*Green business directory inside
FIRST UTILITY DISTRICT of Knox County
966-9741 photo by Wayne Watson
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Green
New life for plastic bottles
Directory BUILDING & MAINTENANCE AA-Air Co. 1001 Katherine Ave, Knoxville, TN 37921 865-689-5290, aa-airco.com, aa-air@aa-airco.com
Barber McMurry architects 623 Lindsay Place, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-934-1915, bma1915.com, info@bma1915.com
Barcwood 1820 Wrights Ferry Road, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-755-2119, barcwood.com
BBN/TENN. Sales Inc. 3537 Papermill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909 865-637-7666, bbntennsales@bellsouth.net
Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet Specialists 200 Butterfly Way, Knoxville, TN 37924 865-809-4400, blueridgeccs.com, blueridgeccs@yahoo.com
Brewer Ingram Fuller Architects Inc. Cherokee Mills, 111 N. Concord St., Knoxville, TN 37919
Companies recycle waste into carpet
865-525-2707, breweringramfuller.com mail@breweringramfuller.com
Carol R. Johnson Associates Inc.
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524 S. Gay St., Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902
ALAN SLOAN asloan@farragutpress.com
Many of those plastic soda bottles you recycle in a single-stream curbside container, perhaps, will find new life as high-quality Georgia carpet. Companies such as Waste Management and Waste Connections take it from your curbside recycling bin, then other companies such as Tennessee American Recycling LLC, prepare it for a “bailed” path to Asheville, N.C., for further sorting and preparation before reaching the Peach State. “We use No. 1 PET plastic,” said Jenny Cross, global sustainability director with Mohawk Industries, Inc. based in Dalton, Ga., about what amounts to “around three billion bottles a year that come in” to be converted into carpet. Cross said Mohawk is one of “three of us in the industry” among major carpet manufacturers “that recycle bottles” into carpet. Mohawk receives plastic bottles at its Summerville, Ga., recycling plant “typically bailed up. We get them from all over North America, we’ll purchase from all over.” “We do another sort of them because
sometimes you’ll get cans in a bail or you’ll get a milk jug, which is not what we’re looking for,” Cross added. “As well as the color separation.” “The color you have in a Mountain Dew bottle is green, that doesn’t do very well for off-white or beige carpet. So we’ll separate that out and put that in a darker color.” Clear plastic bottles “can go into anything, clear will take any color,” Cross said. “It’s those that already have some color that are a bit restricted in the darker shade. “Then we’ll chop everything up … it makes it in to what we call flake, so it’s little flakes,” Cross added. “And it goes into a washer at that point to clean. It goes into a hot water bath.” “A bottle has three different plastics in it: the bottle itself, then you have the label and then you have the cap. We have to separate those out.” Though all three components are “ground up at the same time,” the carpet-making PET bottle portion, upon being washed, “will go to the bottom,” Cross said. “And everything else floats to the top.” The ground up and floating plastic — from See PLASTIC on Page 7
865-522-2752, crja.cominfo@crja.com
Cleaning Authority of Knoxville 11000 Kingston Pike, Ste. 6, Knoxville, TN 37934 865-288-0080, knoxville.thecleaningauthority.com
Cope Associates Inc. 2607 Kingston Pike, Ste. 5, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-694-9000, cope-associates.com copehr@cope-associates.com
Design Innovation Architects 402 S. Gay St., Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-637-8540, dia-arch.com, info@dia-arch.com
Eco Clean Carpet Solutions P.O. Box 24422, Knoxville, TN 37933 865-691-5556, knoxclean.com, info@knoxclean.com
Top left: Each minute, 14,000 plastic bottles become Mohawk’s EverStrand carpet fiber. Here you see the plastic bottles as they are bundled together and prepared for sorting. Top right: Mohawk is one of three major recyclers of plastic bottles in the flooring industry. Here you see the sorting machine, grouping the bottles accordingly in preparation for grinding them into chips.
