Posted by (+28) 12 years ago
Just imagine each man, woman and child in Miles city driving a 14' moving van to the dump, completely filled with trash. The line of vans would stretch for over 21 miles. That's the amount of trash that Eastern Montana Industries has recycled for Miles City since 1991. It's hard to imagine that much waste, which is about 19 million pounds or roughly 5,800,000 cubic feet of solid waste. Among the materials recycled included glass, clothing, aluminum, plastics, magazines, office paper, and phone books.
Eastern Montana Industries is a non-profit corporation that provides vocational and residential services to adults with disabilities and it depends heavily upon local support for its recycling operation. EMI's recycling operation has been increasing in production every year since its inception but with the fluctuating economy, its overhead and operating costs can eat most of the money it makes from selling the recycled materials. This has an impact on EMI's budget, which it uses its recycling operation to subsidize, thus having a negative impact on over 170 individuals with disabilities in Eastern Montana.
Would you like a way to help the environment and Montanans with disabilities at the same time? Well, there are ways you can help beyond dropping off recycled materials at our Haynes Ave. location. First, you can make a monetary donation. The donation is tax deductible and because of our low administrative costs, most of your donation makes a direct impact. Another way to help would be to write our county solid waste board and remind them of the millions of pounds of material Eastern Montana Industries diverts every year. In 2008 we diverted 1.36 million pounds of trash from the landfill, which is the equivalent of eight 32-gallon trash bags for every person in Miles City, making it our best year ever. We'd like to keep setting records and with your help we will. For more information call us at (406) 234-3740 or visit us at emi-mt.org.
Eastern Montana Industries is a non-profit corporation that provides vocational and residential services to adults with disabilities and it depends heavily upon local support for its recycling operation. EMI's recycling operation has been increasing in production every year since its inception but with the fluctuating economy, its overhead and operating costs can eat most of the money it makes from selling the recycled materials. This has an impact on EMI's budget, which it uses its recycling operation to subsidize, thus having a negative impact on over 170 individuals with disabilities in Eastern Montana.
Would you like a way to help the environment and Montanans with disabilities at the same time? Well, there are ways you can help beyond dropping off recycled materials at our Haynes Ave. location. First, you can make a monetary donation. The donation is tax deductible and because of our low administrative costs, most of your donation makes a direct impact. Another way to help would be to write our county solid waste board and remind them of the millions of pounds of material Eastern Montana Industries diverts every year. In 2008 we diverted 1.36 million pounds of trash from the landfill, which is the equivalent of eight 32-gallon trash bags for every person in Miles City, making it our best year ever. We'd like to keep setting records and with your help we will. For more information call us at (406) 234-3740 or visit us at emi-mt.org.