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dublin
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hometo
AllThingsGreen
Thephrase It’sGreener inDublin ismore thana slogan. Environmental stewardship ispracticedby
theCityofDublinaswell asbusinesses and residents. Collectively,weareadvocates for responsible
useandprotectionof thenatural environment throughconservationand sustainablepractices.
Reducedour carbon footprint by118metric tonsbycontinuing toadd toour CNGfleet,which
now stands at 56CNGvehicles
Sold65,078GGE’sof natural gas to thepublicandused32,798GGE’s for theCity’s vehicles, further
reducing thearea’s carbon footprint
Bycomposting, recyclingandcollectinge-waste, Dublindiverted48percent, or 9,500 tonsof
waste stream from the landfill
Replaced1,211 street light luminaireswithLED lights thatwill provideanannual power savingsof
approximately40%
Planted720 trees,while tending to themore than23,000existing trees
Added in-ground irrigational system to three soccer fields atAveryPark
Addednew shade structures andopenedanewconcessionareaat theDublinCommunity
Pool North
Continued restoring theHolder-Wright Earthworkshouseproject,which takes thehouseback
toclose to itsoriginal footprint. Evidencewas foundnearby showinghumanswere there
10,000–14,000years ago
Collected20,027poundsof
hazardousmaterials from530
vehicles at theHousehold
HazardousWasteEvent held in
April. AshlandChemical and
SWACO - SolidWasteAuthority
of CentralOhio–werepresenting
partners
PartneringwithRumpke, the
Cityprovideddumpsters for six
neighborhoodclean-upefforts.
Items collected included8.8 tons
of yardwaste, 13.26 tonsof refuse,
andnearlya tonofmaterialwas
recycled
Our curbsidechipper program
serviceda total of 4,000households
“There isaconscientious
effort to integrate
nature, culture, urban
development and tradition,
Dublinhasan identity.”
-Eugen
