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Think Green
Each day every one person can produce up to five pounds of trash. That is approximately one thousand eight hundred twenty-five pounds per year, nearly one ton. If you think of that times twenty years, that is thirty-six thousand five hundred, nearly eighteen tons of trash, just from one person. Each person can make a difference when it comes to the impact we have on the earth. The process of recycling curbside is a fairly simple one. The city of Albuquerque has given its residents the ease of recycling, by bringing your recyclables to the convenience of your own curb. A yellow city truck comes by and picks up the recyclables that are properly left on your curb. This happens on your regular trash day. For more information, call 311 and/or visit www.cabq.gov/sustainability
RECYCLE
The items that can be recycled curbside are the following:
- All plastics that are numbered "1" and "2". (look on the bottom of the container for the triangle with a number on the inside). This is very important to look for. Flexible plastic are not recyclable! Please remove all lids first and lightly rinse if you can. You do not have to remove labels. Plastics numbered 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 can only be recycled if the screw top mouth is smaller than the base or if it has a neck. Did you know that it takes 500 years for a milk bottle to decompose in a landfill!
- All aluminum can be recycled, including cans and foil. Did you know that it takes 300 years to never, for an aluminum can to decompose in a landfill.
- Tin Cans, including soup cans, pet food cans, etc. Did you know that it takes 300 years to never, for a tin can to decompose in a landfill?
- Paper products, including paper, newspaper, corrugated cardboard, magazines, and junk mail (please remove the little plastic window first). No chipboard (ceareal boxes). Did you know that it takes 50 to 100 years for a newspaper to decompose in a landfill?
- Glass cannot be recycled curbside. City workers can be injured. However, glass can be recycled at one of the many recycling stations throughout the city, including the one at Los Duranes Community Center. It takes glass 300 years,up to and sometimes never, to decompose in a landfill.
RETHINK
When purchasing your groceries, ask yourself:
- Can this package be recycled?
- Can I make this same product for less money and pre-package it myself?
When going out to eat, ask yourself:
- Can my leftovers fit in a piece of aluminum foil (which can be recycled)? Maybe you can bring a container from home and use that for your leftovers instead.
- Did you know that rechargeable batteries hold over 1,000 charges? If you spend $5.00 per package of batteries, that's $5,000. Battery chargers can be purchased quite inexpensively (from $5.00 to $10.00 and up) and usually come with the rechargeable batteries. Regular electronic batteries are toxic to the environment. Please dispose of them properly. This can be done here at our school. We are collecting old and used batteries; the yellow basket can be located on the breezeway until Feb. 4th, after which the basket will be in the office on the counter.