In all, about 140 vehicles came to the event for one or more of the three services being offered.
The sprinkling of feedback that I have since received, along with the tangible results that I'm about to share, suggest that everyone's efforts where well received and much appreciated by the community.
We collected and shredded 3,540 pounds (1.77 tons) of paper, which was sent to a Georgia Pacific Corp. mill in Savannah, Georgia to be recycled as toilet paper.
According to the EPA, each ton of recycled paper fiber saves:
- 17 trees (thus, for example, we saved 29 trees helping to lower carbon emissions)
- 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space
- 360 gallons of water
- 60 pounds of pollutants
- 10,400 kilowatts of electricity
- The energy equivalent of 165 gallons of gasoline
The Chatham County Sheriff's office folks collected 14.4 pounds of no-longer-needed pharmaceuticals. That's a lot of pills! Pills that won't be flushed down the toilet to end up impacting fish and bird life in Jordan Lake, or end up in a landfill.
And, by checking - and re-charging when necessary - dozens of community fire extinguishers, the folks from the United Fire and Safety Equipment Company have helped to make Fearrington a safer place to live.
The cost of some of the three vendors at the event was borne by a combination of a payment from our FHA annual budget, as well as a generous contribution from Amy Ghiloni and her ReMax United Real Estate office.
Once again, my sincere THANKS to each of you for your time and talents on a job well done!
Jason Welsch
Moderator, Fearrington Green Scene
