
04/24/12 Hybrid Garbage Truck Ribbon Cutting!
05/21/12 Bottle Dragon Work Party
06/01/12 Information Packets Mailed to Single-Family Households
06/01/12 Information Packets Mailed to Apartments and Businesses
06/04/12 Cart and Container Relabeling Begins
Reducing paper consumption is one of the most effective ways to save energy and natural resources. Paper accounted for 33% of the American waste stream in 2007, and though paper products are largely recyclable, the pulp and paper production industry is one of the primary consumers of energy and water in America. Better to reduce than recycle.
There are actually two separate questions bundled into this larger question:
What is the most environmentally sound end use for shredded paper?
How do we get to the correct end use with curbside pickup?