Recycling Incentive Programs

USA Today ran an article in July, outlining a recycling rewards program in Cherry Hill, NJ. Some of the statistics cited show an increase in recycling nationwide from 62 million tons in 2000, to 82 millions tons of trash in 2006. The rewards program focused on the individual statistic, revealing average households create 80 pounds of recyclable garbage a month. Read the article to see how the program works, and how a municipality can earn money through the commodities market.

Reaping Rewards for Recycling, Charisse Jones (USA Today).

DIY Recycling!

Here's a fun summer project...make your own paper with your own paper! Every week we all receive plenty of junk mail and generate plenty of unwanted paper. Collect it for a week or so, and follow the instructions in the video below. You'll end up with your own style of paper when your done! Good Luck!