SWALCO has
launched a brand-new recycling campaign, “Recycle First. Trash Last.” The
campaign encourages
all Lake County residents to place a priority on
recycling first, and trashing what’s
left.
Instead of immediately thinking
about throwing away that empty shampoo bottle, for example, ask yourself “is
that recyclable?” (The answer, by the way, is yes!) For a full list of what is
accepted in Lake County,
click here.Through this campaign,
we hope to redefine the way you view trash and recycling. Recyclable materials
are valuable resources and should not be buried in a landfill. Our hope is that
Lake County residents will start recycling far more, and throwing away far less.
After all, according to the U.S. EPA, more than 75% of most of what you are
trashing COULD be recycled.
We challenge you
to transition from a mindset of pulling
recyclables out of the trash to, ideally, pulling trash out of the recycling. And we ask
that you to make recycling a regular part of your daily routine.
While
many residents in Lake County already do a good job at recycling, we can always
do better. Check out the campaign at www.RecycleFirstTrashLast.org and
learn more about curbside recycling in Lake County, the campaign and what you
can and cannot recycle.
