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Our renewable energy projects create enough energy to power nearly 1 million homes and save the equivalent of more than 13 million barrels of oil per year.
The Simi Landfill and Recycling Center alone powers the equivalent of 2,500 homes each day with two landfill gas-to-energy generators using methane gas.
WM's North American operations recycled enough paper and carboard in one year to save 41 million trees.
In California, we operate the largest fleet of clean natural gas collection vehicles and have reduced air emissions by 247 tons.
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Think Green From Home
Waste Management recently launched ThinkGreenFromHome.com, an online service for recycling household electronic waste, including compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and batteries.
CFLs are a great — and longer-lasting — source of light. They provide energy savings and help reduce a household's environmental profile, but the bulbs contain mercury, a hazardous material that cannot be placed in the trash in California. CFL use is growing rapidly — it is expected that some 4 billion CFLs will be in household use by 2012 — but safe, convenient methods for recycling CFLs and other household universal waste have previously been lacking.
To help residents safely dispose of these light bulbs and batteries, WM is providing a recycling program featuring convenient prepaid postage mail-in kits that are available online. The kits are suitable for both the storage and transport of discarded bulbs or batteries and are approved for shipping by the United States Postal Service. The CFL recycling kits incorporate Mercury VaporLok™ technology, which is designed to reduce the risk of airborne exposure and environmental contamination from lamps broken during storage and shipping. Consumers can ship the boxes directly from their home or from a U.S. Post Office. The CFLs are sent to a facility near Minneapolis for recycling where the recyclable materials and the mercury are separated for reuse.
For more information on CFL, battery and electronic waste recycling, or to order recycling kits, visit ThinkGreenFromHome.com.
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