Griffin Mayor Morrow and Frank Mason Robinson, Greensun
Griffin Regional Recycling Hub Groundbreaking
Joe Dunlop DCA Program Director and Frank Mason Robinson, Greensun
Regional Recycling Hub Groundbreaking
Phill Francis SWANA Award
Joe Dunlop, DCA Program Coordinator
Kenny Smith, Griffin City Manager
Greensun toured the site for the Griffin Georgia State Recycling Hub Collection Center. The Recycle Hub Staff in Griffin is the recycling heart and soul of the 50 mile recycling radius infrastructure. The City of Griffin was closed Monday morning March 2 due to snow and wind in Georgia.
Snowdate: March 9, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Greensun visited the recently upgraded Lamar County Recycle Center. Lamar County is now working to recycle in the Griffin Hub Single Stream recycling program. Dependable Waste is the hauler. Pratt Recycling serves as the Materials Recovery Facility. The successful upgrade is managed by Mr. Larry Johnson, a leader in recycling best practices. It is a joy to see this recycle center come on board with the State of Georgia Recycle Hub program. The Griffin Hub program was introduced to Barnesville during Summer, 2008 with Greensun facilitating education and development. We believe Lamar County provides an excellent model for Georgia towns moving forward with single stream and cardboard recycling efforts.
Greensun also enjoyed a lovely visit with the owner of the newly opened Maxi’s. We highly recommend this delightful locally owned and operated establishment.
This photo is from the Georgia Solid Waste Trust Fund Report. It proves unfortunately that fires still occur. This fire was in Upson County.
Burning was an expressed concern in our meeting with Kyle Hood, Upson County Manager, when encouraging recycling efforts. A bid is currently open for Upson County Solid Waste Collection.
Greensun has fun developing and educating about recycling through the arts.
Recycle Man with recycle fans and heroes
Greensun was invited to share with the January 14, 2009 monthly meeting of Keep Griffin Spalding Beautiful, Inc. A presentation was made on best practices for mascots. The evening was delightful with green arts education a primary aim in the discussion that followed.
Recycling Theatre Upper School Recycle Skit best practices include Single Stream Dating
Greensun mission to educate about recycling through the arts.
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is the total amount The City of Griffin reports in savings from transfer fees and avoided landfill fees for their 2008 Recycling Program.
“Because recyclable inventory is very high at the current time, we have been asked by the Griffin Recycle Hub to not send any extra at this time. Once inventory levels drop there will be a need for more but it may take several months. The commodities market has fallen so low that some recycling materials have little or no value.” Published Monday, December 8, 2008.
We will continue our business on a low activity level.
NewsGriffin purchased and distributed 7,500, 35-gallon roll cart containers to be used for storing recyclable for pickup to each Griffin single-family residence and every business using garbage containers issued by the city.
Affixed to the top of each of these containers is a guide telling what recyclable may be placed in the carts.
The “single sort recycling” program makes it easier for citizens to participate. Under the Griffin recycling program, Solid Waste customers place recycling container son the street curb next to garbage container on collection days.
Griffin held several open houses, ran articles and inserted flyers in the local newspaper announcing the new program.
Revenues from the sale of the recyclable collected help to offset the additional cost to the City.
Educating is a continuous and important aspect of the Griffin’s program.
The City of Griffin collects waste once a week from more than 7,500 single-family households, 2,500 multi-family households, 1,500 commercial customers, and 50 industrial customers.
An additional 4,000 tons per year of yard trimmings is collected using vacuum trucks.
Forty employees work to collect 27,500 tons of waste and 1,200 tons of single-stream recyclable per year.
The City of Griffin continues to be the area leader waste collections, obtaining approximately 90 percent of all commercial contracts.
Griffin has made offers to Thomaston to work with this City in picking up recyclable items should Thomaston decide to “go green”.
Please visit: greensunrecycling.com for more information on local recycling - Go Green - opportunities.
SWANA stated, “Kevin consistently shows his dedication and professionalism on a daily basis.
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| Frank Mason Robinson (center) displays information from Pratt Recycling in Griffin, regarding their cardboard recycling bins located at their new four-quadrant hub. The hub serves Valdosta, Statesboro, Griffin, and Savannah. Frank Mason and his mother, Patti, were guests of the local Rotary Club at the Rotary monthly meeting. Patti presented information on Pratt recycling opportunities for businesses in Thomaston and introduced their local residential curbside recycling program, Greensun. |
At a recent Thomaston-Upson County Rotary Meeting, Patti Robinson and son, Frank Mason Robinson, spoke to the civic group on the importance of bringing recycling to Thomaston.
Patti reported that the effort to push recycling in all Georgia communities falls under the state umbrella of “Beautification” in Governor Sonny Perdue’s Conserve Georgia plan.
The Governor’s “Georgia Recycles”program offers state grants and initiatives to local governments who are willing to make a serious commitment to recycling and conservation.
Large Georgia industry such as Coke and Home Depot are involved as strong proponents of this movement.
Communities throughout Georgia including Griffin and Barnesville are getting in at the ground level and reaping the benefits of support from the Governor’s office.
“As a part of the whole state-wide effort, we need to get in to the stream to get the goodies before they are all given away,” Patti said of the state initiatives.
Frank Mason’s company, Greensun, offers recycling options for locals interesting in residential conservation efforts.
A curbside service, Greensun supplies collection bags for “single-stream” recycling and home pick up service for a nominal monthly fee. Greensun proceeds are donated to the Gilmore Center.
Barnesville City Manager, Kenny Roberts, and Lamar County made the commitment to Go Green and instigated a mandated recycling program.
Griffin offers a progressive conservation plan. Pratt Industries Recycling (out of Atlanta) has established a large four quadrant recycling hub site in Griffin.
Pratt offers an additional option to residential recycling for surrounding communities.
Pratt has offered Thomaston 100 of their red bins for local businesses, reducing regular garbage by as much as half.
This offer includes pickup and free bins for all schools in the county. For more information, go to: greensunrecycling.com.