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Mayday! Mayday for the Planet!
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 Sandra Hungate | shungate@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com
3 CITY SPOTLIGHT: NORFOLK WINS NATIONAL “KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL” AFFILIATE AWARD
4 THE LANDFILL TRUTH / HOW LONG UNTIL IT’S GONE?
5 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: THE SPACE ABOVE
6 CITY INFORMATION: DO’S AND DON’TS OF RECYCLING
7 WHY YOU SHOULD NOT PUT YOUR PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR BLUE BIN 8 RECYCLING PERKS REWARD PARTNERS
Are you looking for a list of all the other businesses on board? We’ve got it all right here.
10 RECYCLE FOR AMERICA RECYCLED CRAFTS TO DECORATE FOR THE HOLIDAYS 11 RECYCLING PERKS INFORMATION 12 LOCAL EVENTS 13 VOLUNTEER FOR THE PLANET 14 ADD THE ONES YOU LOVE TO YOUR ACCOUNT 15 MAYDAY: 4 TIPS TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO RECYCLE 16 RECYCLING COMICS
NORFOLK WINS NATIONAL “KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL” AFFILIATE AWARD WORDS: Kevin Du Bois, Kevin Du Bois, Recycling Coordinator, City of Norfolk
Keep Norfolk Beautiful (KNB) received the 2015 President Circle Award recognition at Keep America Beautiful’s (KAB) recent National Conference in Florida. The President’s Circle Award recognizes exemplary performance made by certified affiliates in creating clean, green and beautiful communities. In qualifying for a President’s Circle Award, Keep Norfolk Beautiful met KAB’s standards of merit by conducting an annual Community Appearance Index, calculating the affiliate’s cost/benefit ratio, and administering activities in the areas of litter prevention, recycling and waste reduction, and beautification and community greening. Not only did KNB meet the President’s Circle Award criteria, but it was judged to be best in the nation within its population category for creating a more beautiful, cleaner, and improved environment through new technologies, improved waste handling, and public space stewardship.
KNB collaborated with Recy“cling Perks to improve household recycling efforts ” A few of the recycling highlights that contributed to KNB’s awardwinning recognition include: • KNB collaborated with Recycling Perks to improve household recycling efforts, reduce waste, and promote local businesses by offering great savings and exclusive deals that reward recy-
clers. In FY15, Recycling Perks added 1,856 new “Perksters” to the program (up 25%) for a total of 9,386, collectively they earned 296,420 points and redeemed them at participating businesses for a value of $46,162, • KNB supported the City’s Curbside Recycling program, resulting in an average curbside recycling rate of 62% (up 5% since FY13) and 76.3% who put out their recycling at least once per month. • Norfolk diverted 10,884 curbside tons of material and 455 drop-off tons of recyclables and converted the remaining 61,460 tons of waste to energy,
KNB organized two annual ““Recycle Norfolk Days” in partnership with the Division of Waste Management ” • KNB organized two annual “Recycle Norfolk Days” in partnership with the Division of Waste Management. The program supported Goodwill (clothes) and the Up Center (books), diverting 48,468 pounds of material from the waste stream, • In FY14, the Norfolk Environmental Commission’s Plastic Bag Task Force and KNB worked with five elementary schools and engaged 2,514 students to collect and recycle 1,628 lbs. of plastic bags (~130,240 bags) through the Trex Challenge program! In FY15, the rate of school participation more than tripled to 17 schools. Making the connection between plastic bags as a common source of marine debris and its ef-
fect on the health and survivorship of marine wildlife, the schools engaged nearly 6,000 students and collected over 280,000 bags (over 3,500 pounds), • KNB works cooperatively with Norfolk’s Division of Waste Management to collect and store oyster shells to be used for oyster restoration. In FY15, KNB facilitated the collection of 110 bushels of oyster shell that was diverted from the waste stream and donated to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for their use in regional oyster restoration projects. “Working with our partners in the Waste and Storm Water Management Divisions of Public Works, with the Norfolk Environmental Commission, and the Friends of Norfolk’s Environment, we have able to do great things” said Kevin Du Bois, Recycling Coordinator for the City of Norfolk. “These awards from KAB recognize those outstanding collective efforts and Norfolk’s prominence as an amazing urban waterfront community” Keep America Beautiful’s National Conference, its premier educational and networking event, brought together more than 350 leaders from Keep America Beautiful’s national network of more than 600 state and community-based affiliates, business leaders, policymakers and other experts who shared innovative ideas and proven strategies to help end littering, improve recycling, and beautify America’s communities.
