Recycling saves energy - helps environment
By Nick Harter, President, Indiana’s Green Network, Inc.
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Have you ever walked down your neighborhood sidewalks on the night before trash pickup and noticed the extreme amount of garbage our fellow neighbors are throwing away that could be recycled? Did you know that over 60% of the waste you produce in your home can be recycled? It’s true and recycling is easy. All you have to do is put your recyclable product in the yellow or brown bins instead of the trash can!
Here are some reasons why you should consider recycling:
Recycling just one aluminum pop can saves an amount of energy equal to six ounces of gasoline, and cuts air pollution by 95% compared to just trashing it.
Recycling one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt light bulb for four hours, and cuts air pollution by 20%, and water pollution by 50%, compared to just trashing it.
Recycling a one-gallon plastic milk jug will save enough energy to keep a 100-watt light bulb burning for 11 hours. Plastic is also made from petroleum, a finite material that will eventually be used up completely.
Recycling a one-foot high stack of newspapers saves enough electricity to heat a home for 17 hours.
What can you recycle in Fort Wayne? I’m glad you asked! In the Brown bin, you should recycle junk mail, office paper, newspaper, catalogues, cardboard, fiberboard, phone books,
and shredded paper. In the Yellow bin you should recycle: Clear Glass, Brown Glass, Green Glass, Plastics 1 & 2 (look on the underside of the plastic for the number in a triangle of
arrows), Aluminum Cans, Bi-Metal Cans, Tin Cans, Steel Cans, Aluminum Foil Pie Pans, and Empty Steel Paint Cans.
Some common household items that you should recycle in the brown bin are: toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, cardboard packaging from crackers and cereal, and ALL junk mail, whether the envelope has a plastic window in it or not.
Some common household items that you should recycle in the yellow bin are: plastic water bottles, detergent bottles, plastic milk jugs, and glass bottles.
Statistics from the Solid Waste Management department at the City estimate that the average home in Fort Wayne produces 7 pounds of garbage per day, and if you can save 60% of that from going to the landfill, simply by putting it in a different container (recycling bins), then each home can save 1,533 pounds of garbage from going into the landfill each year! So try it out, help make our city a cleaner, healthier place to live!
Thanks for reading,
Nicholas Harter
Indiana’s Green Network, Inc.
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Email Questions/Comments: Nick@IgniteIndiana.org
