Morrow County to celebrate America Recycles Day Nov. 15th

Health Edu­ca­tor Louann Holmes will ask the ques­tion, “I Recy­cle. Do You?” dur­ing activ­i­ties planned for Nov. 15 in cel­e­bra­tion of Amer­ica Recy­cles Day. The Mor­row County Recy­cling and Lit­ter Pre­ven­tion Office will be at local schools to dis­trib­ute infor­ma­tion designed to edu­cate, moti­vate and inspire stu­dents to recy­cle more while encour­ag­ing their friends and fam­i­lies to do the same.
Since 1997, com­mu­ni­ties across the coun­try have come together each Nov. 15 to cel­e­brate Amer­ica Recy­cles Day. More than a cel­e­bra­tion, Amer­ica Recy­cles Day is the only nation­ally rec­og­nized day ded­i­cated to the pro­mo­tion of recy­cling in the United States. One day to edu­cate and moti­vate. One day to get neigh­bors, friends and com­mu­nity lead­ers excited about what can be accom­plished when every­one works together. One day to make recy­cling big­ger and bet­ter 365 days a year.
Mil­lions of Amer­i­cans have pledged to increase their recy­cling habits at home and at work over the 15-year his­tory of ARD, a nation­ally rec­og­nized ini­tia­tive ded­i­cated to encour­ag­ing peo­ple to recy­cle more at home, at work and on the go. Any­one can take the pledge by going to the ARD Web site at (americarecyclesday.org).
In 2011, Mor­row County recy­cled almost 859,000 pounds of waste. The alter­na­tive is to throw away trash at a cost of about $38 per ton.
For more infor­ma­tion on recy­cling in Mor­row County please call the health depart­ment at (419)947‑1545 or visit us on the web at www.MorrowCountyHealth.org. We are “Your Part­ner in Pre­ven­tion and Preparedness.”

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