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 A recycling campaign has been launched in Ohio that encourages soft drink consumers to recycle. A new “We Got Plans for Your Bottles And Cans” campaign represents a partnership between the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and the National Soft Drink Association.
Currently more than half of the 95 billion soft drink containers produced each year in the United States are not being recycled. To help close this gap and promote recycling, the division and NSDA will sponsor billboard advertisements that feature consumer products made from recycled bottles and cans. Radio public service announcements also promoting the recycling message will play over Ohio’s airwaves in three different listening formats.
Recycling in Ohio is voluntary. Statewide, the recycling rate is 43 percent, which includes recycling by residents and commercial and industrial business.
Recycled items can be turned into useful new products. Glass bottles can be recycled back into glass bottles, as well as asphalt, insulation and tile. Aluminum cans come back as new cans, as well as automotive parts, home siding and other building materials. Plastic soft drink bottles can get a second life as carpeting, clothing, backpacks and dishes.
There are 1,771 drop-off recycling locations and 484 curbside recycling programs in Ohio. To find out how to recycle in your community, contact your local recycling and litter prevention office.
To find out more about the “We Got Plans For Your Bottles And Cans” campaign, contact the Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention at (614) 265-6333 or visit www.recycleitnow.net or www.ohiodnr.com/recycling.
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