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3 RECYCLING IN RICHMOND 4 BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT NEWSPAPER Recycle Greater Richmond Virginia is produced by Recycling Perks. It is our goal to build awareness of recycling, encouraging people to participate in recycling every day and every week by rewarding them with discounts and freebies for recycling. YOUR RICHMOND TEAM Carrie Friar | richmond@recyclingperks.com Bill Dempsey | bdempsey@recyclingperks.com
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10 DAYLIGHT SAVING 12 GIVE BACK CAMPAIGNS & EARTH DAY 14 WHY RECYCLING ISN’T ENOUGH & THE 3RS 15 RECYCLING PERKS 16 SIGN-UP FOR PERKS!
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Aluminum and Steel Cans
Food and Beverage Cartons
empty and rinse place the lid back in the can
empty, rinse, and replace cap
No Bags Do not Bag Recyclables Return plastic bags and wrap to retail. No garbage
Bottles and Jars empty and rinse no lids or caps
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Office Paper, Mixed Paper, Newspaper, Magazines, and Flattened Cardboard
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Get published in the next newspaper! Hey kids! Use the space below to draw an awesome picture that represents recycling or another environmentally friendly image. Hey parents! Submit images to events@recyclingperks.com for possible inclusion in the next issue of this newspaper. Plus you will get 250 points if you enter the promo code NEWSPAPERRVA6 in your RecyclingPerks.com account!
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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!
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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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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Ellwood Thompson’s Ellwood Thompson’s is located at 4 N Thompson St in the great City of Richmond. This famous Richmond market opened in 1989, and was known as the City Market. Three years later they moved their business to the heart of Carytown. With an idea inspired by 12 year old Anica, a market employee’s daughter, they named their new market after the intersection of their new location. This is how Ellwood met Thompson, and City Market became Ellwood Thompson’s Local Market. What was once a small 3,000sf business has grown to 20,000sf, with more than 120 employees to better service their customers. Among other things, Ellwood Thompson’s is happy to now provide you with a full-service meat and seafood department, in-house bakery, coffee and juice bar, a made-to-order food station
called CREATE, and a dining/ event space called The Beet. Ellwood Thompson’s remains today’s leading source of healthy and local foods in Richmond. The market supports local farmers producing fresh produce within 100 miles from the City of Richmond, offering the best in healthy, high quality produce at the fair prices we all love. Ellwood Thompson’s Mission statement is “Aspiring to feed the heart and soul of our community through a strong commitment to local and organic foods.” The market provides an atmosphere for you to nourish your mind, body, and soul, and a haven where you can slow down from the everyday grind. Through community engagement, they believe they can in-
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Carrie Friar, Recycling Perks
spire change in our City, staying ambitious and aiming to bring changes that start in Richmond and spread throughout the rest of the world like ripples of water. Not only does this great market offer the best in foods to eat, but where else can you shop and get a FREE 30-minute consultation from a health coach? Nowhere! The fact that they offer all the best products and then go above and beyond, making sure their customers are healthy, is all the more reason to support this business. This great place is also a partner with Richmond’s Recycling Perks program. Be sure to visit Ellwood Thompson’s and let them know Recycling Perks sent ya!! 7
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804 Wellness A Dezinerz Edge Nail Studio A New You Wellness Center Andres’ Day Spa and Gifts Galore Bamboo Nails Bardos Massage and Wellness Beautiful You Laser Hair Removal & Skin Services Celebrate U Salon and Spa David Madison Massage Escape Salon Felicia’s Fabulous Nails Gentle Hands Massage Great Clips Healing Hands Day Spa Heavenly Handed Spa Services Indulgence Salon and Boutique Jenifer Coleman, Certified Massage Therapist Kim and Kompany Salon Kneading Therapy Nail Theory Natural Elegance Haircare Studio NeeChic Perception Organic Salon and Spa Pressed Purify Sacred Waters Holistic Spa Salon Valentino Sea Breeze Tanning Salon Shear Power Shockoe Salon Spring Rejuvenation Think Pretty Timeless Beauty Unleashed The Salon Waves Hair Studio Mirus Massage Profound Touch Massage Refuge For Men
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Ashland Skateland Color Me Mine in Richmond ComedySportz® Richmond Country Inn & Suites in Ashland DMV Characters Firehouse Theatre G-Force Karts Hanover Country Club Kayak Richmond Keystone Tractor Museum, INC. Laser Quest Richmond
MP. Bounce With Me Richmond History Tours Rigby’s Jig River City Food Tours River City Segs Riverside Outfitters RVAswing Science Museum of Virginia Strangeways Brewing The Bowling Alley The John Marshall House The Laurianda Clothing Company The Stitching Studio The Tipsy Sommelier The Valentine Museum XZone Zero Gravity Bungee Trampoline Pine Camp Arts and Community Center Richmond Urban Dance Theatre VCU Presents A Time to Kill Theatre VCU Presents Monty Python’s Spamalot Theatre VCU Presents The Addams Family
FOOD & DRINK Anthony’s Italian Pizza #2 Applebee’s Arby’s Argyle Cupcakes Ashland Coffee and Tea Baja Bean Co. Balkan Restaurant Brick Oven Pizza Burger King Capital Ale House Carini’s Italian Restaurant Carytown Burgers and Fries Christian’s Pizza Cold Stone Creamery VCU Colonial Shell Dairy Queen Dante’s Pizzeria Denny’s Domino’s Pizza Colonial Heights Don Jose Mexican Restaurant Edible Arrangements in Colonial Heights Edible Arrangements Richmond England Street Tavern Family Secrets Firehouse Subs Great American Cookies Greenleaf’s Pool Room Jake’s Place Jersey Mike’s Lakeside Farmers’ Market Lone Star Steakhouse
Lucy’s McDonald’s Mo’s Sweet Minis Monique’s Crepes Padow’s Hams & Deli Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant Pepicelli’s Pizza Express Postbellum Regency Family Restaurant Sandano’s Italian Take Out Social52 Station 2 Streetcar Café Subway at Winding Brook Sugar and Twine T-Miller’s Sports Bar & Grill The Caboose Wine & Cheese The Vine Wine Club Tropical Smoothie Cafe’ in Richmond Tuckahoe Seafood Urban Farmhouse Market & Café Wagstaff’s Steak House ZZAAM! Fresh Korean Grill La Milpa Toasted Breakfast Co.
