Here’s
the deal
For you, your neighbors, and everyone else here in Lincoln and Lancaster County—let’s Sort It Out! Come on down, and learn to talk trash and recycling with the one and only Phil Bagwell!
The landfill receives items that could go to other places—better places.
How can you help? Become a Toss Boss and play the game with us! Recyclables can get a second life. Items that can be fixed, patched, mended, or donated can save new material from becoming waste. And intentionally planning your grocery list so that you don’t buy food you won’t eat can make a huge difference. Every day at the landfill, Lincolnites are throwing away perfectly reusable and recyclable materials that could have had a chance to reinvent themselves—they just need your help.
Become a
Toss boss
Time-out. Before you throw that item away, ask yourself:
Toss Boss champions do the heavy lifting in advance, and contribute to eliminating thousands of pounds of unnecessary trash every year.
One reusable water bottle can replace hundreds of single-use bottles.
Reusing, rather than buying new items, can be a quick, and easy, money-saver for your budget.
Repairing one pair of jeans instead of replacing them can save up to 2,000 gallons of water, most of which is used to grow cotton.
Buying secondhand clothing, electronics, and appliances saves environmental resources such as water, minerals, and electricity!
DOUBLE OR
NOTHING
What’s better than one chance at life, you ask? TWO chances. Recycling allows you to score big with your plastic, paper, aluminum, tin, and cardboard—and get another go from your single-use items.
Where’s your nearest place to double your trash’s chances?
1-2-5
You can keep reinventing plastics #1, #2, and #5 by recycling them into something new!
30K
Every ton of recycled paper saves 30,000 liters of water and 17 trees.
Environmental Studies Institute, 200674.5%
74.5% of all aluminum ever produced globally is still in use today.
International Aluminium Institute, 2024fridge-o-rater
Food waste is our biggest opportunity to impact the landfill. Do a little dance, and make some moves toward buying only what you’re going to eat, and you’ll make a dent in what currently accounts for 22.7% of the Bluff Road Landfill.
How to play
Shop with Purpose
Before you get to the grocery store, get a solid plan together. Make sure you’re only buying what you’ll be able to eat before it spoils. You’ll also save a pretty penny when you check out!
Store with Strategy
Putting the foods that will spoil soonest at the front of your fridge and pantry shelves means it’ll be easier to use your goods before they go bad.
Freeze for Later
Stop the music, but keep dancing—many food items can be frozen before they go bad!