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3 PLASTIC RECYCLING MYTHS If you like MythBusters, you’ll love this, a full review of plastic related myths!
4 GETTING OUT Check out the events calendar for Norfolk - Coastal Virginia. Get out and enjoy local events November and December!
5 AMERICA RECYCLES DAY November 14th, 2015, residents can recycle all of the other hard to recycle items. Everything from clothing to electronic devices!
6 ARE YOU GETTING YOUR PERKS?
8 RECYCLING PERKS REWARDS
Learn how easy it is to sign up and enjoy all of the Perks in the Norfolk - Coastal VA area.
Are you looking for a list of all the other businesses on board? We’ve got it all right here!
10 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT Nauticus is an interactive maritime science museum that explores the economic, naval, and natural power of the sea.
12 THE TRUTH ABOUT E-WASTE Learn about the effects electronics have on the environment!
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Recycle Norfolk - Coastal Virginia is produced by Recycling Perks. It is our goal to build awareness of recycling, encourage people to participate in recycling every day and every week by rewarding for recycling with discounts and freebies. YOUR NORFOLK - COASTAL VIRGINIA TEAM Cheryl Boban | cboban@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com
The holiday season is upon us, but what do you do with your tree once the holiday season is gone?
15 ECO-FRIENDLY GIFT WRAPPING Let’s take charge of holiday paper waste by using alternative gift wrapping solutions. Don’t worry, the Earth will thank you!
16 RECYCLING WORDS See if you can guess all the crosswords in our Winter recycling words puzzle!
If you want grown-ups to recycle, just tell their kids the importance of recycling, and they’ll be all over it. - Bill Nye
Plastic Recycling Myths It’s easy to understand why consumers can be confused about which types of plastics can be recycled. The facts are that 94% of ALL plastic packaging is either PETE, which is #1, and HDPE which is #2. Specifically, TFC Recycling can only accept and recycle #1 and #2 bottles and containers. All other types of plastics, especially films and food containers, are not recycled and in fact are classified as residue. Check out http://www.tfcrecycling.com/community-education/recycling-guide for a list of non-recyclabes.
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Recyclables: Aluminum Cans & Foil Plastics #1 & #2 Mixed Paper Steel & Tin Cans Glass Bottles and Jars Empty Food Boxes Cardboard Newspaper Magazines Office Newspapers Paperboard Junk Mail Phone Books
For information on your recycling incentive program, Recycling Perks, contact your Local Market Manager. Cheryl Boban - Norfolk - Coastal Virginia, Market Representative at cboban@recyclingperks.com. 3
Get Out In Norfolk - Coastal, VA!
November 11/14 AMERICA RECYCLES DAY 9 am, 1176 Pineridge Road, Norfolk - FREE 11/17 GARDEN TALK 6:30 pm, 298 Cedar Road, Chesapeake - FREE
11/20 GRAND ILLUMINATION 6 pm, 326 North Main St, Suffolk - FREE
11/21 DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS TOWNE (Opening weekend) 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk - $5 11/21 31ST ANNUAL GRAND
ILLUMINATION PARADE
7 pm, Downtown Norfolk - FREE
11/27 HOLIDAY CARDS FOR
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(until Dec 18th) 198 Bank St, Norfolk - FREE
December 12/4 DICKENS’ CHRISTMAS TOWNE (Check hours on nauticus.org) 1 Waterside Dr, Norfolk - $5
12/5 HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE 10 am, Historic Downtown, Suffolk - FREE 12/5 HOLIDAY YULE LOG BONFIRE 5 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk - FREE
12/8 GARDEN TALK 6:30 pm, 298 Cedar Road, Chesapeake - FREE 12/9 COVERING AMERICA’S WARS 7 pm, 198 Bank Street, Norfolk - FREE 12/30 HOLIDAY PARADE 7 pm, Downtown, Suffolk - FREE
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www.norfolkpubliclibrary.org www.infopeake.org www.suffolkpubliclibrary.com
start 2016 off on the right foot 1/23 THE POLLUTION SOLUTION Children’s Theatre of Hampton Roads 11 am, 110 W. Finney Ave., Suffolk - $5 Our favorite detective, Christie, follows a set of clues that lead her on a path about the water cycle, pollution, water conservation, and more importantly, what one person can do to change! Find more information on: www.childrenstheatreofhamptonroads.org
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RECYCLING PERKS REWARD PARTNERS Support the businesses who support you! All of the rewards on Recycling Perks are provided by businesses who support recycling in Norfolk - Coastal VA. Log on to RecyclingPerks.com to enroll in your free account and redeem earned recycling points for discounts from these fine establishments.
