Better late than never...there is a community sustainability roundtable today at the Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center. A workshop for city staff is from 3 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., reception/networking from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. and a community workshop from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The roundtable will discuss energy reduction initiatives, active living for better health, and much more. For more information visit the Alliance for Sustainability at www.afors.org
See you there!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
A good cold day.
Temps in the 20's with snow and wind was not the best way to spend Saturday, Oct. 10th, but when you have 1,280 friends come to see you, I would call it a good cold day. We had a great turnout at our recycling drop off day, thanks to all who worked in the cold and thanks to all those that participated in a successful event. With that I concluded my spree of five Saturday clean up events from Sept. and Oct. that had me pretty worn down. This Saturday I think I'm going to sleep!
Friday, October 9, 2009
Drop off reminder, junk details
Please see my Sept. 30th post for information about our Special Material Drop-off event tomorrow, Oct. 10th.
Results are in from our curbside clean up in Brooklyn Park from Sept. 19th (we don't get the official results until we get the bill and now I have the bill). We recycled 960 appliances and 45 tons of scrap metal. We also collected 300 tons of bulky junk like couches, carpet, mattresses, etc. To put it another way we averaged 17 lbs. of scrap metal per household and 113 lbs. per household of bulky junk. Nice job Brooklyn Park residents!
Results are in from our curbside clean up in Brooklyn Park from Sept. 19th (we don't get the official results until we get the bill and now I have the bill). We recycled 960 appliances and 45 tons of scrap metal. We also collected 300 tons of bulky junk like couches, carpet, mattresses, etc. To put it another way we averaged 17 lbs. of scrap metal per household and 113 lbs. per household of bulky junk. Nice job Brooklyn Park residents!
Monday, October 5, 2009
And the winner is.....
The person who guessed 417 cans is 1st and the person who guessed 400 cans is 2nd. What am I talking about you may ask? I had a "block" of crushed aluminum cans at my recycling display this past Saturday at our Operations & Maintenance open house. The person guessing the closest wins a gift certificate to Girvan Grille, the next closest gets a free pizza from Godfathers. So how many cans were there? Exactly 427. Thanks to everyone who came to the open house and took a guess!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
More stuff to get rid of...?
The curbside clean up continues in Crystal and New Hope this Saturday, Oct. 3rd. See www.hrg-recycling.com for more details. We are 2/3 done in Crystal and New Hope and completed the 2009 area in Brooklyn Park. So what have we seen? We saw participation from 60%-80% in different neighborhoods, we also saw many items that grew legs and jumped into the back of cars and trucks. Reuse is great, but if you notice a problem with scavenging, call 911.
One thing we didn't take at the curb was TV's and computers, but we will take them for free on Saturday, October 10th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 8300 Noble Ave N, which is the Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility. Other free drop-off items include oil, oil filters, antifreeze, batteries, bicycles, scrap metal, and household donations for the Vietnam Vets of America. Car tires cost $1/tire for recycling, pickup truck tires cost $2/tire. Appliances cost $10/unit and air conditioners are $15/unit.
One thing we didn't take at the curb was TV's and computers, but we will take them for free on Saturday, October 10th from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 8300 Noble Ave N, which is the Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility. Other free drop-off items include oil, oil filters, antifreeze, batteries, bicycles, scrap metal, and household donations for the Vietnam Vets of America. Car tires cost $1/tire for recycling, pickup truck tires cost $2/tire. Appliances cost $10/unit and air conditioners are $15/unit.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Free food, trucks and trash
I bet I can get you to say yes...and if you do, then you have to take part in one of these events. Do you like trucks? Do you have some junk to get rid of? Do you like free food? See, I knew you would say yes to at least one of them.
Junk, trash, recyclables...whatever you call it, if you have them, I'll help you get rid of them. On Sept. 19 we have a curbside clean up in Brooklyn Park. If you live both east of Noble Ave N and South of 85th Ave N put out your old couch, carpet, mattress, appliance, or scrap metal and we'll haul it away for free! This curbside clean up is also being done in Crystal and New Hope starting Sept. 19. Don't wait, get a hold of me at 763-493-8007 or e-mail me with questions at dan.ruiz@brooklynpark.org
Maybe Trucks and Free Food got you to say yes and if they did, you can't miss our 1st Annual Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility Open House on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 8300 Noble Ave N. There are tours, free food, kids activities and plenty of trucks to see and climb into.
Junk, trash, recyclables...whatever you call it, if you have them, I'll help you get rid of them. On Sept. 19 we have a curbside clean up in Brooklyn Park. If you live both east of Noble Ave N and South of 85th Ave N put out your old couch, carpet, mattress, appliance, or scrap metal and we'll haul it away for free! This curbside clean up is also being done in Crystal and New Hope starting Sept. 19. Don't wait, get a hold of me at 763-493-8007 or e-mail me with questions at dan.ruiz@brooklynpark.org
Maybe Trucks and Free Food got you to say yes and if they did, you can't miss our 1st Annual Brooklyn Park Operations & Maintenance Facility Open House on Saturday, Oct. 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at 8300 Noble Ave N. There are tours, free food, kids activities and plenty of trucks to see and climb into.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
19 million TV's
I just read an interesting piece that said Americans will buy over 19 million televisions next year. Let me qualify that, 19 million 40" or larger televisions! Wow, I'm behind the times. My 25" TV is feeling pretty inadequate right now.
On a somewhat more serious note, being who I am, I thought about all those old TVs that may be destined for the basement, garage or recycling center. Remember, TVs can't go in the trash, but they can be recycled for free at the Hennepin County Recycling Center in Brooklyn Park.
I also thought about the power that those big boys suck from the outlet and so did the EPA, at least a little. Have you ever heard of Energy Star? If not, check it out (http://www.energystar.gov/tvspec ) Starting May 2010 large TVs that want the Energy Star label have new energy standards where they will have to use 50% less energy than old TVs.
On a somewhat more serious note, being who I am, I thought about all those old TVs that may be destined for the basement, garage or recycling center. Remember, TVs can't go in the trash, but they can be recycled for free at the Hennepin County Recycling Center in Brooklyn Park.
I also thought about the power that those big boys suck from the outlet and so did the EPA, at least a little. Have you ever heard of Energy Star? If not, check it out (http://www.energystar.gov/tvspec ) Starting May 2010 large TVs that want the Energy Star label have new energy standards where they will have to use 50% less energy than old TVs.
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