According to the EPA, in 2013, Americans generated 254 million tons of trash and recycled and composted about 87 million tons of this material. This number is up from a mere 15 million in 1980.
All Divisions of Recycle Ann Arbor will be closed on Friday, July 4th. Friday's Curbside Pick-Up recycling will instead take place the following day on Saturday, July 5.