Baltimore County Wants You to Recycle
New marketing campaign aims to encourage more residents to participate in single stream recycling program.
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz recently kicked off a new residential recycling marketing campaign designed to get county residents to recycle more. "In 2011, we collected more than 51,300 tons of material for recycling from county residents," Kamenetz said in a statement. "This is an all-time county record and a 42 percent increase from 2009. That's a huge improvement, but I think we can still do better." In addition to the environmental benefits of recycling reusable materials, the county also saves considerable money by keeping recyclables out of landfills. In 2011, for example, county residents recycled about 15 percent of the material put out for collection, which saved the county about $2.7 million in disposal costs, …
Buzz Beeler
6:10 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Lynn, you have a good point. They contract those jobs out and should hold the person responsible for doing their job. more ›