Last fall in Cincinnati, Mayor Mark Mallory, Vice Mayor David Crowley, and Cincinnati City Council Members Chris Bortz and Laketa Cole launched a new initiative to increase recycling in Cincinnati. The Green Cincinnati Recycling Plan sets the goal of increasing recycling in Cincinnati by 50% over the next four years. During the time of that announcement, the Mayor revealed four new downtown recycling drop-off locations, a new webpage where citizens can sign up for recycling on-line, and a recycling program at tailgating before Bengals home games.
Currently, Cincinnati recycles about 9.19% of its total waste. By increasing recycling to 15%, the City of Cincinnati will increase the rebate that it receives from the Hamilton County Solid Waste District, which will reduce the cost of the City's recycling program.
On this episode of
Focus, local green advocates Howard Konicov and Justin Jeffre talk about how the average citizen can help make Cincinnati a more healthy place to live and Brian Garry, who, for the past twenty-three years, has operated a construction and building company called Green City Ecostruction that specializes in green materials and construction explains how home builders and construction companies can include green materials when constructing and refurbishing their buildings.
For additional information about
how to request a free recycling bin
in the City of Cincinnati,
visit their website or call 513-591-6000. For additional information about
Green City EcoStruction,
visit the company's website. To learn more about becoming environmentally sensitive or to share your stories with Howard Konicov,
join his listserv.
Recorded
1/3/2008
at CET Studios
Length: 28 minutes