G r eat A m er ica n Cle a nu p // 201 2 Re p ort
It All Comes Back to You: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Recycling is the easiest thing that any individual can do—every single day—to conserve energy, reduce carbon emissions, and protect our treasured natural resources. Keep America Beautiful, and the Great American Cleanup, strive to motivate more Americans to reduce, reuse and recycle more of their waste. By promoting simple, everyday choices and actions, and by inspiring participation, our 2012 effort resulted in significant recycling results.
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful eCycles!
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
Great American Cleanup National Sponsors LG Electronics and Waste Management teamed up with Keep Oklahoma Beautiful and the City of Oklahoma City to host a very successful eCycling event in early May. The Great American Cleanup event took place at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds and was made available to all Oklahomans. As advertised, the eCycling event was quick, simple and absolutely free. On the day of the event, vehicles loaded with materials to be recycled began arriving around 7:30 a.m., with the last vehicle pulling through the drop-off area at 4:30 p.m. Volunteers removed all acceptable electronic products from trunks or pickup beds–most participants didn’t even have to get out of their cars! The event collected items from 1,055 cars and trucks, which generated 10 full semi-truck loads of electronic waste. It was calculated that the quantity of recycled materials is equivalent to the amount of solid waste generated by 362 U.S. households in one year. Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s eCycling event netted 746,767 pounds of mixed office electronics, which were diverted from landfills and properly recycled.
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This Great American Cleanup event is part of the LG Electronics Recycling Program, which is designed to provide consumers with a convenient way to dispose of their used, unwanted, obsolete or damaged consumer electronics products. According to Wayne Park, president and CEO, LG Electronics USA, LG collected more than 10 million pounds of unused electronics for recycling in 2011.