Phoenix
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- Created on: 05-02-16 09:02
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- Phoenix
- Water
- Average water use per person has dropped 20%
- A Colorado River Resiliency Fund was established in 2014 with an average of about $5.5 million a year
- 17,000 mile area depends on 300 miles uphill
- Food
- Phoenix Food Day- provides education on sustainable food use
- Waste
- Over one million tons of solid waste is taken to the city’s SR85 Landfill each year
- One ton of garbage per resident per year or 28 full garbage curbside containers per year.
- Improvement Schemes
- City wide effort to recycle plastic bags
- Curb side collections
- Discounts to big corporations that recycle their waste
- Transport
- Shared bike company of over 500 bikes
- Complete streets programme
- 52 percent of the city's general fleet operates on alternative fuel
- 24 electric vehicle charging stations located city-wide
- Taxis use E-85 fuel
- Energy
- 15.7 meggawatts of renewable energy on 28 facilities (2007)
- Solar Programmes throughout the city
- Water
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