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Wayne County Curbside Recycling -
- Thursday, September 2 - Hazardous Waste Collection set for Wayne and Yates Counties - Saturday, September 25. Hazardous chemicals, medications, electronics and propane tanks all accepted. Call for more information or check press release posted on the web site.
- Wednesday, September 1 - Two drop-off sites open on Saturdays, starting Sept. 4. One at the Waste Water Treatment Plant off Ford St. in Clyde. The other behind the Post Office in the Municipal parking lot in Wolcott. Hours: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. See press release for more information.
- Tuesday, August 31 - Staff of the Western Finger Lakes Authority is still scoping drop-off sites for Eastern Wayne County. Details should be arranged very soon.
- Monday, August 30 - Sharon Lilla, Administrator, is working on drop-off sites for recycling in eastern Wayne County. Possibly two sites will be arranged by later today.
- Thursday, August 26 - Sharon Lilla, Administrator, has announced a temporary suspension of curbside recycling for the six eastern towns of Wayne County and the villages contained within their borders. Recycling collection will be suspended Monday, August 30 - Friday, September 24. Regular service will resume on Monday, September 27.
- People will be able to drop off recycling at the Materials Recovery Facility (recycling building), 4060 Rt. 88 North, Newark. The building is located 2 miles north of the Hamlet of Fairville. Hours of operation are Monday - Friday, 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The drop-off will open as of Monday, August 30.
- Letter to local papers from Sharon Lilla, Administrator of the Western Finger Lakes Solid Waste Management Authority.
- Date set for Public Hearing on Wayne County Curbside Recycling - Thursday, September 9, 7 p.m. Wayne County Courthouse, 27 Church Street., Lyons.
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Recycling for our Future
Why Recycle? Quick Facts:
- Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 trees, 2 barrels of oil (enough to run
the average car for 1,260 miles), 4,100 kilowatts of energy (enough
power for the average home for 6 months), 3.2 cubic yards of landfill
space, and 60 pounds of air pollution. Trash to Cash
- The U.S. is 5% of the world's population but uses 25% of its
natural resources. Environmental Protection Agency
- Recycling glass, instead of making it from silica sand,
reduces mining waste by 75% and air pollution by 20%.
Lehigh County Solid Waste Management, 2003
- About 86 percent of US landfills are currently leaking toxic
materials into lakes, streams, and aquifers. Once
groundwater is contaminated, it is extremely expensive and
difficult,to clean it up. EPA, 2003
- Glass takes more than one million years to decompose in our landfills. California Department of Conservation, 2003
Recycling is Working!
- In 2000, 45.4 % of the total paper generated in the US was recycled, up from 28 % in
990. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000
- The energy saved each year by steel recycling is equal to the electrical power used by 18
million homes each year - or enough energy to power the combined residents of
Montgomery County, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
for eight years. Steel Recycling Institute
- Recycling collection and processing, and manufacturing with recycled materials employed
952,614 people in 2001, and paid $34 billion in wages. National Recycling Coalition,
2001
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