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Recycling Fun Facts
Did you know....
SPSA collected 309 tons of aluminum in 2006 - enough to make four 747 jets.
SPSA recycled enough office, newsprint and cardboard in 2006 to save over 250,000 trees.
SPSA recycled 1,692 tons of glass in 2006 - enough to make 13.53 million baby food jars.
SPSA recycled over 3 million pounds of plastic in 2006 - enough to make over 370,000 soda bottles (2-liter).
SPSA recycled over 1.3 million pounds of tin and steel in 2006 - that's enough tin and steel to make 13,000 refrigerators.
SPSA recycled 42,794 cubic yards of yard waste in 2006 - that's enough to make over 577,000 bags of mulch and compost.
SPSA is a proud member of America's First Region.
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WHAT'S NEW Request for Community Support : Earth Action Day : Backyard Composting on WVEC Channel 13 SPSA values its participation and involvement in numerous regional community environmental protection and beautification activities. SPSA annually sponsors several activities itself, but also works with other organizations as part of SPSA’s ongoing community outreach efforts. In addition however, there are one-time activities wherein SPSA support may be requested. For this purpose, SPSA has initiated a more formal program and asks that requesters utilize the attached application to request support from SPSA for one-time environmental community activities. SPSA does not provide direct financial support and also has other program limitations. Please contact the Director of Public Relations and Marketing at (757) 420-4700 for program details. If you are interested in this program, please fill out a Request for Community Support form and mail it to attention: SPSA Community Support 723 Woodlake Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320 SPSA along with the cities of Franklin, Norfolk, Suffolk, Portsmouth and the counties of Isle of Wight and Southampton are spearheading an Action Earth Day on Saturday, April 22. On the national celebration of Earth Day each of these communities are asking residents to volunteer for three hours of “earth action” cleanup events. Each community has a designated coordinator that is handling volunteers and the clean-up. In addition, the volunteers are going to try to meet or beat a Guinness Book of World Records by collecting 120 tons of litter by volunteers on a single day. Below is a listing of clean-up locations that are happening on Action Earth Day. Please contact the site coordinator to sign up for a locality or for more information. Franklin
Isle of Wight
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Southampton County
Suffolk
For more information about how you can help on Earth Action Day, please call Public Relations Administrator, Brenna Gintyrapp at 757-420-4700. Backyard Composting As Seen on WVEC Channel 13 Backyard Composting is an easy and fun way to get your garden in shape and help the environment by keeping yard debris out of the waste stream. For steps on how to do your own backyard composting, please click here. If you would like more information on Nature's Blend, please click here. Also, if you are interested in a speaker coming out to your garden club to talk about backyard composting, please click here.
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