Comments on: Recycling Fail :: Help a Neighbor Out http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/ Living Green. Here. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:52:24 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Amy C. http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-413004 Amy C. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:25:41 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-413004 Just wanted to chime in here, too, about another option. Help someone else re-use these items. Double bonus: someone else gets boxes they need and you get curbside pickup! Post an ad on Craigslist in the "free stuff" category. I've been amazed at the response. I realize this is only part of the solution; no one wants to post an ad for each and every box. But, if you have several boxes or a truckload of them from moving, this is an easy way to get them out of your yard and into the hands of someone who can use them. Just wanted to chime in here, too, about another option. Help someone else re-use these items. Double bonus: someone else gets boxes they need and you get curbside pickup!

Post an ad on Craigslist in the “free stuff” category. I’ve been amazed at the response.

I realize this is only part of the solution; no one wants to post an ad for each and every box. But, if you have several boxes or a truckload of them from moving, this is an easy way to get them out of your yard and into the hands of someone who can use them.

]]> By: Chad Norman http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-384259 Chad Norman Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:58:29 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-384259 Kate - That is a great idea...good for you for taking the initiative. I wonder if that's a model that could be copied in other neighborhoods. Do you use a truck? Sounds like you drive around and pickup what people leave out? How did you communicate this to the residents of your neighborhood? Kate – That is a great idea…good for you for taking the initiative.

I wonder if that’s a model that could be copied in other neighborhoods. Do you use a truck? Sounds like you drive around and pickup what people leave out? How did you communicate this to the residents of your neighborhood?

]]> By: Kate Counts http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-380361 Kate Counts Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:39:27 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-380361 Thanks for the info about curbside cardboard pickup. In my neighborhood, I was getting so tried of seeing all the cardboard, so I started a cardboard pickup on my own. I pickup every other Monday and bring the cardboard to the recycling center myself. This was great way to meet my neighbors and also get the cardboard off the curb. Would love to see Charleston County pick it up, but until then..this seems to work. Thanks for the info about curbside cardboard pickup. In my neighborhood, I was getting so tried of seeing all the cardboard, so I started a cardboard pickup on my own. I pickup every other Monday and bring the cardboard to the recycling center myself. This was great way to meet my neighbors and also get the cardboard off the curb. Would love to see Charleston County pick it up, but until then..this seems to work.

]]> By: Chad Norman http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-376779 Chad Norman Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:22:13 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-376779 Yeah, that's a great program, and it has really impacted recycling rates. Check out some of the details in this post, including how to get involved: http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/09/20/local-recycling-day-signs-make-impact/ But keep in mind, cardboard is not accepted curbside. So even when a neighborhood is recycling well, like mine is, you'll still see mounds of cardboard on trash day. I hope they figure out how to pick up cardboard soon... Yeah, that’s a great program, and it has really impacted recycling rates. Check out some of the details in this post, including how to get involved:
http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2007/09/20/local-recycling-day-signs-make-impact/

But keep in mind, cardboard is not accepted curbside. So even when a neighborhood is recycling well, like mine is, you’ll still see mounds of cardboard on trash day. I hope they figure out how to pick up cardboard soon…

]]> By: Josh Mueller http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-374321 Josh Mueller Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:23:55 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-374321 and I just heard you can get some of those road signs that say "recycling day is monday" or whatever day yours happens to be. just call the waste department... and I just heard you can get some of those road signs that say “recycling day is monday” or whatever day yours happens to be. just call the waste department…

]]> By: jennifer norman http://www.gogreencharleston.org/2009/08/17/recycling-fail-help-a-neighbor-out/comment-page-1/#comment-371129 jennifer norman Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:36:18 +0000 http://www.gogreencharleston.org/?p=953#comment-371129 Just emailed Charleston County Environmental Management, I hope we all can make an impact with our voices. I definitely agree that curbside pick up of cardboard is needed. Just emailed Charleston County Environmental Management, I hope we all can make an impact with our voices.

I definitely agree that curbside pick up of cardboard is needed.

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