Sustainable Milton
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EASY RULE: If you can rip it, recycle it!Recycle junk mail, envelopes with or without cellophane windows or metal fasteners, homework with or without staples, old printouts, spaghetti boxes, frozen food boxes, milk cartons, cosmetic packaging, old phone books, rinsed paper coffee cups... everything made of paper or cardboard. Just toss the paper and cardboard into a brown grocery bag, then take the whole bag to the curb!
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RECYCLE UP! The DPW and Sustainable Milton are partnering to urge residents to recycle ALL their paper and cardboard. This effort will save the Town thousands of dollars in disposal fees and at the same time it will earn the Town thousands in revenue from recycled paper and cardboard, for which the Town gets paid.
The Town EARNS MONEY from the PAPER and CARDBOARD we recycle!
All residents received a green card in their quarterly tax bills this past spring. It described what should be recycled as paper and cardboard. Hopefully you saved this card - on your fridge or wherever it's handy, so all family members can continue to refer to it easily and follow the recycling guidelines. Learn more about recycling paper from UCC.
Did you know it's illegal to throw away recyclables in the trash?
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TREES are saved when you recycle as well!
A 30-gallon Recycle Bin generally holds aprox 80 pounds of flat computer paper, or up to 100 pounds if the paper is tightly packed. (If paper is crumpled it takes up extra space, so less paper will fit in.)
A typical tree used for pulp yields about 83 pounds of office paper, meaning a Bin would essentially hold the equivalent of one tree. But since 10-25% of the mass gets lost in the paper-recycling process, a whole tree might not be rescued per filled Bin, but it's safe to say at least 3/4 of a tree is saved per container.
Remember that trees come in various sizes, and some species yield more pulp than others, so these are estimates. Also all paper is not created equal: virgin office paper requires twice as much pulp per pound as virgin newsprint. But any way you slice it, recycling paper saves a lot of trees.
Life Cycle of a Milk Jug
Your plastic milk jug could go from Franklin to Milton to Avon to North Carolina to Leominster to Braintree back to your house. Learn how...
The Globe tells the story.
