Congratulations
Mt. Healthy residents! In 2009, you recycled
248 tons of metal,
glass, plastic, and paper. Mt. Healthy
recycled 96 more tons in 2008 than 2007! Your recycling efforts benefited the
environment and the local economy in a big way.
The recycling efforts in
Mt. Healthy:
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Saved 2,391 trees
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Avoided the need for 29 tons of iron ore, limestone, and coal
*
Conserved
enough energy to power 40 average homes for an entire year
*
Reduced greenhouse equivalent to removing 167
cars from the road for a year.
Recycling reduces pollution so
the air we breathe is cleaner,
conserves natural resources so we will have them to use in the
future, and decreases the amount of waste going to the landfill.
Recycling also boosts our local economy by creating 169,000 jobs
and $6 billion in annual wages just in the State of Ohio.
On average,
each household in
Mt. Healthy recycled
154 pounds
in 2008. That's a lot of pop cans and newspapers! Don't have a bin? Mt. Healthy makes it easy! Call
931-8840 to request your bin today!