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Aluminum Recycling Facts

A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days.
BUT….an aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now!
AND you can keep doing that forever -- There is no limit to the amount of times an aluminum can be recycled.
Used aluminum beverage cans are the most recycled item in the U.S.
Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours -- or the equivalent of a half a gallon of gasoline.

Turn your Trash into Cash!

One pound of aluminum = approximately 30 cans.
Recycling 30 cans = approximately 55 cents in your pocket.
If a business, school, social group, organization, or individual accumulated 30 cans a day for a week, that’s a $3.85 profit!
If they saved 30 cans a day for 30 days, that’s $16.50!

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Trash Container Options:

KEB Trash Boxes

$5.00 a box

Receive voucher at KEB office

Pick up boxes at the Street Maintenance Department at 1304 Waterworks Road (812) 435-6000

Convenient, Clean, Recycling Rentals

Rent these containers for any event!
Provides a professional look at company gatherings
Environmentally friendly outlook
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$5.50/Container for delivery
*Pricing includes bags

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$10.00/Container for delivery

*Long term rentals available

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Have Your College or University Participate in Recyclemania!

http://www.recyclemania.org

Cans for Cash

Start preparing for Recyclemania 2013! Recycle Mania is a contest among colleges across the country to divert the most waste from landfills and encourage greater interest among students in environmental sustainability.

Click on the link below to learn more about the competition. Start filling those bins for next year! http://www.recyclemania.org

Recycling to TURN ON Garvin Park Fountain!

You Can!

Download a "TURN IT ON" coupon or call KEB at (812) 425-4461. The deadline for the "Recycling for Garvin" promotion is JULY 30TH... So get your coupon, gather your cans, and take them to Tri-State Resource Recycling today!

Recycle your cans at Tri-State Resource Recovery, "You CAN- TURN IT ON” invites persons to recycle for the cash, get the full payment and present a coupon on location for an extra gift of 5 cent per pound to be donated by Tri-State Resource Recovery. This donation will go towards the function, lighting, landscaping and wall stabilization for historic Garvin Park Fountain. To get the 5 cents per pound for Garvin, you must have a TURN IT ON coupon.

Data and Research

Recycling

Why should you recycle?
- Recycling saves natural resources, landfill space, and energy. Making new aluminum cans from melted recycled cans consumes just 5 % of the energy it takes to make one from scratch!
- Recycling saves energy, conserves natural resources, limits pollution, and supports several sectors of the economy.

According to the U.S. EPA, recycling:
- Conserves natural resources to help sustain the environment.
- Reduces the need for landfilling and incineration.
- Saves energy and prevents pollution caused by the extraction and processing of virgin materials.

What gets recycled?
Some people when they think of recycling think of the main three: Paper, Plastic, and Aluminum. But really, there are many more things that we use in everyday life that can be recycled!
- Paper
- Aluminum
- Steel
- Plastics
- Glass
- Scrap Tires
- Cell Phones
- Electronics

Fun Facts
- Enough plastic is produced in the United States each year to shrink wrap Texas.
- Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a 100 watt light bulb for 20 hours, a computer for 3 hours, and a TV for 2 hours.
- Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7,000 gallons of water, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil, and 4000 kilowatt hours of electricity. This is enough energy to power the average American home for 5 months.
- Glass can be recycled virtually forever. It never wears out.
- In the United States, the amount of steel that is discarded and not recycled every year is enough to build all the new American-made cars.
- A full bath tub uses 70 gallons of water. A 5 minute shower only uses 10-25 gallons.

Be Creative!
If there's something unusual you need to get rid of and you’re considering tossing it, be creative!! You can donate your old business suits to organizations like Goodwill or Dress for Success that give them to people in need, or donate your old eyeglass frames to a charity. To find a recycling center near you, check out the recycling widget to the right of this page.

Links to More Information!
For some more recycling information visit Keep America Beautiful’s page at:
http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=recycling Or visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s page at: http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm

For information on Evansville’s recycling efforts visit:
http://www.evansvillegov.org/Index.aspx?page=50
Interested in recycling in Evansville? Visit this link to learn about our Curbside program and see data on the amount of materials that have been recycled!
http://www.evansvillegov.org/Index.aspx?page=354