Recycle info for Walton County
Posted 12-29-2008 at 04:54 PM by Walton Outdoors
Walton county residents take advantage of County’s recycling programs
The Walton County Blue Bag trash is placed on this conveyor belt called "Dirty Murph," where inmates pick through for recyclables and blue bags. Photo by Chris Mitchell,Walton county PIO
With more and more interest and concern for our environment, more people than ever have decided to become a part of a greener planet by recycling their household waste.
Walton County does not have a forced recycling program. However, many are taking advantage of what options are available, and taking the time to recycle.
Local resident Chandra Hartman and her household have reduced the amount of trash tremendously by being conscience about usage and disposal of their trash.
“I typically have one small garbage bag of waste a week and one bag of recyclables for a family of three. I’m working on reducing this even further because if we don’t make the trash in the first place, we don’t have to worry about how to dispose of it later,” Chandra stated.
“I compost and vermicompost all food scraps, shredded office paper, and newspaper. All non-shiny cardboard is used in the garden for sheet mulching. Glass, plastic, and cans are put in the recycle bin. I typically have one small garbage bag of waste a week and one bag of recyclables,” Chandra explains.
With a little effort, most of our waste can be recycled, and some can be turned into a high grade fertilizer for the garden.
Below is a rundown of programs and locations the County has available:
Blue Bag program
By placing recyclable household waste into a County-supplied blue plastic garbage bag, you can have the following items picked up with your regular trash. You can combine the items below together in one bag. When the garbage truck arrives at the landfill, inmates from the state prison identify the blue bags, retrieve and sort the items.
Acceptable items for Blue Bags:
• Clean dry paper and newspaper
The Walton County Blue Bag trash is placed on this conveyor belt called "Dirty Murph," where inmates pick through for recyclables and blue bags. Photo by Chris Mitchell,Walton county PIO
• Plastics (please rinse)
• Glass (please rinse)
• Tin/steel/aluminum cans
• Corrugated cardboard
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The Walton County Blue Bag trash is placed on this conveyor belt called "Dirty Murph," where inmates pick through for recyclables and blue bags. Photo by Chris Mitchell,Walton county PIO
With more and more interest and concern for our environment, more people than ever have decided to become a part of a greener planet by recycling their household waste.
Walton County does not have a forced recycling program. However, many are taking advantage of what options are available, and taking the time to recycle.
Local resident Chandra Hartman and her household have reduced the amount of trash tremendously by being conscience about usage and disposal of their trash.
“I typically have one small garbage bag of waste a week and one bag of recyclables for a family of three. I’m working on reducing this even further because if we don’t make the trash in the first place, we don’t have to worry about how to dispose of it later,” Chandra stated.
“I compost and vermicompost all food scraps, shredded office paper, and newspaper. All non-shiny cardboard is used in the garden for sheet mulching. Glass, plastic, and cans are put in the recycle bin. I typically have one small garbage bag of waste a week and one bag of recyclables,” Chandra explains.
With a little effort, most of our waste can be recycled, and some can be turned into a high grade fertilizer for the garden.
Below is a rundown of programs and locations the County has available:
Blue Bag program
By placing recyclable household waste into a County-supplied blue plastic garbage bag, you can have the following items picked up with your regular trash. You can combine the items below together in one bag. When the garbage truck arrives at the landfill, inmates from the state prison identify the blue bags, retrieve and sort the items.
Acceptable items for Blue Bags:
• Clean dry paper and newspaper
The Walton County Blue Bag trash is placed on this conveyor belt called "Dirty Murph," where inmates pick through for recyclables and blue bags. Photo by Chris Mitchell,Walton county PIO
• Plastics (please rinse)
• Glass (please rinse)
• Tin/steel/aluminum cans
• Corrugated cardboard
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
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Thanks!Posted 01-01-2009 at 08:18 AM by kurt
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How about paperboard, cereal boxes, etc? Not sure if that's the proper name.Posted 01-18-2009 at 01:04 AM by 007
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"Clean dry paper and newspaper" includes any paper packaging, junk mail, catalogs, etc.. I fill a bag up with this stuff from all the junk I buy at the grocery store/get in the mail about once every two weeks.Posted 05-30-2009 at 03:54 PM by 30ashopper
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I'm not so sure about the plastic coated papers, such as beer containers. I'm thinking those are not recycled.
Great little story, and Chandra is spot-on. It seems that everyone is aware of recycling, today, but remember the following in order:
1) Reduce
2) Reuse
3) Recycle
While buying into #3, most of us have totally skipped the two more important steps, reducing and reusing. When you reuse something, it is much more environmentally friendly and efficient than recycling. Recycling should be the last step, not the first. It seems that Chandra has her list in proper order. Thanks for the reminder, Chandra.Posted 06-01-2009 at 01:12 PM by Smiling JOe
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