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BEAUTY & SPA
FOOD & BEVEREAGE
AOC Salon Dye Into Style Glamour Shots Hands On Massage Kim’s Solip Salon & Day Spa Natural Elements Spa and Salon Patsy’s Hair & Boutique Salon Rejuvenations Salt Spa Royalty At Its Best Skin Deep Tans Tanned Bum The Beauty Parlor by Q + Company The Body Mechanik Massage Studio The Master’s Touch Barber School of Excellence Trimmers Master Barbershop
725 Bistro 80/20 Burger Bar Azars Mediterranean Specialties Battlefield Shell Belmont House of Smoke Bon Vivant Market Borjo Coffeehouse Buy Local Corner Store Cafe M Carolina Cupcakery Carry Norfolk Central Meats Chick-fil-A at Main Street, Suffolk VA Cogan’s Pizza Cold Stone Creamery Colley Cantina Courtyard Marriott Suffolk Cure Coffeehouse and Brasserie Cutting Edge Cafe D’Cracked Egg Doumar’s Cones and Barbecue Edible Arrangements of Hampton Roads Five Points Community Farm Market Food Allergy Bakery Granby Street Pizza HomebrewUSA Johnny’s 24 Hour Diner Kombuchick Lone Star Steakhouse Maxwells Grill Moe’s Southwest Grill of Hampton Roads Mojo Bones O’Connor Brewing Co. Perfectly Frank SAVA JAVA, a Redwood Ventures Co. Sabrosa Foods Sai Gai Sushi Sandfiddler Cafe Sapporo Japanese Restaurant Smartmouth Beer Spaghetti Eddies Pizza Cafe Strawberry Fields Smoothies & Gelato Szechuan Inn Thai Erawan The Birch The Market The Public House The Ten Top Tropical Smoothie Cafe’ in Norfolk
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Alpha Medical Academy American Rover Sailing Cruises Birdie’s Rentals Bob’s Gun Shop Cahoon Plantation Chesapeake Arboretum Chesapeake Paintball Color Me Mine in Norfolk Freemason Inn Bed & Breakfast Glazenfyre Hampton Roads Air Tours Hermitage Museum & Gardens Jillian’s Billiards Kona Ice Nansemond River Golf Club Nauticus Norfolk Botanical Garden Sleepy Hole Golf Course The Granby Theater Todd Rosenlieb Dance Towne Place Suites Suffolk Vanguard Championship Wrestling Virginia Symphony Orchestra Virginia Zoo in Norfolk Wingate by Wyndham d’ART Center
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757 Creative Space 757 Makerspace Academy Animal Care Albano Cleaners Analynix Sport Bowling Shop Automotive Specialty Beagles to the Rescue Carts Unlimited Chelsea Diane Photography Chesapeake Bay Foundation Chesapeake Humane Society Copico Creative Art and Design Studios, LLC Dogwood Run Dun-Rite Drywall, Home Repairs & Restoration East Coast Claims Academy Ecovative Energy Express PC Solutions First Command Financial Services Fix It Rite PC Folk City Tattoo Four Paws Inn and Canine Training Geeks on Call Global Pest Services Graceful Touch Cleaning Services Hackworth Harbour View Professional Dry Cleaning Home Instead Senior Care Home Video Studio IShine For You Julie Martin Photography Keith’s Professional Services Kindred Spirit Kustomz Auto LegalShield Lighthouse Ministry Lyft Mr. Bill’s Painting Nancy Chandler Associates Nansemond Insurance Nest Home Norfolk SPCA Norfolk Self Storage Pawsh Salon & Boutique Portraits by Walt Taylor Proforma Premiere Creations Shooting Star Gallery Shotz Portrait Studio Signs By Tomorrow SnapQube The Cleaners United Networks WaterPlus of Virginia
DB Bowles Jewelers Dynamic Movements Flea Market at SONO Golf Etc Good Mojo Greenbrier Florist Greenlife Adventure Sports Gu’s Haus of Beads Hope House Thrift Store Local Heroes Loja Leblon Lorak Jewelry and Gifts Norfolk Fair Trade Co. Origami Owl Pink Zebra Real Time Pain Relief Richardson & Nash Clothiers Russell’s Music World Simply Pets Sleep Align LLC The Book Exchange The Country Soap Shoppe Vans of Great Bridge
HEALTH & FITNESS 1st Down Sports Anytime Fitness Ghent Bike West C-FIT Studio Chesapeake Hot Yoga Eagles Self Defense Academy East Coast Bicycles Eyewear Unlimited Fitness Together House of Muay Thai Hund’s Re Cycle Factory Lacey Lee Fitness Norview Family Chiropractic Planet Chiropractic Satya Yoga Tequila Tans The Gym Downtown The Space Above Yoga Center Tidewater Brazillian Jiujitsu Triple T Sports Center Yoga Nook Your Time Fitness
