How Green is Weston Florida?
August 10th, 2009 categories: Community Information, Living in Weston
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I don’t refer to our beautiful Landscape, it’s about how environmentally friendly are we. I could not find much data about how much of Weston’s waste is recycled but I am sure we can do much better.
There are so many ways to become Greener!
Fortunately or City Government is taking it seriously and our City Commission discussed on July 2nd an amendment to the Recycling Program to provide for Single Stream Recycling which if approved will make it easier for us. No more sorting…all the recyclable materials go in one bin and it is separated at the recycling facility. As I understand it will be for Residential dwellings only.
What happens with Commercial Waste? Probably the best way to start is one step at a time, and we can start by recycling more. Every week when I take out my bins at home I get amazed of how many opportunities to recycle we miss. If you have never been next to a copier in an office for more than 20 minutes you might have no idea how much paper is used and wasted every day. Even though we are all conscious about the environment most businesses revolves around paper. Much of it has to be kept and filed but the rest goes to waste. How many trees do we kill each day?
I am not an expert on the Topic but I have been concerned for a long time about Recycling in Commercial Facilities. About two years ago I contacted the company who handles the Recycling Services for Weston to find out how we could start recycling the TON of paper we discarded. The process was complicated and costly, it didn’t make sense at the time. Lately I have been thinking again on how to make Weston Greener.
Please help me promote recycling in Commercial Properties. If you live in Weston we need your support to make Weston a model for other cities! If you want to learn more about how to make Weston Greener go to: http://www.howgreenismytown.org, there are many ways to contribute and soon we will be able to be rated as a Green Town.
Weston goes Green-er!
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