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Marietta is not discontinuing recycling, we are changing how we recycle.
At the beginning of city wide recycling programs, residents and business owners would have to separate and deliver recyclable to collection sites. Then solid waste would come to the home or business to pick up the already separated materials. Now, as technology has improved and funds are made available to upgrade equipment, solid waste is capable of separating “on location.”
Marietta is proud to offer this service, as a city, to its residents and business owners at this time. Solid Waste of Marietta has posted this:
12/22/2014
CONTACT:Joan Ellars
Keep Marietta Beautiful
770-794-5606
MARIETTA – All red and green dumpsters labeled “SP” that were previously used to recycle newspapers will no longer be emptied and their contents will not be recycled, so please do not place anything in these dumpsters as they are out of commission. Please, just put the paper in your curbside recycling bin. Thanks so much for your efforts through the years!
For more information regarding the City’s environmental services or to request a recycling bin, please visit the website.
This is the next phase for recycling materials that is a much more convenient model for residents and businesses. There are still recycling centers around the city and county accepting materials as listed in the document attached.
City of Marietta Solid Waste Management Plan
R & R Containers is very proud of the differences our community is making in recycling to protect our environment.
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‘Tis the Season for Christmas Trees
Depending on how you feel about the holidays sometimes prevents your excitement about getting a Christmas Tree. You may have switched to an artificial tree. You may not have a tree at all. Well some of us still look forward to going to the local Christmas Tree Lot to search for the perfect tree. There is usually a chill in the air and festive Christmas music jingling through the lot.
You finally pick the one… Rope it to the roof of your car.. Head home. After you select the perfect spot in the family room, you lace it with lights, hang time honored ornaments, and then add a few new beauties you found at the local craft fair or souvenir shop from your yearly vacation spot. Then you sit back on the sofa sipping your favorite hot chocolate with mini marshmallows.
After spending several days or weeks enjoying your beautiful Christmas Tree it will be time to say goodbye. Now what?
Some towns have a pick up or drop off point but I found other opportunities from the National Christmas Tree Association:
- Curb side pick up
- Drop off site for recycling
- Cut/Saw tree into smaller pieces and put in yard waste
- Soil erosion barriers
- Fish feeders
- Bird feeders
- Mulch
- Line trail for hiking
In Cobb County, GA there will be several opportunities to recycle you Christmas Tree:
For locations around the country Please Visit: Pick Your Own Christmas Tree
COBB COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION locations: from December 26, 2012 through January 5, 2013
- LOST MOUNT IN PARK, 4845 DALLAS HWY 489, POWDER SPRING, GA 30127
- NOONDAY CREEK PARK, HAWKINS STORE RD, KENNESAW, GA 30144
- FULLERS PARK, 3499 ROBINSON R, MARIETTA, GA 30067
- HARRISON PARK, 2E 30 SHALLOWFORD RD, MARIETTA, GA 30066
- SEWELL PARK, 2085 LOWER ROSWELL RD, MARIETTA, GA 30067
Free mulch will be available after January 5th!
For more information contact the Keep Cobb Beautiful Office at 770-528-1135
If you have need for other types of waste give us a call!
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Thanksgiving in Marietta, GA is a time for family, food, friends and thanks.
Thanksgiving is a time to come together, to welcome family and friends.
Take time to come together around Glover Park to enjoy our town and visit our local stores and restaurants. Click on the photo above to see the Google Map of our town. If you maximize the map image it will show businesses and restaurants in town. Remember to support our local businesses.
Many city offices will be closed for Thanksgiving and “Black Friday.” So there will be lots of your neighbors and community members out and about to visit and catch up with. Don’t let this Thanksgiving pass with out taking a chance to be thankful for our community.
Just a note about the trash business:
Trash pick up for the week of Thanksgiving:
Thursday, Nov. 27, 2014, and Friday, Nov. 28, 2014
Regular services for Monday and Thursday will be on Monday only before the holiday
Regular services for Tuesday and Friday will be on Tuesday only before the holiday
All Roll Cart customers will be serviced on Tuesday
Yard waste services will be on Wednesday.
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Most states support the movement to recycle, reduce and reuse.
Georgia has several organizations that lead the way for the residents to participate.
The Georgia Recycling Coalition
This organization’s mission is complement and coordinate activities relative to recycling, to foster communications among professionals, organizations, government agencies and individuals, and to promote and enhance reduction and recycling programs throughout the state.
The provide events to promote awareness and provide drop offs for communities around the state. Click on The EcoVille logo above to visit their page and learn about what they’ll be doing near you.
