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LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT
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WHAT IS YOUR IMPACT?
COGANS PIZZA IN NOCO
Can you really make a difference if you decide to recycle in your City?
The locals’ favorite pizza spot, Cogans, adds a new location in NOCO
LITTERING IS WRONG
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Norfolk Recycles Day/ page 4 Community Calendar/ page 5 Resident Recycling Incentives in Norfolk-Coastal Virginia/ page 6 Business Spotlight: Cogans Pizza/ page 7 Recycling: Your Impact/ page 8 Litter: Don’t Do It/ page 10 Where To Find Recycling Incentives/ page 12 Volunteers Needed/ page 14 Our Pets Recycle/ page 14 Coloring Contest For The Kids/ page 15 Comic-Riddle-Quizz/ page 16 LITTERING IS A BIG DEAL Littering is a big deal for residents and for cities. It’s important to keep your community clean and participate in activities for a cleaner, greener, smarter neighborhood.
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Littering is wrong too!
Norfolk has five new waste management green-designed trucks, which include enclosed holding areas to prevent fly-away trash. What a great way to promote a cleaner and more beautiful Norfolk! Get more information on Norfolk’s Littering is Wrong Too initiative www.norfolk.gov/litter | knb@norfolk.gov | 757-441-1347
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Send us your events! Let us know if you have a cool community event planned. Keep in mind, this is a quarterly publication so forward planning is key. Send event details to info@recyclingperks.com
MAY 2015 MAY 1 (Every Friday) Firkin & Food Truck Friday, 4 pm, O’Connor Brewing Company, Free MAY 1 (Every Friday) Brews & Bites, 4:30 pm, Smartmouth Brewing Company, Free MAY 1 (Every 1st Friday) First Fridays, 5 pm, 300 Block of Granby Street, Free MAY 2 EcoFest Norfolk, 10 am, Mayflower Rd in Norfolk, Free MAY 2/3 Virginia Wine Festival, 11 am, Town Point Park, $$ MAY 11 Recycling Perks Community Night at the Tides Game, 7 pm, Harbor Park, $$ MAY 16 Recycle Norfolk Day, 9 am, 1176 Pineridge Road (see page 4 for more information)
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
JUNE 2015 JUNE 5/6/7 Harborfest, Noon, Town Point Park, Free JUNE 6 Clean The Bay Day, 9 am, Various locations around Norfolk (see p. 14 for more info), Free JUNE 7 (Every Sunday June-August) Big Bands on the Bay, 7 pm, Ocean View Beach Park, Free JUNE 19/20/21 Bayou Boogaloo, Noon, Town Point Park, $$ JUNE (Events Daily) Norfolk Public Libraries has over 200 events planned in June. Visit norfolkpubliclibraries. org for a complete list by branch and day.
MAY 16/17 Virginia Beer Festival, 2 pm, Town Point Park, $$ MAY 20 Concerts at the Point, 5 pm, Town Point Park, Free MAY (Events Daily) Norfolk Public Libraries has over 200 events planned in May. Visit norfolkpubliclibraries. org for a complete list by branch and day.
