City of Laredo

Public Service Announcement Campaign: “Let’s Talk Trash!”

For week of February 9, 2004 – February 13, 2004

Trash Tip of the Week:

Did you know that:

For every $11 Americans spend on food, $1 is for packaging.

Therefore, do your part to help lower costs! Reduce, reuse, recycle!

Whenever possible, clean off all packaging items before recycling. If, however, packaging still contains food particles, DO NOT include in recycle blue bags, as this will contaminate the entire batch. Remember, trash collection for all recyclable material is Thursdays and Fridays.