{"id":2491,"date":"2019-12-13T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T06:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2020-03-29T16:58:50","modified_gmt":"2020-03-29T16:58:50","slug":"chazz-sapp-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/2019\/12\/13\/chazz-sapp-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Recycling the Lancaster Way"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recycling In Lancaster by Chazz Sapp<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Recycling is important, but make sure it\u2019s correct. It is more than just filling your recycling bin up to the brim.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to recycling, many people believe that it is\njust about taking items and containers that do not belong in the trash can,\nexcluding large items that don\u2019t fit in the trash nor the recycling bin.\nAccording to LCSWMA (Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority) only\nfour things need to be placed in your recycling bins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corrugated cardboard<\/li><li>Plastic bottles and jugs with a neck<\/li><li>Metal food and beverage cans<\/li><li>Glass bottles and jars<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Glass Good, Cardboard bad for recycling\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Mwq9ZlG9kI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bad Quality, Good Message<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Listing these four things here dispels the common myth of\njust throwing everything and anything into the bin. Recycling is much more than\njust reusing previous material and putting it back into something new. One of\nthe main things that is important is that it has value. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHowever, recycling is actually a system of collecting and\nprocessing used material that still have value. This means not everything is\nrecyclable. There must be someone to buy the used material and transform it\ninto a new product. And just because a product has a recycling symbol on the\nbottom does not mean it\u2019s recyclable\u201d- LCSWMA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know what to recycle it is now important to\nknow where to take your recycled goods. There are many placed to take your\nthings within the county and as a bonus they are all open twenty-four hours a\nday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Transfer\nstation complex<\/li><li>Lancaster\nwaste-to-energy facility<\/li><li>Frey\nfarm landfill<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An important thing to keep in mind is that this is\nsomething extra or on the side than your regular trash\/recycle system on a\nrecent basis. All of the locations mentioned above are all optional to use and\nresidents are not required to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To focus on one of the facilities mentioned, Lancaster\nwaste-to-energy facility, is one of the more interesting sites mentioned.\nLancaster waste-to-energy quite literally takes you waste and transforms it\ninto energy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201ctubes surrounding each boiler convert water into steam.\nThe steam spins a turbine, which is connected to a generator that has the\ncapacity to produce thirty-six megawatts. Approximately twenty-five megawatts\nis sold into the local energy grid, which is enough to power the equivalent of\ntwenty-five thousand area homes.\u201d- LCSWMA \n\nThe way that\nrecycling in Lancaster county works to me is very interesting in a way that is\na very give and return system. Residents put in their recyclables, gets\ntransformed and gets put it back to the community in the form of energy for\ntheir homes\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recycling In Lancaster by Chazz Sapp Recycling is important, but make sure it\u2019s correct. It is more than just filling your recycling bin up to the brim. When it comes to recycling, many people believe that it is just about&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[152,23,57,151,32],"class_list":["post-2491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educate","tag-bottles","tag-lancaster","tag-lcswma","tag-plastics","tag-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2491"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5524,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2491\/revisions\/5524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projectgreenlancaster.millersville.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}