Have you seen the white and green box at the Roland Service Center at the corner of Maple and Main? It is for USAgain, and they recycle old clothes and shoes and stuff like that. It is a business, so it is not a charitable donation, but it keeps stuff out of the landfill. Anyway, the city got this certificate from them, showing what they took out of that container in Roland in 2012.
I'm not Mr. Green by any means, but I thought that was interesting, and certainly appreciate the private sector doing recycling projects, and making some money out of the deal. So good job outta you if you dropped some stuff off in that box in 2012.
Click on the picture to see it in better detail, but 9202 pounds of clothes is a lot. Hope Roland isn't walking around naked in 2013. Or depending on who you are, maybe I do!
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Hi Mayor Fritz - we're proud to provide Roland with an easy way to recycle old clothing. The environmental impact of reusing/recycling 9,202 pounds of clothing is nothing short of huge, and we love seeing when textile recycling catches on in local communities.
ReplyDeleteThanks for mentioning us on your blog, and to the people of Roland: keep up the great work!