Success Stories:
Swede
Hallow Café Makes Recycling Easy
Swede Hollow Café, a
coffee shop and café in Saint Paul, reduced their trash volume by starting an
organics recycling program to collect food scraps and plate waste, as well as paper
towels from the restroom. Swede Hollow Café applied for and received a BizRecycling
grant. With that grant, they added color-coded recycling, organics
and trash bins for use in both front-of-house and back-of-house. They also
expanded their waste collection enclosure outside to accommodate the additional
containers needed for organics recycling.
By adding organics recycling and making improvements to their
single-sort recycling collection, Swede Hollow Café has cut their trash volume
in half and has recycled about 20 tons of organic waste per year. As they said,
“Some areas such as the bathroom were so easy to improve – just to have people
throw their paper towels into an organics bin. It’s just that easy.”
BizRecycling works with interested businesses of
all sizes in Ramsey and Washington counties to start or improve their recycling
or organics programs. To find out more about the BizRecycling program, visit
BizRecycling.com or call 651-266-1199.
Ramsey County Recycling Guide Receives Award
The
2018 Ramsey County Recycling Guide recently received a first-place Northern Lights Award
from the Minnesota Association of Government Communicators. Judges were impressed by the guide’s colorful
design, readability and user-friendly layout. This is Environmental Health’s
third Northern Lights Award.
News You Can Use:
Ramsey County to Host Mend-it Clinic on
June 23
Do you like our Fix-it Clinics? Then
you’ll love Ramsey County’s new spinoff! Ramsey County will host its first
annual Mend-it Clinic on Saturday, June 23 at the Ramsey County Library - Roseville.
This specialized event will exclusively feature FREE mending
services including:
- Replacing a button.
- Hemming pants.
- Fixing a seam.
- Patching a hole.
- Repairing a zipper.
- And minor tailoring.
At the Mend-it Clinic, volunteer menders will help
you repair your clothing, blankets, backpacks, pillows and more. This event is
first come, first served and there is a three-item limit.
Ramsey County is hosting this event in partnership with Mobile
Menders, a volunteer group dedicated to providing free sewing and
mending services in the Twin Cities area.
Recycle
Away from Home
Summer is here and you’ll likely be spending
more time outside and away from home, making it the perfect time to revisit how
to recycle anywhere you go. Encourage the whole family to recycle! Keep an eye
out for recycling bins in parks, sports complexes and other public places and
bring a bag to collect recyclables in your car to take back home. If you have a
cabin, make it easy by setting up recycling there, too.
Borrow Temporary Recycling Bins
Are you planning a graduation party or a family
reunion this summer? If you need an
extra recycling bin, borrow one from Ramsey County or your city for free. We
have containers for organics recycling, too!
Visit RamseyRecycles.com/EventRecycling and
reserve your container today.
Did you know?
With
the growing popularity of online shopping, it is no surprise that more
corrugated boxes are ending up in people’s homes. Did you know that the
cardboard you recycle at the curb goes to a local paper mill? That’s right,
your boxes end up at WestRock in Saint Paul. The mill turns used corrugated
boxes, and other recyclable paper and paperboard packaging collected from homes
and businesses, into new packaging.
Your boxes provide a critical raw material
for the mill. Each year, the mill produces 365,000 tons of 100%
recycled-content paperboard. This paperboard consists of both corrugated
cardboard, which is used to make new corrugated boxes, and coated recycled
board, which is used in consumer product packaging like cereal and tissue
boxes. The mill was established in 1908 and employs 380 people.
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