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JULY 2015 JULY 3 (Every Friday in July & August) TGOV Concert Series, 6 pm, Ocean View Beach Park, Free JULY 4 Great American Picnic, 5 pm, Town Point Park, Free JULY 10 Summer BrewFest, 5 pm, Town Point Park, Free JULY (Events Daily) Norfolk Public Libraries has over 200 events planned in July. Visit norfolkpubliclibraries.org for a complete list by branch and day. JUNE 30 - AUGUST 1 Weekly Summer Camp, 8 am, Camp Apasus, Free (Norfolk residents ages 10-14), Contact Norfolk Sheriff’s Office for more information
Business Award City Employee Award Environmental Resilience Award Ernie Morgan Lifetime Service Award Excellence in Education and Outreach Award Green Building Award Youth Award
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PIZZA, PIZZA Cogans Pizza, a hometown favorite, added a new location in NOCO. Now, locals have two spots to pick up a favorite slice in Norfolk. When family and friends come to town, we love taking them to Cogans in Norfolk. It is funky, happening, delicious, and the beer is always flowing. Recently, they opened an additional joint less than 2 miles to the north. The new locale is directly across the street from O’Sullivan’s Wharf and Eva’s in NOCO. If anyone was concerned about two Cogans in the greater Ghent area making it: they shouldn’t be. Since their recent opening, Cogans North has been swamped, with lines out the door on some nights. The menu is very similar, offering all of your favorite pizzas, but they’ve added burgers and wings. Luckily, the fabulous Artisan Pizzas currently only on the North menu will soon also be on the Cogans on Colonial menu. Another difference? Cogans North has forty-four beers on tap. FORTY-FOUR. And their tap prices are so affordable! It is still funky and certainly happening, but is missing the giant gorilla and alien attacks on the wall. Hard-core Cogans lovers can only hope that this awesome art will be added to the walls soon. There are bar chairs spanning the length of the back of the restaurant, where the bar keeps going and going, high-top tables in the center, booths across the front wall, arcade games and pool tables near the entrance, and multiple televisions covering the walls for
game watching. They have the same open kitchen concept we love from Cogans in Ghent. In addition, they have an upstairs patio that should open sometime in March. It will offer about 50 more seats and an outdoor bar. Like Cogans Ghent, they plan to allow dogs on the patio as long as you clean up. Please note, though, your canine bud will need to climb the stairs to hang with you. If you’ve never been to Cogans, you might be wondering what all of the fuss is about. Here’s hint #1: Go to Cogans. This is a local’s favorite. I have friends now living in Virginia Beach that attribute their fun times in Norfolk to this very restaurant. It is just a piece of Norfolk that needs to be experienced. Hint #2: get the garlic knots, a salad, and fight over which pizza you want to share. Seriously, a visit without garlic knots is just wrong. There are so many fabulous pizzas on the menu, we have a hard time picking one for the family to share. If you’re into mushrooms, I would highly recommend their mushroom pizza. It is, by far, the best showcase of mushrooms on a pie that I have ever seen. There isn’t a hint #3 because if you followed my first two hints, you don’t need my advice anymore. If you didn’t – well, you’re just missing out. Parents: not sure if this is a family place? Our boys, both under 10, love it. I will
Words_ Stephanie Harris
say that both locations are loud. For us, this is a good thing because both of our boys are loud. We always laugh a lot and have a great time together. They also offer a kids’ menu with activities and colors. Plus, the wait staff is super with kids; our boys feel very special there. Singles: if you’re looking at Cogans North as a location for a first date, and you want to have a meaningful conversation with the person, try sitting in the front room. If you are on an obligatory date and can’t stand to hear one more thing come out of the person’s mouth, enjoy a garlicky meal in the other room. This section is a little louder, the food will taste great, and you’ll ward off any unwanted advances with the lingering garlic scent. Plus, you can see the beer menu on the wall really well in this room,
Ph_ Cogans Pizza
so, you know … that is helpful. I am happy to see the second location open. It’s closer to our home and is yet another way that northern Colley is growing into a great place to visit. Norfolk is just one of those gems that surprises you when you don’t expect it. We offer these funky, fun places that not everyone knows to visit. This is one of the many things I love about our city. Come taste a part of the Mermaid City. Head to NOCO and try something new. Maybe I’ll see you around. I’ll be the one carrying an old black lab up the stairs to the patio with the noisy kids – ordering a few beers on tap. Cogans North (also known as Colleywood) is open from 11am-2am each day. Follow Cogans North on Facebook for daily specials.
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RECYCLING: YOUR IMPACT EVERY HOME’S RECYCLING EFFORTS MATTER. LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THE STATISTICS MEAN AND HOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION CAN HELP FOR A CLEANER, GREENER, SMARTER CITY.
