2011 TIRE AND ELECTRONIC RECYCLING DAY

Saturday September the 17th is Tire Day and Electronics Recycling Day

Lufkin, Texas – “Tire & Recycling Day” is a convenient way for City of Lufkin residents to properly dispose of unwanted tires and electronics.

City of Lufkin Solid Waste Services and Regional Recycling Center provide the service each year in an effort to cut down on illegal dumping and minimize health risks to the public.

“The Regional Recycling Center collects around 4000 tires each year we host the event. To date we have collected about 13,000 tires and 30 tons of Electronics from past Tire and Electronic recycling day events. This keeps unwanted electronics out of the landfill and old tires out of our ditches. This year we have STS Electronic Recycling handling our electronic recycling. According to STS President Steve Norton, they can handle just about any kind of electronic device. “Thanks to the community and a great group of sponsors, we’re looking forward to another successful event this year.”

“Tire and Electronic Recycling Day” will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, September the 17th, at the Regional Recycling Center, located at 500 South Park Drive. Local residents will be able to dispose of up to eight tires at no charge.

Additional car and light truck tires will cost $2.00 for each tire, and semi-truck tires will cost $6.00 each. Off-road tires will not be accepted, and the event is open to citizens only, no businesses.

TV’s and other household electronics (No Appliances) can be disposed of at no charge.
Car and small engine batteries can also be disposed of at this year’s event. There is no charge for this service.

Community sponsors of this year’s event include: STS Electronic Recycling; Herman Power Tire Service; Lufkin Daily News; and radio stations KICKS 105, Q107, and KFOX 95.5.

Call (936) 633-0281for more information.
 

SHRED IT DAY!

Angelina Beautiful/Clean and Security Shredding are kicking off the “Great American Clean-up by hosting a “SHRED IT DAY” Bring your unwanted documents to the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce (1615 S. Chestnut) on March 2^nd or 3^rd from 9:00 a.m. to noon and Security Shredding will shred and recycle your documents. This event is free of charge to the community.

Help us celebrate the “Great American Clean-up” by cleaning out unwanted waste while knowing your confidential documents are being completely destroyed on site.

Please contact Amanda Anderson with any questions 936 63CLEAN (632-5326) or email aanderson@lufkintexas.org  Read more about it.

Update!  The Community is Recycling.

The “Go Green Get Blue” campaign has been a great success. Close to 4,000 households have signed up for the residential recycling program, and more are signing up every day. This means that one-third of Lufkin’s households have committed to doing their part for the environment, the economy and their community. We appreciate the support from the community.

Solid Waste and Recycling employees began picking up blue carts from households that haven’t signed up yet on April 2nd. Those who requested larger carts will receive them after the initial round of carts has been picked up. We’re asking residents to be patient, as the process will likely take several weeks to complete.

All we’re asking residents to do is place their blue carts out on their regular collection day. Place the carts curbside by 7 a.m. and leave them out until 5 p.m. Our crews will do the rest. And if you still want to sign up for the recycling program, just call 633-0281 or use the form on this website.

Pictured above:  Father Art Callaham tosses old bulletins and encourages members of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church to do the same.  Father Art has a new blue recycling cart as part of th City of Lufkin's GO GREEN/GET BLUE campaign.  Sign up for your cart online at www.lufkinrecycles.com or call 936.633.0281.

The City of Lufkin is beginning a campaign to deter people and businesses from littering.

Purple signs reading "Purple Pride Do Not Litter," will be placed around Lufkin, warning people they can receive fines up to $500 if they are caught littering.

Assistant Director of Solid Waste and Recycling Lynn Winthrop says that the campaign is about community pride.

"With all of the positive things happening in Lufkin, we don't want to get bogged down with unsightly trash blowing along our roadways and clogging up our drainage ditches,."

Deputy City Manager Keith Wright, who had the idea for the campaign, said that "we have a real litter problem in the community," and says he sees these signs, along with substantial fines, as a way to keep the city of Lufkin litter-free. Read more about it in the Lufkin Daily News.

CHOOSE TO RECYCLE!

First Saturday in June was ‘Tire Day’ for Local Residents

The City of Lufkin’s recycling program is moving forward and we want you to be a part of it. Every household now has the opportunity to choose to recycle. Solid Waste will begin removing blue carts citywide on April 2^nd. Only those households that request to participate in the recycling program will get to keep their blue carts.

More than 3,000 households signed up for the recycling program before Hurricane Ike delayed the project last year. There’s no need to contact us if you’re one of those households. If you haven’t signed up to continue participating, however, now is the time to do it. All you have to do is call the City at 633-0281 or click on Select Your Carts and let us know you want to recycle.

After signing up, all you have to do is continue placing your blue cart curbside by 7 a.m. on your regular collection day. If you requested a larger blue cart, crews will switch out the carts after they have been emptied, so please leave your cart curbside until 5 p.m.

We’re calling this campaign GO GREEN and GET BLUE. “Go green” by choosing to recycle, which not only helps the environment but also has an economic impact on the community. “Go blue” by contacting us to make sure you have a blue cart.

Recycling is easy. All you have to do is place cardboard, paper, aluminum cans, steel cans and plastic bottles and jugs inside your blue cart. The material doesn’t have to be separated, but we do ask you to rinse out bottles and cans and make sure there’s no food or other contaminates on any of the material. Then just roll the cart to the curb on collection day... and we’ll do the rest.

The GO GREEN and GET BLUE campaign is designed to eliminate contamination from the recycling stream. Too many households in the past have used their blue carts for regular household garbage. Dirty diapers, rotten food, dead animals and other nasty stuff contaminate the recycling stream. The good work of thousands of households can be ruined by those who don’t recycle correctly.  Read the editorial in the Lufkin Daily News.

So make the switch today! Call 633-0281 or click the link above and CHOOSE TO RECYCLE!

We appreciate the support of our community partners!