Story Recycling Group
Our Story, Our Responsibility…

TIPS ON HOW TO RECYCLE AT THE STORY BIN SITE

PLASTICS

· The Story Recycling Group bins accept plastics #1 - #7 with screw top lids only. Please rinse before recycling, and remove labels if easy to remove.

Did you know…

Ø 40 billion plastic bottles are produced each year in the United States, mostly for beverages. Two-thirds of them end up in landfills. All things considered, this is not good for the environment. Avoid landfill by recycling them.

CANS (aluminum, tin, or steel)

· The horse trailer next to the recycling bin is for all types of aluminum cans-soda, beer, juice (beverage cans only) Proceeds from recycling of these cans goes to the Story Elementary School.

· The Story Recycling Group bins accept food cans of all types-tin or steel. Rinse before recycling, and remove labels if easy to remove.

Did you know…

Ø More than 50% of a new aluminum can is made from recycled aluminum. The 36 billion aluminum cans landfilled last year had a scrap value of more than $600 million. (Some day we'll be mining our landfills for the resources we've buried.)

Ø Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy needed to produce new aluminum from raw materials. Energy saved from recycling one ton of aluminum is equal to the amount of electricity the average home uses over 10 years. (Keep America Beautiful, 2006)

Ø Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, or a TV for 2 hours. (EPA, 2008)

Ø Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to make the material from scratch. That means you can make 20 cans out of recycled material with the same amount of energy it takes to make one can out of new material. Energy savings in 1993 alone were enough to light a city the size of Pittsburgh for six years.

Ø Americans throw away enough aluminum every month to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.

Ø Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to produce them.

Ø Americans use 100 million tin and steel cans every day.

PAPER

· There is a brown trailer at the recycling site that is separate from the bins and designated for corrugated cardboard.

· We also accept newspapers, catalogs, magazines, softcover books, and hardback books with covers removed.

· Also accepted are: paperboard, including cereal boxes, shoe boxes and egg cartons. We are currently NOT accepting waxed boxes such as milk cartons.

Did you know…

Ø The United States Environmental Protection Agency‎ (EPA) has found that recycling causes 35% less water pollution and 74% less air pollution than making virgin paper. About 35% of municipal solid waste (before recycling) by weight is paper and paper products. Recycling 1 ton of newspaper eliminates 3 cubic meters of landfill. Recycling one ton of newspaper saves about 4,000 kW·h (14 GJ) of electricity.

GLASS

· All food jars and drink bottles regardless of color. Please rinse before recycling, and
remove labels if easy to remove.

Did you know…

Ø Americans throw away enough glass bottles and jars every two weeks to fill the 1.350-foot towers of the former World Trade Center.

Ø *Most bottles and jars contain at least 25% recycled glass.

Ø *Glass never wears out -- it can be recycled forever. We save over a ton of resources for every ton of glass recycled -- 1,330 pounds of sand, 433 pounds of soda ash, 433 pounds of limestone, and 151 pounds of feldspar. *States with bottle deposit laws have 35-40% less litter by volume.

Ø *If all the glass bottles and jars collected through recycling in the U.S. in 94 were laid end to end, they'd reach the moon and half way back to earth.