RECYCLE HABERSHAM

If you have been to Habersham County Landfill lately you know it is full! Thankfully, our government is in the process of constructing a new cell, but that  is costing us millions of dollars.  While waste is a necessity for each of us, we all throw hundreds of things away every year which could be kept out of our landfill through recycling.

Recycling not only saves our county from creating more and more landfill, it also moves our country closer and closer to becoming energy independant!  Producing new products from recycled materials costs less and saves energy when compared to producing a new product from raw materials. 

Please join us by considering adding curbside recycling to your waste management services.  Call to get answers to any questions you have or add our services today!!

 

RECYCLING FUN FACTS

  • Average household throws away 2,819 lbs of recyclables each year, or enough to save 12.70 barrels of oil!
  • Aluminum cans can be recycled over and over, forever!
  • Recycling 21 aluminum cans saves 1 gallon of gas!
  • When you recycle an aluminum can, it is back in the store for sale in 60 days!
  • 500,000 trees could be saved every Sunday if we all recycled our newspapers!
  • One ton of recycled material saves 3 cubic yards of landfill space!
  • Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates one job, landfilling 10,000 tons creates six jobs, recyling 10,000 tons of waste creates 36 jobs