U.S. Fort Bliss Recycling a Success, Raises $1M in Profit

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Date: Thursday November 29, 2012 08:01:48 am
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    U.S. Fort Bliss Recycling a Success, Raises $1M in Profit

    FORT BLISS — The Fort Bliss recycling program met its goal of raising $1 million in net profits this past fiscal year, and soldiers and their families will benefit from that success.

    Tuesday, top recycling officials presented a check to the Fort Bliss community before a senior leadership meeting at the Centennial Club. The money will be used by Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, an Army agency dedicated to improving the lives of soldiers and their families.

    The agency has already been receiving recycling money throughout the budget year that ended Sept. 30. The money will be spent on or has been spent on items including spin bikes at gyms, exercise and playground equipment, a kiddie train at Biggs Park and a skate park, among other projects.

    "It’s a great privilege to have the community come on board and recycle right and recycle more," said Lilia Lenhart, Fort Bliss recycling program manager.

    The money was raised through the installation’s commercial recycling program. Items collected included brass casings from spent ammunition, paper, plastics, aluminum and tin cans, used motor oil, car batteries, tires and ink and toner cartridges.

    Items were collected from administrative offices, units, motor pools, Beaumont Army Medical Center, restaurants and other organizations on the post.

    "I’m excited that we’ve come to the point in the program where everyone is talking recycling," Lenhart said. "Hopefully, we’ll be able to recycle more in the future.

    During the check presentation, Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard, commander of the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, set a new a goal of raising $1.5 million through recycling during the current fiscal year.

    "It’s all about sustainability," said Terri Smythe, Fort Bliss recycling center manager. "That’s why we have solar fields (at Fort Bliss) and are getting water out of the ground that was too briny to drink (through the desalination plant). That’s all vision and environmental stewardship that’s come out of the Army for some time now.

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