Historical December 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Have you ever said to yourself, “I’d like to make the world a better place, but I don’t know how?” One way you can start is by recycling at home, work or school. Recycling is the process of reusing the things that we usually discard. Instead of throwing things out we can clean, scrap and recreate useful products.
This helps decrease the loads of garbage we now have, fights pollution, saves energy and money, and preserves the Earth. Our landfills are quickly running out of space to hold all of the garbage we produce.
Most of this waste can be recycled. Currently, the most popular products to collect and recycle are: newspaper, aluminum and steel cans. plastic jugs and glass.
These can be taken to nearby reclamation centers or you can contract for a ‘curb side pickup” program that will haul away these and other recyclable goods for a small fee.
The Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council Recycling Committee has met with Jerry Witter several times. Witter operates a private curbside recycling program, EARTHCIRCLE RECYCLING, which committee members have deemed to be very reasonable.
This program will pick up recyclable goods at the curb in front of your home on a regular basis for a small monthly fee. EARTHCIRCLE will pick up the usual recyclables as well as some other products which must be carried to remote reclamation sites. Witter offers a “volume discount”: the more people who contract for his services on a city block, the lower the cost per household.
Please see the flyer enclosed in this month’s Times for more information, or call Jerry Witter, 644- 3247.
If you would like to carry recyclable goods to reclamation centers yourself, some nearby sites are available: Jefferson Smurfit Corp. has two locations. 3514 S. Big Bend and, downtown at 600 Biddle St. Jefferson Smurfit accepts office paper, newspaper, computer paper, cardboard, steel cans• aluminum cans, two-liter plastic bottles, plastic milk jugs and glass.
All containers should have lids removed and bottles should be separated by color (clear, green and brown). Their hours are 7 am – 3 p.m., Monday through Friday and 8- 11:30 a.m. Saturdays.
For more information call 231-1576. Circus Recycling Center is located at 1660 S. Kingshighway just north of Highway 44. Circus accepts aluminum cans, newspaper and glass (lids removed. separated by color).
Call 776- 0600 for information and hours.
If you choose to recycle nothing else. please consider keeping your aluminum cans separate from other refuse. Place your bag (recyclable plastic or paper) of cans in the alley near your dumpster: several individuals patrol our alleys looking for aluminum to recycle. Your bag will probably be picked up within a day.
The Recycling Committee has, as part of its mission, a commitment to educating neighborhood residents about recycling. Watch the Times for additional articles in the coming months.
If you would like to get involved in the committee, please call Nancy Farmer at the SDCC office, 862-5122.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, December 1991.
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