Waste Management's eCycling
As the nation prepares for the transition from analog to digital television, Waste Management (WM) – the nation’s leading ethical recycler of electronic waste – would like to encourage the public to recycle their old television sets, and used electronic equipment in an environmentally friendly manner. For more information please read the press release
here.
Do-It-Yourself Home Energy Audit Guide
After completing your home energy audit and making just a few inexpensive and easy to do home improvements, you will see a reduction in your energy costs. Save money, help the environment and join Denver in our effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To view the guide, please click
here.
The Importance of Reusable Bags
The EPA estimates that in the United States, we use 380 billion plastic bags a year; and more than 1 billion a day.
Plastic bags last up to 1,000 years either in litter, landfills, oceans or rivers.
The production of plastic bags creates pollution and requires petroleum and natural gas. The energy used to transport the bags eats up resources and creates global-warming emissions. The petroleum in 14 plastic bags is enough to drive a car one mile.
They continue to cause trouble in the Denver recycling facilities, costing time and money by clogging the sorters. Cities spend up to 17 cents per bag in landfill, sewer cleanup and litter pickup costs, amounting to millions of tax dollars.
Hundreds of thousands of animals die every year from eating plastic bags mistaken for food.
The Sierra Club did a study showing that if every New York resident reduced their bag use by just one bag per year, this would reduce waste by 5 million pounds.