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Downtown Bham Recycling Center Temporarily Suspends Glass Recycling

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Our longtime glass recycling partner, Argos (formerly LaFarge NA), is no longer able to accept glass from the Downtown Birmingham Recycling Center. Due to chemistry changes in their raw materials, glass cannot be used as an aggregate for their cement manufacturing for the near future. As a result, we are no longer able to accept glass for recycling at the Recycling Center until further notice. 

 
HOW YOU CAN HELP: This whole setup was created out of a citizen making some connections and we hope that might happen again this time! Options could be: 1) another local industrial facility that could use glass in their process; 2) transportation company willing to haul glass to Atlanta to the closest recycler; 3) someone in Birmingham area with warehouse or paved surface and loading equipment that can help transfer from roll-off bins to trailers for transport.
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Green Tie Affair Auction Donation

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As you will remember, Green Tie Affair is the annual spring fundraiser that helps support the Alabama Environmental Council. We attract more than 300 friends to celebrate Earth Month at a beautiful venue with an exciting live and silent auction. What a fun event!

Will you consider donating an item for our auction?

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AEC Energy News

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The 2013 State Energy Plan process being managed by the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) is on hold at least until late spring. Over 400 people filled out the online survey to share our views about our energy future.  As yet we have no notice of when we will receive an analysis of the responses. The cancelled meetings in Decatur, Birmingham and Montgomery, which were scheduled for early February, will be rescheduled for May or possibly later, and the Plan deadline will also be extended.

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Think Outside the Bin: What To Do With Hard-to-Recycle Items

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Source: RecycleYourMat.com

If you’re reading this, chances are you are well aware of where to recycle the more common household consumer goods, such as paper, bottles, and cans. In my last blog entry, we explored how to recycle hazardous materials. For this second installment, we’re going to take a look at some rather uncommonly recycled items. Some of these items are so difficult to recycle that there are few businesses in the nation that have stepped up to the challenge. Click on the underlined hyperlinks to be directed to these resources.

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Recycle Alabama Bins Distributed 9/12 in Downtown Birmingham

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The Keep Birmingham Beautiful Commission (KBBC) is sponsoring a recycle bin distribution day for residents, living in the City of Birmingham, to use for weekly curbside recycling pickup on Wednesdays. Curbside recycling is only available for those single-family dwellings that have their garbage picked up weekly by the City of Birmingham Department of Public Works (DPW).

Distribution will take place Wednesday, September 12th, from 8AM to 12PM, between City Hall and Linn Park on Short Twentieth Street. Residential information will be collected and placed in the DPW Recycling Collection database.

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How To Recycle or Dispose of Hazardous Materials

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Whether you have residential curbside recycling or you take your recyclables to a drop-off recycling center (or trailer), you can assume the following materials will be accepted:

·   Plastic bottles and jugs

·   Paper, newspaper, cardboard, paperboard, and magazines

·   Aluminum Cans

·   Steel Cans

Beyond these basic household items, recycling requires a bit of research to determine if an item is recyclable and where it can be recycled. Since I get a lot of calls from folks inquiring about harder-to-recycle items, I’ll try to sum it up for you with this quick list. Of course, you can always conduct a search of nearby recycling facilities by visiting RecycleAL.com.

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Birmingham E-cycle Day - May 10, 2012 - FREE TV RECYCLING

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What: E-cycles Recycling Day and culmination of Great American Cleanup

When: Thursday, May 10, 2012 6AM - 12PM

Where: Linn Park, Short 20th Street

The City of Birmingham and Keep Birmingham Beautiful Commission will host an event to allow citizens to recycle their Electronic Waste instead of sending it to our landfill. One of two e-waste recycling days, the highlight is the opportunity to recycle TV's for FREE! TV's and computer monitors are often difficult to find recyling outlets for. This is also the conclusion of the Keep Birmingham Beautiful Commission Great American Cleanup.

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