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3 CITY SPOTLIGHT: PLASTIC RECYCLING MYTHS

Recycle Greater Richmond 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 RICHMOND TEAM Shannon Freeman | sfreeman@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com

4 GETTING OUT IN RICHMOND

5 WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR PLASTIC?

6 VOLUNTEER FOR THE PLANET

7 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: SACRED WATERS

8 RECYCLING PERKS REWARDS PARTNERS Are you looking for a list of all of the businesses on board? We’ve got it all right here.

10 VALENTINE’S DAY RECYCLED DECORATIONS & GIFTS

11 ADD THE ONES YOU LOVE TO YOUR ACCOUNT

12 EVERY DAY TIPS ON HOW TO ENSURE A BETTER FUTURE

13 DONATE YOUR RECYCLING PERKS POINTS

14 CITY RECYCLING INFORMATION

15 RECYCLE ETIQUETTE - LEARN TO RECYCLE RIGHT

16 RECYCLING PERKS

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PLASTIC RECYCLING MYTHS WORDS:

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.

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For information on your recycling incentive program, Recycling Perks, contact your Local Market Manager. Shannon Freeman - Greater Richmond Market Manager at sfreeman@recyclingperks.com or by phone at (804) 677-0700.

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Recycled plastics can be diverted from the waste stream, measured and managed to reduce pollution and thereby benefit the environment. Additionally, recycling creates jobs not only in the waste management industry but in all other industries that utilize recycled materials like the clothing and textile industry. Unfortunately, because of the different chemical compositions of plastic, it is the most difficult material to manage in the waste stream. Think about all of the plastic items you can find in your home, these items end up lost in the waste stream and end up in the land fill; bottles, plastic wrap, sandwich bags, candy wrappers, remote controls and even grocery bags. Recycling minimizes the amount of waste sent to landfills: specifically packaging and food containers made of… you guessed it, plastic! But what happens to the recycled plastic?

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I know, you’re probably wondering, “Why should I even care about plastic contamination due to improper sorting?” The first and most important reason is the versatility of plastic. Plastic has become an essential ingredient to human life and that won’t be changing any time soon. So, with more plastic in our future, we have to find better ways to reduce the carbon footprint of plastic on the planet and avoid the harmful effects that plastic has on aviation, land and marine life.

WORDS: Monique Webb, Recycling Perks

What happens to your plastic?

We all know that Recycling is important but did you know that in relation to all plastic on the planet, only small amounts of plastic are recycled? But why? Well, because there are different types of plastics and each have their own chemical composition. Mixing these different or chemically non-compatible plastics can actually contaminate the recycled plastics. Furthermore, inks and glues from labels (such as a paper or plastic bottle label) can further contaminate plastic making it non-recyclable.

It’s pretty interesting in fact! After recyclable plastic is collected, it’s taken to your local MRF (Materials Recovery Facility). From there, plastic is sorted manually and then bundled into plastic bales for storage until they can be further processed. When the time comes, the plastic bales are then broken apart and sorted (by humans not robots) by color and resin type. After sorting, all of the materials get ground up, or shredded into small flakes of plastic which are then separated by density or weight. The plastic flakes must then be thoroughly washed and decontaminated before being dried. These flakes are then melted down and made into plastic pellets for use in post consumer recycled products like outdoor decking materials, fencing, doors and windows, roof tiles, fiber and fabrics. Most post consumer plastics are normally used for specific products and are rarely used for food and beverage containers but the application of the little pellets are endless. 5

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Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique “From the wholesome simplicity of the spa to the quaint loveliness of the boutique you know there’s some special healing happening here.” This quote from a YELP reviewer perfectly describes Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique. Camille Bird and Angela Stiens, the proud owners knew they wanted to open a business in Carytown from the first moments that they strolled down the streets. In September of 2014, Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique became a part of the Carytown family. When you visit Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique you can expect a unique experience. Their massage sessions are built to order. When you book a massage, you can use the time to best suit your massage goals and personal needs. Their menu doesn’t offer add on services

