Recycling Update
September, 2008
Stop Tossing, Start Saving
Here's the latest flier for the Oct 11th Recycling Event to be held from 9am - 2pm at the Service Center off Okemos Rd.
Edgewood Village Recycles
Read all about it here. Story by Joyce Benvenuto.
Greening our Schools
See an article about the new Green School Initiative in this week's Capital Gains here.
Join Meridian's new Education Subcommittee at its first meeting on Tuesday, Sep 16th at 7pm at Schuler's in Okemos! Call 853-4466 for details.
Electronic Waste Collection
Just a reminder that the E-Waste Collection will be held September 13. More at www.lansingmi.gov/pubserv/wastereduction/special_events.jsp
This is a regional event open to all.
Think Outside the Bottle
Each month, I receive dozens of calls from concerned folks about recycling related issues. The question of the month comes from T. Gerring...
What can we do with plastic water bottles?
Here are a few possibilities to sip on...
Recycle them at a local drop-off site or put them out on the curb.
Mix them with other #1 through # 7 plastics and bring them to the event on Oct 11.
Start a collection area in your organization (like Meridian Twp does in their lunch room) and haul them to a drop-off center (click here and select "Ingham County").
Place them in your commercial cardboard container (if you "Bag It" service).
Re-use them.
Don't buy them...
The previous article titled "Out-of-the-Bag Thinking," hints at this solution. From an energy perspective, a re-usable canvas bag is 39 times better than a paper bag and 14 times better than a plastic bag.
I suspect that there are similar savings for using a re-usable water bottle -- not to mention the other advantages hinted at here.
What do you think?
Thank you for your questions and suggestions! Please send green tips to harvey@meridian.mi.us or call 505-2809