The City of Carmel spans 47 square miles across Clay Township in Hamilton County. The City is bordered by the White River to the east; Michigan Road (U.S. 421) and the county line to the west; 96th Street to the south and 146th Street to the north.
If we also cut back on our insatiable needs for products that use trees as material we can conserve more forests. One area that so many have highlighted is our excessive use and waste of paper products.
One of the easiest things we can all do to improve our environment is to recycle wastes whenever possible. Recycling saves natural resources and energy and reduces the need for landfills or incinerators. It can also increase local jobs by collecting processing and manufacturing new products out of discarded materials.