I looked through this website and found great information about recycling in general as well as about the Georgia specific recycle information. They compiled this list of the top 10 reasons to recycle to encourage each of us to take part in this cause.
Top Ten Reasons to Recycle
- Good for our Economy
Manufacturing companies rely on recycling programs to provide the raw materials they need to make new products.
- Creates Jobs
Recycling in the U.S. is a $236 billion a year industry. More than 56,000 recycling and reuse enterprises employ 1.1 million workers nationwide.
- Reduces Waste
The average North American discards seven and a half pounds of garbage every day. Most of this garbage goes into to landfills, where it’s compacted and buried.
- Good For The Environment
Recycling requires far less energy, uses fewer natural resources, and keeps waste from piling up in landfills.
- Saves Energy
Recycling offers significant energy savings over manufacturing with virgin materials. (Manufacturing with recycled aluminum cans uses 95% less energy.)
- Preserves Landfill Space
No one wants to live next door to a landfill. Recycling preserves existing landfill space.
- Prevents Global Warming
Each year it is estimated that recycling of solid waste prevents the release of 52 million metric tons of carbon equivalent (MMTCE, the unit of measure for greenhouse gases) into the air.
- Reduces Water Pollution
Making goods from recycled materials generates far less water pollution than manufacturing from virgin materials.
- Protects Wildlife
Using recycled materials reduces the need to damage forests, wetlands, rivers and other places essential to wildlife.
- Creates New Demand
Recycling and buying recycled products creates demand for more recycled products, decreasing waste and helping our economy
Content from: National Recycling Coalition/Georgia Recycling Coalition
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Children of Marietta teach how to Reduce our use of water and power in a poster contest!
On October 8, 2014, eight students were honored from Park Street Elementary School for their accomplishments. October 5-11, 2014 was Public Power and Clean Water Week. The students were asked to design posters illustrating preservation of water through source protection and conservation.
In an effort to educate citizens of all ages about Public Power and Clean Water Week, Marietta’s Board of Lights and Water held a poster contest for its adopted school, Park Street Elementary. The poster contest was judged using the themes below for both Public Power and Clean Water Week:
Clean Water Contest Winners
- Theme: “Why Water is Important to Me”
- Grand Prize: $100 Takara Scurry, 5th grade
- 1st Place: $50 Hamzah Hilali, 4th grade
- 2nd Place: $25 Nathaly Santos, 3rd grade
- 3rd Place: $15 Angel Matias, 3rd grade
Public Power Contest Winners
- Theme: “Why Electricity is Important to Me”
- Grand Prize: $100 Jaleel Smith, 3rd grade
- 1st Place: $50 Myles Cook, 3rd grade
- 2nd Place: $25 Valeria Virgen, 4th grade
- 3rd Place: $15 Trinity Williams, 3rd grade
We ask you We Reduce Our Use
The Board of Light and Water is organized to create, build, operate and supply water systems, electrical systems, cable television systems, sewer systems, telecommunications systems and all other utilities. The board adopted Park Street Elementary to challenge the students to create posters that would show how our community can reduce our use of natural resources.
R & R Containers cares about our community and congratulate these young people.
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What do I do with my PUMPKINS?
I like to use a perfect pumpkin to make a Jack-O-Lantern! It is a tradition I have had with my children since they were 2 years and 3 years old. We go to the pumpkin patch to pick out our perfect pumpkins, sometimes a pumpkin that is too heavy to carry to the car. We carve the top open and remove the seeds for roasting of course. Then the creativity begins. The children draw interesting faces, then mom and dad try to carve on the lines. Not always easy. We enjoy as the candle flickers inside on Halloween evening as the smell of roasting pumpkin lingers through the house.
In the morning when we wake, it saddens me to see some neighborhood pumpkins have been smashed in the street. Some child’s art work turned to mush.
Then there are the truly gifted who can take a Halloween pumpkin and turn it into a delicious pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, or pumpkin soup. One of each for me please!
Another pumpkin use is to become a part of your compost.
If you collect leaves and grass in the Autumn for your compost you know that you need to add other items to help break them down. Pumpkin use in a compost is great as a nitrogen item. There are helpful charts available if you are in an inexperienced compost-er.
Compost Carbon:Nitrogen Ratios
Whichever way you decide to use your pumpkins after the Autumn holidays, enjoy them, there will be another year of harvesting before they’re available again.
R and R Containers, as member of the Acworth, GA Community is interested in making the most of our natural resources. Call R and R Containers for information about waste disposal in our community.
