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C E L E B R AT E , C H RO N I C L E & I N S P I R E A Q UA RT E R LY P U B L I CAT I O N P RO D U C E D b y R e c y c l i n g Pe r k s . c o m
3 CITY SPOTLIGHT 4 BACK TO SCHOOL CRAFT! 5 CITY INFORMATION ABOUT RECYCLING
6 SHOP LOCAL WITH OUR PARTNERS!
7 LOCAL BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT 8 RECYCLING PERKS REWARDS PARTNERS
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10 UNDERSTAND RECYCLING CONTAMINATION 12 GETTING OUT 13 CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY 14 GREEN SCHOOL SUPPLIES 15 GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY Recycle Augusta-Richmond County is produced by Recycling Perks. It is our goal to build awareness of recycling by encouraging people to participate in recycling every day and every week by rewarding them for recycling with discounts and freebies. YOUR AUGUSTA TEAM Tanika Mason | augusta@recyclingperks.com Suzie Vance | savance@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com
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CITY SPOTLIGHT WORDS:
Suzie Vance, Recycling Perks
Never Miss a Recycling Day Again! If you’ve ever lost track of trash and recycling day or raced outside after hearing the truck leave, you’re in luck: Augusta/Richmond County residents can now access their pick up schedule online and sign up for a free customized reminder service called “ReCollect”. This new tool makes it easy for residents to access information about garbage, recycling, yard waste, and bulk waste pick up days and service updates. Available on the AugustaSolidWaste.com website, the ReCollect software can be used by just about anyone. It can be accessed on your smart phone, tablet, or computer. Simply by typing in their address, residents can view their collection day and select how they would like to receive a reminder. ReCollect allows residents to set up a reminder by email, text message, phone call to a cell or home phone, or smartphone app reminder. Next, residents can choose when they want to receive their collection reminder. For example, 6pm the day before collection day, or 7am the day of service. ReCollect allows residents to choose who they want to receive the reminders. They could choose the reminder to be sent to a son, daughter, or other family member’s phone to remind them to place the cart out for service! ReCollect provides not only reminders but also has a printable schedule calendar and a Waste Wizard. Waste Wizard is a tool that provides information on how to properly recycle or dispose of waste using Environmental Services and facilities. The Waste Wizard will also provide guidance on how to handle hazardous waste, construction material, and other items beyond daily household trash. Augusta is always looking for innovative ways to be more responsive to its residents’ needs. The new ReCollect service will provide residents with the ability to get information when, where, and how it is most convenient for them. ReCollect reminders, along with a quick and easy way to view collection schedules, can be found on the AugustaSolidWaste.com website. Click on “Find My Day of Service” to get started. Links are also available to download the free ReCollect smartphone app from the App Store and Google Play.
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Carton Upcycling WORDS: Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
Discover some easy carton upcycling crafts to do at home or at school! Give that carton a second life.
For both crafts, please rinse out your half-gallon carton with water.
3. Place the bird seeds inside of the carton. You are all set!
Carton bird feeder:
3. Turn the detached piece around and place it on your truck as your truck bed. Done!
1. Cut an opening on one side, then paint the carton as you wish.
Carton truck: 2. Break tree branches into 3-inch long pieces and glue them on to the top with a glue gun. 4
2. Cut into the carton along the lines below:
1. Turn the carton on the side and attach sticks and plastic bottle caps onto the carton with a glue gun.
RECYCLING - MADE EASY -
Our single cart system makes recycling easier than ever! There’s no sorting or separating – just put all recyclable items in your recycling cart and we take care of the rest!
