DO YOUR PART
The Erie County Recycling program has launched a new awareness campaign called Do Your Part for the 2010 year. In order to reach Erie County's goal of 40 % of all solid waste is recycled, each resident, business, and organization must do their part if we are to reach our goal by 2011. On average, each resident will need to reduce the daily waste footprint by two pounds and increase their recycling by four pounds. Here is what four pounds of additional recycling looks like.
| 4 lbs. Recycling | |||
| lbs/item | # items needed | Lbs. | |
| 8 oz. Glass Bottle | 0.50 | 1 | 0.50 |
| Aluminum can | 0.04 | 6 | 0.24 |
| Tin can |
0.25 | 1 | 0.25 |
| 12 inch stack of Newspaper | 2.92 | 1 | 2.92 |
| Liter Soda Bottle |
0.13 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Gallon Milk Jug |
0.13 | 1 | 0.13 |
| Water bottles - 16 oz. | 0.06 | 6 | 0.36 |
| 4.53 |
Look for the Do Your Part logo throughout the County for additional information on how you can help.
DO YOUR PART MEDIA
Bayhawks Commercial (3447 KB)
WASTE MANAGEMENT SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING MEDIA
BUSINESS SINGLE STREAM PROGRAM
ttp://www.thinkgreen.com/second-life
http://www.thinkgreen.com/resrecycling