Did you know that millions of new printer cartridges are sold each year and only 5% of the empty cartridges are being recycled? That means 95% of them end up in our already-limited landfill sites as trash. By recycling our used ink cartridges we will help to save our natural resources. Incredibly, just to make a new ink cartridge, utilizes 2.5 ounces of oil and the plastics used in their manufacture can take over 1000 years to decompose! According to the EPA, fewer than 20 percent of cell phones are recycled each year, when recycling just a million cell phones reduces greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking 1,368 cars off the road for a year. We need to recycle today for a cleaner tomorrow.
Combining my concern for our environment and for animals, I am pleased to announce that the Clarkstown Town Clerk’s Office will be helping to do its part to raise funds for the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center. Residents of Clarkstown will be able to drop off their empty ink cartridges and old cell phones to the Town Clerk’s Office at 10 Maple Avenue, New City. Through a joint effort with a recycling center, the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center will receive a donation for every recycled ink cartridge.
The Hi-Tor Animal Care Center of Pomona, also known as the Hi-Tor Animal Shelter, is supported largely by private donations. Their mission is to provide temporary care and shelter to lost, abandoned, and unwanted companion animals. They also provide a humane education program in order to promote kindness to all living beings. The Hi-Tor Animal Shelter strives to make this a better world for both animals and people. Funds from this program will help offset general costs, which include animals in their care and other animal welfare programs.
I think this is a wonderful way of both helping our environment and helping the Hi-Tor Animal Care Center in their efforts to care for Rockland’s animals. Rather than having all those empty ink cartridges and old cell phones filling up our landfills, imagine how much good they could do, simply by dropping them off at the Clarkstown Town Clerk’s Office. For further information, please contact the Clarkstown Town Clerk’s Office at 639-2010 or visit our web site, www.clarkstownclerk.com.
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