Since 2010, the Ravitz Shoprite of Marlton has implemented many recycling programs to help us divert waste from going to the landfill. The programs that we are involved in are, recycling of corrugated cardboard, wax cardboard, plastic wraps, paper, circulars, magazines, plastic buckets and containers through our in house program, which is collected and sent to our corporate warehouse for recycling. In 2012, we started a single stream recycling program, in which any recycling item HDPE #1-#7, is comingled and placed into an 8 yard dumpster, which is located outside of our store, and is picked up twice a week by our waste haulers. Because a good amount of food waste is produced in the supermarket business, in 2012, in order to keep food from entering the waste stream, we implemented a recycling program through an organic recycling company, Organic Diversions. This is where we take any food that may not be donated to the Food Bank of South Jersey or used for other production, and place the food, along with some paper items, cardboard, plants and soil, which is all organic, and place these items into a green recycling container, which are located throughout all departments of the store, and once filled, placed in the back of our store to be picked up by our organic recycling hauler. Since 2010, we have saved 3,691.82 tons, from entering our waste stream, by way of recylcing and composting. Another area in which we recycle, is the recycling of fluorescent light bulbs. This is a program, in which we recycle any replaced or shattered light bulbs from the store. These replaced or shattered light bulbs are placed inside a cardboard box, if still in tact, or a plastic bucket, if shattered, and sent to our corporate reclamation facility for recycling. Since 2010, the Marlton Shoprite has recycled a total of 2,764 light bulbs. In 2016, the Marlton store generated 487.10 tons of waste and prevented 309.73 tons of entering the landfills by reductions for resale, donations to the food banks, and recycling of wood, bins, paper, cardboard, and plastic. 64% of our waste was diverted and this number will continue to grow. 309.73 tons x 2,000 = 619,460 pounds.