WHY RECYCLE
Environmental issues as well as the concept of “going green” have gotten a lot of attention lately. Everyone agrees that something must be done NOW to minimize the harm we are doing to the environment. Recycling is quite possibly the easiest and cheapest way for people to go green. Consider this: Last year, Americans trashed over 180 BILLION tons of recyclable materials like newspapers and aluminum cans. That equals $6.4 billion dollars, 540 billion cubic yards of landfill space and $12 billion in lost energy!
- Last year, Americans trashed over 180 BILLION tons of recyclable materials like newspapers and aluminum cans. That equals $6.4 billion dollars, 540 billion cubic yards of landfill space and $12 billion in lost energy!
- The EPA estimates 66 percent of the materials we trash every day could be recycled. Only approximately 25 percent actually is being recycled.
- Recycling 35 percent of our trash would reduce global warming emissions equal to taking 36 million cars off the road.
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.
- Nearly all the steel made in the United States and in the world is made from scrap.
- The average American uses seven trees a year in paper, wood, and other products made from trees. This amounts to about two billion tress per year!
- Plastic bags and other plastic garbage thrown into the ocean kills as many as one million sea creatures every year!
Recycling Events
- Electronics Recycling
An amnesty collection event is held twice yearly for Carroll County residents to drop off old, broken, and unusable electronics to be recycled. - Household Hazardous Waste
An amnesty collection event is held twice a year to aid Carroll County residents in the safe disposal of potentially harmful substances. - Paper Shredding
A post-tax season document collection event designed to destroy sensitive files in a secure and environmentally friendly manner. - Tired of Tires
An amnesty collection event is held twice a year to give Carroll County Residents an opportunity to dispose of unwanted tires properly.
More about recycling:
- I want to be recycled! Keep America Beautiful initiative.
- How2Recycle – How2Recycle is a standardized labeling system that clearly communicates recycling instructions to the public.
- Plastic Film Recycling – Find where to take your plastic bags and film.
- CHaRM – The Center for Hard to Recycle Materials. Permanent drop-off facility diverting thousands of pounds of household hazardous waste, bulky trash and other hard to recycle items from landfills and water systems.
- Earth 911 – Tips on how and where to recycle your items. Articles and user forums.