Household Recyclable Items
CANS & FOIL
PAPERS
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• Newspaper • Cardboard (flattened) • Junk mail
• Bottles and containers
• Books and phonebooks
• Plastic milk containers
• Frozen food packaging
• Detergent containers
• Recycle empty containers only • Rinse food residue from containers • All recyclables must be placed in the cart with the lid mostly closed • Only use the recycling cart provided by Augusta Solid Waste Department
• If a customer service notice is received, make appropriate corrections prior to the next recycling collection day
Do not include the following in your recycling cart:
Glass
Cleaners
Plastic bags
Fluorescent lamps
Styrofoam
Electronics
Packing peanuts
Medical waste
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• Place your recycling cart at curbside 3 feet from other carts, cars and objects with the lid facing the street
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• Aluminum cans and foil • Tin, steel, metal cans • Aerosol cans (empty)
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The rewards of shopping local with reward partners! WORDS: Suzie Vance, Recycling Perks
Many communities have “shop local” mentalities, and push this through advertising, tax breaks, and other incentives. Have you ever wondered WHY they do this, and why is it important? What happens when we DON’T shop local? Are there unseen benefits to shopping locally? Why do communities promote shopping local? One reason seems obvious: more money, including taxes, stays in the community instead of becoming part of an outside corporation’s revenue. Local businesses often don’t have customers outside of the local area, so their survival depends upon residents shopping locally. If residents shop at big-box stores instead of local merchants, local merchants lose. And, big box stores offer variety and convenience that many local businesses can’t provide. In our on-the-go, over-scheduled lives, we have limited time to shop, and we often choose convenience over all else. Why would you go to three different locations to get everything you need when you can get it all in one stop? Business leaders realize this and see the loss of revenue from local taxes as a big issue. It affects their ability to function and provide services to their communities. Think of it this way: If our tax dollars as a nation were being paid to a foreign country instead of our own, our government would not be able to afford to function or provide services to its citizens. Infrastructures would degrade from lack of maintenance, social programs would be unfunded, and jobs would be lost. All because we as a country chose to spend our dollars somewhere else. So, businesses actively encourage residents to shop locally— keep our revenue here. The hope is that local residents will see the monetary value in shopping locally and will make the effort to spend more of their time and dollars in support of the community as a whole. Sometimes this works, but often, it does not.
Beyond the obvious benefits of shopping locally, are there other benefits that we may not see? Yes! How many of us long for the “good old days” where we knew our neighbors, and had time to interact with them? Where businesses were places to socialize while we got things done? Where everyone looked out for each other and felt a true sense of community? This is something that happens when we shop locally. We get to know our business owners and the people who work for and with them. They become friends, thereby widening our social circle. For many of us, true social connections have become fewer as we focus on the number of “friends” we have instead of on the quality of the relationships that we have with real friends. Make no mistake, real relationships with people we interact with on a regular basis enrich our lives. This is one of the often overlooked benefits of shopping locally. Our sense of community is enhanced because we KNOW our business owners—and they know us. They understand us and our needs much better than big box stores ever could. They are more willing to provide the goods and services that we ask for because WE are asking for them, whereas a big box store is more focused on whether or not 7 a particular good or service will lead to more sales. Customer service may take a back seat to profits when businesses don’t feel a true connection with their customers. Local businesses understand this and foster the relationships that they have with their customers, who often become friends.
What happens when residents don’t shop locally?
What are the rewards of shopping locally?
First, there are fewer taxes paid in support of the local community. This means that municipalities have fewer dollars to run the government, provide infrastructure, and provide public services like police, fire, and ambulance, and other vital services. Second, businesses close and people lose their jobs because no customers means no revenue. These former business owners, and their former employees, then join the ranks of the unemployed. They often have to seek employment away from their communities, which means longer commutes and less time with their families—and less time to shop locally.
We support our local businesses who, in return, support us. Our local governments have more revenue to provide needed services and infrastructure and to enhance our community as a whole. We develop true connections with local business owners and have a true sense of community. This sense of community enriches our lives, while the revenue produced provides comfort, stability, and security in our lives and the lives of others in our homes and communities.
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Yes, shopping locally has rewards—big ones!
WORDS:
Tanika Mason, Recycling Perks
BAU Essentials Candles It was a hot sunny day in Augusta GA on April 22nd, 2017…which happened to be Earth Day. Oliver Jones, owner of Bau Essentials, was fully set up with products and popsicles and ready to entertain the crowds of people coming to learn all about his offerings. And lucky for us, Recycling Perks Augusta, was set up right beside him. So not only did we get a firsthand look at all of the wonderful products Mr. Jones had on display, it was the perfect time to spark up a conversation with him and what his business did and was about. At Bau Essentials their goal is to provide a large selection of natural care products and soy candles with essential oils and natural fragrances…and at the low-
est prices in the area. They carry over 40 different aromatherapy oils and massage candles, and even carry specialty handbags made from recycled plants. And all fragrances are infused with 100% essential oils and soy which means no harsh chemicals that are bad for the body and bad for the environment. So after learning, about all that Bau Essentials does and offers it seemed only right that we begin a reward partnership with them. So months later and now here in the present, Mr. Jones has been an amazing, supportive, rewards partner, for the Recycling Perks program here in Richmond County. Not only does he promote the program in his store front, he also promotes the program at all the events
he attends. “When I heard about the program and what it involved, it seemed like a win-win-win situation. I love being able to partner with great programs that are doing something great for the environment, but, also they’ve given my business a lot of exposure as well. It’s been a productive and positive collaboration that I look forward to growing every day,” says Oliver Jones, owner of Bau Essentials. So if you haven’t had a chance to take a look at his website, please check it out. You can find a lot of great items for sale in his store front as well as online, and redeem those rewards for even more savings with Bau Essentials…this quarter’s Reward Partner Business Spotlight.
