Please be advised that Isle of Wight County Convenience Centers will be closed on the following holidays: Labor Day (new closure) Thanksgiving Day Christmas Day New Years Day Easter Sunday (new closure) Memorial Day (new closure) Independence Day/July 4th (new closure) Please plan accordingly. Thank you.
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Time.com Ever feel a pang of guilt throwing away glass bottles, plastic containers, and loads of other completely reusable packaging materials? If that’s you, then the zero-waste grocery store in.gredients coming to Austin, Texas will be your new favorite store. Americans throw away 1.4 billion pounds of waste every day, and 40% of it comes [...]
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“Plastic Bag Forgiveness Day,” June 25, Offers Hampton Roads Residents Second Chance to Recycle Bag a cool, reusable shopping tote when you turn in five plastic bags (Hampton Roads, Va., June 2, 2011) Guilty of throwing your plastic shopping bags out with the trash? Relax. HR Green is offering residents a second chance to do [...]
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For the second year in a row Windsor Elementary has earned the title of top recycler of plastic bags among County elementary schools! They exceeded their goal of 6,237.66 pounds of plastic by bringing in a grand total of 6,257.5 pounds!!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!! For meeting their 10% Goal, Windsor Elementary wins $200 cash for [...]
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Isle of Wight County is offering FREE 16 x 26 inch recycle bins to residents. Limit of 1 per Isle of Wight residence (proof of residency required). 500 total available, first come first serve. Interested residents can call Gloria Spratley, Economic Development, at (757) 356-1962, to schedule a time to pickup their bin. For more [...]
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What: Go Green Event sponsored by Phi Chi Omega and Isle Be Green Bring your sensitive documents to be professionally shredded onsite, donate items to Disabled American Veterans Thrift Stores, bring canned food to support the Food Bank, bring household recyclables and plastic bags. While there learn about going green by recycling and water conservation. First 500 people receive [...]
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Editorial courtesy of the Virginian Pilot. 1/31/2011 Disposable plastic shopping bags are likely bound for history’s trash heap, but it appears Virginia lawmakers are going to cling to them until the last possible moment. Last week, a House of Delegates subcommittee killed the last of three bills addressing an aspect of our throwaway culture that [...]
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Students at Windsor Elementary take their recycling seriously! With only 3 months left in the Elementary School Recycling Competition, schools are stepping up efforts to collect more plastic to meet their 10% goals! Be sure to check out the School Competition Page to see where your favorite school ranks in the competition!
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Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 06:56 AM By Jenny Rogers www.tbd.com After one year, D.C.’s nickel tax on plastic bags appears to have dramatically lowered bag use, reduced trash in the Anacostia, and not ticked people off too much. Now similar legislation is in the pipeline in Virginia, but the debate is different. Farming issues loom [...]
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