Spring 2012 Trash Talk
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Recycle Wherever Take a Virtual Tour You Live of a Recycling Plant Recycling is everywhere! That means at school, in public places, Ever wonder how and where you live. If you live in a house, you can recycle at your plastic, metal, and curb. But did you know that you can also recycle if you live in an paper get separated apartment, condominium, duplex, or for recycling? All mobile home park? Recycling of the stuff you toss is as close as a few steps out into your recycling your door to the recycling bin at home goes Spring 2012 to SP Recycling containers. Sorting is a A quarterly newsletter piece of cake. Cardboard, in Tacoma. Belts, paper, and plastic and metal blowers, and of Thurston County containers all go in the same magnets shuffle it Solid Waste bin. Only glass goes into a around until it’s separate bin. We keep glass sorted. Sound separate to make sure our paper complicated? and plastic stay clean. Thanks to the Recycling helps the environment Internet, you can and may also reduce trash disposal costs see how it’s done without leaving your The Problem with for your complex. Most complexes classroom. To take a virtual tour, go to the “Publications” link at Secondhand have recycling bins located next to each www.ThurstonSolidWaste.org and look in the “Videos” section. garbage dumpster. When you get home this afternoon, take a minute Plastic Bags to find the garbage and recycling bins. Safari Please, no Got a lot of junk in your attic or garage? Or maybe you found stuff Quick Tips Recycling Plastic bags in you didn’t want when you put away your Christmas presents. If D Be sure items are recyclable before putting them into the bins. recycling your old stuff is still in good shape, sell it at the Thurston County carts! Plastic D Recyclables must be free of food waste and other contaminants. Community Garage Sale and Reuse Fair! Can Be Confusing! bags clog D Place glass in a separate container. Most of us want to recycle as much as Even if you aren’t selling stuff, join us on Saturday, May 5, from machinery at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Thurston County Fairgrounds. The event D It’s not necessary to remove staples, we can. However, sometimes the recycling will have garage sale booths, entertainment, food, and more! Don’t envelope windows, labels, or recycling is confusing. You sorting forget to bring your old books and magazines for the free exchange sticky notes from paper. can recycle a lot of plastics facility. In D at the curb and at blue bin table. Admission after If the bins are full, DO NOT fact, plastic 9 a.m. is just $1 (or $2 leave materials on the drop-off centers, but we bags can don’t accept all plastics. if you come early at 8 ground. Be sure the site shut down an a.m.). manager knows when the Why? In order to accept a entire sorting material, we need to have Sign up for your bins are full so that they can facility more booth now! Team up with be emptied. a market for it. That means than twice a day! During the shut-down, workers must use box someone who will take it to make friends or neighbors, When In Doubt, Leave It Out cutters to cut out the plastic bags by hand. Please help make their make it a family event, a new product. An example is a company that buys old jobs easier—do NOT put plastic bags into your recycling carts. If you are unsure which items plastic bottles to make new fleece fabric. or use the opportunity go in the recycling bins, If you use bags to collect your recyclables, empty the items loose to raise money for a scout troop, youth group, or charity. Outdoor Different containers and products are made using into your curbside cart or blue bin and keep the bag. Reuse the bag just put them into the garbage bin. That is a better solution than different kinds of plastic and we don’t have a booth space is $25 and a covered space is $40. contaminating the recyclables. at home, or recycle it at your grocery store. The Thurston County Goodwill will have a trailer on site to accept donations market for all kinds of plastics. For instance, Waste and Recovery Center also has a special bin for plastic bag even though they are both desserts, throughout the day. They will also accept your reusable leftovers recycling. at the end of the day. Remember—donate usable stuff, not broken chocolate chip cookies have a very What else can you do? Use fewer new plastic bags by taking different recipe from an apple pie. The junk, to Goodwill. reusable tote bags to the store. Many stores even reward you for To reserve your space or for more information, please call 786- same is true between a plastic bottle bringing your own bag! and a plastic food tray. The bottle can 5453 or visit www.co.thurston.wa.us/fair. be recycled into things more easily than a food tray, so there is a market for bottles. Leadership Team Key to Food to Because there is no market for them, the following items CANNOT go Thurston County into your recycling bin: Flowers Success v Clear plastic tubs that hold things like hummus or salsa The Leadership Team at Pleasant Glade money on its garbage bill. Solid Waste v Plastic clamshell containers, such as the containers that hold Elementary is an awesome group of 5th and The Leadership Team is so popular that 2404-A Heritage Court SW grapes or strawberries 6th graders who work on projects to improve now there is a Junior Leadership Team for v Olympia, WA 98502 Frozen food trays their school. One of these projects is the 3rd and 4th graders. When we ask students v Lids, caps, and pumps from plastic bottles and jugs (360) 786-5269 Food to Flowers composting and recycling why they are part of the Leadership Team, So what DO we accept? program. Leadership Team students help a common answer is, “It’s fun! And it feels [email protected] u Plastic bottles and jars: The top must be younger students learn how to sort their good to help the younger kids.” www.ThurstonSolidWaste.org narrower than the base. Good examples are lunch waste, making sure that all students put For more information about school water bottles, detergent jugs, and spaghetti items into the right bins. If a student is not composting and recycling programs, call sauce jars. sure where something goes, no problem! A Peter Guttchen at 709-3013. u Plastic dairy tubs: This includes Leadership Team student is there to help. margarine, sour cream, and cottage The Leadership Team’s hard work is cheese containers. making a difference. The school now sends u Plastic buckets: Handles and lids should more than 5 tons of food to be composted be removed. each year! All of this food used to go to u Rigid plant pots: They must be clean. the landfill. This is not only better for the environment, but it also saves the school Page 4 Page 1 Recycle Wherever Take a Virtual Tour You Live of a Recycling Plant Recycling is everywhere! That means at school, in public places, Ever wonder how and where you live. If you live in a house, you can recycle at your plastic, metal, and curb. But did you know that you can also recycle if you live in an paper get separated apartment, condominium, duplex, or for recycling? All mobile home park? Recycling of the stuff you toss is as close as a few steps out into your recycling your door to the recycling bin at home goes Spring 2012 to SP Recycling containers. Sorting is a A quarterly newsletter piece of cake. Cardboard, in Tacoma. Belts, paper, and plastic and metal blowers, and of Thurston County containers all go in the same magnets shuffle it Solid Waste bin. Only glass goes into a around until it’s separate bin. We keep glass sorted. Sound separate to make sure our paper complicated? and plastic stay clean. Thanks to the Recycling helps the environment Internet, you can and may also reduce trash disposal costs see how it’s done without leaving your The Problem with for your complex. Most complexes classroom. To take a virtual tour, go to the “Publications” link at Secondhand have recycling bins located next to each www.ThurstonSolidWaste.org and look in the “Videos” section. garbage dumpster. When you get home this afternoon, take a minute Plastic Bags to find the garbage and recycling bins. Safari Please, no Got a lot of junk in your attic or garage? Or maybe you found stuff Quick Tips Recycling Plastic bags in you didn’t want when you put away your Christmas presents. If D Be sure items are recyclable before putting them into the bins. recycling your old stuff is still in good shape, sell it at the Thurston County carts! Plastic D Recyclables must be free of food waste and other contaminants. Community Garage Sale and Reuse Fair! Can Be Confusing! bags clog D Place glass in a separate container. Most of us want to recycle as much as Even if you aren’t selling stuff, join us on Saturday, May 5, from machinery at 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Thurston County Fairgrounds.