 per ton up to 300 tons and $11.50 up to 400 ton and $15 for 400 ton and over.

Al Kaly's production is approaching the 200 ton mark. This means the revenue for Al Kaly Shriners will increase to over $750 per month or $9,000 per year. This sounds like a lot of money for paper that people throw away.

El Jebel collected over $36,000 for 2005 from 276 sites and over 370 bins. Al Kaly may not be as large as El Jebel but these numbers indicate that we have a lot of undeveloped opportunity in waste paper.

Both Colorado Springs and Pueblo are looking for Shriners to help reach a higher production. With four Shriners finding the time to locate one bin per month in each of our cities by the end of 2006 Al Kaly Shriners would have 120 bins an annual production of over $15,000 for year 2006.

You can help in two ways, one, find a bin near you and recycle your waste paper and two, locate a bin.

DO YOU KNOW A LOCATION FOR A BIN? CALL:

Pueblo, Wayne McKey, 719-252-8165

Colorado Springs and Fountain, Fred Kiger, 719-494-0362 or kigerf@aol.com