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many people in Massachusetts, you collect and sort items that can
be recycled. That is good, because you are helping the Town of Walpole
reduce the amount of garbage going to Wheelabrator in Millbury to
be incinerated and saving the Town almost $80 for every ton you recycle
instead of trash. Most people in Walpole recycle, but do you recycle
all that you can? Disposing of trash is very expensive. Remember,
we are going through tough fiscal times and if everyone reduced their
trash by 10 percent, we could save the Town over $60,000.
I'm
sure most of you are recycling your newspapers, but do you know
that you can recycle all of your paper, including envelopes with
windows, soft and hard cover books, magazines, junk mail, brown
paper bags, cereal boxes, paperboard and corrugated cardboard (must
be broken down).
In
another container, you can recycle glass bottles and jars, all colors
and sizes. You can also add aluminum, tin, steel cans and lids,
deposit and non deposit bottles, aluminum foil and aluminum pans
to this container. In addition you can also put all milk and juice
cartons plus all plastic containers (except motor oil or chemical
containers) labeled 1 through 7 in a triangle.
Did
you know that the Town of Walpole has a third sort at curbside?
You can place clothes, rags and shoes in a clear bag or any clearly
marked bag .
The
Town of Walpole does have good recycling rates, but we can do even
better with a little effort from everyone and save our Town much
needed monies. The State of Massachusetts' slogan is "a little
effort a BIG difference."
Buying
recycled products is also extremely important. You "close the
loop" when you buy items or packaging made from recycled materials.
When you buy recycled, markets are created and a use is assured
for recyclables being collected in your community and in thousands
of others. Manufacturers will responds by continuing to use recyclables
in their products.
With
informed consumers and a ready market for products made of recycled
materials, local recycling programs become less costly and more
recyclables may be collected and processed.
Many
products are identified recycled or partially recycled on the label
or on the product itself. Others may contain recycled material but
may not be identified (eg. A lot of glass containers, aluminum or
steel cans). Products and packaging made from recycled materials
are everywhere from milk jugs turned into back yard composters,
to soda bottles turned into tee shirts to newspapers into egg cartons.
Please choose recycled whenever possible!
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