Lamont Recyling Info Lamont generates about 1,000 cubic yards of
waste each year. Ooph, that's a lot of stuff. About 300 cubic
yards (30%) of this waste gets recycled and recovered.The rest
(a whopping 70% - yuck) goes in the l a n d f i l l. Amount of
LDEO rubbish: Amount of LDEO recycling: The amount of stuff sent
to the landfill could be significantly reduced if Lamonters were
even more committed to recycling. Unfortunately, some trash
items are tossed into the recycling bin causing the entire
contents of that bin to be thrown into the trash. About 10% of
recyclable material is lost each year because of this
contamination. Lamont pays around $25,000 each year to have
trash hauled to the landfill. In contrast, we do not get charged
to take recyclable material to the Rockland County Solid Waste
recycling centre at Hillburn. There is some cost involved in
collecting recyclables from each building and in doing an
initial sorting, but it is way less than what it would cost to
simply put the stuff in the trash.