Recycling
Objective - Continually reduce volume of traditional refuse in Westerville (per capita)
Contact - John Spitale at info@sustainablewesterville.org
What can I do? - 1) Join this Initiative by contacting John. 2) Visit the Resources & Links page for ideas. 3) Fully participate in City of Westerville curbside recycling (details below).
Status - John is organizing efforts to educate Westerville citizens on the state of our current Waste & Recycling Program. The proceeding activity will be to develop, distribute and summarize results of a survey to a representative sampling of citizens.
City of Westerville weekly curbside recycling program is a simple activity that can be done to get started.
The program, at no additional cost to Westerville residents, has been widely successful. Last year, Westerville residents recycled 62 tons per week, a total of more than 3,227 tons of recyclable products in 2010. That’s more than 6.4 million pounds of waste annually that’s being reused and staying out of local landfills.
As an annual reminder, the list below includes items that are acceptable for residential recycling. Anyone with questions about Westerville recycling should call 901-6740 for assistance.
Acceptable Materials for Recycling:
· Newspaper, including all inserts
· Magazines
· Catalogs
· Mail and envelopes (with and without windows)
· Computer paper
· Brown paper bags
· Paperboard (i.e. cereal boxes)
· Cardboard boxes (broken down into 3-feet-by-3-feet sections)
· Telephone books
· Plastic bottles #1-7 (check the bottom of the container/item or the number near the recycling icon)
· Glass bottles and jars
· Aluminum cans, siding and gutters
· Steel soup, food and aerosol cans