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Asheville's Recycling Program Receives Award
The Carolina Recycling Association honored the City of Asheville with its "Best Local Government Recycling Program" award.  This award is only handed out to one city in North Carolina or South Carolina.  Asheville's recycling program received the award because they have successfully provided a complete recycling program to its residents.  In fact, 80% of Asheville's inhabitants utilize the Asheville residential curbside and city facilities regularly, the highest participation levels in the state.  The recipient of the Carolina Recycling Association's award serves as a model for other government agencies within both North Carolina and South Carolina on how they can implement successful recycling programs in their respective cities.
The City of Asheville has set a goal of 80% carbon reduction within its city limits by the year 2050.  Their recycling program is just one step in that journey.  Since its implementation in 1997, the residential curbside recycling program in Asheville has taken in more than 90,000 tons of recycled material.  That is more than 90,000 tons of material that has been kept out of the landfills and re-used into the system, which also reduces the drain on our resources by using less materials initially in new products.
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