at an extra price, the services you need are built in especially for you. Camille, Angela and their team offer therapeutic massage, massage cupping, Reiki, comprehensive skin care treatments, alternative spa services and a boutique filled with unique finds and spa accessories. Sacred Waters Holisitc Spa & Boutique strives every day to do what is right for our environment. Growing up in Park City, Utah Camille cannot remember a time when her family didn’t recycle. They saved their plastics, glass, and paper at home, then took them to the local facility where they had to sort it. It’s a fond memory of a family activity, they all especially loved to hear the glass bottles break as they were tossed into the bins. For her family, recycling was not an option it was and still is a

way of life. At the spa they recycle all of their cardboard and paper. They even reuse some of the paper for unique gift wrapping and packaging. Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique has been one of Recycling Perks biggest fans! Camille believes that recycling provides a common ground for her business and her customers. Recycling Perks has allowed her to connect with the right kind of customer because of the common bond of recycling. It’s a win for everyone! Visit them here: Sacred Waters Holistic Spa & Boutique 3319 W. Cary St. 804-727-9934 www.sacredwatersrva.com

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Support the businesses who support you! All of the rewards on Recycling Perks are provided by businesses who support recycling in Richmond Virginia. 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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VALENTINE’S DAY RECYCLED DECORATIONS AND GIFTS WORDS: Monique Webb, Recycling Perks

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Heart Garlands Materials: - Yarn - Fabric (old shirts, jeans or any left over fabric) - Thread - Needle - Scissors - Cotton stuffing (from and old stuffed animal or pillow) Instructions: 1. Cut fabric hearts out to desired sizes 2. Cut yarn in 4 inch strips and create loops for each heart 3. Sew looped yarn onto fabric heart 4. Sew (inside-out) around the shape of your heart, leaving a 1-inch opening for stuffing 5. Flip your hearts onto the right side 6. Stuff with cotton fill 7. Sew the 1-inch opening closed 10

Cut fabric into small squares about 2 inches Tie the fabric all around the heart shape Stand back and enjoy your new wreath!

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Decorate as desired Tie your hearts to a 3-foot piece of yarn (evenly spaced) 10. Hang your garland and enjoy your work! Heart Wreaths Materials: - Fabric or paper (from old clothing or misprints) - Wire Hanger (an old broken one) - Styrofoam Instructions: 1. Form the hanger or wire into a heart

Materials: 1. Old greeting cards, magazines, catalogs, newspapers or leftover construction paper 2. Scissors 3. Glue 4. Pen or Marker Instructions: 1. Look through old greeting cards, etc. 2. Cut out pictures you would like to use on your cards 3. Take a piece of construction paper and fold it in half to form your card 4. Glue the pictures you cut out to the front of the card 5. Write a special note inside to compete your card 6. Give the custom card to the one you love! See more on our Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/recyclingperks/

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I AM IN CONTROL DAY!

MARCH 30: Every day tips on how to ensure a better future WORDS:

n March 30, 1981, after U.S. President Ronald Reagan was wounded in an assassination attempt, the then Secretary of State Alexander Haig was quoted as stating “I am in control here.” While this statement was taken out of context and the story forgotten with time, this special day transformed into the day you remember, you have the power to get things in order in life. So today, whether you’re at work, on a bus, or in your bed, take a moment to remember that you are in control. You are especially in control of the future of our planet. Below are some easy tips to ensure a better future from the second you start your day. AT HOME • • • •

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Ban bath time, take showers instead. Baths require almost twice as much water and inflate energy costs for heating the water Take a shorter shower. Every two minutes you save on your shower can conserve more than ten gallons of water! Brush your teeth without running the water. You’ll conserve up to five gallons per day Consider using non premium, discount brand toilet paper. Some premium extra soft toilet paper use many layers, and lots of chemicals for bleaching or perfume. See a rating of your toilet paper brands here: http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/tissueguide/ ratings.aspx Try home-made recipes before buying strong chemicals. Example: Use white vinegar to clean, it’s an antifungal that also kills germs and bacteria. Read more on: http://www.greenamerica.org/livinggreen/greencleaners.cfm Turn off the lights when you’re not in the room Use compact fluorescent light bulbs to use 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs Buy a refillable water bottle instead of the disposable ones. Three times more water is used to produce a bottle of water than it holds Turn off your computer instead of leaving it in sleep mode. You can save 40 watt-hours per day. Also, skip the screensaver When something is broken, try to fix it! If you can’t, then recycle it! Program your thermostat when you’re not home. You can save energy and you’ll lower heating and/or cooling costs by 10% or more per year