HOME & GARDEN America’s Best Storage American Steam Carpet Cleaning Authority Pest Control Doody Calls Dycarp Carpet Cleaning Eclipse Lawn Care Enchanted Forest Nursery & Stone Ever-Green Landscaping and Lawncare Exterior Appearance Home Enhancements Pro Tech Siding Plus, Inc TFC Recycling Taylor’s Do It Center Tidewater Pest Control White’s Nursery & Garden Center
NEW & NOTEWORTHY All-Brite Pressure Washing Anew Holistic Health and Wellness Camo’s American Grill Cell Phone Repair of Hampton Roads Famous Uncle Al’s Hot Dogs Great Bottles Ocean View Waterslide Recycling Perks Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce The Perfect Shade Uncork’d Women’s Workout and Fitness Center bottleBOX
SHOPPING All About Virginia & More Amelia’s Heirlooms An Olive & A Grape Bridget’s
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Recycling Perks is proud to have many dynamic reward partners in the Norfolk area, offering great discounts to recyclers. These partners are very important to us, and we would like to introduce one of our favorites: Nauticus.
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ocated on the downtown Norfolk waterfront, Nauticus is an interactive maritime science museum that explores the economic, naval, and natural power of the sea. “Wonderful, outstanding, a must see”, is how visitors describe this huge complex of history. Most visitors say that one day isn’t enough to see all exhibitions.
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USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is the largest exhibition piece of the museum since 2001. This fierce beauty earned a total of six battle stars for playing a major role in World War II and serving during the Korean War and the Gulf War. You can tour the giant,
and even stay overnight in the original berthing of the sailors! Yet the Battleship isn’t the only amazing thing you will see at Nauticus: the soon to be 20 year old museum also offers a sixfoot globe (Science on a Sphere) displaying weather phenomena around the world! And you will also get to see and touch SHARKS, tropical fish, seahorses, and Moray eels! You can even be at the commands of a 9 ft long robotic arm to collect samples and artifacts in the underwater exploration Clelia, or follow an emergency response team jumping into action during real-world disasters at the 3D theaters, and much more.
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Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
Nauticus is also home to Sail Nauticus Sailing Center, the Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center, and the Victory Rover Naval Base Cruises. “Beginning November 21, Nauticus, in partnership with Virginia Stage Company, will present Dickens’ Christmas Towne in the lower level of the Half Moone Cruise & Celebration Center. Visitors walk through a magical Victorian village filled with strolling carolers, Father Christmas, sweet treats, unique gifts, games, holiday activities and crafts”, said Beth Bilderback, Nauticus PR Specialist. Admission to Nauticus includes the Battleship Wisconsin.
As a Recycling Perks member, you can redeem your recycling points for a Buy One, Get One Free Admission at Nauticus. Sign up on www.recyclingperks.com
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10 E-waste Facts! 1. Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream on the planet. 2. E-waste is responsible for 70% of overall toxic waste. 3. 20 to 50 million metric tons of e-waste are disposed of worldwide every year. 4. Americans dump phones containing over $60 million in gold/silver every year. 5. 80% to 85% of electronic products were discarded in landfills or incinerators. 6. An estimated 112,000 computers are discarded every day in the United States. 7. Recycling 1 million laptops saves the energy equivalent to the electricity used by 3,657 U.S. homes in a year. 8. Electronic items are considered to be hazardous. 9. The U.S. ranks as the No. 1 e-waste generating country. 10. Over 40 million tons of electric and electronic waste (e-waste) are produced worldwide every year.
