EUCLID COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

A FEW COMMENTS ON RECYCLING BEFORE YOU READ THE LIST:

 Euclid residents can use Cleveland recycling containers in the Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School parking lot, 18491 Lakeshore.  When using these “mixed use” containers, you do not need to sort or bundle items!  Recyclable items are plastics #1 through #7, non-waxed cardboard, glass, aluminum and steel cans, plastic grocery bags, newspaper and magazines. Items that are not accepted include styrofoam, aluminum foil and books. 

** RECYCLING NEWS!**  The Abitibi bins around town now accept phone books & cardboard (no pizza or frozen food boxes, clean unprocessed cardboard please).  Less trouble for you, more profit for the organizations you support.  Residents are encouraged to drop these items in the Euclid Abitibi green and yellow bins to benefit local non profits. Aluminum cans are collected at Fire Station #1, 775 East 222^nd Street and benefit the MetroHealth Burn Unit. 

In addition, the following Cleveland recycling website offers a great detailed list of  how and what to recycle as well as  locations that take other discarded items such as ballasts, batteries and oil.  It also contains a link to Cleveland’s recyclables dropoff locations:  http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/Government/CityAgencies/PublicService/Waste/Cleveland%20Recycles!/Recycling%20and%20Waste%20Disposal%20Guide 

LOCAL RECYCLING OPPORTUNITIES:

 

WHERE TO TAKE:

-Newspapers, magazines, clean cardboard (non waxy, no pizza boxes), phone books, office paper & junk mail:  Abitibi bins around town benefit local non profits such as Pet Pals, Euclid Hunger Center and more.  Some locations are:  Euclid Municipal lot on Lakeland, Shore Cultural Centre parking lot, YMCA parking lot, St. Robert Church, and VASJ parking lot.

-Phone books:  Abitibi bins–no longer necessary to take them to the Metroparks.

 -Aluminum cans:  place in the Pet Pals bins on Lakeland Blvd, or drop off behind the Fire Station at 775 E. 222 to benefit burn victims.

 

-All Aluminum:  an aluminum drive on the weekend of June 27 & 28 at St William Church. They will accept anything aluminum: pots, pans, windows, siding, awnings and cans, etc. Bring items to the dumpster at  367 E 260 St. For more information contact Rita at 216 731-1515.

 

-Cans, glass, plastic, paper & cardboard:  Nearest Cleveland bins are in the parking lot of Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School, at Wildwood State Park (in the parking lot on your right as you approach Memorial-Nottingham Library, 17109 Lake Shore Blvd) & behind Arabica on E. 185.

Travelling west?  Drop them off at the State Park at 8701 Lakeshore Blvd just before you head down the hill to Martin Luther King Blvd.

Travelling east?  take plastic, glass, aluminum, and cardboard to Willoughby’s drop-off center which is located on Industrial Parkway off Vine Street; take the Vine Street East Exit on Route 2.

See city of Cleveland website noted on the top of this page for other Cleveland dropoff locations.

 

-Oil and oil filters:  See city of Cleveland link above for stores and locations that will accept these.

 

- Metals: Dana Industrial Scrap Corp., 30150 Lakeland Blvd., Wickliffe, Drop off  Mon-Fri, 7:00 AM – 3:00 PM   440-944-1353

 -Compact Fluorescent Bulbs -The Home Depot, 877 East 200th Street, Euclid.  (These are hazardous waste, never throw in the trash!)

-Plastic bottle caps :  Did you know?  Putting the caps back on your recycle-ables makes them UN-recycle-able.  To give bottle caps a new life, drop them off at the National City Bank/ Babbitt Lakeshore office at 285 Babbitt Rd, or take to any Aveda store.  Acceptable caps are hard, not bendable plastic…no pharmaceutical caps please.  For a description of which caps to recycle, or to find out how your organization can participate:  http://aveda.aveda.com/aboutaveda/caps.asp.*

 

-Empty printer cartridges and used cell phones: Arts Collinwood FundingFactory earns art materials for the Community Center.  Businesses can get FREE prepaid shipping labels for their collection boxes.  Load the boxes, apply the labels and leave them for the next UPS pickup.   Call FundingFactory at 1.888.883.8237.  Give the customer service representative AC’s identification number, 141215, and they’ll set you up.  If you don’t use a lot of cartridges, you can still set up a collection box and AC will pick it up when it’s full.  For a list of acceptable items to collect, to schedule a pickup, or to drop off your cartridges or phones, contact Amy Callahan, 216-692-9500.  

 

-Working used digital cameras and laptops: are gratefully accepted by Euclid Art Association to be used in their upcoming kids’ program, Kids 4 Cameras, in the fall.  Euclidart.com will show you the details, or write to info@kids4cameras.org. 

 

-Batteries  (Any type):   Bulldog Battery  440.942.2555
Alkaline:  can be safely disposed with the normal weekly collection
Car (Lead Acid):  Year-round at AutoZone, Murray’s Discount Auto, National Tire and Battery, Sears Automotive Centers and many auto part stores
Rechargeable:  can be turned in at many retail stores including Alltel, Ameritech Cellular, Best Buy, Cingular Wireless, Radio Shack, Sears, and Target stores 

 

-Community Shred Day for Euclid residents:  the next one will be July 11.

 

-Computer Round-up:  for the month of August, drop off your computer components in the bins in the city garage lot on Lakeland Blvd.

 

-Tools and building materials:  recycled by Habitat for Humanity in their ReStore at 2110 W. 110, Cleveland 44102, pickup available for large items.  Phone 216-429-3631.  http://www.clevelandhabitat.org/Restore/

 

The city of Euclid is working with Cleveland to establish a south side dropoff location as well–update to follow as any announcement is made. 

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And  –from the YAHOO GREEN BLOG  (http://green.yahoo.com/blog/ )

THESE ARE THE 5 BIG RECYCLING NO-NOs: 

SURPRISE!  FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T RECYCLE–

 Most of us feel less guilty when we toss something in the bin headed for the recycling plant rather than the landfill. Turns out, though, wishful thinking may do more harm than good. If you include some items that aren’t recyclable, you run the risk of your entire batch being shipped off to the nearest dump.

The best thing you can do is educate yourself about local recycling rules. In the meantime here’s the short list of common items that don’t belong in the recycling bin, no matter what your zip code:

• Pizza boxes. The oil from pizza can contaminate cardboard boxes, making it impossible to process them into clean paper.
• Napkins and paper towels. It’s not the paper goods themselves that present a problem, but the fact that they’re typically used to wipe up food, cleaning products, and other “hazardous waste.”
• Sticky notes. Their size, color, and the adhesive strip make them a better bet for the trash bin.
• Plastic caps. Curbside programs won’t recycle them, but Aveda collects them and turns them into packaging for new products.   *[See info above for Euclid dropoff location]
• Wet paper. Paper fibers that have been exposed to water are shorter and therefore less valuable to paper mills, making it unprofitable to collect and recycle.

Check in with your local waste or sanitation department to find out what the specific rules are in your area. You can also log onto http://www.earth911.org/ for a wealth of recycling information from helpful articles to its extensive database where you can type in your zip code for a listing of local resources.  

(Environmental journalist & author Lori Bongiorno shares green-living tips and product reviews with Yahoo! Green’s users. )

 Know of other recycling opportunities?

Is your organization collecting and/or picking up used items? 

 

Write to:   info@euclidwellness.org