In any industry, statistics are re-
number means. It’s easy to assume
ported in tons, millions, and other
that one home couldn’t possibly
outrageously large measurements
matter to the overall citywide or re-
that are, for most, difficult to relate
gional recycling tonnage.
to. Recycling is no different. City and
Here’s the truth. The average house-
State waste numbers are reported
hold produces about 4.3 pounds of
in tons (well, actually in short tons)
waste each day. Of that 4.3 pounds,
making them hard to comprehend
about 50% is able to be recycled
and even harder to
locally (and that’s
visualize.
conservative). This
A short ton is 2,000
pounds.
Two
thousand
“The average household is equal to 785 produces about 4.3 pounds
pounds or 0.39 tons of recyclable waste
of waste each and every produced by each pounds. As a reference point, 2,000 day. Of that 4.3 points, and every home, pounds is just shy
about 50% is able to be
every year. Hamp-
of the weight of the
recycled curbside.”
ton Roads is home
largest polar bear
to nearly 1.7 million
on record weighing
people. You and 1.5
2,209 pounds and standing over 11
of your neighbors are making up a ton of recyclable
feet tall. Hampton Roads is recycling over 45,000 tons per month. It’s easy to get lost in the tonnage and not fully
waste each and every year. Each home’s individual contribution has weight, literally.
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Recycling in Norfolk goes beyond the curb. In addition to the paper, plastic bottles, cardboard, aluminum cans, steel cans, and glass bottles you can recycle in your container at home; there are many other outlets for the hardto-recycle waste everyone generates. Household hazardous waste can be dropped off Monday through Saturday from 10 am to 2 pm at 1176 Pineridge Road. Plastic bags should be recycled at a local grocer in a drop off container. Clothes, shoes, and household wares that you no longer need can be dropped off at a local thrift store or at one of two drop off sites in Norfolk. Multi-family residents without access to curbside recycling can still participate by bringing recyclables to one of two drop off locations in Norfolk - Security Lane and Colonial Avenue, available 24/7.
Ph_ Kristi Rines
RECYCLING IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF NORFOLK & HAMPTON
ROADS. JOIN THE EFFORTS FOR A CLEANER , GREENER, SMARTER CITY.
Ph_ Ask HR Green
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LITTER: DON’T DO IT YOU CAN HELP PREVENT LITTER. IT CAN BE A PIECE OF PAPER DROPPED ON THE GROUND, A
BALLOON TAKEN BY THE WIND, OR A CIGARETTE THROWN OUT A CAR WINDOW. HOW IS LITTER BAD? LET US BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. READ ON.
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Ph_ Ask HR Green
Some materials can be made
done on purpose as part of a cere-
family, and neighbors that littering has
the country. Many cities throughout
of harmful substances that, when
mony. Did you know that it’s still lit-
a negative impact on the environment.
Hampton Roads participate including
not disposed of properly, can have
tering? The balloon eventually has to
Be a role model. Don’t just spread the
Chesapeake, Norfolk, and Suffolk. For
chemical effects on the nearby area.
come down and it does so as trash.
It’s a breeding ground for pests. No
Like other litter that finds its ways
Get involved in local clean-up ef-
throughout March into June. Suffolk usu-
one wants disease-ridden animals in
into our waterways, balloons can be
forts. Hampton Roads residents can
ally holds a R(e)cycling and Tire Amnesty
their neighborhood.
mistaken for food or entangle an an-
take part in Adopt-A-Spot, the Great
event during that time as well. Residents
Household pets and wild animals
imal causing its death. If you’re plan-
American Cleanup, Clean the Bay Day,
are encouraged to register their own
can eat or become entangled in litter
ning any kind of celebration and are
recycling drives, and neighborhood
community cleanup events.
and experience fatal results. Thou-
thinking about balloons, make sure
cleanups.
sands of animals a year are involved
they aren’t released. Deflate them
The Great American Cleanup is a
in litter-related injuries or deaths that
and put them where they belong –
yearly event that takes place all over
you can help prevent.
in the trash.
