Recycling in the short term and long term
By Wade Kwon
In the short term …
The City of Birmingham Electronics Recycling Day will take place on Oct. 23 in Linn Park [map]. Participants can drop off items using the drive-through line from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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In the long term …
The Alabama Environmental Council will hold the Recycling and Waste Reduction Summit from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens [map]. The event will include these presentations:
- Bibb-Chilton Regional Recycling: Forging a Partnership in a Rural Area to Reduce Landfill Waste and Roadside Litter;
- City of Tuscaloosa: Making It Fit;
- University of Alabama: Going Green with the Crimson Tide;
- Advanced Technology Recycling: The Ripple Effect of Responsible Business Recycling;
- Slade, LLC: Lean Management for Solid Waste;
- Homewood Middle School: Homewood Middle School Recycles!
- US Green Building Council, Alabama Chapter: Deconstruction for Workforce Development and Green Building Materials;
- City of Florence: How and Why We Make It Work in Florence.
Tickets are $20 and available online. For more information, visit the event page.