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Bike or walk instead of taking your car. Ditching the car will save about a pound of CO2 and other pollutants per mile

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Recycle your daily newspaper. Recycling just the Sunday papers would save more than half a million trees every week Double-side and single space your printing to use 75 percent less paper Plug electronics into a power strip with a circuit breaker so that when you turn it off, you shut down all the juice. Or simply unplug electronics when you’re done using them! Pay your bills online instead of on paper to save trees and avoid greenhouse gas emission for mailing

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Why not go meatless every now and again? You’ll save thousands of gallons of water that go into producing just one pound of beef and an animal’s life Buy trash free products! For example, use a bagless vacuum, reusable lunch boxes, and avoid products that are excessively packaged Ditch plastic and paper bags. Get yourself some reusable totes Compost food leftovers! Use one less napkin a day or use cloth napkins. More than a billion pounds of napkins could be saved from landfills each year Use a dishwasher instead of washing your dishes by hand, but only run it when it’s full. You could save hundreds of gallons of water each month Buy local whenever possible to avoid pollution of shipping And of course: recycle. Always!

HAPPY I’M IN CONTROL DAY!

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Richmond Recyclers: The City of Richmond Clean City Commission wants to help you recycle. Place your green recycling cart with the blue lid in the same location as your trash cart for collection. Your collection day has not changed. The blue lid does not mean that your collection day is on a Blue Week. Place only accepted recyclables in the cart for recycling. NO GARBAGE. You recycle. We reward. Sign up for RECYCLING PERKS at www.recyclingperks.com

Help keep the City of Richmond clean and green by RECYCLING!

Recycling Etiquette WORDS: Monique Webb, Recycling Perks

Etiquette is defined by Merriam-Webster as the rules indicating the proper and polite way to behave, so surely there has to recycling etiquette and we have all the Doâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ts listed here just for you! The following will help you to better prepare your items for recycling to ensure that none of your recyclables end up in the waste stream.

DO RECYCLE Below is a list of the items you can recycle, and how to prepare them for recycling. Rinse aluminum cans, glass bottles, jars and containers for recycling. Remove stray items from cans, bottles and containers. Place newspapers, magazines and catalogs in a tied bundle or in paper grocery bags. Remove food and wash containers. Remove paper clips and staples from paper. Remove tape and labeling from cardboard packaging. Tear out contaminated areas of pizza boxes and recycle the clean parts only.

DO NOT RECYCLE Below is a list of the items you cannot recycle, and why. Tissues, paper towels and paper napkins; these are inherently contaminated items.

Wet paper or wet cardboard. These will clog recycling machines and contaminate other cardboard being recycled. Food wrappers as they are usually contaminated with food such as chocolate or grease. Plastic shopping bags. These may usually be returned to the grocery store and go through an entirely different recycling process.

MORE HELPFUL TIPS Recycle electronics and E-Waste items such as cell phones which are toxic at an E-Waste recycling center not with your household recyclables. The most important thing to remember is to remove plastic caps and lids from plastic containers. Remove straws from plastic bottles as well.

Frozen food plates, deli trays or take out food containers; it is usually difficult to remove food from the contaminated material are not recyclable.

Plastic bags are recyclable, however, they are processed separately and should be returned to grocery stores that have special bins for clean plastic bags.

Bottle Tops because they are made from a different plastic from bottles and the chemical compounds in that type of plastic make it non-recyclable.

If a recycling container is full, do not place your recyclables on the ground, wait until the bin is emptied.

Yard waste such as tree trimmings and grass cuttings Never recycle any food contaminated items such as paper cups, paper plates and pizza boxes. Medical waste should not be placed in recycling bins. Medical waste is considered household hazardous waste and must be disposed of properly. Place recyclables into plastic grocery bags because plastic bags are not recyclable.

Do not recycle toxic containers in your household recycling bins such as paint cans, motor oil jugs, antifreeze jugs, pesticide containers, other household cleaning bottles as labeled. These must be disposed of using hazardous waste procedures. Additionally, tires may also be recycled at your local hazardous waste drop off center. Be sure to check your local requirements for more detailed recycling practices in your city. 15

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