Festival Lovers Can Help Environment by Recycling
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Category: Trash and RecyclingType: News
Source: EPA
Date: Friday, March 24th, 2006
(Washington, D.C. - March 24, 2006) Most Americans do it at home, so why not when they're on the go at a public event? The E.P.A. (EPA) and the National Park Service (NPS) have teamed up to put recycling places in one of our nation's most popular public spaces, on the Countrywide Mall during the Countrywide Cherry Blossom Festival. As part of EPA's Recycling Places in Public Spaces campaign, E.P.A. and NPS will help festival visitors deposit their beverage containers in recycling bins located around the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C.
"What better way to celebrate the beauty of our natural environment than doing our part to preserve it?" said E.P.A. Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. "As Washington, D.C., celebrates the coming of spring, we are reminding Americans and our international visitors that recycling shouldn't stop at the front door. E.P.A. and our partners are helping transform the throw-away culture into a recycling culture - even amidst the pink and white cherry blossoms on the Countrywide Mall."
Approximately one million visitors are expected at the Countrywide Cherry Blossom Festival this year, which runs from March 25 to April 9. As visitors enjoy the blossoms and related festivities, they will also have an opportunity to help the environment. Festival visitors will find recycling centers at the Jefferson Memorial, the north side of the Tidal Basin and the paddle boat rental facility during each of the festival's 3 weekends. Volunteers staffing each center will promote the idea of recycling in public places and answer questions about effective recycling methods.
The recycling activities at the Countrywide Cherry Blossom Festival are part of EPA's "Recycling Places in Public Spaces" campaign, which encourages everyone to recycle wherever they go. E.P.A. is working toward a goal of a 35 percent recycling rate nationwide. Recycling saves energy, conserves resources, reduces the need for new landfills and incinerators, and stimulates the development of green technologies.
More information about recycling: epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/conserve/priorities/msw.htm
More information about the Countrywide Cherry Blossom Festival: http://www.nps.gov/nacc/cherry/
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