Recycling Programs In Blacksburg And Montgomery County
It is VERY important — when we cannot avoid the use of materials and cannot reuse them — that we recycle them, so that these things (or their parts) can be used again. It is this belief that prompts...
View ArticleBattery Recycling In Blacksburg (VA)
Did you know that Blacksburg has a co-operative program that allows you to recycle all of your household batteries (rechargeable & non-rechargeable) in a safe way? Did you know that, if you throw...
View ArticleRECYCLING CFLs – HOW, WHERE & WHY
If you access the SB Website, then select the RECYCLING page (see words below the mountains photo), you will find information about recycling programs operated or required by local governments and...
View ArticleHighlighting SB Volunteers
2013-14 “Battery-Recycling” Team The SB “Battery” Recycling Team – (left to right) April DeMotts, Derry Hutt, and Dan Zhu. Last year, three good people agreed to be the current team of volunteers who...
View ArticleRecycling Electronic Equipment in Blacksburg (VA)
Both working and non-working electronic equipment can be recycled in our community. Teresa Sweeney, the Education & Training Coordinator at Montgomery Regional Solid Waste Authority (MRSWA) says...
View ArticleNEED CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT CLASSROOM ART
The New River Creative Reuse Center The New River Creative Reuse Center, soon to be opening at Fieldstone United Methodist Church in Christiansburg, is collecting clean, unwanted items and materials...
View Article2014 SB Projects – Working with the YMCA for Processing Used Household Batteries
A merchant’s collection box. Our local YMCA is now providing SPACE TO STORE the black plastic boxes – purchased by the Town of Blacksburg (TOB) and used by select merchant-members of Downtown...
View ArticleHOUSEHOLD BATTERY RECYCLING PROGRAM FOR BLACKSBURG RESIDENTS
Sustainable Blacksburg and the YMCA Cooperate to Improve Household Battery Recycling in Blacksburg A few of the many different types of “household batteries”. WHAT ARE “HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES”. As you...
View ArticleTOWN OF BLACKSBURG CONTRACTS WITH DIFFERENT COMPANY FOR TRASH & RECYCLING PICKUP
Waste Industries Replaces Waste Management for Refuse & Recycling Service In Blacksburg Waste Industries USA, Inc has been selected by the Town of Blacksburg to provide garbage and recycling...
View ArticleHOMEOWNERS – FALL CLEANUP SCHEDULE & MyWaste APP
Please Add To Your Calendar the Date That TOB Will Begin Fall Pickup of Brush & Extra Trash In Your Quadrant Schedule: NE Quadrant (having weekly trash pickup on Thursday) 22 September...
View ArticleHOW TO RECYCLE USED HOUSEHOLD BATTERIES AT THE BLACKSBURG YMCA
Just inside the Y-Center door (closest to the Thrift Shop), on your right, you will see a tall book shelf, and on that book shelf there are two black-plastic boxes each having a sign saying “USED...
View ArticleVOLUNTEERS NEEDED – SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER
Once again, SB is working with our local YMCA and the Town of Blacksburg to help keep the toxic chemicals from used household batteries out of our regional landfill (and eventually out of our area’s...
View ArticleSB Gifts 11 Recycling Bins To Blacksburg High School Stadium
An anonymous contributor to Sustainable Blacksburg allowed SB to buy and label eleven (11) recycling containers for use at the Blacksburg High School’s Bill Brown Stadium; that’s one to be placed...
View ArticleVALUABLE SMART-PHONE APP FOR RESIDENTS
A New Phone App That Informs Blacksburg Residents About Curbside Collection of Waste & Recyclables and When and Where Hazardous Materials Can Be Safely Discarded Last Fall, the Town of Blacksburg...
View ArticleWhat Is Single-Stream Recycling?
In the Past, you may have heard people use the words “Single Stream Recycling” and not known what that means. In the future, you may hear these words a lot more, so we want to explore this concept...
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