{"id":175251,"date":"2024-11-14T00:00:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T05:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=175251"},"modified":"2024-11-13T21:37:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T02:37:54","slug":"exciting-progress-in-recycling-at-the-rumpke-recycling-resource-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/exciting-progress-in-recycling-at-the-rumpke-recycling-resource-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Exciting Progress in Recycling at The Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center"},"content":{"rendered":"
Each year on November 15,<\/span> communities across America celebrate America Recycles Day, highlighting how recycling reduces waste, saves energy and conserves resources. <\/span>For over 90 years, Rumpke recognized the importance of removing valuable materials from the waste stream and making communities cleaner and greener places to live. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>They continue the commitment to preserving the environment and leading a circular economy with a $100 million investment in The Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center, North America\u2019s largest and most advanced recycling facility, in Columbus, Ohio. <\/span>Designed with growth and community in mind, the facility serves as an educational resource and a recycling powerhouse. <\/span><\/p>\n Equipped with the latest sorting machinery, the facility includes:<\/span><\/p>\n Only three months after the official opening of the Rumpke Recycling & Resource Center in August 2024, the team celebrated producing their 50,000th bale in October. Bales are densely compacted recyclables, weighing 800-2,000 pounds each, shipped to their partners who create new products from your recyclables.<\/span><\/p>\n Over 80% of Rumpke\u2019s materials go to end-product manufacturers in Ohio, supporting local jobs and businesses while reducing transportation costs. <\/span>Protecting limited resources is essential for sustainability and comes with endless benefits. Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 mature trees. At the new facility, they are saving 176,061 trees each month\u2014equivalent to 2.1 million trees per year.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Additionally, recycling aluminum cans uses 95% less energy than using raw materials, and the facility produces 21 bales of aluminum cans daily\u2014about 737,184 cans per day.<\/span><\/p>\n Each year on November 15, communities across America celebrate America Recycles Day, highlighting how recycling reduces waste, saves energy and conserves resources. For over 90 years, Rumpke recognized the importance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1792,"featured_media":66055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,122,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-collection-transfer-news","category-newsletter-headline","category-recycling-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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For more information, visit www.rumpke.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"