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The landfill truth WORDS: Monique Webb, Recycling Perks
People often wonder why recycling is such a big deal to gung-ho recyclers. Well, let me be the first to tell give you the landfilled truth about your so-called ‘trash.’ Garbage, as most people like to call it, takes time to break down and some of course, longer than others. This means that the big pile of trash that we generate, or the Landfill as most people know it, will continue to grow until some of the garbage in the bottom of the pile disintegrates making space for more trash to be piled on top. This means that we are wasting valuable land resources to house the one thing we put out to the curb on a regular basis, our trash. That pile continues to grow on a daily basis when it could be greatly reduced in size if more people simply reduced, reused and recycled. Take a closer look at your (recyclable and reusable) garbage. You might be surprised to know just how long those items you called trash will last in its Landfill home. There are many ways to reduce your consumption of packaged materials, recycle almost all of your household items and reuse items in creative ways in order to reduce the amount of waste you generate. Why don’t you donate your shoes and clothing to someone in need, use your scrap plywood to make a birdhouse, or the old fishing line to make a recycled win chime? Maybe because you never thought of ways to reuse trash, but there are loads of resources online that can help you turn that around. Check out sites like www.Instructables.com or even www.Pinterest.com for ideas and inspiration on reducing, reusing and recycling everything in your home.
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The Space Above Yoga Center For almost ten years now, The Space Above has been the holistic yoga center on W 22nd in Norfolk. “It all started with the idea of offering yoga and massage in one same space” explains Kim Austin-Peterman, owner of The Space Above. The large team has several massage therapists, and yoga instructors, as well as a bio-energy facilitator, and an “ayurvedic” practitioner. With offerings from Hatha Yoga to the Yoga Wall, The Space Above has something for everybody. There are many possibilities for someone to find an activity adapted to their level or preferences. For example, if you are pregnant or have just had a baby, they offer prenatal or Infant Yoga classes. If it’s a deep stretch
you need, The Space Above also offers a yoga wall where ropes are attached to assist in the various yoga “asana” (meaning “poses”). You may simply wish to receive one of their relaxing massages, or a healing treatment. There are also numerous other possibilities such as Nasya, the administration of herbal oils, neck massage, and herbal steam to help with nasal congestion, sinusitis, rhinitis, allergies or headaches. Are you familiar with the “Pancha Karma” Treatment? It’s an ancient detoxification, cleansing, rejuvenation, and relaxation treatment performed over 3-7 days. Each day you will receive an hour and a half massage with warm herbal oil for your specific constitution, herbal steam, and a
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Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
hot, moist lavender towel rub down. Being that the first yogic principle is “ahimsa” or “non-violence in thought, word or deed to anyone or anything including oneself”, The Space Above embraces non-violence to mother earth and to each other by recycling, composting and using recycled and earth-friendly products as much as possible thereby taking our practice beyond the yoga mat. Interested? Take your first step to The Space Above by simply redeeming your free yoga class on the Recycling Perks Rewards page: https://www.recyclingperks.com/#/ reward/53b1cb723d597ce7cbd6cfd5
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CITY INFORMATION: Remember to recycle these items at home Glass Bottles & Jars
Paper Products
Metal Cans
Aluminum, Tin & Steel Cans
Plastic Bottles “Check for the Neck”
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Plastic Bags, Plastic Wrappers, Straws, Plastic Utensils, Food Waste, Juice Pouches, Juice & Milk Cartons, Ice Cream Cartons, Yard Waste, Electronics, Styrofoam, Trash
Why you should not put your plastic bags in your blue bin WORDS:
T. Hungate, Volunteer Author
