Keep Georgetown Beautiful
Recycling
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY NOVEMBER 15
Each November the nation celebrates America Recycles Day. On this day, throughout America, people will learn more about recycling, and will celebrate the success of recycling in reducing the amount of solid waste deposited in expensive, sanitary landfills.
Keep Georgetown Beautiful joined with Georgetown County Environmental Services to help promote recycling in our elementary schools and hosted a "Recycle Your Homework" Contest to all elementary schools through out the county. The contest was held the week of America Recycles Day, November 14 - 18, 2005.
Browns Ferry and McDonald Elementary School students collected over twice as much homework and classroom paper to recycle as all the other elementary schools in the district.
Browns Ferry Elementary School
Browns Ferry Elementary School students "physically" spell out R-E-C-Y-C-L-E when they are congratulated by KGB during a school assembly.
McDonald Elementary School
McDonald Elementary School is being congratulated by KGB during their daily morning show.
Do you know what these symbols mean?
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Can be recycled |
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Made from recycled material |
In Georgetown we can recycle
- Bottles made of glass or plastic
- Cans made of aluminum or steel
- Newspapers, white office paper and telephone directories
- Corrugated cardboard
- Used motor oil
- Used automotive batteries
- Steel from household appliances
- Yard debris into compost
In Georgetown we can't recycle:
- Plastic that isn't a bottle
- Glass that isn't a bottle
- Metal or foil that isn't a can
- cereal boxes, twelve-pack boxes, any type of "cardboard" not "corrugated"
- Batteries other than automotive type
Simply place your recycling in your blue recycling bin (in the City of Georgetown) and place it at the curb on your assigned pickup day:
- Historic District & Willowbank on Tuesday
- Maryville & Bayview on Wednesday
- North of Highmarket & West of Fraser, and between Fraser & Black River Road on Thursday
- West End on Friday
Call 546-1043 for information on recycling outside the city limits.