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RECYCLING PERKS REWARD PARTNERS
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The Drain Surgeon The Garage on Gordon Highway Top Notch Express Car Wash WMW Tax and Accounting X-treme Audio Inc
BEAUTY & SPA Allegiance Ink Tattoo Ambience Hair Color Studio - Layton Chavis Avon Representative - Tonya Thomas Butch Palmer Salon Coco Michelle Beauty Essentials Dapper & Co. M.G.L. Dricka Hair GA Aesthetic Med Spa Halo Salon and Spa Hannan Family Dentistry Hot and Ready Omar’s Barber Shop Humanitree House Palm Beach Tan Hungry Howie’s Perfect Bodies Joe’s Underground Relax Therapeutic Massage Studio Just Lunch Sharon Abrams@Urban Grace Salon Laura’s Sweet Creations Sport Clips Mornin’ Joe Tata African Hair Braiding P.F. Chang’s Unique Vision Hair Salon PoPpin’ Stop Yankee Clippers Barbershop Roma’s Pizza Ruth’s Family Restaurant EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Salsa’s Bar and Grill Sandwich City Adventure Crossing Sasserfrass Hill Bee Farm Augusta Fencers Club Soy Noodle House Ballroom in Motion Steak-Out Brunswick Zone Food + Drink (continued) Broadway Tackle Steak-Out Cole Watkins Tours Sunshine Bakery Forest Hills Golf Club Taqueria El Rey Jumping J’s Inflatables The Bee’s Knees Le Chat Noir The Cotton Patch Cafe Level Up The Social Steep Petersburg Boat Guided Tours Which Wich in Augusta Pinetucky Gun Club Habaneros Mexican Grill Platinum Sports and Complete Game Putt-Putt Golf and Games HEALTH & FITNESS Wedges & Woods
FOOD & BEVEREAGE 1102 A Piece of Cake Abuela’s Seafood Belair Donuts Big Daddy’s Bar and Grill Blossom Caterers Blue Sky Kitchen Carrabba’s Italian Grill Checkers Delightful Bites El Alazan Fatman’s Mill Cafe Fuse Restaurant Great American Cookies Augusta Great Chow Buffet and Grill Hildebrandt’s Hive Growler Bar
SHOPPING
HOME & GARDEN Bath Fitter Lucy’s Laundry Re-Bath
SERVICES
AGC Teacher Supply Amelia’s Buds & Blooms Florist Baskets By JaVon Battery Warehouse Bohler Branum’s Sewing and Vacuum Butch Palmer Salon Cartridge World Davis Appliance and Furniture Etched Memory Harbor Freight Humanitree House It Fitts You Consignment Shoppe J Interiors Lavender Starlight Mem’ry Lane Mema Had One Moonlight Gems and Jewels Panache Tosh by Cache Paws and Claws Pet Bakeryy RoMaLa Crochet Southern Made The Book Tavern The Classy Closet The Shoppe Tie Dye Rosie Video Game Heaven Way to Go Fashion
All Green Auto Spa Augusta Atomic Tech Augusta Grass Masters Augusta Professional Auto Detail Augusta Virtual Assistants, LLC Avail Accounting and Tax Services Bowman Bookkeeping & More, Inc. C & C Automotive Double O Sole Exousia Marketing Group Frank’s Tint & Graph-X GeekOut Pro Granny’s Home Catering JB Tree Service Jerry Brigham & Associates JNK Stylez Car Wash Lisa D Mayo, CPA Pets and Peace Professionally Fast Transcription Services Amber Smith Fitness Residential Cleaning Services CrossFit 4 Everyone Silverstein’s Cleaners and Launderers Dancing Dogs Yoga Smith’s Tire Dr. Tom Paris Smitty’s Auto Fit Figure Fitness Georgia Chiropractic & Wellness Center Steve’s Auto Service Summit Green Solutions Live Healthy MD Sweeny’s Watch & Clock Repair MTAG Fitness The Augusta Music Box Newman Tennis Center The Barkin Meow Home and Pet Sitting Service Oxygen Fitness Studio Phurious Training Rob Jones Fitness The Warehouse Workout Ultimate Ride & Fitness UnderBox Crossfit
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Understand recycling contamination WORDS: Suzie Vance, Recycling Perks
Q: What is recycling contamination? A: Recycling contamination is ANYTHING that cannot be recycled through your local hauler. Every community is different, sometimes with multiple haulers in a single community. What constitutes contamination is dependent upon what can be recycled locally. If your local hauler accepts only paper, plastic, and metal for recycling and you put your glass bottles in the recycling bin, you’ve just contaminated the entire bin—and possibly the entire truckload of recycling!
