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Recycling in Howard CountyBy: Elder Rodriguez

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Argument Only 42.71% of people in Howard County recycle (Maryland, the Department of the Envionment). This rate is much too low. The people of Howard County need to recycle more.

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So What?If people do not recyle our county, state, country, and world environment can be

negatively effected.

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Consequences of Not Recycling

Landfills are running out of space, so if we do not recycle, we could be surrounded by our own waste (Keep America Beautiful).

If paper is not recycled, then we could lose 850 million more trees a year (Keep America Beautiful).

There are already large "islands" of trash floating throughout the oceans. Currents collect it from around the world and it will continue to grow. Most of this trash is plastic which will not break down (Keep America Beautiful).

Americans use over 13 million tons of glass products a year, but only about 25% is recycled. That means almost 10 million tons are in landfills, waterways and the wilderness. Glass takes thousands of years to biodegrade (Keep America Beautiful).

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Paper You Can Recycle(Department Of Public Works)

Drink boxes

Milk cartons

Newspapers

White or colored paper

Food and snack boxes

Hard and soft cover books

Greeting cards

Non-foil gift wrap

Catalogs and

magazines

Junk mail

Phone books

Shredded paper

Three ring binders

Cardboard boxes

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Plastic You Can Recycle(Department Of Public Works)

Bottles Tubs Jars Trays Disposable cups Plates Flower pots Toys Buckets Plastic grocery bags

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Metal You Can Recycle(Department Of Public Works)

Aluminum and steel cans Empty aerosol cans Aluminum foil Pie and cake pans

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Glass You Can Recycle(Department Of Public Works)

Any color glass Bottles Jars

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Howard County Recycling Efforts

In Howard County, they decided to give out over 71,000 recycling bins to the residents (Simmonsen, 2008).

The size of your home dictates the size of the bin you received (Simmonse, 2008).

Single family homes received a 65-gallon wheeled cart, townhomes with a garage got a 35 gallon bin, and townhomes without a garage recieved an 18 gallon bin (Simmonse, 2008).

All recycalabes can be put into one bin, this is called “single-stream recycling” (Simmonse, 2008).

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Howard County Recycling on a Social Network

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Howard-County-Recycling/12691703402884

Become a fan on Facebook!

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Room For Improvement

After 1 year of single stream recycling efforts in Howard County residences the recycling rate was 42.71% (Maryland, the Department of the Envionment)

They have not done another evaluation of recycling rates since.

This is a huge improvement from the 90’s where Howard County’s recycling rate was only 18%, putting them behind all of the other suburban coutnies in Maryland (Nelson, 1993)

Despite this, there is still room for improvement. The recycling rate could and should be higher.

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Works Cited

"Howard County Department of Public Works: Recycling, Yardwaste." HCG Home Page: Welcome Message. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://www.howardcountymd.gov/DPW/recycling_yard.htm>.

Kab.org. Keep America Beautiful Inc. Web. 11 May 2011. <http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=recycling#PL>.

Nelson, Erik. "20% Goal near for Recycling But County Lags behind Others - Baltimore Sun." The Baltimore Sun. 05 Nov. 1993. Web. 11 May 2011. <http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1993-11-05/news/1993309072_1_recycling-efforts-county-officials-tons-of-waste>.

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Works Cited (cont.)

Simmonsen, Derek. "County Pushes Recycling with Bins for Every House." Explore Howard. Howard County Times, 04 Sept. 2008. Web. 11 May 2011. <http://www.explorehoward.com/news/11222/county-pushes-recycling-with-bins-every-house/>.

"State, County, and City Recycling Rates." Maryland Department of the Environment. Web. 11 May 2011. <http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Land/RecyclingandOperationsprogram/StateCountyandCityContactInfo/Pages/programs/landprograms/recycling/local/recylingrates.aspx>.