Southampton - Did you know that we on Long Island create about seven pounds of residential waste per person, per day, while the national rate is 4.3 pounds? Learn the facts and share your thoughts at what promises to be an enlightening forum, "Talkin' Trash," on Tuesday, October 20 at 7 p.m., at Southampton Youth Services on Majors Path.

Did you know that the Towns of Southampton and East Hampton recently received the lowest scores, next to Riverhead, for recycling on Long Island? Each of the two towns received a C in the report card released last month by the Citizens' Campaign for the Environment.

Did you know that much of our recycling isn't recycled?

Did you know that we can change all this?

Speakers at the forum include Chris Nuzzi, member of the Southampton Town Board and the board's waste management liaison; Maureen Dolan Murphy, executive programs manager for the Citizens Campaign for the Environment; Brian Gilbride, Mayor of Sag Harbor, former Sanitation Supervisor for the Town of Southampton, and manager at Emil Norsic & Son, Inc; and Richard Hodgson, from the department of waste management in Southampton.

The forum is sponsored by Sustainable Southampton and Sag Harbor's 725 Green as part of the Great Greening of Southampton. For more information, call Gigi Morris at 631-725-3795.