Visiting Acworth, Georgia, Southern Hospitality

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Acworth, Georgia, welcomes visitors with the warm southern hospitality expected by small towns in Georgia.

Acworth is located 35 miles northwest of Atlanta. Due to its close proximity to the massive metropolitan, the small town is a close jaunt for a relaxing getaway. Acworth offers a historic shopping district, as well as a world renowned golf course. Lake Acworth offers fun as a non-motorized water playground.

If shopping is your thing…

Acworth offers a shuttle service for your convenience to get you comfortably around town. Enjoy a collection of shops and restaurants, then stop at the park to experience the train station. Check your watch… Trains on the way!

If you come to Acworth to enjoy the Drives and Greens…

The Cobblestone Golf Course

• Outings and Events
• Golf Academy
• Junior Golf Academy
• Plan your next Company Golf Tournament at the Cobblestone Golf Course.

If you enjoy water adventure, Acworth, GA offers the Cauable Park.

This 25 Acre Park offers

• fishing points
• a boating ramp (for electric motor driven boats only)
• a boardwalk
• a beach
• rental facilities
• two playgrounds
• an open play area
• and public rest rooms.
• Summer Concert Series
• Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival
• Ski competitions
• Fourth of July fireworks show

R & R Containers is a proud member of the Acworth Community. For your trash containers needs call R&R Containers today.

The Cost or Profit of Recycling

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Do you have any idea what recycled materials are worth?

A international waste disposal company is discovering the cost or profit of recycling our trash. They offer FREE use of a container, FREE pick up and delivery, they take your “trash” and keep the profit. Yes, Profit! They specify materials such as:

• Plastic bottles and containers
• Beverage cans
• Paper
• Flattened cardboard
• Paperboard
• Food and beverage cartons

Each of these commodities offers varying rebates around the country. Particularly metal products have a huge rebate to the tune of a low figure of $200 per ton. Cardboard and paper is not as lucrative but still offers in the ballpark of $100 a ton. Around the country these numbers change but you should know what kind of money you’re leaving on the curbside, just glad that someone will come pick it up.

I always say, “No one is going to pay for your trash,” and it is only your lack of knowledge to believe a large, successful company is just doing you (and the environment) a favor.

One source I checked explains:

The rebate (value to you) of aluminum cans varies between 28 cents and 50 cents per pound over a one year period. There are about 30 can in a pound. Not a great rebate, but for a larger community effort could be beneficial. As with these cans, the value of metal varies often. Contact a local recycling provider to find out what the going rate is.

Corrugated cardboard is worth $80 per ton (baled = 3/4 ton per). That’s pretty good if your business received a lot of cardboard packaged deliveries.

The value of recycling far outweighs the profit of recycling. EPA shares it’s thoughts.

For specifics, it’s hard to find. Recycling commodities are like stocks. They are in fact illusive.

Recycling – Just the facts Ma’am.

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You know how important recycling is, you just don’t know how you can do your part.

We all appreciate the opportunity to recycle. Our towns and cities have allowed us to participate but the rules are sometimes confusing. Initially, recycling household products involved separating into bins before they were picked up. Now, many communities have gone to a single bin for all products.

Have the recycling rules changed?

No. There are still standards about recycling we need to be aware of and I thought it may be helpful to remind you of those in a list so here are the facts:

Electronics

Many cities and towns have locations that receive and recycling electronics. Some refurbish them for resale or redistribution. Some disassemble to destroy. Sometimes there are rebates sometime not.

Glass

• Glass containers (bottles) are often separated by color.
• Lightbulbs, sheet glass, mirrors and Pyrex recycle together because of a different melting point than containers.

Metal

Almost all metal can be recycled. Metal has a good to excellent rebate. Day to day the demand for different metals will fluctuate. A vital detail regarding metal is cleanliness.

• Food can need to be rinsed. Some centers prefer no labels.
• Soda cans need to be rinsed. Some centers like them crushed others not.
• Foil wrap need to be rinsed.
• Paint and aerosol cans are hazardous but are sometime accepted with labeling intact at recycling facilities.
• All other heavy metals like copper, iron, steel are recyclable and valuable

Paper and Cardboard

• Newspaper: gets recycled back into newspaper
• Magazines, glossy print papers, phone books, envelopes, letters, paper packaging, standard office paper
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• Drink cartons with waxy lining
• Corrugated cardboard: looks like this
• Do not include: carbon paper, stickers, laminated paper and cardboard, food or grease stained wrappers and napkins

Plastics

Fortunately, most communities allow you to throw all your plastics into the same bin to be sorted by the recycling center. It is important when buying products to understand the challenges for recycling. Recycle by numbers is a great article about what the numbers mean in content and recycling.

Please take the time to sort your recyclables from your regular trash, every effort makes a difference.

Special Waste is not for General Trash Disposal

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When you order a dumpster for a clean up project, you may imagine you can put anything in it.

Of course you do. You call the company, they bring you the dumpster, they take it and dump it at the landfill. Who cares what’s in it? Well, believe it or not, there are standards to which the Roll Off Service Provider is responsible to ensure the load does not contain any special/hazardous waste materials.

Items that require special arrangements to dispose legally.

This is a list of Acceptable Waste, obtained from AugustaGA.Gov for your Rented Dumpster:

• Household waste: garbage, trash, sanitary waste, furniture (non-metallic), televisions, porcelain products, mattresses, and appliances derived from single and multiple family residences, hotels, motels, crew quarters, picnic grounds, day-use recreation facilities, bunkhouses, and ranger stations.
• Inert waste: non-hazardous waste soil, concrete, cured asphalt, rock, bricks, yard trimmings, stumps, limbs, logs, untreated and unpainted lumber, leaves, and pine straw.
• Construction and Demolition waste: waste building materials and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, paving, and demolition operations. This includes such items as wood, brick, concrete, metal, wallboard, insulation, and other non-hazardous building materials.
• Metal waste: pipe, wire, washers and dryers, refrigerators (all coolant must be removed prior to transporting to landfill) lawnmowers, wheels, and other large metal household items.
• Tires: solid or pneumatic rubber tires are accepted, but must be placed in the area
  specifically designated and demarcated for this waste.
• Industrial waste: non-hazardous solid waste, including food products, metal, leather and leather products, plastics, pulp, paper, stone, glass, and concrete. Depending on the specific nature and volume of the waste, the landfill may require that special handing and/or testing be conducted on industrial waste. Customers planning to dispose of such waste should contact the landfill for additional information prior to shipment.

These are the Restricted Items:

Industrial Waste

Asbestos Containing Waste

Bio-hazardous Waste

Petroleum Contaminated Soil

Refrigerant Containing Waste
Read to clarify the restrictions at AugustaGA.Gov

If you are concerned about the materials you need to dispose of, Call us! We will be happy to assist you!