Q: Are there some things that are always considered contamination? A: YES! Food waste is always a recycling contaminant--unless it is being collected for composting. Some other common contaminants are scrap metal, ceramics (like dishes), light bulbs, liquids in containers, hazardous waste (like household cleaners, paint, and motor oil), chemicals, batteries, plastic bags (loose or containing other items), electronics, and Styrofoam.
Q: Are there any recyclables that can also be considered contamination? A: Yes. Depending on your hauler, some types of plastics are considered contaminants. A very common plastic that cannot be recycled curbside is plastic bags. They can shut down the entire operation if they get stuck in the machinery; that’s why you will need to bring those to your local city-specific collection facility for recycling. Use your own bags for shopping. Another common item that most people think is recyclable is the paper coffee cup (for example: the Starbucks cup). None of the Recycling Perks cities can recycle paper coffee cups because they have a thin polyethylene plastic coating that is difficult to recycle.
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Q: We use a lot of paper napkins, plates, cups, etc., that don’t appear to be soiled. Can these be recycled? A: These items should be thrown into the garbage. Once you’ve used them, they’re contaminated. Even a small amount of oil or food on them makes them unrecyclable. Also, many paper products (like plates and cups) have a thin plastic lining that gives them strength or prevents leaking. This plastic lining is considered a contaminant because it is NOT what is being recycled - PAPER.
Q: My recycling is about 95% clean and uncontaminated. That’s good, right? A: It’s good, but can you do better? We all do our best to recycle properly, but don’t always take the time to do it right. We forget to rinse out a plastic bottle before putting it in the recycling bin or decide that a pizza box looks clean enough to recycle, or think that something that is made of two different recyclable materials (like paper and plastic) is recyclable. We have good intentions, but even a small amount of contamination is enough to disrupt the entire recycling process. And, the effects are cumulative. If everyone makes sure that 95% of their recycling is uncontaminated, that means that 5% IS contaminated. That may not seem like a lot, but the contamination weakens the finished product and ends up back in our homes.
Q: What can I do to reduce recycling contamination? A: Educate yourself. Call your local recycling hauler or city recycling provider and ask them what you can and cannot recycle locally, i.e., which plastics (by number), paper products, types/colors of glass, types of metals, etc. Ask about drop off locations for items that can’t be recycled curbside. Many cities offer drop off locations for paper, plastic, metal, glass, electronics, and hazardous waste. Visit your city’s/hauler’s website to get additional information. And, read Recycling Perks blogs and follow us on Facebook to continue your recycling education. Before long you’ll be a recycling expert, and have a 0% recycling contamination rate! 11
Local Events
August
8/4 FIRST FRIDAY CONCERT 8/6 ARTRAGEOUS! 7 pm, Augusta Common - FREE
8/19 4 H FAMILY YOGA IN THE PARK
2 pm, Morris Museum of Art- FREE
9 am, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park - FREE
8/4 8 ANNUAL BACK TO SCHOOL BASH 8/12 SUMMER CONCERT SERIES 8/19 FAMILY LEGO DAY 2 pm, Diamond Lakes Community Center - FREE 7 pm, 8th Street Stage - FREE 11 am, Diamond Lakes Branch Library - FREE TH
8/ 5, 12, 19, 25 MARKET ON THE RIVER 8/12 CLEAN UP AUGUSTA 8 am, 8th Street Plaza, Reynolds Street - FREE 9 am, All over Augusta - FREE
8/19 T IRE RECYCLE EVENT 9 am, Augusta Richmond County Landfill- FREE
8/5 D N-HER FEELINGS 8/ 18 MOVIES ON THE COMMON 8/25 FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 11 am, Liberty Park- Grovetown- FREE 7:30 pm, Augusta Commons - FREE 6 pm, Kroc Augusta - FREE
September
9/1 F IRST FRIDAY CONCERT
9/23 BERRYFLEMINGBOOKFESTIVAL 9/16 4 H FAMILY YOGA IN THE PARK
7 pm, Augusta Common- FREE
9/2, 9, 16, 23, 30 MARKET ON THE RIVER
9 am, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park - FREE
