How IWU measures up
 
  • ISU and Heartland Comm. College currently recycle more than 40% of their solid waste
  • State Farm Insurance Company recycles 65% of its waste
  • Mitsubishi Motor Manufacturing of America has implemented a municipal recycling program, recycling 1183 tons of paper and cardboard during 2000.
  • City of Bloomington recycled 2114 tons of material in the 12-month period from October 1999 to September 2000
  • Town of Normal recycled 2857 tons of material in 2000 (up from 896 tons in 1997)
  • IWU currently recycles less than 10% of its solid waste. With the expansion of the recycling program, we can reach a goal of more than 50%.
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    (These statistics were provided by the Ecology Action Center, Normal, IL)
     
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