Cincinnati's Environmental Policy - Recycling by Kathryn Jeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194 Interview of the City's Recycling Corrdinator en-us 2017-09-14 17:49:44 UTC 2017-09-18 20:06:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Do all neighborhoods have recycling available? kajeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187702046  "All neighborhoods in city limits of Cincinnati are eligible for the curbside cart program.  The only requirement is that the resident set the cart at the curb without garbage every other week." -Sue Magness]]> 2017-09-14 18:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187702046 How are recycled materials processed after they are collected? kajeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187994724 The materials are brought to the recycling facility where they are sorted and sold to recyclers who make them into new products. ]]> 2017-09-15 15:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187994724 Benifits of Recycling vs. Trash kajeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187999390 "For every 10,000 tons we send to the landfill we create 5 jobs at the landfill. For each 10,000 tons we send to the recycling facility, we create 10 jobs in sorting and
processing, PLUS an additional 18 jobs in recycling-based manufacturing." ]]> 2017-09-15 15:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/187999390 How have recycling efforts across the city developed over the past five years? kajeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/188006136 Over the past five years, there have been outreach programs throughout the neighborhood. In 2014, they began to more harshly enforce the guidlines which state that recycling which is not placed in bin will not be picked up.]]> 2017-09-15 16:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/188006136 How many people in the city have and use the recycling resources available? kajeffreys https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/188654305 Of the 74,570 households in Cincinnati, 67% of people have and use their recycling bins. However, still 17% of households in the city have recycling cans, but don't use it and 15% of households don't have a recycling bin at all. ]]> 2017-09-18 19:57:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kajeffreys/hwwyffvz1194/wish/188654305