The All-America City Award, given to ten communities each year by the National Civic League, is considered the “Nobel Prize” of city awards.

This summer, El Paso was named as 2010 All-America City!!

The All-America City Award serves as a call to action to the citizens of El Paso to get involved in matters that are important to quality of life and make a positive impact in the community. In an effort to boost community pride and encourage involvement, the City of El Paso has announced a design contest to complement the El Paso All-America Award logo. Get involved by finding out more, look at their website: www.ci.el-paso.tx.us

Another way you can get involved in your community is to look after your local environment, try recycling at home or in the office, maybe help tidy your local park or walkways of rubbish. Take a look at the link below to find out what’s happening in your city regarding rubbish and recycling: www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/environmental_services

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Each year Milwaukee residents recycle over 50 million pounds of materials through the City’s curbside program, but they also throw away an equal amount that could have been recycled. That’s well over a million dollars worth of recyclable materials that ends up in landfills, not in the City budget where it could be used to provide services, reduce property taxes, and protect the environment. So, try recycling your used paper, glass, metal and plastic before ordering a dumpster!

RECYCLE FOR GOOD - MILWAUKEE aims to bring together neighborhoods while providing information and education in preventing valuable recyclables from going to waste in our landfills. This web page is designed to help you get the recycling information you need - quickly and easily, from a variety of local, state and federal resources. They are also working at a neighborhood level to boost recycling in particular areas of low participation. Check the website for more information: www.milwaukeerecycles.com

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The Tarrant County Records Destruction and Recycling Program (RDRP) was established in August 1993 by the County Clerk’s Office as a means of providing environmentally responsible destruction and recycling of old County records. The recycling center now destroys and recycles records for many county offices, cities and school districts in the North Texas region and throughout the state, as well as processing the office paper from the County’s office recycling program. In its 4 years of operations, the program has recycled over 2 million pounds of paper products and generated revenues of over $175,000 on the sale of the paper.

So if you live in the City of Charlotte, you will be well aware of Saving Space and Reducing Waste, but also take a look at these ideas for Reducing, Re-Using and Re-cycling at work!

REDUCE:
• Respond to memos on the bottom or back of the memo page.
• Centralize files to reduce duplication.
• Purchase high-quality, durable equipment.
• Use a re-usable coffee mug instead of disposable paper or foam cups.
• Use both sides of the paper when making copies; duplex it.
• Use electronic mail instead of paper for memos.

RE-USE:
• Use refillable cartridge pens and mechanical pencils instead of disposables.
• By using mailing labels, large envelopes can be used more than once.
• Subscribe to only one copy of newspapers, magazines and professional journals - circulate the copies around the office.
• Re-use packing materials, including paper, boxes, bubble wrap and packing “peanuts”.
• Recharge toner cartridges and reload printer ribbons rather than buying new ones.

RECYCLE:
• Participate in the County’s Office Recycling Program
• Check the trash for materials that could be recycled in your office.
• Encourage others in your office to recycle.

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If you are a resident living in the City of Charlotte and you are looking to clean out your house, think of recycling anything you can first, before booking your dumpster online at www.bookadumpster.com

The County of Mecklenburg is home to more than 890,000 people so if you are one of them, be kind to your environment and take a look at this website to see what you are able to recycle:

http://gis.mecklenburgcountync.gov/website/RecycleCenters/

It outlines drop off centers which can be found by entering the area you live, very similar to how bookadumpster works – just enter your area and off you go!

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What is recycling? Recycling involves the separation and collection of used items which are usually referred to as trash and reprocessing them as “raw material” to manufacture new products. Some of the most common items that are in this process are paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, aluminum, etc.

Why should we recycle? To save landfill space, reduce pollution, create economic benefit and save natural resource.

Recycling is good for you, good for Baltimore and good for the environment!

To increase awareness and encourage more residents to recycle, Baltimore City ran a competition, here are the official place getters of the RecycleMORE Community Competition:

1. Radnor Winston 2,500 lbs.
2. Hampden 2,440 lbs.
3. Cheswold 2,420 lbs.
4. Abell Improvement Association 2,220 lbs.
5. Locust Point 2,160 lbs.
6. Riverside 2,080 lbs.
7. Federal Hill 1,980 lbs.
8. (tied for 8th) Butchers Hill 1,620 lbs.
(tied for 8th) Patterson Park Neighborhood Association 1,620 lbs.
(tied for 8th) Upper Fells Point 1,620 lbs.
9. Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association 1,580 lbs.
10. Lake Walker 1,560 lbs.

Well done! Jointly sponsored by the Department of Public Works and the Initiative for a Cleaner Greener Baltimore, the contest tracked recycling tonnage from 39 participating communities. Find out more by visiting: www.baltimorecity.gov

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Here are a few famous people who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Memphis, Tennessee, and its surrounding metropolitan statistical area:

Johnny Cash (musician)
Rick Dees (DJ)
Shannon Doherty (actress)
Aretha Franklin (singer)
Morgan Freeman (actor)
George Hamilton (actor)
John Lee Hooker (musician)
Elvis Presley (singer)
Justin Timberlake (singer)
Ike Turner (producer)

Those who still reside there today will be excited to know that www.bookadumpster.com is now servicing the city with short term rental of dumpsters and roll offs. If you are a resident of the city and require a dumpster, check out the rates available now!

If you wish to recycle some of your waste prior to booking a container here is some additional information:

The City of Memphis Solid Waste Management provides a recycling service to all of its single family home customers. On regular trash pick-up day, they will pick up recyclables that are placed curbside in the tan recycle bins.

