#RecycleRightNY January Resources

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#RecycleRightNY

January is dedicated to wish-cycling and know your program. Please use the resources below (Facebook posts, Twitter tweets, social media polls, newsletter article, images) through the month of January via your social media platforms, newsletters, etc. to spread the message. The post order is a suggested format to follow but please modify the order for the month as necessary to fit your needs.

Please note that high resolution images for Facebook, Twitter, and newsletters can be downloaded by going to NYDEC's Recycle Right NY Flickr album. For instructions, scroll down to the heading "Free images" below. To download any images from the body of this email, right click the image and then choose "Save As".


Week 1 Campaign Materials

Facebook Post: Making a New Year’s resolution? How about trying a recycling resolution? Find out what’s accepted in your local #recycling program to make sure you are recycling correctly and follow up throughout the year. This helps keep recycling stream contamination down and can improve worker safety. #KnowYourProgram

 

Twitter Tweet: Making New Year’s resolutions? How about a recycling one? Find out what’s accepted in your local #recycling program to make sure you’re recycling correctly & follow up during the year. It keeps recycling stream contamination down and can improve worker safety #KnowYourProgram 


Week 2 Campaign Materials

Facebook: Celebrate the #NewYear by giving your recycling habits a fresh start too! This month and all year long get to know your local recycling program. Local recycling rules can vary between municipalities. It’s always best to check with your recycling hauler, municipality, or local recycling coordinator to determine what can go in your recycling bin. #KnowYourProgram

 

Twitter: Celebrate the #NewYear by giving your recycling habits a fresh start! Local recycling rules can vary between municipalities. It’s best to check with your recycling hauler or local recycling coordinator to determine what can go in your recycling bin. #KnowYourProgram


Week 3 Campaign Materials

Facebook: #Didyouknow the chasing arrows symbol and “Please recycle” used on products and packaging doesn’t necessarily mean an item is #recyclable curbside or in your area? It’s best to check with your local hauler or municipality to determine what can go in your recycling bin.

 

Twitter: #Didyouknow the chasing arrows symbol and “Please recycle” used on products and packaging doesn’t necessarily mean an item is #recyclable curbside or in your area? It’s best to check with your local hauler or municipality to determine what can go in your recycling bin.


Week 4 Campaign Materials

Facebook: Make a New Year’s resolution to avoid “wishcycling”. This means putting something in your recycling bin without knowing if it belongs there and hoping it gets recycled. It wastes time, money & can be dangerous for workers. #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters

 

Twitter: Make a New Year’s resolution to avoid “wishcycling”. This means putting something in your recycling bin without knowing if it belongs there and hoping it gets recycled. It wastes time, money & can be dangerous for workers. #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters


Week 5 Campaign Materials

Facebook: Let's all do our part this year to make #EarthDayEveryDay and #recycle better. How? Avoid #wishcycling! Don't put items like cords & holiday lights in your residential recycling. These can be worker safety hazards, damage recycling equipment and can contaminate the recycling stream.

 

Twitter: Let's all do our part this year to make #EarthDayEveryDay and #recycle better. How? Avoid #wishcycling! Don't put items like cords & holiday lights in your residential recycling. These can be worker safety hazards, damage recycling equipment and can contaminate recycling streams


Other Resources

The Recycling Partnership's Contamination Toolkit


Free Images

Free high resolution images formatted for Facebook, Twitter, and newsletters can be downloaded by going to NYDEC's Recycle Right NY Flickr album. *

Directions to download from Flickr: Click the link to open the Flickr album. Scroll to the image you want and left click on it. The image will now be brought up on the screen by itself. In the far right bottom corner there will be a downward facing arrow with a line under it. Left click on it and choose, Original (1024x512) as the option. It will automatically download.  If you need assistance please e-mail us at recycling@dec.ny.gov.

* If you are experiencing technical difficulties downloading the images from Flickr, please open the Flickr link in a different web browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

 

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Recycle Right NY is a 12-month education campaign focused on supporting efforts to reduce contamination in household recycling programs across NYS. The campaign focuses on educating residents about one recycling topic per month. Campaign materials including monthly text and photos, as seen above, are available for use in your own social media and digital and print newsletters. For more information about the campaign or on how to get involved e-mail recycling@dec.ny.gov.