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The Niagara County Division of Environmental/Solid Waste Management introduces the “Rethink Your Waste” campaign to establish a comprehensive waste management effort throughout Niagara County that will reduce waste and increase recycling. The intent of Rethink Your Waste is to provide residents, businesses, and community decision makers with a guide to develop programs and foster ideas that will target waste reduction and recycling. Many of us in Niagara County have access to curbside recycling, bulky waste (appliance) collection, and yard waste collection programs. Through greater participation and understanding we, as a community, can maximize the use of our current resources and work to develop new programs to recycle more and dispose less.
This site is dedicated to bringing attention to the solid waste management issues and events in our community, and provides tools for residents to increase waste reduction, recycling, composting and material reuse at home, work and school. By strengthening the relationship between solid waste management and the environment, we are ultimately improving the quality of life in Niagara County.
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Did You Know?
For every one job involved with waste disposal; there are nearly 10 jobs involved with recycling waste.
In autumn, leaves can account for as much as 75% of the Municipal Solid Waste Stream. For more on yard wastes, click here.
Every year 2.5 billion water bottles are sold in New York. All of those bottles stacked end to end would reach the moon!
From 2000 to 2009, the average Niagara County resident generated 5.8 lbs. of garbage per day. Nationally, the average is 4.6lbs. and in New York State the average is 5.0 lbs per day.
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59 Park Avenue
Lockport NY, 14094
Ph: 716.439.7240 recycling@niagaracounty.com