Recycling Update

Comments and updates from the March 6 Recycling Committee Meeting

1. Joe Walsh FRV Metals and Recycling, Douglas
Does recycling in Douglas – including presentations to schools. Has a couple of recycling bins in front of his business (789 N. Douglas Ave.) and recycles paper, plastic, Al cans, and industrial materials, particularly metal.

2. Jim Jones, Sierra Vista
Helped organize a grass roots, volunteer recycling of plastic bags. WalMart buys the bags and this is good money for schools.

3. Huachuca City is not part of the County waste disposal system; they have their own landfill and get trash from Fort Huachuca. They did some recycling earlier but the facility is now closed.

4. Resources: National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org/ . This site has some information on recycling.

5. Would be nice to have better directions to all the County transfer stations, along with hours etc.

6. Sooner or later we'll need to provide (County Web site, SV Herald, etc.) some directions and tips on recycling. A questionnaire/online form for gathering data on what people are doing to recycle, where they take things, etc. could be very helpul. And we do need to know the endpoints of electronic recycling.