Recycling Services Not Included
- walkerspruill
- Feb 1, 2022
- 4 min read
Show Notes for Green Assistant Radio Episode #09 (aired January 31, 2022 at 11am)
How to Set Up a Recycling Station at Home
What do I do if I don't have recycling services at my house? I mean, I want to recycle, but sometimes all the extra steps make it seem like it isn't worth it.
- We get it! That's why we have gathered questions to ask yourself, tips and tricks to Recycle Right at home, and how to make it easy to make recycling sustainable for you!
Green Assistant Radio Shout Outs:
Featured Music:
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Cruisin'
Dirty Art Club, Dimes
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, My Power
Oddisee, That's Love
Featured AshevilleFM Shows:
Ecstatic Listening with Jess, Mondays 8-10pm
Featured Underwriters:
Sponsor Community Announcements on 103.3 Asheville FM, robert@ashevillefm.org
Moog Music, moogmusic.com
Lenoir Rhyne University Center for Graduate Studies Asheville, lr.edu/asheville
Follow Up from Last Week’s Episode:
You can listen to the Salt De-Icers Episode (#08) in the Archives at AshevilleFM.org through Sunday February 6th ⏳
(Question) "Why can't I flush tissues or Paper Towels down the toilet?" No tissues or paper towels in the Commode because they clog things up- either in your bathroom or in the septic system at large. Yes, they are made of paper but they don't dissolve, or break down, quite like toilet paper. To help keep things flowing, please only flush TP and, uh, the normal waste that goes in your commode. 💩 lol
Regarding Salt Granules:
- Already got ice and snow on the walkway? Don't salt it! Salt will not melt ice from above- it needs to be on the pavement to keep snow from freezing into a block of ice. Instead, you can scatter sand on top of the snowy walkway and get a little bit more traction. Careful! It is still gonna be slippery.
- Do we need every doorway cleared? Can we utilize one salted, slip-free walkway and leave the other to remain icy with no salt (without impacting the accessability for folks)? It may seem like such a small thing, but that salt adds up in the waterways fast! And remember, it only takes 1 teaspoon of salt to make 5 gallons of water uninhabitable for freshwater organisms. Every little bit less that we use actually helps a whole lot.
Ways to support Bands and Artists (since we don't really buy cds anymore):
- Official YouTube Pages (subscribe, like, comment on their videos- boost the algorithm)
- Share on Social Media (Promote them with a link/share! Get your friends interested.)
- Bandcamp
- Go to the Band's Website:
-- Are they on Tour?!? Get your tickets!
Setting up a Recycling System at Home
Questions to ask yourself before you get started:
Do I WANT to recycle?
Do I have a designated space to collect recycling?
What do I want to recycle?
Unsure where to start?
What material do you toss out most at your home or office?
What item bothers you the most when you have to throw it away?
What is the easiest material for you to recycle? (Do you have easy access to paper recycling? Metal recycling? Cardboard recycling? Start with that material!)
Container that I personally recommend (also can be used for Recycling on the Road - stay tuned and we will cover how to recycle even when on vacation. We will get into this in the Spring!) is a clear plastic tote with a latching lid. It makes clean up easy if there are any spills, and it makes transport to recycling drop spot more manageable. Clear is good because you can see how full the recycling bin is before it overflows!
Example Bin: I literally searched for "clear plastic tote with latching lid" and got this.
Recyclable Materials Value Graph per The Green Assistant
Materials must be CLEAN & DRY to be recycled.
(highest value at top)
Paper | Cardboard Boxes (empty and flatten) | Office Paper, Junk Mail (plastic window is fine!) | Magazines, Newspapers | Paperboard (Cereal, Pasta) Boxes |
Metal | aluminum cans (rinse) | steel cans (clean these out please!) | empty aerosol cans (compressed air is dangerous- must be empty) | |
Glass | glass drink bottles (rinse, no lids) | food jars (wash them out, no lids) | | |
Plastic | bottles and jugs with a neck * | | | * that's it |
Or as a simple list (highest value at top):
Paper:
Cardboard Boxes - empty and flatten
Office Paper, Junk Mail (plastic windows are fine)
Magazines and Newspapers
Paperboard Boxes (Cereal and Pasta- empty first, flatten)
Metal: (labels are fine, no loose lids)
Aluminum Cans
Steel/ Tin Cans
Empty Aerosol Cans (compressed air is a fire hazard! Please empty it first.)
Glass: (no lids, labels are fine)
Drink Bottles
Food Grade Jars
Plastic:
Bottles and Jugs that have a neck and shoulders... a pourable spout, a smaller opening than base of the container. I don't know how else to say it. Other than that? Some other plastics are accepted in recycling, but how much good is coming from the recycling of them (if they are being recycled into anything besides "waste-to-energy") in contrast to the energy needed to clean, collect, sort, bale, sell, ship, clean, melt, and reuse the material?
Places to take your Recyclables in Asheville:
Curbie.com aka Curbside Management
address: 116 N. Woodfin Avenue Asheville, NC
- The website says there is a 24/7 drop for your single-stream recyclables in their parking lot. Also, no limitation to residents of the area! So tourists (and small businesses) can use this recycling drop off, too. Just make sure you're giving them the GOOD goods.
Buncombe County Landfill: website
address: 85 Panther Branch Road
Buncombe County Transfer Station: website
address: 191 Hominy Creek Road
This is the official info they share about accepted items on the Asheville City Website:
Next Episode of Green Assistant Radio on February 7th at 11am:
On our next episode (airing February 7th, 2022 at 11am on AshevilleFM.org), our guest is Jasmine Sherman, the Executive Director of Greater Charlotte RISE, a non-profit serving the community of Charlotte, NC.
If you want a Challenge this week:
Go through your closets and drawers for seasonally appropriate clothing that you MAY be ready to give away. The sweaters, jackets, jeans, boots, and blankets that you haven’t worn yet this year and probably won’t miss. (There are people out there who NEED them and would LOVE them. Like, literally, they will choose that warm, clean shirt and feel LOVE and JOY.) Pull those clothes out and set them to the side.
Right now, that is WINTER clothing and goods.
And then tune in to the next show where we will discuss:
best ways to get the right clothing to the people who need it most,
where to take clothing donations for intentional donation,
how to prepare clothing for donation, and
why dropping off garbage bags full of unwanted stuff is NOT helping anybody.
You can catch Green Assistant Radio on AshevilleFM.org
every Monday morning at 11am,
where we get real about going green.
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