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Final Results of RecycleMORE Community Competition
The official winner of the RecycleMORE Community Competition was announced by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at the start of this year’s Spring Cleanup on April 17th. In an exciting race to the finish Radnor Winston Improvement Association came from being tied for fourth place to winning the competition! Association President Nick Sheridan received a Citation from the Mayor and an award letter for Radnor Winston to put on a block party! As the Mayor stated, we are all winners when we RecycleMORE!
Radnor Winston won with 2,500 lbs. of recycling pulling ahead of Hampden by 60 lbs. and outdistancing our leader of many weeks, Cheswolde by 80 lbs. The Abell Improvement Association jumped up from 7th place to 4th.
- Radnor Winston 2,500 lbs.
- Hampden 2,440 lbs.
- Cheswold 2,420 lbs.
- Abell Improvement Association 2,220 lbs.
- Locust Point 2,160 lbs.
- Riverside 2,080 lbs.
- Federal Hill 1,980 lbs.
- (tied for 8th) Butchers Hill 1,620 lbs.
(tied for 8th) Patterson Park Neighborhood Association 1,620 lbs.
(tied for 8th) Upper Fells Point 1,620 lbs.
- Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association 1,580 lbs.
- Lake Walker 1,560 lbs.
Jointly sponsored by the Department of Public Works and the Initiative for a Cleaner Greener Baltimore, the contest tracked recycling tonnage from 39 participating communities.
One Bin Same Day
Baltimore is now Single Stream Recycling – All items collected in one container.
Recycling is an important part of our effort to build a cleaner, greener Baltimore. Now it is easier than ever with SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING. Instead of separating your bottles, cans, jars and paper, you can now place all these items in one container for collection.
What is Recycling?
Recycling involves the separation and collection of used items which are usually referred to as trash and reprocessing them as “raw material” to manufacture new products. Some of the most common items that are in this process are paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum, etc.
Why is Recycling Important?
For those persons who still have not decided to recycle or whether its even important, consider some simple benefits. Recycling saves landfill space--many landfills are filled with tons of waste material that could have been recycled. Some of this material is considered non-biodegradable and takes a long time to decompose. Recycling ensures such items will be properly disposed and processed; and by default save landfill space. Recycling saves energy--when new products are manufactured from the raw materials obtained through recycled products, it saves a lot of energy which is consumed for the production of new products. Recycling reduces pollution--recycling helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The processing of fresh raw material creates more toxic materials which pollute the environment. Using products from recycled material reduces the amount of energy needed and toxins produced. Recycling creates economic benefits--the recycling process creates employment opportunities for a lot of people; who are needed for the various stages of the process. This in turn contributes to economic development. Recycling saves natural resources--processing and using an old used product for the production of a new product saves natural resources. For example, it’s better to make new paper, like news paper, from recycled news papers, instead cutting down another tree in order to produce the new paper product.
Ghosh, Paramita. "Why is Recycling Important?" Buzzel. 28 March 2008. 14 Nov. 2008
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/why-is-recycling-important.html
Recycling is good for you, good for Baltimore and good for the environment!