Eco-Logical Pest Management P.O. Box 23230, Knoxville, TN 37933 865-406-52391, ecologicalpest.com, valerie@ecologicalpest.com
Elizabeth Eason Architecture 2524 S. Gay St., Ste. 301, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-525-9066, eearchitecture.com
Ferguson Enterprises 6422 Deane Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-531-8550, ferguson.com
Fulghum MacIndoe & Associates Inc. 10330 Hardin Valley Road, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-690-6419, fulghummacindoe.com
Interstate Mechanical Contractors 3200 Henson Road, Knoxville, TN 37921 865-588-0180, interstatemechanical.com, imcinfo@interstatemechanical.com
Johnson and Sons Carpet Gallery 4821 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37918 865-281-0002, johnsonandsonscarpet.com, karpetgallery@comcast.net
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Johnson Architecture Inc. 2240 Sutherland Ave., Ste. 105, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-671-9060, jainc.comdjohnson@jainc.com
Joseph Construction Co. 203 Letterman St., Knoxville, TN 37919 865-584-3945, josephconst.com, eastman@josephconst.com
MACTEC 9725 Cogdill Road, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-588-8544, mactec.com
McCarty Holsaple McCarty Inc. 550 W. Main St., Ste. 300, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-544-2000, mhminc.com, marketing@mhminc.com
Michael Brady Inc. 299 N. Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-584-0999, michaelbradyinc.com, mbi@mbiarch.com
Mr. Handyman of West Knoxville 118 N. Peters Rd., Ste.223, Knoxville, TN 37923 865-293-0080, mrhandymanknoxville.com, allen.ellison@mrhandyman.com
Defining “Organic”
My Plumber Inc. 118 N. Peters Road, Knoxville, TN 37923 865-617-4596, myplumbertn.com
Perfection Group 6816 Barger Pond Way, Knoxville, TN 37912 865-938-4822 ext. 1802
Quantum Environmental & Engineering Services
Wszelaki wants consumers to educate themselves on what the word really means
126 Dante Road, Knoxville, TN 37918 865-689-1395, qe2llc.com, info@qe2llc.com
Service MasterClean 6634 Central Ave. Pike, Ste, H, Knoxville, TN 37912 865-281-0220, servicemasterclean.com
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HEATHER BECK hbeck@farragutpress.com
Smee + Busby Architects 29 Market Square, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-521-7550, smeebusby.com
Smith and Associates Geothermal P.O. Box 5921, Knoxville, TN 37928 865-546-1476, smithgeothermal.com, smithassocgeo@bellsouth.net
Seckman Reid Inc. 144 Market Place Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37922 865-560-9622, ssr-inc.com
Studio Four Design Inc. 414 Clinch Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902 865-523-5001, s4dinc.comgterry@s4dinc.com
Team McIn-Kowski, Keller Williams Realty 5616 Kingston Pike, Ste. 201, Knoxville 37919 865-237-5289, knoxvillehomeexpert.com
The Benefield Richters Co. 516 Union Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902 865-637-7009, benefieldrichters.com
The Cleaning Authority 1100 Kingston Pike, Ste. 6, Knoxville, TN 37934 865-288 0812, knoxville.thecleaningauthority.com thecleaningauthority@charter.net
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY BMC - Business Machines Co. 3132 Morris Ave., Knoxville, TN 37909 865-525-4262, 4bmc.com, info@4bmc.com
Claris Networks 608 Mabry Hood Road, Ste. 100, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-251-5555, clarisnetworks.com, info@clarisnetworks.com
Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment 311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-4251, isse.utk.edu, isse@utk.edu
Streamline Group 11020 Solway School Road, Ste. 101, Knoxville, TN 37931 865-622-9212, sgllc.net, info@sgllc.net
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“Organic” has become a hot topic, a marketing campaign and a grocery shopping key word in recent years, but commercial vegetable extension specialist at The University of Tennessee, Annette Wszelaki, wants consumers to educate themselves on what the word really means. And on what it could mean for their own backyards. “People have a Wszelaki perception that it can be more nutritious and better for you to eat organic. And I use the word ‘perception’ because that’s not necessarily the case,” Wszelaki said. Grocery store studies of organic versus conventionally grown fruits and vegetables often have conflicting results because so many other factors influence those foods — where it was grown, how far it traveled, how long it
