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Most everyone is familiar with the word “recycle” but not everyone might understand what that process is all about. The best way to increase recycling levels is to inform the public about how that process works from start to finish. That’s the goal of ReCommunity, a Charlotte based company that is dedicated to informing the public through an interactive website that is all about recycling.
“We wanted to take a proactive approach to engaging and educating” to the 36 communities the company serves in 13 states, says Jeff Fielkow, vice president of revenue and growth at Charlotte-based ReCommunity. “We really believe virtual tours and interactive educational resources are the wave of the future. So we wanted to stay true to our community and education-focused mission, and build a turn-key recycling educational website,” he said.
Included on the website is a visual tour of a MRF, teacher lesson plans, animated videos, educator resources, and an interactive site where people can see an overview of an entire MRF and click on each element to learn more about that step of the process.
“We are thrilled to bring the Recovery Revolution to our community partners and educators everywhere,” says Fielkow. “Creating state-of-the-art educational tools is a critical initial step in the process of improving recycling and enhancing all of its associated community benefits.”
ReCommunity’s primary focus is on the kind of weekly recycling trash pickup. But there is another kind of recycling that you can engage in with the help of another company. That would be junk recycling with Junk King Charlotte.
Junk King is a Charlotte company of professional junk haulers that would like nothing better than to recycle all of your junk. Even if you don’t ask for your junk to be recycled, Junk King will probably recycle it anyway. That’s because they are dedicated to keeping Charlotte an environmentally safe place to live and work. If that means making a few extra drop offs at the recycling centers around town then so be it; it’s all part of the comprehensive service offered by Junk King Charlotte.
When you hire Junk King you’ll actually be getting a team of workers and a large truck. Those are the exact two items which might have been standing in the way of your removing all that junk in the first place. It’s not easy to get rid of a sofa or loveseat or stove or set of tires. But with Junk King Charlotte you won’t have to lift a finger. When you’re ready to recycle your oversized junk items give Junk King a call. They’ll get the job done in a snap.
For this year’s Earth Day celebrations the University of North Carolina at Charlotte has reason to be very proud of themselves. Last year the campus broke their own record by recycling over 2,000,000 pounds of garbage. If you know a college aged student then you can appreciate how much garbage they can generate! UNC also was able to divert 39% of the campus trash away from landfills. This year the UNC Charlotte’s Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling Projects say that they are on target to break their own record once again and plan to hold a huge party on Earth Day.
There is good news around the real estate market for the Charlotte area. The average price of homes climbed by 2% during these the summer months. This reflects a slightly upward trend for the rest of the country as well. It’s also a glimmer of hope that our economy might be slowly turning around. When home prices go up it is a win-win all around. Much of the determination of a home price has to do with supply and demand. If there are many homes available then obviously the price drops and the reverse holds true.