Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board

Think “Recycle” During Fall Clean-Ups

Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 12:52:53 +0000

While doing Fall Clean-Ups, sort as you toss. Much of your “trash” can actually be recycled or reused.

Holly Hill (formerly known as The Dump) provides a one-stop center to drop off your trash and recyclables.

Start at the Goodwill Truck where you can drop household furnishings, toys, clothing and reusable items - you will receive a tax receipt onsite.

Next, drop used books, cans & bottles, newspapers, mixed paper (including junk mail, magazines and annual reports), cardboard, cell phones and American flags.

Follow the road to drop off “yard waste” and “metals” and then “construction debris” before finally dropping off “household trash.”

Town Employees are available to answer questions while you are “dumping.”

If you have large household furnishings or appliances in working order, Habitat for Humanity will make an appointment to pick up these items.

No More Plastic Bags at Food Mart

Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:28:45 +0000

Poricelli’s Food Mart is the first supermarket in Greenwich to take the giant step forward - and stop offering plastic bags for groceries. They are joining an international trend to ban the plastic bags, and to encourage the use of re-usable bags. Please join this trend and carry your own cloth, canvas, string or re-usable plastic bags.

Plastic Bags end up in the trash after being used for an average of 7 minutes each. The manufacturing process includes the use of petrochecmicals, and adds to air pollution. So reducing our use of plastic bags has many benefits.

RE-USABLE SHOPPING BAGS Make a Designer Statement!

Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board — Sat, 19 May 2007 12:48:54 +0000

How often do you make a purchase and barely leave the store before removing the item from the bag - but by that time it’s too late to refuse the bag.

Another option is to Carry Your Own Bag when shopping. Most supermarkets now sell (for a nominal cost) re-usable grocery shopping bags. And a NY designer has started a new trend - Designer Re-Usable Bags. Check out what your favorite designer is offering, and don’t get caught carrying a plastic bag!

If you forget your re-usable bag, or your shopping trip was not planned, make a point of saving the plastic bags and return them to a market where a plastic bag collection is set up (ie. check Stop N Shop or Whole Foods). If your market doesn’t accept plastic bags, ask them to start.

Each time we do without a bag, we make a contribution to a cleaner, safer environment, not to mention that plastic bags are made from petrochemicals/oil. So join the trend and do what’s hot in the NY scene - carry a designer re-usable bag.

Recycling Used Cell Phones Reduces Your Carbon Footprint

Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board — Wed, 16 May 2007 00:59:18 +0000

Cell Phones continue to be collected for recycling in Greenwich. This is an easy way to reduce your carbon footprint. By keeping recyclables out of the trash - you reduce trash to be hauled by truck, burned into ash, hauled by truck again, and buried in a landfill.

The challenge of reducing your carbon footprint is to offset the amount of carbon you release into the atmosphere. For every mile you drive, you can do something to protect or improve the environment - walk or bike, plant a tree, turn off a light, buy recycled products, choose products with minimal packaging.

Bring old/broken cell phones On May 20th to the Audubon Spring Fair, or

Recycle old cell phones at Holly Hill, New England Cleaners, Academy Video in Greenwich; MinuteMan Cleaners in Cos Cob; Verizon Wireless store in Riverside; SoundView Exxon, James Wong Laundry, Perrot Library and Village Barber in Old Greenwich.

Used / Broken phones and accessores will be recycled and/or refurbished for use as 911 phones and resold in emerging countries - keeping toxins, metals and batteries out of the trash.