Recycling Today for a Better Tomorrow Presentation by Andrew Banta amp Blake Collins Mission Statement To create drop stations across the Nation for recyclable items including but not limited to ID: 799047
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Potawatomi Recycling Program
“Recycling Today for a Better Tomorrow”
Presentation by:
Andrew Banta & Blake Collins
Slide2Mission StatementTo create drop stations across the Nation for recyclable items including, but not limited to:
PlasticPaper/CardboardElectronics/Cellphones
Aluminum
Locations where stations will be include:
Department of Environmental Protection
Firelake
Discount Foods
Grand Casino Complex
Slide3Facts About WasteThe U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year.
The U.S. EPA estimates that paper accounts for nearly 40% of waste in landfills.Americans use over 80,000,000,000 aluminum soda cans every year.
Americans use 2,500,000 plastic bottles every hour! Most of them are thrown away
!
E-waste equals 70% of overall toxic waste. Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silver every year
Slide4Current EffortsThe Nation has already created small efforts to start a recycling project
Small recycling bins inside enterprises to make recycling more available for employeesEarth Day clean up hosted by the tribeWhile the tribe has started the recycling program, we plan to enlarge and expand the efforts, not just for CPN, but for the whole community
Slide5Our PlanWe want to create the major drop and sorting site at the Department of Environmental
ProtectionWe want to install large recycling containers at Firelake Discount Foods and The Grand Complex for members of the community to drop their recyclables inWe also want to increase the number of smaller, existing recycling bins across all tribal complexes
Once a large quantity of recyclables are obtained, we will transport the materials to a purchaser
Slide6Revenue for RecyclablesRecycling is not just good for the environment, but also our wallet
Cell phones are a hot commodity in the recycling world with numerous companies offering money for them; old cell phones range anywhere from 50¢ - $50 per phone
Firelake
Discount Foods already sells their cardboard to a business and the increased amount of cardboard will increase the profits
Many scrap yards offer money for aluminum cans
Slide7ExpensesFor the large recycling bins for the grocery store, The Grand, and Environment Protection we would need approximately 12 bins
Each large bin costs around $200 - $250Overall cost for this project would be around $15,000, but over time the profits from the
recyclables
will pay for themselves
Slide8QuestionsAny questions?