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Posted on: 10/13/2008
Lafayette recycling up with single-bin system
LAFAYETTE Recycling increased and garbage decreased from 2006 to 2007, according to Lafayettes annual recycling report.
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Posted on: 06/28/2008
Parish recycles over 6500 pounds in a month
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Posted on: 06/16/2008
Taking out the trash
Downtown merchants zeroing in on solution
Source: 2theadvocate.com
Posted on: 06/15/2008
Letter: Holden urges recycling tradition
Nov. 15 marked an important, but typically overlooked day, America Recycles Day. That day we celebrated one of the easiest ways we can all make a difference: recycling.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/20/2007
Baton Rouge Launches Curbside Campaign
People often forget that recycling is the easiest way to make an impact on a truly global issue, said Melvin Holden, mayor of Baton Rouge, in a press release. I like to say that recycling is one way we can all become everyday environmentalists.
Source: Waste Age
Posted on: 11/20/2007
EBR recycling office gets national honor
The East Baton Rouge Parish Recycling Office recently received the "2007 Beth Brown Boettner Award for Outstanding Public Education" from the National Recycling Coalition
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
City restarts recycle service *** Collections resume Monday in Zachary
With a new mayor, new council and new contractor, the city is resuming curbside recycling service after a year's hiatus.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Around and around *** Result of EBR recycling effort is in your hands
The trip the newspaper takes - in a mixture of cans, bottles and plastic that runs a gantlet of blowers, magnets and human hands - begins in the bins people put by the curb once a week.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Lafayette gets new, single recycling bins
Starting May 1, Lafayette residents will have their three recycling bins replaced by one bin - a move officials say should increase participation in the recycling program by making it more convenient.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
System promises easier recycling *** New bins go out Monday in EBR
Residents will no longer have to separate recyclables, but will be given 64-gallon wheeled carts in which to simply dump everything that's on the approved list
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
New recycling contractor, trucks debut this week
Starting Tuesday, The Recycling Foundation Inc. will provide curbside recycling service for East Baton Rouge Parish, except for Baker and Zachary.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Recycling Foundation awarded curbside recycling contract in EBRP
the Metro Council approved a 10- year contract with The Recycling Foundation for the collection, processing and marketing of residential curbside recyclables.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Council extends recycling contract
The Lafayette City-Parish Council agreed Tuesday to extend the city's recycling contract through 2016 - a new contract that will eventually include single-stream pickup.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
New recycling carts hit neighborhoods
Crews began swapping new wheeled recycling carts for the old green bins in the Shenandoah area Monday as officials from the Recycling Foundation showed off their new state-of-the-art single- stream recycling plant to the media and city-parish officials.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
New system spurs surge in recycling *** EBR tonnage up 30 percent in single-stream collection
Curbside recycling tonnage in East Baton Rouge Parish is up by 30 percent over a year ago, and city-parish officials are crediting the switch to single-stream recycling for the increase.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Kleinpeter Farms Dairy pushes recycling efforts
When a jug of milk is finished, it doesn't go in the trash - it should be recycled, according to a new advertising campaign from Kleinpeter Farms Dairy and the city of Baton Rouge.
Source: The Advocate
Posted on: 11/14/2007
Holden takes part in recycling campaign
Mayor-President Kip Holden rolled up his sleeves Tuesday and helped collect recyclables to help bring attention to city-parish efforts to boost its recycling tonnage.
Source: http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/11261966.html
Posted on: 11/14/2007
