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Sunday, April 27, 2008And the winner of our Scrap Metal Recycling Challenge is...The winner of our Scrap Metal Recycling Challenge is the Cabin John community! Cabin John residents recycled 20,284 pounds of scrap metal over the 7-week period from March 1 through April 18, 2008. Congratulations also go to the residents of Carderock Springs, who recycled 13,478 pounds of scrap metal during the Challenge. The Challenge award, a clock made of reused and recycled metal parts, was given by Eileen Kao, Chief of our Waste Reduction and Recycling Section.
Saturday, April 26, 2008Thanks for celebrating Earth Day with us
What a warm and sunny day it was for our Earth Day Celebration! While the advance weather forecast included rain, those drops didn't fall until long after our event was over. (Whew!) Thank you to the hundreds of you who came out and joined us. We are so grateful to our many event volunteers - a good number of whom were teens earning Student Service Learning hours - for your assistance throughout the day.
Friday, April 25, 2008Once-a-year chance to tour our Recycling Center on a Saturday!Our Earth Day Celebration is just around the corner! We're looking forward to sharing all sorts of environmental information and activities with you tomorrow, Saturday, April 26. In addition to the displays, the crafts, the electronics recycling drop-off, and the paper shredding drop-off, here's another reason to attend our Celebration: Our Recycling Center will be open for visits tomorrow. And, what's more, it will be operating! So, snag this once-a-year chance to check it out on a Saturday, and to see how your blue bin materials are sorted here. See you at the Celebration! Tuesday, April 15, 2008Grasscycling tips come to your mailbox
The mailer is a handy grasscycling guide and reference, with information about advantages to grasscycling and how-to tips. Learn more about grasscycling techniques environmentally-friendly lawn care
Monday, April 14, 2008Our Spring 2008 SORRT Newsletter is available
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Wednesday, April 09, 2008Does a bread machine count as a small appliance?From our mailbag: I have a question about which electronics that are taken for recycling - do dvd players and bread machines count as small appliances? Thanks for your question, L. Yes, we can now accept both of your items for recycling! Please bring your DVD player to our newly expanded electronics recycling drop-off. And, please bring your bread machine to our scrap metal recycling pile. Both of these areas are located in the Recycling area of our Solid Waste Transfer Station.
Friday, April 04, 2008Our Hazardous Waste Program received an award for rechargeable battery recyclingYou have brought tons (literally!) of rechargeable batteries to us for recycling. Thank you! This afternoon, the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) gave us a 2007 “Regional Recycling Leadership Award” for our battery recycling program. Did you know that we received 6,300 pounds of rechargeable batteries in 2006? The estimates for 2007 are even higher. (Read the full news release) Three other programs were also given 2007 Regional Recycling Leadership Awards from the RBRC: Hennepin County Environmental Services in Minneapolis, the City of Austin (TX) Household Hazardous Waste Management Program and the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Environmental Management Division (NC). Congratulations to all! Learn more recycling rechargeable batteries in Montgomery County
Friday, April 04, 2008Earth Day Celebration updateOur Earth Day Celebration organizers are hard at work, and the April 26 event promises to be a grand one! We look forward to seeing you there! As I mentioned yesterday, we'll have an electronics recycling collection at this Celebration. Do you have confidential papers which you'd like to have shredded? Bring a bag with you -- we'll have a collection point for off-site shredding by The Arc of Montgomery County. (Limit: one bag per person) Download our Earth Day flyer (designed by one of our volunteers - thanks so much, E.!)
Thursday, April 03, 2008We expanded our electronics recycling program!We began accepting televisions in October 2007. As of this week, we are now able to accept your small electronic items for recycling, too! Accepted items include cameras; telephones (including cell phones); cords, cables, chargers, electronic toys, VCRs, and more! Bring your electronic items to the Recycling area at our Solid Waste Transfer Station. Or, take them along to our Earth Day Celebration in Rockville on April 26, 2008 -- we'll have an electronics recycling container at the event!
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