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RECYCLE YOUR TREES WORDS:
It’s that magical time of the year, where everything shines and glows. Multicolored front yards, decked-out Christmas trees, enchanted parks, glass ornaments, and candy canes. But what happens to your tree when the season is over? Most trees are thrown away to end
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Oh Christmas tree... ...Oh Christmas tree, what if your leaves were changing?
their lives in landfills. Some don’t even make it there because they become too dry and catch fire. Real Christmas trees are biodegradable, which makes them easy to reuse or recycle. Let’s look at how to give it new life or properly recycle it. Here’s to starting the New Year with the resolution to be a green citizen!
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Winter decorations If you’re a crafty person, you’ll find many uses for the trunk and branches. Why not make wreaths or garland to decorate your house? Potpourri To keep the enchanted scents forever, cut some branches into small pieces. Add lemons, oranges, and all your favorite spices to make it a potpourri! Coasters Cut the trunk in disks that you can then enjoy decorating. Just check out these cool coasters we found on Pinterest!
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Replant If your tree came with its roots intact, you can plant it outdoors and enjoy it for many years to come.
Garden mulch Do you have a garden? Cut your tree into smaller chunks to fit into a wood chipper. Spread the mulch in your garden or around plants. Mulch helps regulate soil temperatures, reduces water loss, prevents weeds, and protects your plants from the cold. Wood for your fireplace Removing the branches of your tree allows you to expose the trunk. You can saw the trunk into logs, which can be used to burn in your fireplace. Local recycling Many places offer curbside pickup or drop-off centers to recycle your Christmas tree after the season is over. Check with your local waste management department or building supply stores near you. Trees are often required to be cut into 4 ft. portions, some areas may also require them to be cut into even smaller pieces that can be placed in your recycling bin.
Bird feeder Place your tree or a few of the larger branches in your yard as an organic feeder and shelter for birds. Attract the birds by placing sunflower seeds, peanuts, or fruits like cranberries or orange slices on the branches. Fish feeder Do you own a pond? Sinking your tree into it will make an excellent refuge and feeding area for fish.
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If you are hesitant to even get a real Christmas tree, you can also make one yourself out of metal strings, scrap wood, books, post-its, lights, corks, a ladder or a tomato cage, and more… Check out some ideas on Pinterest!
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Monique Webb, Recycling Perks
Sometimes the alternatives are better than the originals, for the Earth at least. Do you know how much of our holiday waste WALLPAPER SAMPLES stream could be reduced if we used eco-friendly You might have some of these lying around from gift wrapping? your last living room renovation, so why not use them for the holidays? You can simply wrap a Well, in the U.S., annual trash from gift-wrap gift like it’s wrapping paper, it can’t get any easiand shopping bags totals 4 million tons. (Source: er than this! Use Less Stuff)
Let’s just think about this logically. There has to be other ways in which we can reduce this 4 million tons of wrapping and packaging. Well, that’s why Recycling Perks is suggesting the following forms of alternative gift wrapping for all of your holiday needs.
JARS & CANS If you have a gift small enough, why not give it in a jar or can? You can go crazy on the paint or simply seal the jar with a nice fabric swatch to add color to your gift. Even if you don’t have time, a simple ribbon will do the trick for a bit of flair on your jar wrapped gift.
FABRIC The number one choice for alternative gift wrapping is fabric. It’s the perfect reusable item. Try wrapping some gifts in a kitchen towel, fabric swatch or even a part of the gift, like a scarf, sweater or t-shirt. In Japan, the art of wrapping gifts in fabric is called, Furodhiki. So let’s all master the art of saving the planet by wrapping gifts in fabric.
THE NATURAL WAY What could be better than natural fibers? Try wrapping a gift in dried banana leaves, or weaving a basket with the leaves from a palm tree. You can even get super special and tie some fresh or dried flowers to the top in place of the traditional bow. Nothing beats natural, and this is the best and most environmentally friendly way to wrap all of your gifts this holiday season.
NEWSPAPERS & MAPS Did we even have to tell you about this one? This age old trick is crafty and of course, inexpensive. You already have access to it, and the cartoon section is practically decorated already!
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