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3 THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP IN NORFOLK 4 RECYCLING IN NORFOLK 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.
5 CITY INFORMATION ABOUT RECYCLING
6 TRUE GREEN ST PATRICK’S DAY
7 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 8 RECYCLING PERKS REWARDS PARTNERS
YOUR NORFOLK - COASTAL VIRGINIA TEAM Jammica Boone | hamptonroads@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com
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THE GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP IN NORFOLK
WORDS: Alacia Nixson, Keep Norfolk Beautiful
It’s time to CLEAN YOUR BLOCK! Each year Keep Norfolk Beautiful hosts the Great American Cleanup in Norfolk to encourage residents to beautify their neighborhood by planting trees and native plants, picking up litter, and recycling materials found in their household. This year’s theme for the Great American Cleanup is “Clean Your Block Party”. Keep Norfolk Beautiful will be coordinating various community cleanups from March – June. In addition, Keep Norfolk Beautiful will sponsor Keep Norfolk Beautiful Day as well as Norfolk Recycles Day. The Great American Cleanup is an opportunity to empower volunteers and encourage participants to improve public spaces. Each year our goals are to increase the number of participants, increase the number of spaces beautified, and increase the
amount of recyclables collected. Ready to clean your block? Contact us! Call: 757-441-1347 Text: KNB to 22828 to sign up on our volunteer list Email: knb@norfolk.gov
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RECYCLING IN NORFOLK WORDS:
Lisa Renée Jennings, Keep Norfolk Beautiful
WHY SHOULD WE ALL BE RECYCLING?
WHERE CAN I RECYCLE?
HOW TO RECYCLE?
Recycling has many benefits. When you recycle you give new life to that item. You give manufacturers the ability to make new goods from using that item to make a new material. Plastic bags can become decking and plastic bottles can become clothing. Recycling supports many jobs such as haulers, engineers and manufacturers. Recycling paper, plastic and metals saves natural resources such as trees, oil, coal, water and gas. Saving limited natural resources helps save the world for future generations. Recycling also reduces litter. When residents are engaged in recycling, they make the effort to assure all trash finds the right bin. Much of litter found on the streets is recyclable. Litter costs the City a lot of time and money to clean up. Trash costs more to collect and dispose of in Norfolk than Recycling. The more we recycle correctly, the less trash we have to collect.
Norfolk provides curbside recycling service to over 58, 000 households every other week. This convenient cart service allows for easy recycling at home. If a resident has a green trash cart they are eligible for a blue recycling cart at no additional fee.
At home, if you have a green cart from the City of Norfolk you have access to a blue recycling cart that gets picked up on your trash collection day every other week. Within this publication and online you can find a list of items that are accepted in the blue carts. With your curbside service comes Recycling Perks. Recycling Perks will send you a reminder of when your recycling day is coming and reward you with points which become discounts for local businesses.
Several hundred small businesses can take advantage of Norfolk’s curbside cart service. Same as households, if the business receives trash collection from the City of Norfolk, it can receive a blue recycling cart for no additional fee. If the business is not eligible, it can still recycle by outsourcing collection to one of the area’s hauling companies. “On –the- go” recycling is a program that started in Downtown three years ago. Currently, “on- thego” has been added in the Chelsea and Ghent business areas. Be on the lookout for dual trash and recycling containers near you! Two drop off Centers are located in Norfolk. If you live in a large apartment building or condo that does not have curbside service, this is your place to recycle. Also, during certain times of the year you may have overflow recycling you would like to drop off. Recycling textile bins are also located at these locations.
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Need a cart or want to know what day to put your cart out? Call 6646510. Need to know what can be recycled? www.norfolk.gov/recycle Drop Off Recycling Centers: 1265 Security Lane near JANAF (cross street is Lake Herbert Drive) 471 Washington Park near Maury High School (cross street is Colonial Avenue)
CITY INFORMATION: Remember to recycle these items at home Glass Bottles & Jars
Paper Products & Cartons
Metal Cans
Aluminum, Tin & Steel Cans
Plastic Bottles “Check for the Neck”
Not Recyclable Plastic Bags, Plastic Wrappers, Straws, Plastic Utensils, Food Waste, Contaminated Food Packaging (such as the bottom of pizza boxes, napkins, etc.), Juice Pouches, Yard Waste, Electronics, Styrofoam, Trash, Clothes & Clothes Hangers, Rugs, Pipes, Hoses, Cords, Disposable Cups.
