PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT
Recycling Office, 2400 Theresa Street, Lincoln, NE 68521, 441-7043
Date: May 19, 2008
For More Information: Gene Hanlon, Recycling Coordinator, 441-7043
Results Announced for Clean Your Files Week
The City Recycling Office reports that 23 businesses and organizations combined to recycle more than 58,000 pounds of paper during Clean Your Files Week from April 20 through April 26. The total represents an environmental savings of 496 trees, 87 cubic yards of landfill space and more than 204,000 gallons of water.
In the nine years that the City of Lincoln has sponsored Clean Your Files Week, participating organizations have recycled close to 386,000 pounds of paper. The event encourages organizations and individuals to support Earth Day by recycling office paper. The effort benefits the citizens of Lincoln and the environment by conserving resources and reducing the amount of material entering the Bluff Road Landfill.
The top recycling organizations for Clean Your Files Week 2008 are:
- Lincoln East High School in the "schools" category. East High students collected 3,225 pounds of paper (more than two pounds of paper per student).
- Pegler Sysco in the "private business" category. Workers there collected 10,515 pounds of paper or 87 pounds of paper per employee. The Lincoln Area Agency on Aging in the "local government" category. Workers there collected 1,960 pounds of paper (51 pounds of paper per employee).
- Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation, which collected the largest amount of paper of any organization participating in the event. Ameritas collected about 17,560 pounds of paper. This is the fifth year that they have recycled the most paper.
Clean Your Files Week is organized by Recycling at Work, a campaign of the National Office Paper Recycling Project, a public-private partnership managed by the U.S. Conference of Mayors, with assistance from Clean Your Files Week national sponsors. Local sponsors include the City of Lincoln, Midland Recycling, the Lincoln Public Schools and WasteCap of Nebraska.
For more information on the City recycling program, contact the Recycling Hotline at 441-8215 or visit the City Web site at lincoln.ne.gov (keyword: recycle).