9/29 FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 9/16 F AMILY LEGO DAY
8 am, 8th Street Plaza, Reynolds Street - FREE
9/15-17 ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA
9 am, Augusta University Summerville Campus
11 am, Diamond Lakes Branch Library - FREE
6 pm, Kroc Augusta - FREE
9/23 B EAT FEET FOR ALS
5 pm, Downtown Augusta - $10
8 am, Augusta Riverwalk- FREE
October 10/ 7, 14, 21, 28 MARKET ON THE RIVER
10/21
8 am, 8th Street Plaza, Reynolds Street - FREE
4H FAMILY YOGA IN THE PARK 9 am, Phinizy Swamp Nature Park - FREE
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10/21
FAMILY LEGO DAY 11 am, Diamond Lakes Branch Library - FREE
10/27 FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT 6 pm, Kroc Augusta - FREE
Win a Recycling Perks goodie bag! Hey kids! Connect the dots to reveal your drawing and color it. Hey parents! Submit this page to events@recyclingperks.com to win a recycling perks goodie bag. Plus you will get 100 points if you enter the promo code RPGOODIEBAG in your RecyclingPerks.com account! *Picture doesn’t represent the precise content of the goodie bag.
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Green school supplies WORDS: Sandra Hungate, Recycling Perks
While preparing for the kids to go back to school, we prepared a short list of essential supplies that are earth and kid friendly. Some of them are even recycled!! Here’s a list of 8 must-haves to make going back to school easy and cool for both your kid and the planet. Zebra ECO Ballpoint pen - $1.99
Guess what this pen is made of? It’s made of over 70% real post-consumer plastic, like old CDs and cell phones! https://www.greenlinepaper.com/misc-products/penspencils-refills/zebra-eco-ballpoint-pen.html
Recycled Student Composition Books - $3.29 This composition book is made of a minimum of 30% recycled fibers and 30% Post-consumer waste. And you can recycle it again when you’re done using it! https://www.greenlinepaper.com/filing-school/schoolsupplies/composition-books.html
Coccoina Non-Toxic Glue Stick - $3.95
This non-toxic glue stick is safe for the environment, and you, and easily washes off with water. https://www.theultimategreenstore.com/p-1834-coccoina-non-toxic-glue-stick.aspx
Crayons - $3.38
These eco friendly crayons are made from unwanted used crayon pieces, and are packaged in a recycled kraft tuck-top box. http://greenapplesupply.org/recycle-stick-crayons
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Recycled PET Backpack - $29.95 Can you believe these bags are made from recycled PET water bottles? Plus, non-toxic dyes & materials have been used. https://www.theultimategreenstore.com/p-1653-ecogearglacier-recycled-pet-backpack.aspx
Recycled Scissors - $12.09
The scissors’ handle consists of 70% plastic and 30% post-consumer content, and are infused with antimicrobial protection to inhibit the growth of bacterial odors. http://www.staples.com/Recycled Scissors...
100% Recycled Construction Paper - $1.31
This pretty, heavy-weight recycled paper is marbled with three fun colors (Pink, Blue, and Yellow). http://greenapplesupply.org/neapolitan-100-recycledconstruction-paper
Bentgo Kids - Bentgo Lunch Box - $22.39 How about giving 5% of this product’s price to the Feed the Children organization? https://bentgo.com/products/bentgo kids?variant=898776151
Give Back to Your Schools or Nonprofits with Recycling Perks The two types of Give Back Campaigns were created to provide funding to schools and local charities.
Featured Give Back Campaign A reward is created for your school or nonprofit on the Recycling Perks website and is available for an entire month. Each redemption is a $2 donation for every 20 points redeemed from eligible local Recycling Perks members! Sign-Up and Give Back Campaign A custom URL landing page along with a custom promo code is created for your school or nonprofit. Recycling Perks awards your group $5 for each unique and eligible new Recycling Perks sign-up received via your customized landing page or promo code. Ready to sign up your school or nonprofit for a Give Back Campaign? It’s easy to get started. Send us an email at info@ recyclingperks.com or contact us by phone toll free at 855-813-2154.
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