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“True green” St Patrick’s Day WORDS:
Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
This year, as you wear green for St Patrick’s Day, don’t forget to also go really green!
I. Find a four-leaf clover! Go outside and take a hike! It could become your new St Patrick’s Day tradition.
II. Plant a tree Another idea for a new St Patrick’s Day tradition could be to plant a tree, which will support a critical resource that promotes clean air and water.
III. Buy green supplies for the party If you need party supplies, such as plates and cups, remember to look for recyclable or compostable ones. Also watch out for the SFI label, which means that the wood fiber used to make the product or packaging comes from responsibly managed forests. As always, don’t forget to bring reusable bags when shopping!
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IV. Wear true green clothes
VII. Use green dye that is truly green
Not only the color should be green, the clothes could also be eco-friendly, which is great for the environment and made from high-quality ingredients that won’t irritate your skin. The trend is easy to start since even mass market brands have started to make their own organic and vegan clothing lines.
Dye your food and beverages green using eco-friendly, natural food coloring that you can make from spinach or sap. Store-bought food coloring and dyes often include chemicals that are harmful to you and the environment.
V. Get real accessories
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Reuse to be green. Find your St Patrick’s Day accessories at thrift stores and other places where used goods are sold.
VI. Eat true green food Start by buying local and making sure you are eating foods that are in season. Trying to consume less meat to help reduce your carbon footprint on the environment is also a green way to be greener. Last but not least, you can recycle your food by turning it into compost for your garden.
VIII. Drink green Unfortunately, traditional hops drinks are made using harmful pesticides. Instead, you can try vegan options like Bulmers Pear Cider and Krombacher Pils or vegetarian options like Harp Irish Lager.
IX. Help kids be green for your city Encourage kids to give back to the city while making money for their school by participating in the Recycling Perks Give Back campaign. Contact us at info@recyclingperks.com to participate. Happy green St Patrick’s Day!!
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WORDS:
Jammica Boone, Recycling Perks
Fitness Together It’s the number one New Year’s resolution every year. Get healthy and get fit. You know it’s time. The problem in most cases is, you don’t always know how. That’s where Fitness Together comes in. Fitness Together is a private one on one fitness training studio that offers a complete fitness solution. With private suites and customized training programs which include nutritional eating plans, Fitness Together is able to provide a truly personalized one of a kind experience that focuses solely on you and your fitness goals.
No more wondering if you are using a piece of equipment correctly or looking like the “new year newbie”. With Fitness Together you are provided a personal trainer. Every personal trainer is certified to be a fitness coach and thoroughly versed in the science of health and fitness. Each coach also receives additional in house training and provides a customized support system to clients to ensure the success of each and every individual. In addition to one-on-one training, Fitness Together also offers personalized group training called PACK. Being a part
of PACK means you are apart of a team. Working together with a small group of people with similar health goals provides an added benefit of encouragement from peers so that you keep pushing forward with your goals. And since Fitness Together is a Recycling Perks Rewards Partner you have access to one of the greatest opportunities to get started on the right track. So don’t try to go at this alone. Redeem your Recycling Perks points today at RecyclingPerks. com and take advantage of the incredible rewards offered at Fitness Together.
