ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Palermo’s is an environmentally responsible company that strives to operate in the most eco-friendly manner. In 2006 alone, Palermo’s recycled 639 tons of cardboard and office paper, providing these environmental benefits:

  • Saving 10,800 mature trees – enough to produce 133 million sheets of newspaper
  • Saving 2,619,000 kilo-watt hours of electricity, enough energy to power 210 homes for a year
  • Saving 2,200 cubic yards of land fill space, enough space to fulfill the municipal waste needs of a community of 2,000 people for one year

Through our recycling efforts this year alone we saved:

  • 295,000 gallons of oil, which could heat 1,400 homes for a year*
  • 15,300 gallons of gasoline, enough fuel to drive 400,000 miles*
  • 4,473,000 gallons of water, which is enough fresh water to meet the daily needs of more than 50,000 Americans*

*Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, and Waste Management


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