Litter has a habit of making its way
What can you do to help prevent
into our rivers, lakes, and oceans. As
litter and make your community a
a result water quality and aquatic life
more beautiful place? We’ve made
can be detrimentally affected by the
a list that we hope will help.
pollution. LitteritCostsYou.org states
Cigarettes should be put in the
that 9 billion tons of litter ends up
trash, not on the ground. Statistic-
in the ocean each year. That’s the
Brain.com says that 50% of all littered
equivalent of over 1.6 billion ele-
items are cigarette butts. In fact, cig-
phants!
arettes are the most littered item in
Due to its unsightly look and draw of unwanted pests, litter decreases
the United States but you can help with that!
property value. If you’re trying to sell
Always put your trash or recyclable
your home and your neighborhood
items in the right container. If there
has a lot of litter, it will have a nega-
isn’t one available, hang onto it until
tive effect on your sale.
later. How about keeping a small bag
It’s expensive! According to Keep America Beautiful, the United States
around to help contain trash items until later?
spends an estimated $11.5 billion a
If you see a piece of litter on the
year on cleaning up litter. Your city
ground, pick it up and dispose of it. It
could spend that money elsewhere
might not be from you, but you’ll be
benefiting you and the community if
doing the Earth and its inhabitants a
we do our part to prevent litter.
favor. As a bonus, others will be less
Releasing a balloon into the air might be an accident or it might be
likely to litter if the area is clean!
word but live it!
Chesapeake and Norfolk, events are held
Words_ Cheryl Boban
KEEPING NORFOLK BEAUTIFUL Keep Norfolk Beautiful offers many litter prevention opportunities for residents. Last year, Keep Norfolk Beautiful won a Distinguished Service Citation for their cigarette litter prevention program. They offer a volunteer program where residents can sign up to join a cigarette litter prevention campaign, conduct a cleanup, or request a pocket ashtray. According to the Keep Norfolk Beautiful website, over 568 cigarette butts were recovered in just two city block of Norfolk. With these efforts and your help, cigarette butt litter can be a thing of the past. You may not have noticed litter before but it’s all around you. It’s in the corners, the medians, the ocean, and on the streets. It’s everywhere and you can help prevent it, clean up your city, and help the environment all at once!
CIGARETTE BUTTS MAKE
THEIR WAY INTO THE OCEAN
AND CAN HARM MARINE LIFE. DO YOUR PART, DON'T LITTER.
Spread the word! Tell your friends,
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NORFOLK Ready to redeem these rewards?
Log in or activate your free Recycling Perks
account at www.recyclingperks.com on any tablet, smartphone or desktop computer. Once logged in, you’ll be able to trade your earned points in for the rewards of your choosing.
Join the list of businesses. Email info@recyclingperks.com with your reward offering (we like BOGOs, freebies, and 25%+ discounts), logo, and a brief description of your business.
Our Reward Partners Norfolk is proud to offer residents a recycling program that encourages participation by offering incentives. These incentives are made possible because local businesses support resident recycling efforts by offering a discount on products and services. All of the businesses on this map support recycling in Norfolk. Support them by recycling, redeeming your points, and visiting their locations around town.