You may have heard that plastic bags are not supposed to go in your curbside recycling bin, but do you know why? There are a few reasons actually, and they may surprise you. Reason 1 – Most recycling centers’ first stage of sorting is done by hand, by hard working individuals at your local recycling station. They sort through tons of material an hour, and lose precious time if they have to untie or open a plastic bag. The workers cannot tell what is inside of a closed bag. It could be full of 100% recyclable material or it could be full of things like dirty diapers or food scraps and other contaminants. This also makes it unsafe for recycling center workers to open the bags, and in most cases they end up being thrown in the trash! Reason 2 – Plastic bags that do make it past the first sorting stage can interfere with the automatic sorting machines which use conveyor belts, rotating tunnels, spinning wheels, and magnets to sort items. Plastic bags can easily get caught in the belts and wheels causing them to jam. Your little plastic bag could bring an entire recycling sorting station to a dead stop. It could take workers hours to find the plastic culprit and remove it, thereby greatly reducing the efficiency of the recycling station. What should you do with your plastic bags if you can’t put them in the bin? There is good news for plastic bags when it comes to recycling. Over 18,000 retail store locations have added plastic bag recycling to their list of services offered. You may have even noticed these bins at the entrance to some of your favorite grocery stores or home improvement stores. The bins are typically labeled, easy to see and easy to use. Use this tool to find exact locations to dispose of your plastic bags, by zip code: http://www.plasticfilmrecycling.org. You are also welcome to bring your bags to the Norfolk Recycling events which happen twice a year at Waste Management, 1176 Pineridge Road, in the months of November and April. In addition, several Norfolk Public Schools are participating in the Trex program, which rewards the school that collects the most plastic each year; so ask your local elementary student! Discover the Trex Challenge here: http://www.trex.com/inspiration/blog/detail/?id=50 7
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 Super Nails Tanned Bum The Beauty Parlor by Q + Company The Body Mechanik Massage Studio The Master’s Touch Barber School of Excellence The Perfect Shade Trimmers Master Barbershop
725 Bistro 80/20 Burger Bar Battlefield Shell Belmont House of Smoke Borjo Coffeehouse Buy Local Corner Store Cafe M Camo’s American Grill 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 Famous Uncle Al’s Hot Dogs Five Points Community Farm Market Food Allergy Bakery Granby Street Pizza HomebrewUSA Johnny’s 24 Hour Diner Kombuchick Lone Star Steakhouse Moe’s Southwest Grill of Hampton Roads Mojo Bones O’Connor Brewing Co. Perfectly Frank Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce 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 Uncork’d
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 KinderJam Kona Ice Ocean View Waterslide Nansemond River Golf Club Nauticus Norfolk Botanical Garden Sleepy Hole Golf Course The Governor’s School of the Arts Orchestra 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
GROCERY Farm Fresh Pendulum Fine Meats
HEALTH & FITNESS 1st Down Sports Anew Holistic Health and Wellness 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 Tequila Tans The Gym Downtown The Space Above Yoga Center Tidewater Brazillian Jiujitsu Triple T Sports Center Women’s Workout and Fitness 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
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
SHOPPING All About Virginia & More Amelia’s Heirlooms An Olive & A Grape Bridget’s bottleBOX DB Bowles Jewelers Dynamic Movements Flea Market at SONO Glazenfyre Golf Etc Good Mojo Great Bottles Greenbrier Florist Greenlife Adventure Sports Gu’s Haus of Beads Hope House Thrift Store Local Heroes Loja Leblon Lorak Jewelry and Gifts Nest Home 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
SERVICES 757 Creative Space 757 Makerspace Academy Animal Care Albano Cleaners All-Brite Pressure Washing ANALOGUE arts + trade Analynix Sport Bowling Shop Automotive Specialty Beagles to the Rescue Carts Unlimited Cell Phone Repair of Hampton Roads Chelsea Diane Photography
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Recycle For America! http://thebasicsmagazine.com
WORDS: Monique Webb, Recycling Perks
Recycled craft article for holidays on May 25th (Memorial Day), June 14th (Flag Day) and July 4th (Independence Day).
Bottle Cap Wreath MATERIALS: - Bottle caps (in white, red and blue) - Circular wooden frame - White paint - Red paint - Blue paint - Industrial strength glue - White ribbon DIRECTIONS: 1. Paint your wooden frame with white. 2. Separate your bottle caps by color (if you do not have red, white and blue bottle caps, you can simply paint your bottle caps). 3. Glue a layer of white bottle caps to the frame. 4. Glue on the second layer of bottle caps. Be sure to center the bottle cap between the two 10
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caps beneath it. Alternate your bottle caps between blue and red bottle caps. Add a few additional white caps on top of red and blue layer to your liking. Wrap ribbon around wreath and tie on top in a bow or use the ribbon to hang your wreath.
