October 13, 2011

A new waste diversion program in Arizona is designed to save space at the landfill and help those in need. The ‘Know Where To Throw‘ program educates residents about the potential to reuse or recycle many of the things they normally throw away. It’s estimated about 35 percent of household waste goes into city recycling containers that are collected. The goal of the new program is to get residents to recycle or donate items that often end up in the garbage because they can’t be collected in curbside recycling programs.

To kick off the program, the city of Tucson is holding a drive to collect things that may normally get overlooked. The city will collect crayons for educational programs, eyeglasses for the Lions club to deliver worldwide to those in need and athletic shoes which will be shipped to Nike where they are broken down and shredded for use in new shoes and athletic surfaces.