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NEW! - 2010 Pickup Schedule Available
Monday, February 8, 2010 - Recycling routes are on schedule for this week. This is a "B" week. If you are not sure of your collection day, please call 1.800.724.3867.
Recycling information brochures are in the mail. They are being delivered to houses in Wayne County now. If you have a question or concern, please call or write: 1.800.724.3867 or mtorelli@co.wayne.ny.us.
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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