ALBUQUERQUE IS RECYCLING MORE AND SENDING LESS TRASH TO THE LANDFILL. BOBBY SISNEROS WITH THE CITY’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT SAYS 34-THOUSAND TONS OF MATERIAL WERE RECYCLED LAST FISCAL YEAR.
BUT SISNEROS TELLS US THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT FIGURE GO EVEN HIGHER. HE SAYS THEY CRUNCHED THE NUMBERS AND FIGURED OUT IF EVERYONE RECYCLED AT LEAST ONE MORE POUND, THE CITY WOULD REACH ITS GOAL OF AT LEAST 32-HUNDRED TONS A MONTH.
MORE THAN HALF A MILLION TONS OF TRASH WENT TO ALBUQUERQUE’S LANDFILL LAST YEAR. A NEW STUDY SHOWS AMERICANS PRODUCE FIVE POUNDS OF TRASH PER PERSON PER DAY…ABOUT TWICE WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.
