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City of Centerville voluntary recycling programs. They wouldn't recycle if it didn't make sense. FIGHT FOR JOBS! Five times as many people are employed in recycling than in waste disposal. STOP CLIMATE CHANGE! Recyling reduces greenhouse gas emissions. SA VE OUR LAKES! Recyling reduces air and water polution. SAVE ELECTRICITY! In 2003, recycling in Minnesota saved enough electricity to power 30% of the state's households. It takes 20 times the energy to make an aluminum can from mined materials as it does to make one from a recycled can. SAVE THE LAND! Each person in Minnesota creates about 2,000 pounds of garbage every year. A lot of this still goes into landfills. The more materials you recycle, the less land we will need to bury our trash. SAVE OUR TREES! The average American saves about 3 trees and over 1,000 gallons of water each year by recycling paper. You can save even more trees by recycling your junk mail and office paper. Every ton of newsprint or mixed paper recycled saves the equivalent of cutting down 24 trees to make paper. Recycling prevents habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, and soil erosion associated with logging and mining. Americans consume more natural resources per person than any other country in the world. AWAY FROM HOME? Look for recycling. Before you throwaway that bottle, can, or junk mai', check for a recyling bin. Ask for recycling. If you don't see recycling, talk with managers of local stores and events. Did you know? . The Metrodome recycled over 1 million plastic bottles since it started collecting in 2003. · Did you know that you can recycle glass and aluminum at the Mall of America? The Mall also collects food scraps from restaurants and sends it to a farm as pig feed! · WE Fest, the country music festival in Detroit Lakes, recycles aluminum cans from festival goers. Vendors also recycle glass and cardboard. · The Moon Dance Jam Festival in Walker recycles cans and bottles in its events and camping areas. Steel and cardboard are also recycled. For more information, contact the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance at: www.moea.state.mn.us. How To Reduce Junk Mail Do you want to reduce the amount of junk mail you receive, and conserve natural resources in the process? Here are some ways for you to do it now! Register your name and address with the Mail Preference Service of the Direct Marketing Association at www.dmacons\.IDlers.org or PO Box 643, Carmel, NY 10512-0643. This is a free service and lasts 5 years. Page 3 of4 county Twin Cities metro area unless a current soil test shows a need for phosphorus or you are establishing a new lawn by seeding or laying sod. Click here to learn more and how to handling any existing fertilizer that you may have that contains phosphorus. Get the Lead Outl Non-lead fishing tackle is an affective alternative, and it protects loons, eagles and other wildlife. TACKLING THE PROBLEM: Lead is a toxic metal that, in sufficient quantities, has adverse effects on the nervous and reproductive systems of animals. Found in most fishing jigs and sinkers, this metal is poisoning wildlife such as loons and eagles. More anglers are using fishing tackle made from non- poisonous materials, such as tin, bismuth, steel, and tungsten. And these alternatives are becoming easier to find. Click here for more information. Recycle Cooking Oils Uncontaminated CooRing Oils can be disposed of for no charge to residents at Anamax, 505 Hardman Avenue, South St. Paul, MN 55075. Phone for directions: http://www.centervillemn.comlindex.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B9958A9F-F7BI-41C...1/24/2006