sat in the grocery store, the type of soil it grew in, and the variety of each vegetable. “There is that perception, but there is no good evidence one way or another. It’s extremely hard to do a study and compare the two,” Wszelaki said. One of the best ways to eat healthy food — and to control what’s in or on your fruits and vegetables — is to grow it yourself. Wszelaki said she’s seen a resurgence in backyard gardens, due both to the recession — as people look for inexpensive ways to acquire healthy food — and the local food movement. “You know, everybody used to have a garden. And now people are coming back around to that because they miss that connection to their food,” Wszelaki said. “There’s a lot of satisfaction in growing your own garden. You can go out and say, ‘I grew this tomato from a tiny seed.’ It’s very satisfying,” she added. Growing food at home likely isn’t a fad, she said, since it builds upon the local food movement and the desire many have to know where their food
comes from. In addition, growing food at home means knowing exactly what is — or is not — in it. “And we see more and more food safety outbreaks than we ever did before, and that’s partially because of the global nature of our food systems,” Wszelaki said. Organic gardening at home differs from conventional gardening in that it doesn’t rely on chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides. That typically means no traditional 20-20-20 supplements providing nitrogen, phosphate and potassium to plants. Instead, plants are supplemented with compost and natural sources of those minerals, such as bone or blood meal or the like. Pest management might include pesticides that have been approved for organic use, or might include biological controls, such as Bacillus thuringiensis, a microbial insecticide Wszelaki said she uses in UT garden, to kill caterpillars on cabbages. “It’s very safe, but it stops those See ORGANIC on Page 5
Thermocopy of Tennessee Inc. 3505 Sutherland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37919 865-524-1124, thermocopy.com
Hart Graphics 10228 Technology Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-675-1600, hartgraphics.com, info@hartgraphics.com
Smith & Hammaker 133 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917 865-637-7881, smithandhammaker.com info@smithandhammaker.com
Virtual Interactive Center 106A W. Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-524-8888, vic.com, info@vic.com
CUSTOMER SERVICE EdFinancial Services P.O. Box 36014, Knoxville, TN 37930 865-342-5500, edfinancial.com
Top: Ladybugs are among the most popular beneficial insects for controlling pests in your garden. Above: A view of the UT AgResearch Organic Crops Unit off John Sevier Highway.
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caterpillars from feeding on vegetables,” Wszelaki said. Herbicides traditionally aren’t used in organic gardening because they only slow weed growth, rather than stop it. But in organically-accepted herbicides, high-acetic acid vinegar is an example. “It burns everything down, but then it will recover. But you certainly wouldn’t want to get that in your eye or anything, because it could be just as harsh as something else,” Wszelaki said. In general, organic gardening takes a holistic look at your garden as a whole, rather than on using chemicals to provide one benefit at a time. Wszelaki said cover cropping — the practice of planting a crop such as
clover or rye grass over soil that otherwise would be bare between cash crop plantings — is one example. “You might plant it to prevent erosion, if you’re in an area with erosion problems, but in the meantime it will prevent soil erosion ... it’ll also choke out other weeds ... when you till it under, it will improve the organic matter in your soil,” Wszelaki said. Cover crops also can bring in beneficial insects, and cover crops that are part of the legume family fix nitrogen into the soil. “All of those things overlap, because in an organic system, you’re not spraying a fungicide, you’re doing these other production techniques that don’t just do one thing, they do a multitude of things,” Wszelaki said. Another example is crop rotation, or not planting the same vegetables, or
vegetables in the same family, in the same spot year after year. Crop rotation cuts down on diseases and insect infestations. “So you have tomatoes in there one year, and you rotate out of the tomato family the next year, and you might have pumpkins,” Wszelaki said. Pumpkins have different root systems that work the soil differently, feed on different nutrients and cover the soil, preventing weeds. The next year, the same bed might be ready for a crop such as carrots, which grows differently than either pumpkins or tomatoes. “All of these things fit together, and it’s really a holistic system. It’s not a magic bullet. It’s intentionally doing things to build your soil, attract beneficial insects and just get your system to naturally work together,” Wszelaki said.