GROCERY Ashland Farmers Market Cross Bros. Grocery Dominion Harvest Ellwood Thompson’s Little House Green Grocery Martin’s of Ashland Martin’s of Colonial Heights
HEALTH & FITNESS Ascension Swimming for Adults Crunch Curves in Ashland Curves in Colonial Heights Dance Masters Ericka J. Fitness Freedom Fit Gym FSR Fitness Studio Girya Garage Kettlebell Cross-Training Glatter Fitness Green AcuClinic Hallism Fitness Hanover Yoga Holland Family Chiropractic Incite Fitness Jazzercise Fitness Center Julie Ann’s Therapeutic Massage Kia Potts Zumba Kickstars Martial Arts School Martial Arts World of Ashland Next Level Fitness Off And Dancing One Love Yoga Onward Fitness Quintessential Chiropractic Richmond Balance Richmond City Yoga Richmond Private Yoga RVA Hypnotherapy RVA Life Coaching Shockoe Bottom CrossFit Stepping Stone Chiropractic Summit Fitness The Hot Yoga Barre
Traylor Dance Academy Trimatrix Fitness Waitkus Counseling Group X-Team Fitness YogaHikes Zinger Fit Fighting Gravity Fitness Turn Cardio Jam Studio
HOME & GARDEN Above All Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning Ashland Ace Hardware Boulevard Flower Gardens Duck’s Locksmithing Frame Nation Gregory Chem Dry J.E. Perdue Landscaping & Garden Center Perfect Clean Picture Perfect Lawn Maintenance Pritchett’s Flooring America Red Eye Cookie Co. Sneed’s Nursery & Garden Center Tender Lawn Care Company Tree Diaper by Zynnovation
SERVICES A-1 Door Company A. C. Tire ALL-N-1 Kitchen and Floors Andrea Brown with Edward Jones Animal Motel Anthony Rumley Photography Ashland Express Care Balloon Blossom and Baskets by Bonnie Bark Avenue Pet Salon and Spaw Breneman + Braggs, P.C. BVisionMedia (BVM) Candlewood Suites CAREGISTICS Carpet -n- Floors Cartridge World Casey Bilups with Edward Jones Colonial Heights Lock and Key Colonial Plumbing and Heating Come To Order Companion Extraordinaire Computer Solutions Conscious Cuts Universal Services Crittertown BathHouse Custom Aire Heating & Cooling, Inc. Ductz of Richmond Southside East Coast Laser Tattoo Removal Eastern Lock and Key Fast Fix Jewelry and Watch Repair Fox Insurance & Financial Services Fruit Fixed Hampton Inn of Ashland Haskins Collision and Auto Service Heavenly Clips Herbert Insurance Agency Hot Spot Electronics Just Around the Corner Katie Cartwright Photography Lauterbach Electric Co. Luck Chevrolet Mac’s Service Center Merrymaker Fine Paper Minuteman Press Nicola Flora Noebels Tax Service Nora the Cleaning Lady
nTelos Staples Mill PATH Acupuncture Pink Photography Princess Cleaners rebecca d’angelo PHOTOGRAPHY RVA Wireless Shipps Heating and A/C Inc. Southern Pest Control TAC-Solutions The Appliance Place The Awards and Frame Company The Herald-Progress The Mosquito Authority of Richmond theNeatNiche Tuffy Auto Service Center Veterans Cleaning Services vetXpress Virginia Grace Events Vogue Flowers Wagging Tails Pet Salon Window Genie of Richmond
SHOPPING Fiamour Lingerie The Red Skirt Consignment Boutique A Little Bit of This & That Adolphs Affordable & Nice Thrift Store AlterNatives Boutique Appliances on Lakeside b. whimsy CaryTown Teas Changing Reins Elements of Carytown Fin & Feather Fleet Feet Sports Halcyon Vintage Hickory Creek Antiques Home Emporium Home Energy Store McAdoos’ Vintage, Thrift & Collectibles ModVinTique Peace Pieces Plato’s Closet Colonial Heights Plato’s Closet Richmond Quilting Adventures re.funk.it Sew Lorilee Handbags Side Street Gallery Stories Comics T-Shirt Studio Terra Gypsy The Chiffarobe Antiques The Toy Center Thrill of the Hunt Tompkins Jewelers Twig Urban Interiors Walkabout Outfitter Whispers of Time
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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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Give Back to Your Community with Recycling Perks The two types of Give Back Campaigns were created to provide funding to local charities and schools.
Featured Give Back Campaign
A reward is created for your non-profit on the Recycling Perks site 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 non-profit organization. Recycling Perks awards your non-profit $5 for each unique and eligible new Recycling Perks sign-up received via your customized landing page.
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It’s easy to get started, just send us your sign-up form via email to info@recyclingperks.com or contact us by phone, toll free at 855-813-2154.
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Earth Day What is that?
Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, when events are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.
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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
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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.
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