Gas prices up slightly in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 1 cent per gallon in the past week to $3.43 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah.
The national average has fallen 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.57, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Sunday were 16.4 cents a gallon lower than the same day one year ago and are 9.9 cents a gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has decreased 9.5 cents a gallon during the last month and stands 16.6 cents lower than a year ago.
“The Energy Information Administration in its weekly report issued last Wednesday highlighted one of the largest drops in gasoline inventories this year,” said GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan.
That might mean prices will show upward movement as the week wears on, DeHaan said.
Radiothon raises cash for Children’s Hospital
A three-day Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals radiothon in Savannah earlier this month raised $51,718 to benefit The Children’s Hospital at Memorial University Medical Center.
Radio stations 98.7 The River and WTKS News Radio presented the radiothon, broadcasting live for 30 hours over three days from the lobby of The Children’s Hospital.
“The Children’s Hospital is not just caring for little adults. It’s specialized equipment, the right stretchers, chairs that literally make a difference in providing the state-of-the-art care for our kids,” said Bill Lee, the senior vice president at Memorial whose duties include The Children’s Hospital.
In 2012, The Children’s Hospital treated more than 60,000 children.
Mall reduces trash, aims to do more
Savannah Mall officials say they have reduced the mall’s total waste by approximately 35 percent since launching a recycling program in May.
They say the mall, which is working with Deep Green, a Roswell-based company that helps make retail properties more efficient in their waste disposal, plans to implement more recycling initiatives to try to reduce its carbon footprint.
“We’re very pleased with the progress we’ve made and look forward to launching even more recycling programs at the Savannah Mall,” said general manager Phil McConnell.
The mall’s first effort is a cardboard recycling program in which merchants separate cardboard from other waste and place it in a recycling bin.
Plus, central trash bins are being hauled away only when full rather than on scheduled days with the mall’s hauls expected to go from 100 to fewer than 70 a year.
