Recycling & Conservation

Element II: Family Management

Our Family actively recycles as many materials as possible:

Please place the following items in the proper recycling box

• Aluminum & Tin Cans
• Newspapers
• Glass
• Plastic
• Cardboard Cartons

Just A Few Reasons For Recycling:

Solid Waste: It has been estimated that each man, woman, and child produces an average of four pounds of trash every day, almost 1,500 pounds a year. Most of this garbage gets buried in a landfill, and we are running out of landfill space at an alarming rate. Paper makes up about 25% of many cities' garbage, much of which could be diverted through office paper recycling programs.

Paper Production: As many as seventeen small trees are required to make one ton of paper. Recycling slows the demand for virgin timber fibers and lessens the strain on our forest resources.

Energy Conservation: Up to 64% less energy is required to produce paper from waste paper instead of from virgin wood pulp. In the case of office paper, the equivalent of almost three barrels of oil is saved for every ton of paper recycled.

Air & Water Pollution: The manufacturing of paper from used paper instead of from trees produces almost 60% less pollution of air and water.

Water Conservation: The manufacturing of recycled paper uses only half of the water that is required in the manufacturing of virgin paper.

How Our Family Recycling Program Works

When you're through using any thing we can recycle, simply put it into the appropriate container instead of the trash can. It's that easy!

Because we all have a lifelong habit of just throwing something away when we're finished using it, it may take some time to remember not to throw the recyclable items into the trash can. You have to think about it at first, but in a very short time it will become just another one of those things you do.

Soda cans, soda bottles, and glass jars and bottles can all be re-cycled. Please put these items into the designated recycling containers.

Also, please pay attention to ways of conserving energy. Some of the easiest ways to do this are to make sure lights, equipment and faucets are turned off, and all doors and windows are closed whenever practical.

Wasting time, materials, equipment and utilities is costly to all of us. You can help make every minute count. Eliminate waste whenever possible. In the long run, we will benefit and help achieve our Family's mission to leave a lasting contribution to all the inhabitants of the earth.

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