TIME magazine ran an article titled "Recycling is Garbage" in June, 1996. The author of that piece may have used "The Eight Myths of Recylcing" by Daniel Benjamin. I'm uncertain just who's work came first.
Daniel Benjamin is a professor at Clemson University and a senior associate at PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center. His article is
everywhere -- Google for it and you will come back with some 125,000 hits.
Though Benjamin's work is not without some truth, it often takes a narrow view on the costs of recycling, and therefore is not complete or accurate. Click on this post's title to read "Anti-Recycling Myths". This article is well-researched, with plenty of supporting documentation.
The
Environmental Literacy Council also has a short piece defending recycling.
Recycling Events During Trash-Off
By Lee Anderson, KTB's Vice President
1. TIRES can be dropped off at the Chamber of Commerce parking lot from 8:00 am to 12:00 noon for a minimal charge:
- Passenger tire $2.00
- Truck tire fee (19” & larger)-- $6.00
- Tractor tires will NOT be accepted
2. NEWSPAPERS, MAIL, MAGAZINES can be dropped off at recylcing dumpsters on 5th Street between Talbot and Vance. Remember, no plastic bags, as this contaminates the recycling effort.
3. The North Maintenance Yard, 1424 N. Main St., will be open and accepting newspapers, cans, and plastic bottles. They
WILL NOT ACCEPT: BATTERIES, WASTE OIL, PAINT, APPLIANCES WITH REFRIGERANT, SOLVENTS, CHEMICALS OR ASPHALT SHINGLES.4. ALUMINUM CANS, COPPER, BRASS, AND BATTERIES can be dropped off at Texas Metals, 1000 N. Main St. For more information, contact Jody Meredith at 352-8290.
5. A USED CLOTHING DRIVE will take place the morning of October 15, from 8:00am to 12:00 noon at the Chamber. Please bring gently used clothing. All clothing donations will benefit The Shepherd’s Heart. For additional information regarding the clothing drive, contact Stephanie Jones at 365-1605.
6. RECYCLING CENTER – HUTTO, TX – FM 1660. This center is open Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays and on Sat. 8-noon. It is a drop-off center accepting: used oil, scrap metal, including washed tin cans, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum, plastic, and e-waste including computers, monitors, keyboards & cables. Cell phones will be donated to the Crisis Center.
Taylor FALL Trash-off 2005!
By Lee Anderson, KTB's Vice President
KEEP TAYLOR BEAUTIFUL is once again sponsoring our annual Citywide Fall Trash-Off, in conjunction with Keep Texas Beautiful's "Great American Clean-up", Saturday, October 15, 2005, from 8:00am to 12:00 noon. The central command station will be located at the Taylor Chamber of Commerce. Come join us and clean up our streets and highways! We hope to make this fall trash-off an even bigger event than the last one.
We are asking you to clean up in front of your property or on your street. This act of service is so important to show our support for keeping our community clean and attractive to visitors.
You will find sign-up sheets, trash bags, gloves, and refreshments available at the Chamber starting at 8:00am on the morning of October 15. Please come by the chamber by 12:00 noon to report the number of bags collected and the number of volunteers. This information is crucial to KTB's application for the Governor's Community Achievement Award, which helps us continue landscaping and related projects for Taylor's beautification.
- If your group or someone you know can pick up trash from Main and Hwy 79 to the loop, it would be greatly appreciated.
- Another location that gets left out and is so visible is beginning at Main and Hwy 79 going south on Main to Walnut.
Feel free to contact us for additional information. The easiest way is by completing the contact form found on our web site. That address is: http://www.k-t-b.org
Thanks for taking time to make a difference in our community!
Williamson County's new Recycling Center is now open!
The Recycling Center is located on two enclosed acres at
the entrance to the Williamson County Landfill on F.M.
1660 north of Hutto.
The center is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and
Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The facility is a drop-off
center that accepts used oil, scrap metal including washed
tin cans, cardboard, newspaper, aluminum, plastic and e-waste
including computers, monitors, keyboards and cables. Cell
phones will be accepted and donated to the Crisis Center.
There is no fee to use the facility. Please sort items before
dropping them off. Bundle newspapers or collect them in
brown paper grocery bags, not plastic bags.
"We are very excited to have this facility open for the
public to use," stated Williamson County Precinct 4
Commissioner Frankie Limmer. The Recycling Center was
built using an $80,000 grant from the Capital Area
Council of Governments(CAPCOG).
