Indianapolis: #21  
     

Ranked 21st in the nation as America's Least Wasteful City
Ranked 23 in 2009

Indianapolis's high rankings:

  • 1st Buying secondhand items, including clothes, electronics and furniture
  • 3rd Turning off the water when brushing their teeth
  • 3rd Borrowing books from the library (or buying used) rather than buying them new

Indianapolis's Low rankings:

  • 23rd Using reusable containers in place of disposable food storage items such as plastic bags, tin foil and plastic wrap
  • 23rd Participating in their city’s sustainability/environmental programs
  • 24th Limiting showers to five minutes
  • 24th Using rain barrels

Overall Points of Interest
Environment

  • 37 percent are extremely concerned about the environment
  • 49 percent are fairly concerned

Drinking Water

  • 49 percent are extremely concerned about the quality of their drinking water
  • 30 percent are fairly concerned

Thriftiness
Items Indianapolis saves/reuses the most:

  • 90 percent leftovers
  • 88 percent boxes
  • 81 percent rubberbands

Efforts/Decisions to more environmentally friendly

  • 65 percent tie for recycling and buying used items
  • 77 percent use energy efficient bulbs
  • 61 percent shop locally

 

Indianapolis:

  A B C D F
City's grade 9% 25% 43% 15% 8%
Personal grade 12% 32% 34% 19% 4%
Company's grade 15% 25% 34% 15% 10%
Friends' grade 12% 23% 40% 21% 5%
Country's grade 9% 21% 39% 20% 10%

To learn more about Indianapolis's environmental and sustainability efforts, visit http://www.sustainindy.org/

 

 

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