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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 Super Nails 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 Camo’s American Grill Carolina Cupcakery Central Meats Cogan’s Pizza Cold Stone Creamery Colley Cantina 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 Kombuchick Moe’s Southwest Grill of Hampton Roads Mojo Bones O’Connor Brewing Co. Perfectly Frank 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 Courtyard Marriott Suffolk d’ART Center East Coast Bicycles Freemason Inn Bed & Breakfast Glazenfyre Hampton Roads Air Tours Hermitage Museum & Gardens Kona Ice Nansemond River Golf Club Nauticus Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk Tides Ocean View Waterslide Sleepy Hole Golf Course The Granby Theater Todd Rosenlieb Dance Towne Place Suites Suffolk Vanguard Championship Wrestling Virginia Symphony Orchestra Virginia Zoo in Norfolk
GROCERY Pendulum Fine Meats
HEALTH & FITNESS 1st Down Sports Anytime Fitness Ghent Bike West C-FIT Studio Chesapeake Hot Yoga Dynamic Movements Eagles Self Defense Academy Eyewear Unlimited Fitness Together House of Muay Thai Hund’s Re Cycle Factory Lacey Lee Fitness Norview Family Chiropractic Planet Chiropractic 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
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Creative Art and Design Studios, LLC Dogwood Run Dun-Rite Drywall, Home Repairs & Restoration East Coast Claims Academy JCWinn Services, LLC Express PC Solutions First Command Financial Services Four Paws Inn and Canine Training Geeks on Call Kindred Spirit Global Pest Services Hackworth Harbour View Professional Dry Cleaning Home Instead Senior Care Home Video Studio IShine For You Kustomz Auto Julie Martin Photography Keith’s Professional Services Lyft Nancy Chandler Associates LegalShield Lighthouse Ministry Nest Home Mr. Bill’s Painting Norfolk Self Storage Nansemond Insurance Norfolk SPCA Portraits by Walt Taylor Proforma Premiere Creations Pawsh Salon & Boutique United Networks WaterPlus of Virginia Shooting Star Gallery Shotz Portrait Studio SnapQube The Cat Corner The Cleaners
SHOPPING Farmers’ Fare The Book Exchange All About Virginia & More Amelia’s Heirlooms An Olive & A Grape bottleBOX Bridget’s DB Bowles Jewelers 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 Norfolk Fair Trade Co. Pink Zebra Real Time Pain Relief Richardson & Nash Clothiers Rodgers’ Banana Pudding Sauce Russell’s Music World Simply Pets Sleep Align LLC The Country Soap Shoppe Vans of Great Bridge
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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME INFOGRAPH: Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
Daylight Saving Time is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months by one hour so that evening daylight lasts an hour longer. It begins at 2 am on March 12, 2017, and ends at 2 am on November 5, 2017.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
8 months: Daylight Saving Time (from March to November) 5 months: Standard Time
WHEN DID IT START?
The idea of Daylight Saving Time was first conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1784, but was first put in place during World War I.
DID YOU KNOW?
In the United States, Hawaii and most of Arizona do not follow Daylight Saving Time. The US territories of Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands and American Samoa also do not observe Daylight Saving Time. Some countries refer to "Daylight Saving Time" as "Summer Time." There are discussions about whether Daylight Saving Time still saves energy 10
or not nowadays, but most people still agree that it’s nice to have longer nights during the summer time.
LONGER NIGHTS
It allows daylight for an additional hour in the evening.
MORE OUTDOORS It gives people more time to enjoy the outdoors after work hours.
WHY A DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
LESS CRIME It decreases crime rate (7%) since crime happens mainly at night.
ENERGY It decreases the need for artificial light, heating, and cooling.
Sources: www.cnn.com, www.livescience.com, www.popularmechanics.com, www.brookings.edu, www.ecometrica.com
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Local Events
February FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY BOOK SALE
2/11 “SUN-DAYS” AT ELIZABETH
10 am, 300 Carolina Road, Suffolk
2/4
FLY FISHING AT NORTHWEST 2/11 8TH ANNUAL INSTRUMENTS
2/3
RIVER PARK
10 am, Northwest River Park, Chesapeake
2/11 FREEDOM SONG BY THE
10 am, Elizabeth River Park, Chesapeake
RIVER PARK
CHILDREN’S THEATRE OF HAMPTON ROADS 11 am, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
OF ART AUCTION & MARDI GRAS MASQUERADE
2/16 NUISANCE WILDLIFE
6:30 pm, Fairlawn Recreation Center, Norfolk
March
7 pm, Decorum Furniture, Norfolk
PREVENTION CLASS
3/2 THE CHOWAN UNIVERSITY
3/12 GREEN DAY REVOLUTION
3/18 THE SPIRIT OF A WOMAN:
7 pm, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
3/4
PICTURES AT A FRENCH
8 pm, Chrysler Hall, Norfolk
SINGERS & MEN’S CHOIR
EXHIBITION
April
A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN 7:30 pm, Ted Constant Convocation IN THE ARTS
