This weeks edition talks about our school’s plastic bag recycling project. Did you know that we collect those plastic bags that you get at the grocery store and have them recycled into reusable bags called “envirobags”? Tune in to find out more about this project!
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This week’s edition of the Fern Bluff GreenCast looks at the need for recycling in schools. Our podcaster this week found out that our school threw away over 61,000 pounds of trash last year, and estimates that about half of it was recyclable. Tune in to find out how she proposes to address this issue.
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This week’s episode provides our local listeners with information about the recycling center located at 310 Deepwood Drive in Round Rock, Texas. Did you know that you can drop off your corrugated cardboard (that is not picked up by the recycling truck) to be recycled instead of throughing it in the trash? Or, did you know that curb-side pickup is available for the recycling of large appliances? Tune into to find out all of different kinds of materials (fiberboard, automotive materials, plastics, and more) that you can recycle at the Deepwood Recycling Center!
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This week’s episode is about recycling glass. Did you know that creating glass from recycled glass consumes 40% less energy than creating it from scratch, and that glass (unlike other materials) can be recycled over and over again? Tune in to find out how much of our glass is made from recycled glass, how to prepare your glass for recycling, and more!
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This week’s edition is about recycling computers. Recently Texas passed a law that requires all computer manufacturers to provide free recycling of their products in order to be able to sell computers, becoming the fourth state to do so. Did you know that recycling a million computers is the equivalent of taking 17,000 cars off the road in terms of greenhouse gas emissions? Tune in to find out more!
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