FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Jennifer Savage, City of Jacksonville,
(904) 630-3404, jsavage@coj.net
Andrew King, Southland Recycling Services,
(904) 732-3212, aking@republicservices.com
CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, KEEP JACKSONVILLE BEAUTIFUL
AND SOUTHLAND RECYCLING SERVICES CELEBRATE SECOND ANNUAL
"AMERICA RECYCLES DAY"
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Nov. 3, 2011 – The City of Jacksonville, Keep Jacksonville Beautiful and Southland Recycling Services will celebrate Keep America Beautiful's second annual America Recycles Day in Jacksonville with a communitywide recycling collection event. In 2010, the partnering agencies collected more than 23,000 pounds of paper, plastic and aluminum products, which is used for the production of new goods instead of going into the landfill. This year, traditional recyclables will be collected along with used cell phones, iPods and chargers, gently worn shoes and teacher supplies.
WHEN: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 15
WHERE: Prime Osborn Convention Center, 1000 Water St. – 32202
Parking: directional signage will be posted. Residents may either pull through the loop to drop
off materials or they may park in the main parking area, on the west side of the building along Bay Street, and carry materials to the drop off area.
WHAT: To encourage more residents to recycle and raise the awareness of the importance of recycling, the City of Jacksonville, KJB, the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, and Southland Recycling Services are partnering to hold a communitywide recycling event. Southland Recycling Services will have equipment on site to collect recyclables for processing and to shred paper documents. Additionally, cell phones, iPods and chargers will be collected for donation to Hubbard House for refurbishing or recycling; gently worn shoes will be collected for donation to Soles4Souls, which provides shoes to people in need; the Florida Department of Environmental Protection will collect plastic grocery bags; and the Teacher Supply Depot will be collecting items for Duval County Public Schools, teachers and students.
All materials listed below will be collected at America Recycles Day. Residents are asked to recycle and keep these items, many of which are valuable resources to others, from going to the landfill.
Recyclables:
Cardboard
Chipboard (cereal boxes, shoe boxes)
Packing paper
Junk mail
Magazines
Catalogs
Newspaper
Plastic bottles
Aluminum cans
Mobile shredding materials:
Documents will be immediately shredded on-site at the drop off point and sent to the Southland Recycling Services facility for processing.
Invoices
Credit card statements
Cancelled checks
Bank statements
Tax records or related information (outside of retention dates)
Computer paper
White office paper
Copy paper
Colored office paper
Forms and files
Fax paper
Envelopes
Reusable materials:
Mobile phones/chargers
iPods
Gently worn or new shoes
Plastic grocery store bags
Teacher supplies:
Three-ring binders
In/out trays
Calculators
Envelopes
File folders
Glue/paste
Hanging files
Hole punches
Ink pads/stamps
Magnets
Mouse pads
Note pads
Blank paper (all kinds)
Project folders
Markers
Pencils
Pens
Rulers
Scissors
Staplers/staples
Staple removers
Stationery
Tape dispensers/tape
Wire baskets
Styrofoam (egg cartons, punch outs, meat/vegetable trays, sheets of Styrofoam)
Plastics (film canisters, forks, spoons and knives, Plexiglas, self-sealing bags, Styrofoam, straws)
Miscellaneous items:
Beads
Beakers/flasks
Buttons
Carpet squares
Fabric samples
Games
Mylar
Nails
Pie tins
Promotional items
Puzzles
Shoe boxes
Shoe strings
Student incentives
Telephone wire
Test tubes
Toothpicks
Toys
Vinyl
Wallpaper books
IMPORTANT: This drop off event is for Jacksonville/Duval County residents only. Commercial/business recyclables will not be accepted. Other than cell phones and chargers, no electronic waste will be accepted at this event. Absolutely no liquids or household hazardous will be accepted at this event. Residents may take those items to the city's Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 2675 Commonwealth Ave. Hours of operation are 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The facility is closed on Sunday. For more information or to arrange for special handling of unusual material, call (904) 387-8847.
BACKGROUND: Keep America Beautiful's America Recycles Day is celebrated each year on Nov. 15. More than a celebration, America Recycles Day is the only nationally-recognized day dedicated to the promotion of recycling programs in the United States. The celebration focuses on informing and educating; getting neighbors, friends and community leaders excited about what can be accomplished when they all work together; and making recycling bigger and better 365 days a year.
America's leading companies and organizations support recycling through sponsorships and partnerships with America Recycles Day 2011. Sponsors include: ALCOA, Waste Management, Anheuser-Busch, LG, Nestle Waters, O-I, PepsiCo, American Chemistry Council, GLAD, Johnson and Johnson, Earth 911 and Disney Friends for Change. Partners include: National Recycling Coalition and the Environmental Protection Agency. Bank of America is supplying volunteers for Jacksonville's America Recycles Day.
To learn more about America Recycles Day, visit www.kab.org and click on "America Recycles Day." To learn more about Southland Recycling Services please visit www.recycleitjacksonville.com. For more information about Keep Jacksonville Beautiful, visit the city's website at www.coj.net, keyword search "Keep Jacksonville Beautiful" or call (904) 630-CITY.
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