Cumberland County Improvement Authority

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
November 8, 2007

TAKE THE “AMERICA RECYCLES DAY” PLEDGE

CUMBERLAND COUNTY, NJ: November 15 is America Recycles Day, and to celebrate the Cumberland County Improvement Authority is asking everyone to renew their commitment to recycling. We need your help to keep Cumberland County the number one recycling County in New Jersey.

Your participation in County-wide recycling programs is important. Even a small shift in attitudes and actions, multiplied many times over by others doing the same thing, can make a huge difference. As a way to get started, take just five minutes to re-evaluate your recycling routine to see if you can do more.

For example, instead of throwing cardboard out with your trash bring it to one of the eight convenient Improvement Authority sponsored drop-off locations located throughout the County. Take the opportunity to volunteer for one of our Public Lands Cleanups, or consider Adopting-A-Road in your community. When you go shopping, buy products that use recyclable packaging or are made from recyclable materials. Whatever you decide, it’s easier, now more than ever, to make a difference.

Remember, recycling saves energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. In fact, according to the National Recycling Council, if the recycling rate for aluminum and steel cans, plastic PET and glass containers, newsprint, and corrugated packaging were to increase a mere 10%, an additional 3.9 million tons of materials would be recycled, saving enough energy to:

- Heat 1.5 million American homes for one year.

- Provide the required electricity to 1.8 million Americans for one year.

- Save Americans about $957 million in avoided costs for barrels of crude oil.

With the involvement and enthusiasm of everyone in Cumberland County, we can keep the recycling momentum moving forward. To learn more about all of the free recycling programs available to residents in Cumberland County, call the Improvement Authority at 825-3700 or visit our Web site at www.ccia-net.com.

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For more information, please contact Dennis DeMatte Jr. at 825-3700.