Miami: #20  
     

Ranked 20th in the nation as America's Least Wasteful City
Ranked 18th in 2009

Miami's high rankings:

  • 7th Shutting off the lights when not in a room
  • 9th Hanging their clothes out to dry when possible

Miami's Low rankings:

  • 23rd Limiting showers to five minutes
  • 24th Using reusable grocery bags
  • 25th Saving leftover food/meals to eat again

Overall Points of Interest
Environment

  • 40 percent are extremely concerned about the environment
  • 47 percent are fairly concerned

Drinking Water

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

Thriftiness
Items Miami saves/reuses the most:

  • 86 percent leftovers
  • 75 percent boxes
  • 68 percent rubberbands

Efforts/Decisions to more environmentally friendly

  • 71 percent recycle
  • 77 percent use energy efficient bulbs
  • 63 percent shop locally

The study gauged what grade (A-F) residents would give to their personal, their city’s, company’s and their friend’s commitment to being more environmentally conscious.

Miami:

  A B C D F
City's grade 16% 15% 44% 16% 10%
Personal grade 11% 31% 31% 20% 7%
Company's grade 10% 19% 44% 14% 12%
Friends' grade 8% 19% 44% 23% 6%
Country's grade 9% 18% 45% 19% 8%

To learn more about Miami's environmental and sustainability efforts, visit http://www.miamigov.com/cms/mayor/2674_3599.asp

 

 

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