ToyotaMotor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. (TEMA), Northern Kentucky Solid Waste Management Area and the Northern Kentucky Household Hazardous Waste Action Coalition, announced results from its Household Waste Collection Day.
The event assisted residents of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties properly dispose of unwanted, hazardous items.
Results include:
• Participation from more than 1,000 residents of Boone, Campbell and Kenton Counties
• Collection of 80,000 pounds of paint, or 10,000 gallons. This is enough to paint 20,000 Toyota Camry sedans or five Boeing 747 jets;
• Collection of 72 appliances, including refrigerators, microwaves and televisions, weighing nearly 10,000 pounds, or the equivalent of nearly three Toyota Avalons.
• Collection of 6,600 pounds of oil, or 900 gallons. This is enough oil to fill nearly 1,900 Toyota Corolla engines (based on 1.8 liter engine);
• 83,000 pounds of electronic waste, including computer monitors and keyboards, equivalent to the weight of nearly 20 Toyota Siennas.
“Our first Household Waste Collection event was a tremendous success,” said Kevin Butt, General Manager of Environmental Engineering at TEMA. “We’d like to thank our partners, volunteers, neighbors and the community for their participation. Our event demonstrated that Northern Kentucky cares about the environment and that people are willing do to the right thing for our community. Toyota is happy to do our part.”
Toyotamade a $10,000 donation to the Household Hazardous Waste Action Coalition to support this event and educate residents of Northern Kentucky on other environmental programs.
Event participants included: Battery Solutions, Bluegrass Recycling, Blue Rhino, Close The Loop, Covington Reuse Center, GES, Green Metals, NKY Drug Strike Force, NKY Haz Mat/WMD Response Team and United Waste Water.