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In Your Home...Don't Throw It All Away!
- Visit our Know Before You Throw webpage for unique recycling and reuse opportunities.
- Give unwanted clothes to a friend, family member or donate it to a local charity (ripped or stained clothes can be cut and made into rags).
- Detox your home and avoid harsh chemicals.
- Return styrofoam peanuts to a local shipping store (like Mailboxes, etc.).
- NEED EXTRA CASH? Have a yard sale! One person's trash is another person's treasure.
- Renovating your home? THE LOADING DOCK accepts reusable building materials and other fixtures at Alpha Ridge Landfill.
- Visit the Alpha Ridge Landfill and recycle your "junk" including scrap metal, tires, cooking oil, food scraps, used motor oil, antifreeze and much more.
- Clean out your shed or garage and visit one of our SATURDAY drop-off days for Household Hazardous Waste at the Alpha Ridge Landfill April through November)
Party/Picnic Tips... Less is best!
If you're having a party or picnic, don't forget the 4Rs:
- REDUCE
- REUSE
- RECYCLE (and COMPOST)
- RESPOND
We've all heard these words before, but what can we actually do?
- Buy bulk food items to REDUCE the amount of packaging and trash.
- Ask guests to carpool to REDUCE fuel consumption and pollution.
- RESPOND by thinking about the environment when shopping and set an example for others. It's easy an