7.e Jan2012RecyclingUpdate
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Date: February 16, 2012
To: Environmental Commission
From: Mark Ray, PE, Engineer
Subject: January 2012 Recycling Tonnage
Staff recently received and reviewed the recycling tonnage report from the City’s new hauler,
Allied Waste, for January 2012. In comparing the January 2012 report with data from
January 2011, recycling tonnage has increased 16.45 tons (10.6%). Put another way, on average
each CDU recycled nearly 5 pounds more in January 2012 than January 2011.
January 2011 January 2012
158.64 tons collected 175.43 tons collected
155.47 tons recyclable 171.92 tons recyclable
Increase
16.45 tons (10.6%)
This increase in recycling is a good indication of the hard work that went into advocating for the
new recycling program.