RECYCLING

Recycling is the easiest way that you can make a contribution. Many communities have a pick up service. It is just a matter of creating a sorting system for your trash. If you don't have a pick up service, check out the following links for the one nearest you. After a very short period of time, your attitude about recycling would be the same as your attitude about brushing your teeth.

www.ci.austin.tx.us/sws
www.cityoflakeway.com/cityDepts_trash.asp?Viewitem=3
www.co.hays.tx.us/departments/recycle/pdf/info.pdf
www.williamson-county.org/recycle

Aluminum saves 95% of energy vs. virgin aluminum & reduces pollution by 95%; recycling of one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours, per Reynolds Metals Company.

Glass saves 50% of energy to produce vs. virgin glass, per Center for Ecologicl Technology. It reeduces air pollutionm by 20% & water p0ollution by 50%, per NASA. Recycling of one glass bottle saves enough energy to light a 100-watt bulb for 4 hours (EPA).

Paper saves 60% energy vs. virgin paper (Center for Ecological Technology) It generates 95% less air pollution: each ton saves 60 lbs. of air pollution (Center for Ecological Technology) Recycling of each ton of paper saves 17 trees and 7000 gallons of water (EPA).

Plastic saves twice as much energy as burning it in an incinerator. It takes 70% less energy to recycle plastics than it does to make it from raw materials. If we recycled eery plastic bottle we used, we would keep 2 billion tons of plastic out of landfills (Penn State).

If you already recycle, good for you. If you don't, jump in and help to make a difference. It is for our future.