The project is a large call center of approximately 116 thousand gsf, divided roughly 3:1 between main floor and mezzanine work areas. Call center employees (as many as 600) are not "permitted" to consume food and beverages at their work stations. Recycling of glass, plastic and metals will be accommodated with approximately 60 sf of space for recycling containers distributed among the eight multipurpose and vending rooms used for breaks and meals. While these break room recycling areas may be located quite a distance from individual workstations, we assume that the prohibition on food consumption while working, combined with clearly marked containers in break and vending areas, will effectively facilitate reduction of glass, plastic, and metal waste. (At the same time, we are reticent about distributing recycling containers throughout the facility, to avoid work station consumption that would generate glass, plastic, and metal waste streams). Containers for recycling sensitive (confidential) paper and non-sensitive paper and cardboard will be widely distributed, at approximately 30 locations throughout the main floor and mezzanine to facilitate ready access to paper recycling containers. The space taken by these paper recycling containers will total 470 sf. Maintenance staff will consolidate and store sensitive paper in a secure area until it is picked up by a recycling contractor (along with the non-sensitive paper and cardboard). All other recyclables will be consolidated at a designated area of the loading dock, and stored until they are picked up and become a part of the municipality\'s single-stream recycling system that co-mingles paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, and metals. Because the municipality takes a single stream of co-mingled materials the amount of space that will be taken by containers in the break and vending rooms is minimal. While the LEED-NC Reference Manual suggests a minimum dedicated recycling area of 275 sf for a facility of this size, we believe that our distributed recycling areas meet the intent of the prerequisite by placing the necessary containers for paper in close proximity to every employee, while placing containers for glass, plastic, and metals close to where their contents will be consumed. While individual recycling areas will be small, the overall space dedicated to recycling containers greatly exceeds the recommended minimum area. Will this approach meet prerequisite requirements?