It Takes A Village ….

The EPA (Enviromental Protection Agency), has released the 2007 recycling report. It takes two years for the EPA to gather the data and crunch the numbers.

Last year Forced Green reported the 2006 numbers with hopes of bettering those very good numbers in the 2007 report.

Well here you go:

Materials Recycled               2006            2007

Aluminum Cans                   45.1%          48.6%

Auto Batteries                      99%              99.2%

Glass Containers                    25.3%           28.1%

Paper and Paperboard         51.6%           54.5%

Plastic HDPE Milk
and Water Bottles                 31%               28%

Plastic Soft
Drink Bottles                         30.9%           36.6%

Steel Cans                          62.9%           64.3%

Tires                                   34.9%          34.8%

Yard Trimmings                   62%              64.1%

Total Waste Generated
(Million Tons)                        251                254

Total Recycled and
Composted
(Million Tons)                         82                  85

Total Percent Recycled        32.5%          33.4%

On average, we recycled and composted 1.5 pounds of our individual waste generation of 4.6 pounds per person per day.

The only real number that went down was the Plastic HDPE Milk and Water Bottles, which is due to people changing from bottled water to reusable individual water containers – a very good thing.

The ‘Green Phone’ just rang …. it’s Mother Earth … she said to tell you “thanks kids, keep up the good work, “…. she sends her love.

Good job people!! Give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back!

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Tags: Bottle, Bottled water, Business, environment, High-density polyethylene, recycling, waste, Waste management

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