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• 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. To learn more about how much waste is generated in Niagara County, click here.

• Based on an EPA Waste Characterization study, over 40% of the waste generated by Niagara County residents can be recycled by simply placing it in your recycling bin. To see what materials can go into your recycling bin and find out what they become after they are recycled, click here.

• 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 2000-2009, Niagara County residents averaged a recycling rate of only 10%. Statewide the average is 30% and nationally it is 37.5%. More recycling statistics for Niagara County is located here.

• If every newspaper was recycled in the United States, we would save 250,000,000 trees each year.

• It takes 19, 20oz. soda bottles to make 1 extra large t-shirt. It takes 14, to make the fiber fill for a ski coat, 63, to make a fleece sweater, and 114, to make the fiber fill for one sleeping bag.

• Recycling Aluminum cans will conserver 95% of the energy required to produce a new can from ore, which is equal to the same amount of energy to power your TV for 3 hours.

• Cathode Ray Tubes found in televisions and monitors contain harmful contaminants such as mercury, lead and chromium and account for 85% of the contamination found in landfills. For more information, visit Special Wastes.

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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Beyond the Bin

Niagara County Environmental Coordinator: Dawn M. Walczak
59 Park Avenue
Lockport NY, 14094
Ph: 716.439.7240 recycling@niagaracounty.com