ENERGY Construction Science Investigation 4016 Guinn Road, Knoxville, TN 37931 865-332-3495, thegreenbuilder@comcast.net
ECO-Aire 10820 Parkgate Lane, Knoxville, TN 37934 865-671-7198, ecoaire1@gmail.com
FLS Energy P.O. Box 20468, Knoxville, TN 37940 865-705-4049, flsenergy.com
Genera Energy 2450 E.J. Chapman Drive, Ste. 216, Knoxville, TN 37996 865-974-8258, generaenergy.net, info@generaenergy.net
Gooddeal Technologies 3428 Johnson Road, Knoxville, TN 37931 865-694-8439
Green Earth Services 1316 Willow Grove Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-769-7337, ezsolarbiz.com, ed@ezsolarbiz.com
Green Home Solutions 228 W. Jackson Ave., Knoxville, TN 37902 865-441-8731, greenhomesolutionsllc.com info@greenhomesolutionsllc.com
Green River 2800 Aqua Lane, Knoxville, TN 37931 865-919-7464, greenriver.biz
Green River LLC P.O. BOX 52085, Knoxville, TN 37950 865-216-3998, greenriver-llc.com, service@greenriver-llc.com
GreenWorks kvar Knoxville, TN 37918 865-386-6623, greenworkskvar@comcast.net
Hawkeye Solar 6724 Papermill Road, Knoxville, TN 37919 865-247-6044, hawkeyesolar.com, info@hawkeyesolar.com
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Johnson Controls
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Office Furniture Outfitters
6101 Industrial Heights Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909
8810 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37923
1817 Grand Ave., Knoxville, TN 37916
865-388-3060, johnsoncontrols.com
865-693-5939, enterprise.com
865-524-3003, ofoknox.com info@ofoknox.com
Knoxville Utilities Board
Holiday Inn World's Fair Park 525 Henley St., Knoxville, TN 37902
Rapid Refill
865-522-2800, holidayinnworldsfairpark.com
8079D Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
On Earth Energy Group
Knoxville Convention Center
865-694-4465, rapidrefill.com manager.224@rapidrefillink.net
701 Henley St., Knoxville, TN 37902 865-522-5669, knoxvilleconventioncenter.com
Precision Window Tint Seats 'N Stuff 207 Center Park Drive, Ste. 2130, Knoxville, TN 37922 865-966-8468, precisiontinttn.com, info@precisiontinttn.com
31 Market Square, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-566-0275, lacostaonmarketsquare.com
Sustainable Future
The Center for Clean Products 311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, Tennessee 37996
La Costa on Market Square
201 Ogle Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920
Shoney's Restaurants of Knoxville
865-851-8192, sustainablefuture.biz
9720 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922 865-690-6331, shoneys.com
865-974-8979, isse.utk.edu/ccp/index.html cleanproducts@utk.edu
Tindell's Building Materials 7751 Norris Freeway, Knoxville 37938
9050 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923
103 Fox Road, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-690-5040, lunchboxeventcatering.com/index.html
865-983-1988, watkinsonline.com/dbishop dbishop@watkinsonline.com
10525D Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37922
Three Rivers Market
865-692-3260, windowtinttn.com, craig@windowtinttn.com
937 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
Workspace Solutions
865-525-2069, threeriversmarket.coop gm@threeriversmarket.coop
10445 Cogdill Road, Knoxville, TN 37932
Above the Rest Balloon & Event Designs 1801 Grenada Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37922
GOVERNMENT City of Knoxville
MEDICAL Cherokee Health Systems 2018 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921 865-544-0406, cherokeehealth.com
Girl Scout Council of the Southern Appalachians
The Lunchbox Market & Cafe
865-632-2101, tva.gov
EVENT PLANNING
865-342-6765, knoxnews.com
NONPROFIT
400 W. Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, TN 37902
Window Tint of Tennessee
Knoxville News Sentinel 2332 News Sentinel Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921
865-922-7751, tindells.com
Watkins Products Independent Distributor 394446 Darlene Bishop
Tennessee Valley Authority
DoubleJay Creative 3839 Martin Mill Pike, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37920 865-246-1334, doublejaycreative.com
P.O. Box 59017, Knoxville, TN 37950 865-524-2911, kub.org, roach@kub.org
Knoxville, TN, 865-986-7594
MEDIA
865-671-5052, workspacesolutionsinc.com mike@workspacesolutionsinc.com
1567 Downtown West Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37919 865-688-9440, girlscoutcsa.org
Helen Ross McNabb Center 201 W. Springdale Ave., Knoxville, TN 37909 865-329-9095, mcnabbcenter.org
Ijams Nature Center
HEALTH CARE
2915 Island Home Ave., Knoxville, TN 37920
Knoxville's Community Development Corp.
