The city of Hartford, Co., is expanding its single-stream recycling program to citywide. The expansion follows the city’s pilot program, begun last May, that serviced around 4,500 households in the city. The program uses RecycleBank to boost the recovery levels in the city. The program now will reach close to 25,000 households in the city. The first collection program will take place Oct. 26.
“The City of Hartford is proud to announce that it is expanding single-stream recycling and the RecycleBank program to more Hartford households,” said Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez. “Beginning today, single-family households and multi-family buildings—with up to six units—will receive free 64-gallon blue recycling carts using special monies dedicated for green initiatives from the stimulus package signed earlier this year by President Barack Obama. The large blue carts will make it that much easier to recycle. What’s even more exciting is that this program is good for both the environment and the local economy!”
In May, the City of Hartford celebrated its one-year anniversary with RecycleBank, a partnership that serviced about 4,500 households and more than doubled recycling rates.
“Making Hartford sustainable makes perfect sense,” Mayor Perez said. “In the first year, those 4,500 households recycled more than one million pounds of waste. Not only does that make a tremendous impact on the environment, it also makes a tremendous impact on households and in kitchens across Hartford.”
RecycleBank services more than one million people across 21 states. By cumulative recycling efforts, those households have recycled more than 300,000 tons of material, saving more than 200 million gallons of oil and over 3 million trees. For more information on RecycleBank, visit www.RecycleBank.com.