Thank you to Jesse Tiffany at SP for our tour yesterday of the SP Forest Park Materials Recovery Facility. We were interested to see the bales of plastics that have been recovered from single stream recyclables and ready for sale.
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.
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.
Greensun Recycle Man
Pratt Community Recycling Video on Broadcast Atlanta.
“Catch the Cycle” Recycling Program Thomaston Upson Schools launch.
The Thomaston Upson School Board gave approval to Greensun to move forward with a recycling program in the schools. On Friday, November 14th a recycle bin will be placed in every classroom in Upson County for an America Recycles Day Celebration. Following this as support for teachers, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs will hold Teacher Development to better prepare teachers to “Catch the Cycle.” It was approved that funds earned from the sale of collected recyclables will go towards an Earth Day green environmental project in the schools. The Griffin Hub will service the outside recycle bins as part of the Thomaston program with Pratt Recycling. Mrs. Karen Truesdale, Director of Public Relations, Thomaston-Upson Schools facilitated this cooperative private public partnership effort. Greensun and the Thomaston Upson community continue to step in the right direction in recycling and beautification.
Georgia Green and Healthy Schools
EE in Georgia Green & Healthy Lesson Plans
Cans made of plastic and aluminum are now being used in China. Recycling Materials Recovery industry leaders have concern because of this plastic can design. Greensun supports product packaging that considers recyclable recovery of materials in package design. Greensun supports sustainable packaging.
Sustainable Packaging Resource Guide
DEFINITION OF SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Sustainable Packaging Coalition
Sustainable packaging:
