Today, I found out that the Evanston recycling center will be closed in August. This closure will save the city about $100,000.00.
Really, sounds like a lot huh? Consider the following provided by PSSI-Stanford Recycling:
one glass bottle=4 hours of a 100 kilowatt light bulb
one ton of recycled paper=9 barrels of oil or 7,000 gallons of water
one ton of recycle plastic=16.3 barrels of oil or 98 million Btu's of energy
The above numbers aren't even close to the amount of recycling the City of Evanston/surrounding areas could possible produce. In addition, staff that will lose their jobs.
Not a good idea, not at all.
