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Thursday, March 28, 2024

What have you recycled today?

To the Editor:

What have you recycled today?
There are many actions each of us can take to reduce our environmental impact and support a clean community.  One of the easiest actions to take every day is to recycle.
That’s why the Florida Recycling Partnership invites all Floridians to join us when we host Florida Recycles Day on Wednesday, Nov. 15 beginning at 9 a.m. at the Florida Capitol – Plaza Level in celebration of America Recycles Day, a Keep America Beautiful national initiative.
This will be the 5th Annual Florida Recycles Day at the Capitol hosted by the Florida Recycling Partnership and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Florida has a recycling rate of 56 percent which is ahead of the national average of 34 percent.  Together, we can certainly recycle more and recycle right.
DEP will launch a new statewide recycling education program RETHINK … RESET … RECYCLE during the November 15 event.  We need to RETHINK what we recycle and RESET our behavior to focus on what we RECYCLE.  The new FloridaRecycles.org campaign is in partnership with the Florida Recycling Partnership, Recycle Florida Today, Waste Management, Waste Connections, Marpan, and Single-Stream Recyclers LLC and is designed to boost awareness of the top items in a successful recycling program including paper and cardboard, plastic bottles and jugs, and aluminum and steel cans.
Through the simple act of recycling (and buying products made with recycled content), we can continue to “give our garbage another life.” That plastic bottle can become a pair of jeans and that aluminum can become a new aluminum can in less than 60 days.
But it all starts with putting more of the right clean and dry recyclable items into your curbside recycle container – and keeping non-recyclable materials OUT especially plastic bags (take them back to your retailer to recycle), cords and hoses, food and clothing.  Remember, when in doubt, it’s better to “throw it out” than ruin your good recyclables.
With this in mind, and as America Recycles Day approaches on Nov. 15, the Florida Recycling Partnership wants to thank you for your efforts to recycle – at home, at work or school, and on the go. Join us in our effort to make our state environmentally and economically healthier by recycling more and recycling right.
For more information regarding Florida Recycles Day at the Capitol, go to www.flrecycling.org

Keyna Cory
Executive Director
Florida Recycling Partnership

 

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