Holiday Wrap-up Recycling Program

December 26, 2007 - January 13, 2008

Wake County citizens can recycle a variety of celebration waste
during the annual Holiday Wrap Up Recycling Event

Use the convenience centers listed below for holiday recycling items from December 26 until January 13:

• Convenience Center #1 – 1050 Old Stage Road in Garner
• Convenience Center #2 – 6000 Old Smithfield Road in Apex
• Convenience Center #4 – 3600 Yates Mill Pond Road in South Raleigh
• Convenience Center #7 – 9008 Deponie Drive in North Raleigh
• Convenience Center #11 – 5051 Wendell Boulevard between Wendell and Zebulon

Please note that Convenience Centers are open daily from 7 am until 7 pm and will be closed one-half day on Christmas Eve and all day for Christmas.

The County's program will accept the following materials:

• Christmas trees (remove ornaments, lights and tinsel)
• Corrugated cardboard
• Chip board (paper roll tubes, cereal boxes, etc.)
• Glossy magazines/catalogs
• Greeting cards
• SBS board (shirt boxes, etc.)
• Wrapping paper (no bows or foil)

We have home-made rain barrels for sale, just in time for the upcoming showers and elevated water restrictions. These are 55 gallon plastic drums that stored car wax in their previous life. In this life, they have been well rinsed and affixed with a spigot and screen top. We offer these to anyone interested at $50 each. First come, first serve, we have limited supply at this point, but will continue to make them to meet the drought demands.

What is this world coming to. I saw this aberration in the Lowe's parking lot. This is someone's leisurely vehicle. Believe it folks, it is a recreational SEMI! Watch out for your children.

Marbles Success

Greener Habits for Raleigh has two donor marbles up at Marbles Kids Museum! We will be having a craft night to finish up the canopies on Thursday October 11 at Marianne's house. Please come help if you haven't had a chance yet.

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