865-577-4717 ext. 16, ijams.org
865-719-8110, abovetheresteventdesigns.com, dianna@abovetheresteventdesigns.com
400 Main St., Room 581, Knoxville, TN 37902
Parkwest Medical Center
865-215-4430, cityofknoxville.org/sustainability sustainability@cityofknoxville.org
9352 Park West Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37923
Corporate Services & Events Inc.
865 373-1000, treatedwell.com
865 403-1100, kcdc.org/en/Home.aspx, info@kcdc.org
GREEN PRODUCTS
INFORMATION
PAPER PRODUCTS
Aqua Clear Water Systems
Beaver Creek Watershed Association
4715 Middle Creek Lane, Knoxville, TN 37921
P.O. Box 652, Knoxville, TN 37849
865-584-7400, athenspaper.com
P.O. Box 18049, Knoxville, TN 37928 865-540-3800, fantasycasinoevents.com info@fantasycasinoevents.com
FINANCIAL SERVICES Asset Planning Corp.
10523 Kingston Pike, Ste. D, Knoxville, TN 37922 865-694-1725, aquaclearws.com
234 S. Peters Road, Ste. 102, Knoxville, TN 37923
Cartridge World
865-690-1231, assetplanningcorp.com
2121 Cumberland Ave., Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37916 865-525-3706, cartridgeworldusa.com
Coulter & Justus 9717 Cogdill Road, Ste. 201, Knoxville, TN 37932
Cartridge World of Knoxville
865-637-4161, cj-pc.com, info@cj-pc.com
9430 S. Northshore Drive, Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37922
5900 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37909
Knoxville, TN
865-584-5741, xpedx.com
865-456-7969, discoveret.org contact@discoveret.org
515 Market St., Knoxville, TN 37902
Grainger Industrial Supply
865-541-6373, homefederalbanktn.com
6500 Baum Drive. Knoxville, TN 37919
knox-earthfest.org
TVA Employees Credit Union, Knoxville P.O. Box 15994, Knoxville, TN 37902
Green Home Systems
865-544-5616, tvacreditunion.com/index1.html
2527 Chukar Road, Knoxville, TN 37923 865-237-5252
FOOD, LODGING & TRAVEL
Kelsan Inc. 5109 N. National Drive, Knoxville, TN 37914
Earth Fare Catering 10903 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934 865-777-3837, knoxville400@earthfare.com
140 N. Forest Park Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37919 865-558-1432, knoxville405@earthfare.com
Econo Lodge Inn & Suites 7424 Strawberry Plains Pike, Knoxville, TN 37924 865-932-1217 econolodge.com/hotel-knoxville-tennessee-TN131
865-525-7132, kelsan.biz, thinkgreen@kelsan.biz
Links Corrugated Pallets 9111 Cross Park Drive, Ste. D254, Knoxville, TN 37923 865-470-4329
NuCycle Toner & Ink 11164 Outlet Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-525-8020, nucycle.com, info@nucycle.com
Xpedx
DiscoverET.org
EarthFest
865-588-2956, grainger.com
Athens Paper Co.
beavercreekwatershed.org
865-690-4465, cartridgeworld.com/usa/usa555
Home Federal Bank
901 Broadway NE, Knoxville, TN 37917
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Armstrong Relocation/ United Van Lines
Knoxville, TN
1600 Prosser Road, Knoxville, TN 37914
Fort Loudon Lake Association
865-546-3441, armstrongknoxville.com
956 Volunteer Landing Lane, Knoxville, TN 37915 865-523-3800, fllake.org, info@fllake.org
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz
Keep Knoxville Beautiful
265 Brookview Centre Way, Ste. 600, Knoxville, TN 37919
100 S. Gay St., Ste. 103, Knoxville, TN 37901 865-521-6957, keepknoxvillebeautiful.org info@keepknoxvillebeautiful.org
865-549-7000, bakerdonelson.com bakerdonelson@bakerdonelson.com
Tennessee Clean Water Network
Laurie Birt Court Reporting, Professional Court Reporting Services
123A S. Gay St., Knoxville, TN 37902
10128 El Pinar Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922
865-522-7007, tcwn.org, info@tcwn.org
865-805-9253, lcbassociates.org laurie@lauriebirtcourtreporting.com
www.GreenVillageGreen.com 11130 Kingston Pike, Ste. 1-150, Knoxville, TN 37922 865-271-9348, greenvillagegreen.com
LBMC 10024 Investment Drive, Knoxville, TN 37932 865-691-9000, lbmc.com
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RECYCLING
Plastic From page 3
the caps and labels — either is sold or used “as backing” for the carpet, Cross said. After the bottle flakes are dried, “We start to do a process that we call extruding, which just makes it into a fiber,” Cross said. Also having plants in North Carolina, South Carolina and elsewhere in Georgia, “Then we take it to another plant to make it into a yarn,” Cross said. “Then another plant to make it into a carpet. Dalton [plant] probably has … the physical carpet making process,” which includes “dyeing and finishing.” Cross said it’s an industry process to
make recycled plastic into carpet on a demand basis. “We don’t keep a lot of inventory, we’ll make it as it goes as we get the purchases.” “On average, we say a square yard has about 30 bottles in it,” Cross said. “We make a number of different styles of carpet from this.” The job of Tennessee American Recycling is to compact and bail “household plastics,” obtained from curbside recyclers, along with “cardboard, all kinds of paper,” said Clark Lindsey, company president. “No glass.” Saying recycling has grown, “That single-stream has really made a difference in the amount of recyclables,” Lindsay said about simply combining all types of acceptable recyclables into one bin.
