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oness Club decided to continue the recycling station as their own project. “They were making $120 a month and there was almost nothing for them to do. It runs itself.” In addition, Mr. Chuse reported, a second Fauquier recycling station recently opened in New Baltimore.
And other counties are also seeing benefits in recycling. Prince William has a recycling center at the county landfill, open 0-5, Monday through Thursday. Janet Ellis, who manages the program, reports “so many people are dying to recycle stuff.. . it’s making money with almost no effort,” Mr. Chuse said.
Another recycling demonstration project is underway in Loudoun and organizers there hope to convince not just the county but the entire state that recycling is feasible and profitable, he added.
Cost avoidance saves tax dollars
Under a voluntary recycling program, state and national averages show that a waste stream will be reduced by 30 to 35 percent, Mr. Chuse continued. With mandatory recycling - enacted already in three states and currently under consideration in nearby Pennsylvania - the volume of trash going to a landfill drops by 80 percent.
The saving to taxpayers is easy to see. If the amount of trash is reduced by 80 (percent, the life of a landfill will be lengthened by the same percentage. Add the cost of
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