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File #: 0273X-2024    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/15/2024 In control: Wyche
On agenda: 10/21/2024 Final action: 10/24/2024
Title: To recognize and celebrate October 14 - 20, 2024 as Recycle Week in Columbus, Ohio
Sponsors: Christopher Wyche, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Nancy Day-Achauer, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Melissa Green, Emmanuel V. Remy, Shannon G. Hardin
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To recognize and celebrate October 14 - 20, 2024 as Recycle Week in Columbus, Ohio


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WHEREAS, Recycle Week is an annual event that was established to promote recycling practices and environmental sustainability. It creates opportunities for all to implement positive change that will help protect our planet and has contributed to increased awareness and participation in recycling initiatives worldwide; and

WHEREAS, participating in Recycle Week is an excellent way to contribute to environmental conservation efforts. Some ways to get involved are: Learn About Recycling, Reduce, Reuse & Recycle, Participate in Recycling Programs, Organize Clean-Up Events, Advocate for Recycling, and Spread the Word; and

WHEREAS, Rumpke Waste & Recycling has been committed to keeping neighborhoods and businesses clean and green since 1932 by providing environmentally friendly waste disposal solutions and recycling options. Headquartered in Colerain Township, Ohio, just outside of Cincinnati, Rumpke is one of the nation’s largest privately owned residential and commercial waste and recycling firms, providing service to areas of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia and Illinois; and

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has relied on Rumpke since 1984 to keep our city clean with its garbage collection, recycling, and local waste management; and

WHEREAS, the new Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center located at 1190 Joyce Avenue in the City of Columbus was opened in August of 2024 and it is biggest and most technologically advanced recycling facility in North America; and

WHEREAS, the new Rumpke Waste & Recycling facility can process 60 tons of material per hour and 250,000 annually from 50 Ohio counties; and

WHEREAS, Rumpke supports the circular economy by supplying recycled material to manufacturers within a 250-mile radius of the facilities, including 80% of recovered recycled materials going to Ohio companies; and

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, through its Sustainable Col...

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