Residents in this rural county will find it more inconvenient to recycle than in urban areas because they have to drive several miles to the drop-off locations. County officials are considering piloting curbside recycling for residents in the unincorporated areas, said Jack Brinkley, solid waste program manager.
"It would really be a (financial) burden but the county's willing to absorb some of that to increase recycling because it's the right thing to do," Brinkley said. Find out what can be recycled here.
The towns of Madison and Stoneville offer residential curbside pickup for recyclables. The cities of Eden, Mayodan, and Reidsville, as well as Rockingham County, offer drop off centers for recyclables. The locations:
Rockingham County Landfill: 281 Shuff Road, Madison
Hours: 7:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Monday - Friday; 7:30 a.m. -3:15 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday
Phone: 427-4789
What's accepted: Aluminum cans, auto batteries, corrugated cardboard, glass bottles, large appliances, mixed paper, motor oil, newspaper, Numbers 1-7 plastics, scrap metal, steel/tin cans, tires, antifreeze, white paper and propane grill tanks.
City of Reidsville Recycling Center: 709 Marcellus St.
Hours: 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday - Friday; 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday
Phone: 349-1070
Note: No hazardous waste facility; Scrap metal up curbside; but tires and batteries should go to county landfill.
City of Eden Recycling Center: Mebane Bridge Road
Hours: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, 1- 5 p.m. Sunday; Six unmanned drop off sites open 24 hours a day.
Phone: 627-7783
Notes: Car batteries accepted only at Mebane Bridge Road site. Residential Pick-up of scrap metal and tires once weekly.
What's accepted: Number 1 and 2 plastics, clear, brown and green glass food containers, newsprint, cardboard, aluminum, steel and tin cans, mixed paper, waste oil, auto type batteries, oil and water base paint. Brush and clean wood derived from tree trimmings also accepted along with regular garbage. Tires collected with residential bulk pick up.
What's not collected: No fine yard waste, hazardous household materials or construction debris.
Drop Port Centers (open all day, everyday):
1 - on South Main Street between Meadow Road and Fieldcrest Road
2 - on North Pierce Street across from Eden Post Office
3 - on Orchard Drive off Morgan Road (Spray Nutrition Site parking lot)
4 - at J-Mart on Virginia Street at intersection of East Aiken Road
5 - in the Oak Street and The Boulevard area
6 - in Municipal Parking lot, South Henry Street across from Karastan building
What's accepted: Number 1 and 2 plastics, clear, brown and green glass food containers, newsprint, advertising inserts and mixed paper, cardboard, and aluminum, steel and tin cans. Questions: Call the Solid Waste Division at 627-7783.
More information: http://www.ci.eden.nc.us/coe-solid-waste1.html#Recycling
Town of Mayodan Recycling Center: 114 N. 2nd Ave
Hours: All day, everyday
Phone: 427-0241
Cookprint: A term used by food writer Kate Heyhoe to describe the entire chain of resources used to prepare meals, along with its resulting waste.
Seeks to transform greater Greensboro area into into a more bicycle-friendly community.
Bicycle recycling project that promotes bicycling as a means of alternative transportation, a healthy lifestyle choice and a way to build community.
This network of locally owned and independent businesses in the North Carolina Triad formed in the summer of 2009 and aims to share ideas and network to promote locally owned brick and mortar retail businesses, to educate the consumers on the importance of shopping locally, and to encourage investment in our community be keeping our dollars at home.
"How you define an eco-friendly frame product, depending on your perspective, comes in a hundred shades of gray." - Robyn Feinsod, manager of marketing and merchandising for Graphik Dimensions Ltd in High Point.
