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SERVICES 171 RECYCLING GUIDELINES Please recycle your mixed paper and containers. CAR POOL WORLD WWW.CARPOOLWORLD.COM Free Car Pool matching service for HCC students and employees. You may only register from your Howard Communty College email account. Type www.carpoolworld.com/howardcc.html and click the link to join. This program is completely free! TRASH Trash from Howard County gets exported to a landfill in King George County, VA. Wrappers and juice pouches cannot be recycled, but they can be terracycled! Check out terracycle.com Alkaline batteries can be thrown away, but all other batteries can be taken to Alpha Ridge Landfill by Plant Operations Pizza boxes are only trash because of the grease, otherwise cardboard is recyclable Incandescent bulbs are trash but CFLs should be taken to Home Depot, Lowe's, IKEA, or Alpha Ridge Landfill Styrofoam can be recycled at Alpha Ridge Residents' Convenience Center, or clean white styrofoam can be put in HCC's pilot program Napkins, tissues, and paper towels are not recyclable but they are compostable RECYCLE Producing goods from recycled material requires less energy than starting from scratch. Energy savings from reusing one ton of aluminum could power a home for 15 months Energy saved: 95% Energy savings from reusing one ton of glass could power a home for one day–Energy saved: 30% Energy savings from reusing one ton of steel could power a home for 21 days–Energy saved: 74% Energy savings from reusing one ton of paper could power a home for 4.5 months and saves 7000 gallons of water–Energy saved: 60% Energy savings from reusing one ton of plastic could power a home for 6 months–Energy saved: 90% Energy savings from reusing one ton of cardboard could power a home for 13 days Energy saved: 24%