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Green Tip of the Week
Green Tip of the Week for 28 January 2024
Tackle recycling during the biggest football game of the year! Nationwide, 650 million beverage containers are sold over the Super Bowl weekend. A simple game plan to collect bottles and cans at your Super Bowl party will remind your friends that recycling is a big win for the environment. The containers can be recycled through your
community recycling program or at a local scrap metal yard.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
3 R's Photo Contest
Students ages 6-18 can take a digital photo of anything related to the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse and recycle and enter it in our contest. It could be a spontaneous or a planned photo shoot.
Entries due January 31st. For more details and last year's winners, view the contest page.
2013 Grant applications now available
The Cuyahoga County Solid Waste District is now accepting applications for its Community Recycling Awareness Grant and its Recycling Container Grant. The deadline to apply is February 1, 2013.
2013 Community Recycling Awareness Grant -- Cuyahoga County communities may apply for a grant up to $5,000 for projects that promote community recycling programs and increase recycling awareness and participation.
2013 Recycling Container Grant -- Non-profit organizations and schools in Cuyahoga County may apply for a grant up to $2,500 to purchase recycling and composting containers to begin or expand recycling programs in their facilities.
2012 Residential Recycling Report Survey for City Service Departments
Download survey here. 2012 Conversion Factors and Definitions.
Guide to Curbside Recycling in Cuyahoga County
District staff has recently updated the Guide to Curbside Recycling Programs in Cuyahoga County. Recycling information for the 59 communities in Cuyahoga County is now listed online, including who hauls a community's recycling, how frequently it's picked up, and where it goes. Visit our page to check out the details for your community.
Cleaning out the garage? Get rid of your old oil-based paint and pesticides
The District has partnered with the 59 communities of Cuyahoga County to offer more frequent collection of household hazardous wastes. Contact your city service department for more information or check out our list of community collections.
Got latex paint? Watch our video to learn how to dispose of it.
City of Cleveland provides free paper shredding for city residents
The City of Cleveland Division of Waste Collection now provides free document shredding for residents year-round at 5600 Carnegie Avenue. Cleveland residents can bring up to five bags or boxes Monday-Friday from 9:00-3:00. The city also provides free mobile shredding services at community events. Call (216) 664-3717.
Why should I recycle?
The Solid Waste District interns have been busy. Check out the essay written by Cleveland Foundation intern Vicente Jimenez and a video that was produced by Baldwin-Wallace University Sustainability intern Kellie Lynch.