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Love for Recycling is in the Air
February is the month of love. To us, the best way to love your family and friends is to love the Earth! Here are 9 recycling tips after the Valentine’s Day chocolates are all eaten and the...
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Go Green for St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner and decorating can be fun, but the expense and waste can really add up! Here are five low waste and low cost St. Patrick’s Day crafts that reduce your...
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Compost for Earth Month!
Tips & Facts Did you know the leading cause of landfill pollution is methane gas from food decomposition? Composting reduces those methane emissions. About 30% (by weight) of St. Louis City’s...
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An Update from the Saint Louis City Recycles Team!
Looking Good in Blue! Our team has been working hard to give every resident in the City of St. Louis the tools, knowledge and motivation to make reducing, reusing and recycling a part of their daily...
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6 Ways Saint Louis City Recycles and Brightside St. Louis Can Help You...
World Environment Day is Monday, June 5th. Canada is the host country this year and the theme is, “I’m With Nature”. You can see World Environment Day’s website here. Living in the city can...
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Take the ‘Plastic Free July’ Challenge Anytime!
Plastic is everywhere. It’s embedded in our consumer culture. So going ‘plastic free’ can seem overwhelming. But the good news is that every time you reduce your plastic usage, it has an impact! Why...
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Total Eclipse in the Lou
The solar eclipse is passing over St. Louis on Monday, August 21st at about 1:20 p.m.! If you’re like us, you probably have some great ideas about where to view this cosmic event. With so much...
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Unstash That Trash FREE Recycling Event
Saint Louis City Recycles invites YOU to the 3rd Annual Unstash That Trash: A Community Art & Recycling Event Activities Throughout the Event There will be hands-on activities for all ages,...
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How To Green Your Halloween
Here are some easy tips for making your Halloween more sustainable. Candy: Choose to share candy that is packaged in foil or boxes because those materials can be recycled! Did you know that an...
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America Recycles Day November 15!
America Recycles Day “America Recycles Day” is celebrating 20 years this year since it was first instated in 1997. This national initiative was established by Keep America Beautiful to encourage...
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Be EverGREEN this Holiday Season!
How to be EverGREEN this Holiday Season! Follow these 7 tips for a more environmentally friendly holiday season! 1. Use LED Lights and Recycle Your Old Lights! LED lights use 80% less energy than...
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Spotlight: Carver Elementary School
Bottle cap art. Look closely and you can see the Arch! Saint Louis Public School Carver Elementary has made extraordinary efforts to “Reduce their Waste Line”. Check out their wonderful programs that...
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Give Up Making Waste!
Now is the perfect time to give up making waste! Now is a great time to work towards being a zero-waste household; some folks are celebrating Lent and Earth Month is approaching! Zero-waste means...
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It’s Time For The Recycling Extravaganza!
Do you have a bunch of stuff around the house you’d like to recycle, but it doesn’t go in your Blue Bin? Bring it all to the Recycling Extravaganza! Saint Louis City Recycles has partnered with St....
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Moving? Spring Cleaning? Here’s Where To Recycle Household Goods
Moving or Decluttering? Don’t Trash It! Spring is finally here in St. Louis and that means it’s prime moving and spring cleaning season! Have you accumulated items over the years you don’t want/need...
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Volunteer Spotlight: Jessica du Maine
Jessica volunteering at the Recycling Extravaganza in April 2018! Jessica du Maine has worked with Saint Louis City Recycles on numerous volunteer projects since we started 3 years ago. We want to...
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Spotlight: Gary Gilliam, Manager of our recycling facility, Resource Management
Have questions about the recycling process? Meet Gary Gilliam! Gary is the site manager of Resource Management in Earth City and has been in the waste business for 45 years. Resource Management is...
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The Three R’s of Back to School
The Three R’s of Back to School: Reduce, Reuse and Redecorate! This time of year is stressful for every parent. Where do you get school supplies at a reasonable price? Do you bring the kids with you...
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Take Recycling to the Next Level: Precycle!
You may be thinking, “I love to recycle, but I have never heard of ‘precycling’.” Precycling takes your recycling game to the next level! Simply stated, precycling is when you consider the...
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Plastic Recycling 201: What’s Up With Plastic Recycling
Plastic Recycling 201 “Can we still recycle plastics?” “What about #6?” “What do the numbers mean?” “Styrofoam is marked, doesn’t that make it recyclable?” People have a lot of questions about...
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