Dear Ladies & Gentlemen,
E.R. Environmental Relief, non profit organization, is launching its first ever recycling campaign on Harbour Island, "Let's Recycle" will assist us in raising funds on a continual basis, by recycling trash and unwanted items. All the income will go into helping the Art and Craft Department at the Harbour Island All age School since the children help E.R. by collecting cans. We will also establish a science laboratory for Environmental Relief . This will allow us to better conduct our research and to improve the environmental education programs. With "Let's Recycle" we focus on recycling soda cans, empty inkjet cartridges and Bahamian beer bottles.

With population growth and human consumption rising steadily we are facing the issue of trash and what to do with it. Recycling reduces the need for landfills: aluminium lying in our landfills will still be around in 200 or more years; bottles never disappear. While recycling we help to reduce the amount of pollution and greenhouse gases released into the environment. We are also doing much more: we are conserving natural resources (such as trees, metal ores, minerals, oil, water and energy). Recycling can be fun, easy, and rewarding because you are helping yourself and your community by setting the standard for a healthy environment throughout the Bahamas.
Recycling is not only important for the environment but also for every body. Children playing around the island could get hurt because of empty aluminum cans or bottles, also less trash, less rats, less diseases. Trash continually discarded into the environment or burned will eventually end up in the sea. We eat from the sea, we swim in the sea.
Harbour Island is a small developing island so lets continue to do our part and keep our island clean and pristine for future generations to enjoy. Help us, Help kids.

For any drop off direction or further information call 333-3481

Please join us, and take part by making a donation in this “environmental relief” for a better way of living through education and awareness.
Sincerely
Giorgia Ravilli Simmons
(Vice President)


HOW TO RECYCLE:

Collect separately your soda cans, beer bottles or inkjet cartridges at home or work and drop them in special containers or at our storing facility. If you had a party just call us and we'll be on our way to collect your bottles and cans.
LIST OF BEER BOTTLES RECYCLABLE:
KALIK, HEINEKEN, GUINNESS. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE VITAMALT BOTTLES.

IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A BOTTLE PICK-UP ARRANGEMENT, PLEASE CONTUNUE WITH THEM.


Here are some facts to consider when you think about what happens when you recycle:

• Enough energy is saved by recycling one aluminium can to run a TV set for three hours or to light one 100 watt bulb for 20 hours.


• Recycling one glass bottle in the making of a new glass container saves enough energy to keep a 100 watt light bulb illuminated for four hours.


• Making cans from recycled aluminium saves 95% of the energy required to produce cans from virgin material.


• Recycled glass saves 50% energy of the energy required to produce a container from virgin material.


• Recycling a soda produces 95% less air pollution and 97% less water pollution.


• Recycled glass generates 20% less air pollution and 50% less water pollution.


• An Aluminium can recycled today will be back on the grocery shelf in about 90 days.


• Glass containers go from recycling bin to store shelf in as little as 30 day.

Other facts

• Recycling generates jobs and revenue.



• 75% of our trash can be recycled.

Being a non-profit organization E.R. can only operate based on donations, and these can be in the form of monetary funding, equipment, persons with relative experience in the field or any other form of donations that can assist us in our projects. E.R. is a firm believer in a healthy and clean environment and with your assistance all of our goals can become your goals.