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Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners

Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners. Waste & Recycling Exercise 1. Discover What You Can Recycle Complete Step 1 of the exercise by indicating which items you currently recycle. Why Recycle?. Each American generates 4.5 lbs of waste per day…. Why Recycle?.

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Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners

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  1. Prepared for Enterprise Community Partners

  2. Waste & Recycling Exercise 1 • Discover What You Can Recycle • Complete Step 1 of the exercise by indicating which items you currently recycle

  3. Why Recycle? Each American generates 4.5 lbs of waste per day…

  4. Why Recycle? Americans generate 4.5 lbs of waste per day… …and over 1,600 poundsper year.

  5. Why Recycle? Only 30% is Recycled …but much more could be.

  6. Why Recycle? Reduce Landfilling • In volume, Americans landfill over 167 million tons of trash – equivalent to the weight of 104 million cars • Landfills can contaminate drinking water Source: RecycleRacoon Source: US EPA

  7. Why Recycle? Source: US EPA Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gasses Materials made from recycled materials use less energy since virgin sources do not need mining and refining It takes 95% less energy to produce an aluminum can from recycled cans than raw ore from a mine

  8. What Can You Recycle? What Can You Recycle? Paper • Newspaper • Office Paper • Magazines • Paper Bags • Junk Mail • Egg Cartons • Aseptic Cartons Milk & Juice • Cardboard BoxesClean pizza boxes (no food or oil stains) Source: City of Denver Source: City of Cambridge

  9. What Can You Recycle? Metal • Canned Food • Aluminum cans • Aluminum Foil (clean) Rinse out food Source: City of High Point

  10. What Can You Recycle? Glass • Jars • Bottles • No broken glass Rinse out food from jars Source: City of Greensboro

  11. What Can You Recycle? Plastic • There are 7 types of plastic, identifiable by the triangle with a number in the middle. • Look for the symbol on the bottom of the bottle • Certain numbers may not be recyclable in your area.

  12. What Can You Recycle? Plastic Recyclable in our area: NOT recyclable in our area: **move symbols to correct column for your area Source: MomGoesGreen.com Look for the Plastic ID, usually on the underside of a plastic container

  13. Waste & Recycling Exercise 1 • Discover What You Can Recycle • Complete Step 2 of the exercise by indicating which items you currently recycle

  14. Set Up a Home Recycle Center **Recyclables need to be sorted by XXXXXXX • In the kitchen, instead of one can, have two cans • Place all plastics, metals, and glass in one can • Put everything else in the 2nd can • In the living room, have one can dedicated to paper • Place all paper products in one can • All other trash in the 2nd can • Take out the recycling when you take out the trash

  15. Where Do You Deposit Your Recycled Items? **Insert a picture or diagram/floorplan of where residents should leave items

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