2005 RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES.

 

            Recycling is the right thing to do and we look forward to expanding our volumes in 2005.  We are so fortunate here in Rome and Floyd County to have so many recycling options and we hope everyone will include “more recycling” in their New Year’s Resolution list.  Here is a listing of the different recycling programs available to you.

In Rome you have Curbside recycling 1 time a week on the same day as your garbage pick up. This program collects newspapers and magazines, paperboard and junk mail, glass bottles and jars,  #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jars, and steel and aluminum cans on a weekly basis.  The program also collects corrugated boxes on the 1st recycling day of the month for your route.  For more information call 236-4580.  In Floyd County you can recycle at one of 6 remote household garbage and recycling sites:  OPEN TUES – SAT 7am – 7pm, SUN 11am – 7pm:  Berry Hill – 434 Berry Hill Rd (Huffacker & Technology Rds);  Hatfield – 488 Jones Mill Rd (off Old Dalton Rd); Potts – 182 Potts Rd ( between Wayside & Ward Mtn Rds); and Shannon (beside Fire Station in Shannon); OPEN MON – SAT 7am – 7pm, SUN 11am – 7pm -  Midway – Midway Park Rd (off Wax Rd); OPEN TUES, THURS, FRI, SAT 9am – 7pm, SUN  11am – 7pm Cave Spring – 101 King’s Bridge Rd.  For more information call 236-2495.  All of these sites recycle corrugated boxes and paperboard, newspaper and magazines, glass bottles and jars, steel and aluminum cans.  Berry Hill, Shannon and Midway also recycle #1 and #2 plastics.  Anyone can also recycle at Walker Mountain Landfill – 433 Walker Mtn Rd (off 27South) OPEN MON – SAT 7:30am – 4:30pm; CLOSED SUN. For more information call 291- 4512.  This site also takes everything listed above including #1 and #2 plastics.

The Recycling Center – 405 Watters St (off Calhoun between Piggly Wiggly and Troy’s BBQ) is OPEN MON – FRI 8:00am – 3:30pm and SAT 8:00 – 2:00pm.  We have a drop off area open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for all recyclables.  We accept: aluminum cans, foil and baking dishes; steel cans; #1 and #2 plastic bottles and jars; glass bottles and jars; newspapers and magazines; office paper, junk mail, corrugated boxes and paperboard; phone books and soft and hardback books; paper and plastic bags; ink jet cartridges; cell phones; appliances and other scrap metals; Styrofoam food packaging.  For more information call 291-5266 or visit our website at www.romefloydrecycles.org.  

The Recycling Center also offers free pick up of corrugated boxes and office paper to all businesses in Rome and Floyd County.  If you are a business and are interested in diverting a potentially large portion of your waste stream into a more productive, more cost effective and more environmentally responsible stream, call the Recycling Center to arrange getting on our route. 

Don’t forget – COMPUTER AND ELECTRONICS RECYCLING DAY – January 15, 2005 at the Rome Braves Stadium from 11am – 4pm.  All computers, televisions, and other electronics accepted.

All we ask is that you take advantage of these many recycling opportunities in 2005.