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2. Enterprise Community Partners | 2GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Discover What You Can Recycle Complete Step 1 of the exercise by indicating which items you currently recycle Waste & Recycling Exercise 1

3. Enterprise Community Partners | 3GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Each American generates 4.5 lbs of waste per day… Why Recycle?

4. Enterprise Community Partners | 4GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling …and over 1,600 pounds per year. Americans generate 4.5 lbs of waste per day… Why Recycle?

5. Enterprise Community Partners | 5GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Only 30% is Recycled …but much more could be. Why Recycle?

6. Enterprise Community Partners | 6GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Reduce Landfilling In volume, Americans landfill over 167 million tons of trash – equivalent to the weight of 104 million cars Landfills can contaminate drinking water Source: RecycleRacoon Source: US EPA Why Recycle?

7. Enterprise Community Partners | 7GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Reduce Energy Use and Greenhouse Gasses Materials made from recycled materials use less energy since virgin sources do not need mining and refining It takes 95% less energy to produce an aluminum can from recycled cans than raw ore from a mine Source: US EPA Why Recycle?

8. Enterprise Community Partners | 8GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Paper Newspaper Office Paper Magazines Paper Bags Junk Mail Egg Cartons Aseptic Cartons Milk & Juice Cardboard Boxes Clean pizza boxes (no food or oil stains) Source: City of Denver Source: City of Cambridge What Can You Recycle?

9. Enterprise Community Partners | 9GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Metal Canned Food Aluminum cans Aluminum Foil (clean) Rinse out food Source: City of High Point What Can You Recycle?

10. Enterprise Community Partners | 10GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Glass Jars Bottles No broken glass Rinse out food from jars Source: City of Greensboro What Can You Recycle?

11. Enterprise Community Partners | 11GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling What Can You Recycle? There are 7 types of plastic, identifiable by the triangle with a number in the middle. Look for the symbol on the bottom of the bottle Certain numbers may not be recyclable in your area. Plastic

12. Enterprise Community Partners | 12GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Source: MomGoesGreen.com Look for the Plastic ID, usually on the underside of a plastic container Recyclable in our area:NOT recyclable in our area: Plastic **move symbols to correct column for your area What Can You Recycle?

13. Enterprise Community Partners | 13GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling Discover What You Can Recycle Complete Step 2 of the exercise by indicating which items you currently recycle Waste & Recycling Exercise 1

14. Enterprise Community Partners | 14GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling **Recyclables need to be sorted by XXXXXXX In the kitchen, instead of one can, have two cans – Place all plastics, metals, and glass in one can – Put everything else in the 2 nd can In the living room, have one can dedicated to paper – Place all paper products in one can – All other trash in the 2 nd can Take out the recycling when you take out the trash Set Up a Home Recycle Center

15. Enterprise Community Partners | 15GREEN & HEALTHY LIVING: Waste & Recycling **Insert a picture or diagram/floorplan of where residents should leave items Where Do You Deposit Your Recycled Items?