The City wants to encourage residents to recycle, for several reasons – first, because recycling ultimately will help preserve our environment, today and tomorrow. Second, because recycling helps the City to keep trash collection costs down. O’Fallon pays $27 per ton of trash sent to the landfill. But O’Fallon gets paid $15.15 per ton of recyclables.Having a mascot who can visit schools and other organizations, and appear at special events, helps with the City’s efforts to promote recycling.