Above: Here the plastic bottles have been ground into chips. Next, they will be vigorously cleaned, cut into pellets and extruded into premium carpet fiber.
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TRANSPORTATION
Advanced Polymer Recycling
East Tennessee Clean Fuels Coalition
200 W. Springdale Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917
311 Conference Center Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37996
865-521-5094, apr-tn.com, ebales@apr-tn.com
865-974-3625, eerc.ra.utk.edu, jgoverly@utk.edu
Dept. of Solid Waste, City of Knoxville
Enterprise Oil
Room 465, City County Bldg., Knoxville, TN 37902
5201 N. Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921
865-215-4311, ci.knoxville.tn.us/solidwaste/recycle.asp, jhoma@cityofknoxville.org
865-558-0533, enteroil.com, website@enteroil.com
EVTennessee
Knoxville Recycling Coalition
8300 Rudder Falls Way, Knoxville, TN 37919
3624 Vandeventer Ave. NW., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-679-8732, LeslieAnn@LeslieGrossman.com
865-525-9694, knoxvillerecycles.org
Green Car & Courier
Master Battery
10101 Westland Drive, Knoxville, TN 37922
6915 Office Park Circle, Knoxville, TN 37909
865-329-7616, knoxvillegreencar.com
865-249-7382, masterbattery.com, will.kegley@masterbattery.com
Greenlee's Bike Shop 1402 N. Broadway, Knoxville, TN 37917
Rock-Tenn Co.
865-522-8228
1323 Proctor St., Knoxville, TN 37921
Harper's Bike Shop
865-522-6120, rocktenn.com
118 Northshore Drive, Knoxville, TN 37919
Southeastern Laser
865-588-5744, harpersbikeshop.com, info@harpersbikeshop.com
1738 Louisville Drive, Knoxville, TN 37921 865-675-5900, southeasternlaser.com, info@southeasternlaser
Knoxville Area Transit
SP Recycling Corp.
1135 Magnolia Ave., Knoxville, TN 37917
2824 Hoitt Ave., Knoxville, TN 37919
865-215-7800, ci.knoxville.tn.us/kat, smonett@katbus.com
865-523-6397, sprecycling.com/Locations/VATNKYPlants/KnoxvilleTN/tabid/113 /Default.aspx, stephanie.kitts@spnewsprint.com
Landmark International Trucks Inc.
TnWaste Recycling4
865-637-4881 ext. 3124, landmarktrucks.com info@landmarktrucks.com
4550 Rutledge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37914
6618 Rutledge Pike, Knoxville, TN 37924 865-546-6311, tnwaste.com, info@tnwaste.com
Premier Transportation 1500 Breda Drive, Knoxville, TN 37918
Waste Connections 2400 Chipman St., Knoxville, TN 37917
865-694-0304, premiertransportation.net info@premiertransportation.net
865-522-8161
Smart Trip
Waste Management
400 Main St., Ste. 403, Knoxville, TN 37902
2552 Western Ave., Knoxville, TN 37921
865-215-2916, knoxsmarttrips.org smarttrips@knoxtrans.org
865-525-0529
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