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RECYCLING REWARDS 1st Down Sports, $5 Gift Card
Freemason Inn Bed & Breakfast, 50% Off B&B Stay
Sai Gai Sushi, Free California Roll
757 Creative Space, Free One Day Pass
Good Mojo, $5 Off $10 Purchase
Sandfiddler Cafe, One Free Menu Item
757 Makerspace, $50 Off Quarterly Membership
Granby Street Pizza, Free Garlic Knots with Pizza
SAVA JAVA, a Redwood Ventures Co., Free Specialty Drink
80/20 Burger Bar, Free Dessert with Purchase of an Entree
Greenlife Adventure Sports, $10 off
Smartmouth Beer, Free Glass Growler
Albano Cleaners, 30% Off Household Dry Cleaning
Hermitage Museum & Gardens, Free Adult Admission
Steel Pier Cafe and Catering Co, 20% Off Your Next
Alpha Medical Academy, $70 off Personal Care Aide Cert
HomebrewUSA, 20% off any Homebrew USA Brand
Catered Event for 50 Guests or More
American Rover Sailing Cruises, BOGO Sunset Cruise
Beginner Equipment Kit for Making Beer or Wine
Strawberry Fields Smoothies & Gelato, BOGO Gelato
An Olive & A Grape, $5 off $25 Retail Purchase
Hope House Thrift Store, $5 Off Any Purchase
Taylor’s Do It Center, $10 Off purchase of $50
Anytime Fitness Ghent, Free Week of Fitness
House of Muay Thai, Free Introductory Class
The Beauty Parlor by Q + Company, 20% Off Color Service
AOC Salon, 50% off Any One Product with Service
Hund’s Re Cycle Factory, One Free Flat Repair
The Birch, Cheese Board with Any Purchase
Azars Mediterranean Specialties, BOGO 50% off Entree
Johnny’s 24 Hour Diner, $3 Off
The Body Mechanik Massage Studio, $39 for Massage
Belmont House of Smoke, One Free Pulled BBQ Sandwich
Kindred Spirit, Buy One Tarot Reading, Get One Free
The Book Exchange, Free Kids Book
Bob’s Gun Shop, $25 Off Annual Membership
Kombuchick, $4 Off 4-Pack of Kombucha
The Granby Theater, Free Admission-Non-Ticketed nights
Borjo Coffeehouse, Free Small Coffee
Kustomz Auto, $20 off Custom Window Tinting Service
The Gym Downtown, Free Month + Training Session
Bridget’s, $5 off $25
Lacey Lee Fitness, One Month Unlimited Fitness Classes
The Public House, Half Off Appetizer
Bubba n Franks Smokehouse, BOGO 50% off Entree
Local Heroes, One Free Comic Book
The Space Above Yoga Center, Free Yoga Class
Cafe M, Free Pastry with Purchase of Large Coffee
Loja Leblon, $25 off $100 Purchase
The Ten Top, Half off T-Shirt
Carolina Cupcakery, Buy One, Get One Free Cupcake
Lorak Jewelry and Gifts, 10% Off Jewelry Purchase
Todd Rosenlieb Dance, 5 Class Pass for $45
Carry Norfolk, Free Delivery from Carry Norfolk
Lyft, $25 Credit on your 1st Lyft Ride
Trimmers Master Barbershop, Half Price Haircut
Chelsea Diane Photography, 10% Off Wedding Photos
Moe’s Southwest Grill of Hampton Roads, Free Kids Meal
Tropical Smoothie Cafe’, .99 Cent Smoothie w/ Purchase
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 50% Off Membership
Mojo Bones, Free Honey Hush Cornbread
United Networks, $100 or 10% Off Website Development
Cogans Pizza, Free Slice of Pizza
Nancy Chandler Associates, Free Insulated Cooler
Virginia Symphony Orchestra, 20% off Single Tickets
Colley Cantina, Two Free Cantina Tacos
Nauticus, Buy One, Get One Free Admission
Virginia Zoo in Norfolk, BOGO Admissions
Color Me Mine in Norfolk, BOGO Studio Fee
Nest Home, 10% Off of Custom Framing
WaterPlus of Virginia, 2 Free Waters With Cooler System
Cure Coffeehouse and Brasserie, Free Small Coffee
Norfolk Botanical Garden, Purchase Two Garden
Women’s Workout and Fitness Center, Free MixedFit Class
d’ART Center, 20% off Any Art Class
Admissions, Receive Two Free
Doody Calls, 50% off First Month of Services
Norfolk Fair Trade Co., 20% off Eco-Friendly Products
Doumar’s Cones and Barbecue, BOGO Limeade
Norfolk Self Storage, 30% off First Billed Month of Storage
Dycarp Carpet Cleaning, Buy 2 Get 1 Free Carpet Cleaning
Norfolk SPCA, 20% Off Cat Adoption
Eagles Self Defense Academy, One Month Free Instruction
Norfolk Tides, BOGO Tickets (May games)
East Coast Bicycles, Buy One Tube, Get One Free
Norview Family Chiropractic, Free Chiropractic Screening
Ecovative Energy, $150 Ecovative Multi-point inspection
O’Connor Brewing Co., Free Tasting Flight
Edible Arrangements, $10 Off Anything Over $29
Pendulum Fine Meats, $5 off of a $25 Purchase
Eyewear Unlimited, $50 Off Prescription Eyewear
Perfectly Frank, Buy Two Hot Dogs, Get One Free
Famous Uncle Al’s Hot Dogs, $1.00 off
Pink Zebra, $5 off $30
Farm Fresh, $6 Off Any Purchase of $75 or More
Portraits by Walt Taylor, Free Digital Portrait
Fitness Together, $250 off of a 36 Session Package
Proforma Premiere Creations, 500 Business Cards for $25
Hey Recycling Perks Members!
