Our county-wide recycling event is this weekend and we're taking a truckload of stuff in to be recycled. We have that old television, an air conditioner, an old dehumidifier and several small appliances. My sister and BIL gave us a bunch of stuff to be recycled as well. My co-worker is the county recycling coordinator and he's in charge of the twice-yearly events. It's a good way to get rid of some of the things people have around the house without having to take stuff to the landfill. He has it worked out that you can recycle pretty much anything: old clothing and materials, computer equipment and other electronics, old small appliances, books, dishwashers and washers, dryers, etc. Every other year or so, he'll work out an event for used tires and such. If an appliance contains freon, we do charge a $5 fee and we do expect the consumer to remove the doors from fridges, freezers, and such. But we'll take them.
In addition to that, our county emergency system department sponsors a recycling event for old medicines and other chemicals that most people would probably flush down the toilet. That also includes old paint, lawn chemicals and the like.
In addition to the recycling events, we regularly recycle everything we can: newspaper, magazines, and catalogs, office-paper type stuff, cans and bottles, plastics, fiberboard (cereal boxes, pizza boxes, old greeting cards, tissue boxes, etc.) There are five recycling centers throughout the county that people can take their recycled items to and those centers are constantly being used. In town, they have weekly curbside recycling....you put your items out on the curb and the workers will pick them up.
Our grocery stores accept used plastic grocery bags. So we pretty much recycle every single thing we can. A few years ago, the county bought and passed out nice recycling bins; we have five or six in the basement and I take everything down and throw the items into their containers. We put it all through the dishwasher; while bottles, cans and jars can have labels, they do have to be cleaned. And then every other Saturday morning, we visit the recycling center with our stash. Our center has five or six volunteers and they come over to the car and help us with put our stuff in the proper containers.
Do you recycle? What does your area accept?
In addition to that, our county emergency system department sponsors a recycling event for old medicines and other chemicals that most people would probably flush down the toilet. That also includes old paint, lawn chemicals and the like.
In addition to the recycling events, we regularly recycle everything we can: newspaper, magazines, and catalogs, office-paper type stuff, cans and bottles, plastics, fiberboard (cereal boxes, pizza boxes, old greeting cards, tissue boxes, etc.) There are five recycling centers throughout the county that people can take their recycled items to and those centers are constantly being used. In town, they have weekly curbside recycling....you put your items out on the curb and the workers will pick them up.
Our grocery stores accept used plastic grocery bags. So we pretty much recycle every single thing we can. A few years ago, the county bought and passed out nice recycling bins; we have five or six in the basement and I take everything down and throw the items into their containers. We put it all through the dishwasher; while bottles, cans and jars can have labels, they do have to be cleaned. And then every other Saturday morning, we visit the recycling center with our stash. Our center has five or six volunteers and they come over to the car and help us with put our stuff in the proper containers.
Do you recycle? What does your area accept?
, paper, and some plastics (only 1 and 2). They don't take glass.
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