The following items are recyclable:

Steel Cans: All steel food, beverage and empty aerosol cans can be recycled. Labels and lids may be left on containers. The rinsing of containers is recommended.

Aluminum Cans: All empty aluminum food and beverage cans may be recycled. Lids may be left on containers. The rinsing of containers is recommended.

Plastic Bottles: All empty plastic milk, soda and other bottles and small food containers with the recycling symbol #1 PETE or #2 HDPE, usually made into the container side or bottom may be recycled. Remove caps but labels may be left attached. Rinsing is recommended.

Glass Bottles and Jars: All empty clear, brown and green bottles and jars are recyclable. You can leave labels attached, but lids must be removed. Rinsing is not required.

Newspapers and Magazines: All magazines, phone books and clean, dry newspapers with inserts are acceptable. Just put your newspapers, magazines and phone books in a paper bag and lay the paper bag(s) flat on top of the other mixed items in your bin. Cardboard, cereal and pizza boxes are not accepted.

Paper and Mail: White and colored paper, envelopes, manila folders, stationery, notebook paper, sticky notes etc., may be recycled. Place in paper bag, either with newspaper and magazines or put into another paper bag.

For businesses or residents not serviced by Solid Waste Management, there are five recycling drop-off centers available:
• Downtown - Located in the gravel parking area on Mud Island Drive at the North entrance to Mud Island Park.
• East Memphis - Located on Moore Rd., just south of the Shelby Showplace Arena at the Agricenter International.
• Midtown - Located on the corner of cooper and Walker at the First Congregational Church.
• Southeast - 3910 Ridgeway
• FCR - 3197 Farrisview Blvd.

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Columbus is the capital and largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio, the state’s third largest metropolitan area behind Cleveland and Cincinnati, and the fourth largest city in the American Midwest. It is the county seat of Franklin County, yet the City has expanded and annexed portions of adjoining Delaware County and Fairfield County. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the city was founded in 1812.

In 2008, Columbus was the 16th largest city in the United States, with 754,885 residents, and was also the 32nd largest metropolitan area, the fourth largest city in the Midwest, and the third most populous state capital in the U.S.

In 2005, the new mayor of Columbus, Michael B. Coleman, introduced a new initiative called Get Green Columbus. The initiative aims at improving the environment, both literal and figurative, promotes sustainability, accepting some responsibility for today’s world and future generations. It touches on air quality, economics, research and development, natural resources, transportation and waste management. Specifically, the plan means:

• The city would procure environmentally preferable contractors, goods and services, etc.
• Alternative vehicles and fuels must be investigated and implemented.
• Recycling would become mandatory in all city buildings.
• All new and rehabilitated buildings would use green elements and aim toward complete LEED certification.

One way Columbus is exemplifying Mayor Coleman’s plan is through the Waste Not Center (WNC). It receives donations from both individuals and businesses and makes them available to creative outlets, including teachers, artists, and non-profits, all free of charge. The most they pay is a minimal membership fee. This not only reduces waste at the local dump, it demonstrates ‘Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.’

Read more: http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/columbus-ohio-going-green-460309#ixzz0vfwfLfrA

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Single Stream Recycling allows City of Austin Solid Waste Services (SWS) customers to mix recyclable paper, plastic, aluminum cans and glass in one bin. This method of curbside recycling is more convenient for residents because it requires no sorting of items. Other advantages include:

• Reduced collection costs because collection can be automated, and collection routes can be serviced more efficiently
• Worker injuries may decrease because single stream means switching from bins to cart-based collection (trucks with automated lifts)
• More paper grades can be collected, including food packaging (boxboard), junk mail, and mixed residential paper

This method has many advantages as it enables residents to Toss ALL recycling into one cart, Recycle MORE and more types of items and Encourages MORE residents to recycle.

All recyclables go in the 90-gallon blue cart and is collected every other week. This is included for free with the garbage service.

Check out the guidelines on the website: www.ci.austin.tx.us

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Technology is changing so quickly these days and many of the appliances we use daily age quickly or hit their use by date sooner.

We could just throw old electronic appliances in the trash, but thinking of the environment in years to come, a better idea would be to recycle.

If you reside in Jacksonville Florida, you have the opportunity to recycle, and even make a bit of cash doing so.

If you are a resident (or even a school/ workplace) that has old computer monitors to dispose of take a look at this website.

www.scrapcomputers.com

Recycling E-Scrap……their motto is “Recycling Today for Everyone Tomorrow”
Their goal is “To keep landfills clean of lead and mercury” so they have a 100% no landfill policy, and they recycle and also buy computer and electronic scrap.

Located at 1429 West 16th Street (Unit 3) Jacksonville FL 32209 (1-904-355-7900) 8am – 5pm Monday - Friday

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I need a dumpster rental in San Francisco California. Preferably roll off container 30 yard or so for a new project that I will be taking on. Looking for some sort of dumpster rental service that will drop off a dumpster in my driveway and pick it up when I am finished and dispose of all the garbage for me completely.  What to do?

Answer: www.bookadumpster.com

Bookadumpster services the entire city of San Francisco.

Waste types serviced include: Household Debris, Stump and Brush, Pure Soil, Clean Construction, Clean Concrete.

Containers vary in size but available are: 6 / 8 / 10 / 15 / 20 / 30 / 40 yard.

Whether you are a home or a business owner in San Fran, bookadumpster will match YOUR requirements to the best price available from a database of local haulers. All you need to do is enter your postcode and follow the prompts for an instant quote.

The price quoted covers collection and delivery of the dumpster, disposal of the waste (250 lbs per 1 cubic yard) so it’s one flat rate for the entire service.

Remember the cheapest containers book out first so try a few different sizes and dates… check out the rates currently presenting!

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