Tony Jemmott Site Manager 12440 Seaway Road Gulfport, MS 39503 228-369-3079
RECYCLE 101 A Plan to Save the Planet
INTERESTING FACTS: The average person generates over 4 pounds of trash every day. Americans generate more than 200 million tons of garbage each year- Enough to fill the Superdome from top to bottom twice a day. We generate about 21.5 million tons of food waste each year. The U.S. uses enough aluminum cans to replace the entire commercial air fleet every 3 months.
MORE FACTS: Almost half of the food in the U.S. goes to waste – Approximately 3,000 pounds per second.. In the U.S. we toss more than 100 million cellphones in the trash every year. Americans throw away enough office paper each year to build a 12 foot wall from Seattle to New York. Americans throw away 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. More than 28 billion glass bottles wind up in landfills every year---that is the equivalent of filling up 2 Empire State Buildings every 3 weeks.
Why is this important?
The Problem? Our landfills fill up, taking up valuable land space, and producing unacceptable levels of methane that impacts the greenhouse gases, which maintain the plant’s temperature required to sustain life. Our forests become depleted. Our air and water supplies become increasingly polluted. …and if that’s not enough to excite you, maybe this will…. According to the State Department of Environmental Quality, Mississippi spends $69 million dollars per year to landfill more than $200 million dollars worth of recyclable material.
So, What can we do?
What is RECYCLING? Recycling is the process of creating new items from old and used materials. It is a part of the Waste Disposal Hierarchy
RE- USE…pretty self explanatory! Instead of throwing away used items we should pass them on. Garage Sales Thrift Stores Hand-Me-Downs Donate to organizations for the needy. Wash and reuse items like, zip-lock bags, plastic spoons, forks, knives and cups. Re-usable Shopping Bags
REDUCE: Limit the amount of any material purchased. Purchase bulk food items, instead of pre-packaged ones. Purchase washable towels, instead of buying paper towels. Purchase plastic plates instead of paper plates. Use water filters instead of purchasing bottled water. (Not applicable to Flint, Michigan residents). Eat left-overs. Stop buying items marketed as “Disposable”, such as diapers, pie tins, paper towels and napkins, TV dinners, and aluminum roasting pans.
RECYCLE: Turn used material into something new! This really isn’t a new idea. … In Genesis 1:1, the Bible says, “In the beginning God created the Heaven’s and the Earth.” …….From NOTHING! And, we have been recycling ever since, because everything that we make, we make from something that already exists, and we turn it into something else.
So, What is recyclable?
Benefits: Reduces the cost of manufacturing. Reduces the use of our Natural Resources (water, trees, minerals). Reduces the negative impact to our environment. Conserves fuel. Reduces the need for landfills.
Interesting Facts: 5 Plastic bottles recycled provides enough fiber to create 1 square foot of carpet or enough fiber to fill 1 ski jacket. It requires 95% less energy and water to recycle a can than it does to create one from virgin materials. Glass can be recycled an infinite number of times and never wear out, cuts related water pollution by 50%, and the energy saved from recycling one bottle can power a light bulb for 20 hours. Recycling 1 ton of cardboard saves 46 gallons of oil. Recycling a stack of newspaper 3 feet high saves 1 tree. If we composted wasted food, it would reduce the same amount of greenhouse gas as taking 2 million cars of the road.
What recyclable items do we accept?
Aluminum Beverage Cans
Plastic Bottles
Other types of Plastic
Cardboard
Paper
Items we DO NOT recycle….
WHAT WE DO NOT RECYCLE:
Glass
Remember…
Jackson and Harrison Counties combined produce 700 tons of Single Stream Recycle Material each month. 55% or 385 tons (770,000 lbs) of the material we receive is considered recyclable. 45% or 315 (630,000 lbs) tons of the material is not recyclable, and is shipped to the landfill. In a year’s time, we generate and sell 4,620 tons (9,240,000 lbs) of reclaimed material to be re-manufactured into new products. (Approximately $750,000) We save approximately $125,000 in landfill fees. That totals $875,000 recovered by recycling.
The Sad News Only 25% of households recycle. If everyone recycled the income generated would be more than $2.5 million. We could create more jobs. We could reduce the amount of material going into our landfills. We could greatly reduce the use of energy in the manufacturing process. We could reduce pollution of our air and water supplies.
Tipping Floor
Loading the Incline Belt
Paper Sorters
Working Together
Aluminum Bales
The Material is shipped to: Caraustar CellMark Georgia Pacific Southern Scrap Waste Recycling, Inc. China Alter Recycling International Paper
Recycle Truck
Rear Loader
ASL- Automatic Side Loader
Currotto Truck
Front Loader
Roll-Off Truck
For Recycle Questions: Waste Pro 228-818-5393
Thank you for your interest, and remember to recycle.
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