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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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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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Wendell Berry to visit Samford University

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The Thomas Marla Corts Distinguished Author Series 2012 event features author Wendell Berry in a 7pm lecture at Samford's Wright Center. Following the lecture, Berry will sign books on the Wright Center stage. VIP Tickets are $125, and include a pre-lecture reception at 6pm, reserved seating and a signed copy of the book. General admission tickets are $25, and Samford Faculty/Staff tickets are $10. Samford students are free with Student ID. Purchase tickets.

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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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HB274 Will Undermine Recycling Efforts

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Urgent Action Needed

Make sure Representatives Vote No To HB274

“This bill would prohibit a county, municipality, or solid waste authority from providing commercial front-end loader, roll-off, or commercial recycling collection services within the county or the municipality if there are two or more private solid waste providers offering those services in the county.” This means it would be unlawful for a government entity to operate a public drop-off recycling location of any kind, since it is open to the public and, therefore, might be used by commercial entities.

If passed, all collection at the following places would have to stop within 6 months, and a private contractor hired if recycling were to continue:

· Drop-off locations

· Recycling centers

· Schools

· Businesses

· Events

· Sporting facilities

· Municipal buildings

· Neighboring small communities

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Blue Sky, Green Earth

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You're invited to Alabama’s first art competition focused solely on functional furniture made from recyclable materials: “Blue Sky, Green Earth”. A display of all entries will be open to the public at a gala to celebrate the artists and their work on Friday, February 10, 2012, at 7pm, at Good People Brewing Company.

Waste Pro’s goal with “Blue Sky, Green Earth” is two-fold: to bring attention to domestic recycling and the versatility of the materials involved, and to encourage the growth of a new medium of art and revenue for Southern artists.

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