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Recycling Fun Facts
Did you know....
SPSA collected 309 tons of aluminum in 2006 - enough to make four 747 jets.
SPSA recycled enough office, newsprint and cardboard in 2006 to save over 250,000 trees.
SPSA recycled 1,692 tons of glass in 2006 - enough to make 13.53 million baby food jars.
SPSA recycled over 3 million pounds of plastic in 2006 - enough to make over 370,000 soda bottles (2-liter).
SPSA recycled over 1.3 million pounds of tin and steel in 2006 - that's enough tin and steel to make 13,000 refrigerators.
SPSA recycled 42,794 cubic yards of yard waste in 2006 - that's enough to make over 577,000 bags of mulch and compost.
SPSA is a proud member of America's First Region.
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PRESS ROOM SPSA Memorial Day Holiday Schedule (Chesapeake, VA) -- In observance of the Memorial Day holiday, the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) will close its administrative offices on Monday, May 26 along with the Suffolk Transfer Station, Recycling Office and Virginia Beach Yard Waste Facility. In addition, there will be no curbside recycling collections on Monday, May 26 and on that day the Regional Landfill in Suffolk and the Chesapeake, Franklin, Isle of Wight, Landstown, Norfolk and Oceana transfer stations will be open only one-half day, from 7 a.m. to noon. SPSA’s Refuse-Derived Fuel Plant in Portsmouth will maintain a regular work schedule. All offices and facilities will return to their regular schedules on Tuesday, May, 27. For more information contact, LeRoyal White at (757) 420-4700 or lwhite@spsa.com
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