The Ohio Statehouse Recycles - Employees and visitors of the Ohio Statehouse working toward a better tomorrow

Employees and visitors of the Ohio Statehouse generate an enormous amount of waste – each individual contributing nearly six pounds a day. Recycling reduces disposal costs and saves energy and natural resources.

The Ohio Statehouse is proud to recycle. Recycling reciprocals for paper, glass, aluminum and plastic are located throughout the Capitol Square complex.

We hope that everyone will "pitch in" to continue to help make the People’s House environmentally friendly!

WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED?

PAPER - Acceptable Materials:

Computer paper
Notebook paper
Post-It Notes
Newspaper
Envelopes
Magazines
Junk Mail
Yellow Legal Pad
Index Cards
Paper Bags
Phone Books
Cereal Boxes
Cardboard

BOTTLES and CANS - Acceptable Materials:

Aluminum Cans
Plastic Bottles (any color)

WHY RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT AT THE OHIO STATEHOUSE?
For every ton of paper that the Statehouse recycles, we save:

17 trees
380 gallons of oil
Three cubic yards of landfill space
4,000 Kilowatts of energy
7,000 gallons of water

Recycling paper creates five times as many jobs as making paper from virgin pulp. Every four tons of paper recycled at the Ohio Statehouse creates enough energy to power an average size home in Ohio for an entire year.

In the first six months of 2007, the Ohio Statehouse recycled 46,000 pounds of paper saving:

391 trees
8,740 gallons of oil
69 cubic yards of landfill space
92,000 Kilowatts of energy
161,000 gallons of water