Tin Can Luminaries MATERIALS: - Empty steel cans, cleaned and labels removed - Water - Sand - Nail - Hammer
- Scrap paper - Tape - Red, white, and blue paint DIRECTIONS: 1. Place a handful of sand in y our cans, then, fill the can to the top with water. Place the cans in the freezer until the water is frozen solid. 2. Create stencils of your designs for your cans on scrap paper. 3. Once your cans of sand and water are frozen, remove them from the freezer and tape your stencil design onto the can. 4. Using a nail and hammer, gently punch out the design from your stencil. 5. Allow the ice in the can to melt so that you can dispose of water (keep your sand to reuse it later). Then dry the cans completely. 6. Paint your cans on the outside, and on the inside, with any red, white and blue pattern. 7. Once your paint is dry, you can simply add sand to weigh down the can and add a tea light candle to illuminate your design. See more on our Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/recyclingperks/
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Local Events May
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TIDES GAME WITH RECYCLING PERKS 6:35 pm, Harbor Park, Norfolk (Ticketed event - redeem it at recyclingperks.com)
5/5 PUPPY DE MAYO 5 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk FREE
5/7-8 VIRGINIA WINE FESTIVAL 11 am, Town Point Park, Norfolk (Ticketed event)
5/7 SUFFOLK FARMER’S MARKET Every Saturday until Nov 19th 9 am, Suffolk Visitor Center Pavilion
5/21-22 VIRGINIA BEER FESTIVAL 2 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk (Ticketed event)
5/7 ECO FEST 10 am, Colonial Place, Norfolk FREE
5/29 BIG BANDS ON THE BAY Several concerts every Sunday Ocean View
June July 6/4 6/5
CLEAN THE BAY DAY 9am, several locations - FREE
BIG BANDS ON THE BAY Several concerts every Sunday Ocean View, Norfolk
6//10-12 40TH HARBORFEST Noon, Town Point Park, Norfolk FREE 6/24-26 BAYOU BOOGALOO MUSIC
& CAJUN FOOD FESTIVAL
Noon, Town Point Park, Norfolk (Ticketed event)
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4TH OF JULY GREAT AMERICAN PICNIC & FIREWORKS 5 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk - FREE 7/4
7/8
SUMMER BREWFEST 5 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk - FREE
7/15-16 NORFOLK WATERFRONT
JAZZ FESTIVAL
5 pm, Town Point Park, Norfolk (Ticketed event) 7/29-31 MID-SUMMER FANTASY FESTIVAL
THEATRE IN THE PARK
Town Point Park, Norfolk - FREE
Volunteer for the planet! Recycling Perks needs your help to promote recycling in the Hampton Roads.
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CONTACT US
INFORM
PROMOTE US
Anyone who has a few hours to give, can contact us at info@recyclingperks.com
We’ll tell you what needs we have at the moment. And you let us know if that works with you.
We mostly need help to get the word out about the program.
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Add the ones you love to your account Invite your spouse, child, roommate, co-worker, or anyone who helps you earning points.
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SEND INVITE
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Anyone who recycles at the same address as yours, can be added to your account.
In your account, click on “Invite someone to your account”. Type in the name and email of the person you would like to share your points with. The new user will receive an invitation to create their account.
Everyone will be able to use the common earned points, in their own way. You might want to redeem a free yoga class, while they might want to go out for dinner...
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4 tips to encourage
others to recycle
WORDS: Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
Mayday, mayday!! Our beautiful planet needs our attention. The world population is growing, and its waste along with it. There is only so much space to deposit our waste, and it takes many human lifetimes for some of the materials to decompose. Some of these materials will soon disappear due to intensive exploitation by mankind. Aluminum, at the current rate of use, is set to disappear by 2139. Even earlier, in 2021, silver will be completely exploited – so recycling will be the only way to maintain silver on our Earth! We need to encourage others to recycle! Try these 4 main tips: 1. Educate people about the importance of recycling. Many simply don’t know what it is about, or what it does; they consider the recycling bin as a second trash can. 2. Open people’s eyes and minds. Get the word out through your social groups, both online and off. Share the facts, numbers, and videos like the plastic bags in the oceans, etc. You can find lots of information on www.facebook.com/recyclingperks. 3. Consider having a recycling presentation at your neighborhood’s association meeting. Recycling Perks provides this as a free service. Or, you can present the facts yourself. 4. Rather than just telling people, you can also show them by taking them on a recycling plant tour. Your hauler, TFC Recycling, offers tours here: http://www.tfcrecycling.com/our-services/request-tour-our-facilities
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Comic strip: Hank Samuels, Volunteer Artist