#RecycleRightNY February Resources
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February is dedicated to tanglers. Please use the resources below (Facebook posts, Twitter tweets, social media polls, newsletter article, images) through the month of February 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 MaterialsFacebook Post: Know your recycling program NY - tanglers are out! Items such as holiday lights, garden hoses, and cords become tangled in the equipment at a materials recovery facility- where your recyclables go to be sorted. Interested in learning more about what happens to your recyclables at a materials recovery facility? Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_wh3D2G17Q *Video is here as an example, insert video about your local facility if possible or applicable. Videos can also be posted as thumbnails with the post to help increase engagement.
Twitter Tweet: At #recycling facilities recyclables are sorted, baled & shipped to manufacturers to be made into new products. Items like holiday lights and cords get tangled in facility equipment and decrease the value of recyclables, causing machine breakdowns and worker safety hazards. Week 2 Campaign MaterialsFacebook post: When it comes to recycling, do you know what a “tangler” is? These are items like rope, electrical cords, hoses and holiday lights. They’re called tanglers because they become tangled around recycling facility equipment, causing expensive machinery breakdowns and putting workers in danger. Help keep workers safe and recyclables valuable by keeping tanglers out of your recycling bin. #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters #RecycleRightNY
Twitter Tweet: Want to improve your #recycling but don’t know how? Keep items called “tanglers” like rope, cords, hoses and holiday lights out of your recycling bin. They get tangled around recycling facility equipment, causing expensive machinery breakdowns and put workers at risk.
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Facebook and/ or Twitter poll: Follow up answer Facebook poll: Follow up answer Twitter poll: Week 3 Campaign MaterialsFacebook Post: In the months after the holidays, festive lights go dark. If you find your light strings are broken, fix them or toss them, but not in your recycling cart. Light strings are known as tanglers and don’t belong in residential #recycling programs. #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters #RecycleRightNY
Twitter Tweet: In the months after the holidays, festive lights go dark. If you find your lights strings are broken, fix them or toss them, but not in your recycling cart. These items are known as tanglers and are bad for #recycling. #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters #RecycleRightNY Week 4 Campaign MaterialsFacebook Post: Are you already taking inventory and getting ready for the warmer months ahead? If you come across a damaged garden hose, it should not be put in your recycling bin. Repair it, repurpose it, just don’t recycle it! Hoses that cannot be repaired or repurposed should go in with your regular household trash. When garden hoses are put in recycling bins, they cause tangles and damage to sorting equipment at recycling facilities and put workers at risk. What are some ways you could reuse a worn hose? #RecyclingMatters #DisposeOfTheHose #RecycleRightNY * You can also include information from the Recycling Partnership garden hose tangler and reuse article below
Twitter Tweet: Garden hoses do not go into your curbside recycling bin. Repair it, repurpose it, just don’t recycle it! Hoses damage sorting equipment at recycling facilities and put workers at risk. #DisposeOfTheHose #RecycleRightNY * You can also include information from the Recycling Partnership garden hose tangler and reuse article below Week 5 Campaign MaterialsFacebook Post: Help us improve recycling in 2019! Keep garden hoses out of your recycling bin. #DidYouKnow garden hoses are troublesome enough to rank in the top five most problematic contaminants and the third most expensive contaminant to a recycling facility? #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters #RecycleRightNY
Twitter Tweet: Help us improve recycling in 2019! Keep garden hoses out of recycling bins. #DidYouKnow garden hoses are troublesome enough to rank in the top five most problematic contaminants & the third most expensive contaminant to a recycling facility? #RecycleCorrectly #RecyclingMatters February Tanglers Newsletter/ Newspaper ArticlesTitle: What’s a Tangler? When it comes to recycling, do you know what a “tangler” is? These are items like rope, electrical cords, hoses and holiday lights. They’re called tanglers because they become tangled around recycling facility equipment, causing expensive machinery breakdowns and putting workers in danger. A single tangler can cause a massive disruption, and recycling facilities see a significant amount of them each day. Garden hoses are troublesome enough to rank in the top five most problematic contaminants and the third most expensive contaminant to a recycling facility. Help keep workers safe and recyclables valuable by keeping tanglers out of your recycling bin! Know your recycling program NY - tanglers are out!
The Recycling Partnership's article about garden hoses as tanglers and garden hose reuse: When your garden hose starts to leak, crack, or wear out, it may be time for a new one. But what can you do with that old garden hose? We’ll give you a head’s up on what you can and should never do with your worn-out garden hose. Don’t Put It in Recycling. The number one thing you don’t want to do with an old garden hose is put it in the recycling bin. It can muck things up. In the recycling world, garden hoses are what are known as “tanglers.” Tanglers include hoses, ropes, chains, and electrical cords. How to Reuse an Old Garden Hose
If none of the above suggestions fit your needs, and you can’t come up with any other use for your old garden hose, then it may be time to discard it in the trash. Keeping your old hoses out of recycling can help keep recycling facilities running smoothly, efficiently, and safely. Extra Social Media PostsUse the Know Your Program posts from January to continue emphasizing the don’t wish-cycle/know your program message throughout the year:
Twitter Tweet: 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
Twitter Tweet: #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. Other Resources
Free ImagesFree 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.
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. |