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Facts About Garbage
Did You Know...?
- The average person throws away 8 pounds of garbage a day?
- The typical family of 4 sends 2½ tons of waste to the landfill every year?
- Every item used = 1 pound less for the landfill?
- Up to 75% of household garbage is derived from organic matter?
- One ton of recycled paper saves 17 trees?
- Over 75% of all trash can be reduced, reused, or recycled?
What's In Our Trash?
Trash | National Average |
Kansas Average |
---|---|---|
Paper | 38% | 35% |
Yard Trimmings |
18% | 12% |
Metals | 8% | 5% |
Plastic | 8% | 5% |
Glass | 7% | 5% |
Food Waste |
7% | 9% |
Other | 14% | 28% |
Become an Environmental Shopper
Reduce
Buy fewer products and less packaging; make the products you do buy last longer.
Reuse
Find ways to reuse the products you do buy.
Recycle
Buy packaging that can be recycled and recycle it. Buy products and packaging that use recycled materials.
Respond
Let store owners and manufacturers know your opinions.
Recycling
- Reduces litter
- Reduces volume of solid waste
- Reduces landfill cost
- Reduces the need for new costly landfill
- Reduces the cutting of trees
- Reduces our exploitation of other resources
- Reduces processing energy use
- Aluminum
- Batteries
- Glass
- Oil
- Paper
- Plastic
- Steel
- Tires
- Yard and Food Waste (compost)
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Sanitary Landfill
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Physical Address
24064 M Road
WaKeeney, KS 67672
Phone: 785-743-6792
Hours
Monday - Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
(closed holidays & Sundays)