RADIO TOUR Center, Norfolk
3/18 50TH ANNUAL ST PATRICK’S
DAY PARADE
5:30 pm, Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts
3/23 TENTHING, BRASS ENSEMBLE 7:30 pm, Attucks Theater, Norfolk
10 am, 211 W. Government Ave (Ocean View) Norfolk - FREE
4/7 FLIRT AFTER WORK - THE FRI- 4/7-8 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
4/14 THE WIZ (OPENING NIGHT) 8 am, Wells Theatre, Norfolk
4/15 CHESAPEAKE EGGSTRAVAGANZA 10 am, Chesapeake City Park
DAY DOWNTOWN HAPPY HOUR BOOK SALE 5 pm, Granby Social Club 765 - FREE
10 am, 300 Carolina Road, Suffolk
4/9 RIVERVIEW VILLAGE DAYS 11 am, Lafayette Park, Norfolk 12 4
NORFOLK RECYCLES DAY
Saturday, May 6, 2017 9AM—2PM 1176 Pineridge Road | Norfolk, Virginia Bring your unwanted items to #BeRecycled
ACCEPTED ITEMS INCLUDE: HOUSEHOLD Clothing, Shoes, Accessories, Small Household Electronics, Kitchenware and Home Décor
SECURE DOCUMENT SHREDDING Personal Documents, Sensitive Documents
ELECTRONIC DEVICES Personal Computers and Laptops, Printers, Monitors and Flat Screens, Cell Phones and Telephones, Stereo Equipment and Game Systems, Televisions*
GENERAL RECYCLABLES Cardboard & Paper, Glass Bottles & Jars, Plastic Bottles & Jugs, Milk & Juice Cartons, Food & Beverage Cans
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE*
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Paint, Propane Tanks, Oil, Batteries
For Norfolk residents only | For a complete list of acceptable HHW items, visit www.norfolk.gov/waste or call (757)664-6510. In partnership with TFC Recycling, Iron Mountain, Goodwill, City of Norfolk and Keep Norfolk Beautiful
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Why recycling isn’t enough & the 3 Rs WORDS:
Recycling has been around for quite some time now, and it has begun to catch on and in some cases gain momentum. This is a good thing, and one that is much needed; however, it only takes a little research to come to the conclusion that recycling alone will not solve our problems. Almost everyone has heard the adage “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle”, it is presented that way because they are actually in order from most to least impactful. While recycling aids in reducing the amount of recyclable waste that makes its way into landfills it does nothing to eliminate the use of nonrecyclable materials or their reuse. In actuality, reducing the waste we produce in general is by far the most impactful way to ensure that we start to make a turn for the better and save our depleting resources, with an overall goal of becoming a “zero waste” society.
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we must personally reduce the amount that we consume while also shifting to consume only those products and services that are optimized to reduce waste. This calls for a change in engineering, design, and manufacturing methods and technologies, which will only occur if and when we start to demand them. Whenever possible, choose to buy goods that are not packaged at all, and only using the blue recycling bin as a last resort.
Transitioning to a zero waste society is not something any one person, organization, community, or country can do on its own. To truly achieve this goal,
We have also become a society that would rather replace something than attempt to or have it fixed. This has resulted in a diminishing number of skilled repair technicians and craftsmen, and more and more repairable items being tossed out. This is especially true for electronics, we have become more and more dependent on electronic devices in our everyday lives, and when they fail us we tend to get the latest and greatest to replace them. In many cases your devices can be repaired for a reasonable price if you are willing to
Reduce
Reuse
T. Hungate, Volunteer Author
do some research and shop around. So what can you do to help? Well, start by getting smart on what options are available to you. Know where and how to reduce the amount of waste you produce, search online for ways to creatively reuse items, and lastly, know what you can and cannot recycle. Once you are armed with this knowledge, you can start to identify the easy or quick changes you can make, such as having reusable grocery bags in all of your vehicles and purchasing a water filtration system. These are just a couple of quick and easy things that you can do that will greatly reduce waste. Resources are not in short supply!!!! The internet brings all you could ever want to know to your fingertips. Whether you choose to Google, use social media, or take online classes, the amount of information readily available is immeasurable.
Recycle
Be a part of something beautiful! Check out Keep Norfolk Beautiful’s upcoming volunteer opportunities!
Volunteer Opportunities MARCH Great American Cleanup (through June)
See page 3 for more details
APRIL Keep Norfolk Beautiful Day Saturday April 22nd MAY Norfolk Recycles Day Saturday, May 6th Text KNBVA to 22828 to receive volunteer opportunity notices by email Visit www.norfolk.gov/KNB Call us 441-1347
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