Five Points Community Farm Market, $3 Off $10 or More
Russell’s Music World, BOGO 50% off on all Strings
There are even more rewards online. Choose from 300+
Fix It Rite PC, 20% Off Cracked Screen Repair
Sabrosa Foods, Buy One Get One 50% Off
discounts around the region.
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JOIN YOUR NEIGHBORS
SuzyQ Recycles
Spring is the best time to get back to nature and be a bigger part of your community. With the cold, snowy winter Norfolkians have experienced the past few months, heading outside should be a welcomed activity. Luckily, there are resources to connect you with projects that need just a bit of your time and some sweat equity. Be part of upcoming planned projects around town.
ecoFest - May 2
Bayview Clean Up - May 16
Volunteers are needed for the many educational The Bayview Neighborhood Civic League is attractions of ecoFest. If you’re interested in organizing a group clean up from 9 am to noon. Ten volunteers are needed. Email cifranick@yahoo.com volunteering, register at www.ecofestnorfolk.com. to join the crew.
Recycle Norfolk Day - May 16
The City is hosting a recycling day for household hazardous waste and more. Residents will arrive throughout the day to drop off recyclables and THIRTY volunteers are needed. The event is from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm and there are two, 3-hour volunteer shifts to choose from. Email lisa.jennings@ norfolk.gov.
Clean The Bay Day - June 6 One of the largest volunteer group clean up events of the year happens throughout the region on June A local Recycling Perks member answered the call for pic6. Over 1,000 volunteers are needed from 9 am to tures, comics, sketches, and other neat images that share a noon. Register to volunteer at www.cbf.org/clean positive recycling message. Thanks for showing us how it’s Words_ Amelia Baker
done SuzyQ. Email submissions to info@recyclingperks.com.
Up Center Books: The Power of Second Chances Everyone deserves a second chance, and often those second chances aren’t easy to come by. Realizing he needed to care for his two young children, Darfeis Williams wanted to make a change, but his criminal background proved an obstacle he just couldn’t overcome on his own. “I ended up in jail. When I got out I wanted to change my life around,” said Darfeis. ”But I had never worked. I didn’t know how to get a job.” Up Center Books, a used bookstore in Norfolk, gave him that second chance. With the help of the job-training program, he gained not just employment skills but the ability to improve his personal relationships. Darfeis continues to utilize those skills to help others in the program. He recently came back to Up Center Books, not as a program participant but as a full-time employee. He is now the Assistant Warehouse Supervisor, and he says, “The Up Center has never given up on me.”
You can help other fathers learn the skills they need to care for their families. Shop Up Center Books, 1011 W. 25th Street, Norfolk, 23517 Donate your used books and DVDs Host a book drive in your office, community, church or school
“I’ve learned valuable job and computer skills... humility and how to become a better father.” ~ Darfeis Williams,
Up Center Books graduate and employee
To learn more, visit TheUpCenter.org or call 757.623.1119 RecyclePerkspub.indd 1
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COLORING CONTEST FOR THE KIDS
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TIME FOR A RIDDLE...
Q: WHY ARE RECYCLING BINS OPTIMISTIC?
HOW MANY BOTTLES CAN YOU COUNT?
A: BECAUSE THEY’RE FULL OF CANS. RECYCLE NORFOLK-COASTAL VIRGINIA
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