Tarrytown - August 2021 by Peel, Inc.

TARRYTOWN

AUGUST 2021

VOLUME 9 ISSUE 08

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IMPORTANT NUMBERS EMERGENCY NUMBERS EMERGENCY.................................................................... 911 Fire....................................................................................... 911 Ambulance........................................................................... 911 Police Department...............................................512-975-5000 Sheriff – Non-Emergency.....................................512-974-0845 Animal Services Office......................................................... 311 SCHOOLS Austin ISD...........................................................512-533-6000 Casis Elementary School......................................512-414-2062 O. Henry Middle School......................................512-414-3229 Austin High School..............................................512-414-2505 UTILITIES City of Austin......................................................512-494-9400 Texas Gas Service Custom Service..............................................1-800-700-2443 Emergencies......................................................512-370-8609 Call Before You Dig..........................................512-472-2822 Grande Communications.....................................512-220-4600 AT&T New Service...................................................1-800-464-7928 Repair............................................................1-800-246-8464 Billing............................................................1-800-858-7928 Time Warner Cable Customer Service..............................................512-485-5555 Repairs.............................................................512-485-5080 Austin/Travis County Hazardous Waste...............512-974-4343 OTHER NUMBERS Ausitn City Hall...................................................512-974-7849 Ausitn City Manager............................................512-974-2200 Austin Police Dept (Non Emergency)...................512-974-5000 Austin Fire Dept (Non Emergency)......................512-974-0130 Austin Parks and Recreation Dept........................512-974-6700 Austin Resources Recoovery.................................512-494-9400 Austin Transportation Dept..................................512-974-1150 Municipal Court..................................................512-974-4800 Post Office..........................................................512-2478-7043 City of Austin...........................................www.AustinTexas.gov

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TARRYTOWN Lettuce Recycle! by Dena Houston

By Cheryl Conley

RECYCLING ON THE ROAD

On a recent road trip, it became very apparent that recycling collection bins are often non-existent. Gas stations (where we clean the trash out of our car) don’t always have these bins. In addition, there is no recycling collection at any of the highway rest or picnic areas in Texas. What to do?? As we were having lunch at a picnic area near Abilene, I looked at our aluminum drink cans, looked at the trashcan, and had to make a decision—throw them away or hang on to them for the week we would be traveling. I knew these cans wouldn’t be going into my landfill, but I just couldn’t throw them into another community’s garbage dump. So, a decision was made. We set up a recycling collection bag in the car and a box in the cabin we rented in Cloudcroft. At the end of our trip, we brought a week's worth of recyclables back to Austin and put them into our single stream recycling bin.

MORE TRAVEL RECYLING IDEAS

• Carry reusable bags for shopping—many places (especially in Europe) either charge for bags or don’t even provide them. • Carry a refillable water bottle. This reduces plastic waste. Also, refillable bottles often are insulated. • Carry non-plastic eating utensils. Take a fork, serrated knife, and spoon for each person. • Plastic containers—use these for restaurant leftovers etc. They are easily washed and a great way to use for packing delicate souvenirs for the trip home.

RECYCLING CHEAT SHEET FOR THE BLUE BIN

As the author of Lettuce Recycle, I receive many recycling questions. Below is a “cheat sheet” for recycling. It doesn’t address all recycling questions, but it helps provide a basic understanding of what can and cannot go into the blue curbside bin. 1. Nothing smaller than a credit card. 2. No mixed materials, e.g., plastic soap pump with metal spring, candy wrappers, orange juice cartons, waxed paper coffee cups. 3. No contaminated paper products, e.g., wet paper (even if dried out), pizza boxes, paper with food product on it. 4. Nothing that can wrap around sorting machinery or that poses a danger at the recycling facility, e.g., plastic bags, wire coat hangers, rope, garden hoses, hypodermic needles, or aerosol cans with anything in them. Empty aerosol cans CAN go into the blue bin. 5. Lid rules—All glass jars need to have their lids removed. Keep all plastic lids on plastic bottles and containers. All separate lids smaller than a credit card go into the trash. 6. Shredded paper does NOT go into the blue recycling bin. If it is contained in a paper or compost bag, it can go into the green curbside compost bin. Here is a very informative City of Austin recycling website: http:// www.austintexas.gov/what-do-i-do If you have any questions or recycling ideas, please send them to: recycling@hpwbana.org 4

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Many people have a fear of snakes. Is it the way they look, the way they move or the fear that the snake is venomous? Snakes are not slimy and are actually cool and dry to the touch. The slithering movements are just the way they get around. Their scales drag against the ground and propel them forward. Yes, some of them are venomous but of the 115 species of snakes in Texas, only 4 are venomous—the cottonmouth, rattlesnakes, copperheads and coral snakes. The most common snake in our area is the Texas rat snake which is a subspecies of the rat snake. They love living in the suburbs where they spend most of their time in oak trees. They are perfectly camouflaged so chances are you will not even notice them. They’re great climbers and can scale a brick wall. Rat snakes are beneficial as one of nature’s best forms of pest control. Rats and mice don’t stand a chance against rat snakes. They also dine on lizards, squirrels, frogs and birds. The Texas rat snake is medium to large and can get up to 6 feet long. Depending on location, their coloration varies. Snakes in eastern Texas are greyer while those in central Texas are yellower. All of them have reddish-orange skin under their scales with white or grey bellies. Their heads are grey. Sometimes the Texas rat snake is misidentified as a rattle snake. As a defense mechanism, they will hiss and shake their tail to imitate a rattlesnake. There is nothing to make the rattling sound, however, so their ruse is quickly discovered. They are somewhat aggressive snakes and can bite but remember, they are non-venomous. Their bite is very weak and often leaves nothing more than a scratch. Texas rat snakes can lay up to 20 eggs and they hatch in about 2 months. The female leaves the eggs unattended once she lays them. You don’t have to love snakes but we should learn to live in harmony with them. Negative biases towards snakes can lead to harmful actions like killing them unnecessarily. As with most wild animals, snakes are normally very wary of humans and biting is usually a last-ditch effort to protect themselves. Copyright © 2021 Peel, Inc.

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