Curbside recycling is available in the following areas: Fort Mitchell, Lakeside Park, Crestview Hills, Erlanger, & Kenton Vale

Recycling

Recycling is the third R of the four R's: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,and Rebuy. Recycling means taking a product or material at the end of its useful life and turning it into a usable raw material to make another product. This section of our site provides information about how to recycle, why to recycle and what you can recycle.

Recycling Facts & Figures

In 1999, recycling and composting activities prevented about 64 million tons of material from ending up in landfills and incinerators. Today, this country recycles 32 percent of its waste, a rate that has almost doubled during the past 15 years.

While recycling has grown in general, recycling of specific materials has grown even more drastically: 50 percent of all paper, 34 percent of all plastic soft drink bottles, 45 percent of all aluminum beer and soft drink cans, 63 percent of all steel packaging, and 67 percent of all major appliances are now recycled.

Twenty years ago, only one curbside recycling program existed in the United States, which collected several materials at the curb. By 2005, almost 9,000 curbside programs had sprouted up across the nation. As of 2005, about 500 materials recovery facilities had been established to process the collected materials. (Source:Earth 911)

NO RECYCLABLES ARE TO BE PLACED IN PLASTIC BAGS
WHAT TO RECYCLE	HOW TO RECYCLE IT	DO NOT INCLUDE
PAPER	Tie newspaper with a string or place in a brown paper bag White bond, copy paper, ruled paper, computer paper, note paper, and documents. Flatten corrugated boxes and tie Phone books and magazines	No wet boxes No papers with tape No wax paper No cereal type boxes
GLASS	All glass bottles and jars, all colors Containers must be rinsed (non rinsed containers will not be picks up.) Caps and rings must be removed	No pesticide or herbicide containers No mirrors, light bulbs, window glass, ceramics, or china
METAL	All beverage cans All steel cans (food cans must be rinsed)	No pie plates No foil No spray cans
PLASTIC	All rigid plastic containers, all colors - milk, soft drink, bleach, detergent, fabric softener, etc Anything with a screw cap and containing symbols #1 Pet or #2 HDPE All containers must be rinsed .	No plastic wrap, plastic bags, film, soft plastic, food wrappers, cups, plates, utensils, or used motor oil containers No styrofoam

How to Reduce Waste

Buy Durable Products

Purchase items that last a long time

Buy in Bulk

Larger packages actually take less space the the same quantity in more containers

Plastics

More plastics are becoming recyclable

Composting

Composting turns organic waste into soil-improver. You can use kitchen scraps, grass clippings, leaves, weeds, and woody waste to grow healthier plants.

Composting of yard and food waste can remove 15-20% from the household garbage can.

Recycled Paper

Use recycled paper at home and at the office. Ask your printer to use recycled paper for your next print order.

More Ways to Accumulate Less Trash

Use both sides of a sheet of paper in school, home, and the office;
Wipe up spills with a sponge instead of paper towels;
Try to buy less paper plates, and if you must buy them, use paper ones instead of of styrofoam;
Use mugs at the office instead of styrofoam or plastic cups;
To stop your name from being sold to mail order lists, you can write to:

Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512

Curbside recycling is available in the following areas: Fort Mitchell, Lakeside Park, Crestview Hills, Erlanger, & Kenton Vale

Recycling

Recycling Facts & Figures

WHAT TO RECYCLE

HOW TO RECYCLE IT

DO NOT INCLUDE

PAPER

GLASS

METAL

PLASTIC