Category: Reduce, reuse, recycle
Posted by Danielle Kaltz (The Detroit News) on Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 1:00 AMRecycling: It's the new place to hang out!
I live in Hamtramck and, sadly, we do not have a citywide recycling program. So, on the first Saturday of each month, what I usually do is gather all my recyclables and head to Eastern Market to meet up with the big orange truck of Recy-Clean between the hours of, oh I don't remember I am never up that early, and 2 p.m.!
Workers ask for your zip code and then let you enter the truck and sort your stash. They will also help if you have no idea whether what you are holding is recyclable or trash. This past Saturday, they were filming a video in the truck. So, lucky for me, they sorted all my plastic and glass for this month!
Quite a few other options exist for recycling in downtown Detroit. Every Saturday, a recycling station is set up in neighborhoods throughout the city, usually from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., some even as early as 8 a.m.
Boning up on recycling do's and don't makes the trip easier and quicker because you know what to take and you have less to lug home.
As much as I would like curbside recycling, I actually enjoy going to the stations because one of the oddest and best parts of doing this, at least for me, is that every time I have gone, I have run in to people I know and we get to chat over sorting! It's kind of like a community center in a weird way and I like that!
Maybe I will run into you there next month!
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Recycling Outside The Box
When I think of recycling I think of paper, plastic & glass. What about those products that have made homes for themselves in our basements & garages? They remain on a shelf or in a cabinet simply because we don't know how to dispose of them.
Every home I have purchased in my life has one thing in common. The left over paint from the previous homeowner. Paint is a major contributor to household hazardous waste. It contains VOC's and other contents that can adversely affect our environment. So what do you do with it?
Shelby Paint & Decorating will be holding, on April 25, 2009, the first paint recycling day ever. Typical hazardous waste disposal days will take latex paint and harden it so it can go into a landfill. Shelby Paint & Decorating is taking latex paint and turning it into usable plastic goods . The service is free and keeps your left over paint out of landfills. Check out paint 2 plastic at www.shelbypaint.com/blog or www.shelbypaint.com .
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