We all know we should be recycling. It’s good for the planet and helps save our natural resources. That should be enough to motivate folks, but for added incentive a new recycling reward program was just announced for Nashville residents with the goal of “catching you in the act of recycling.” The companies behind the fun are Coca-Cola Consolidated, Kroger, Metro Public Works, and the Metro Beautification and Environment. The program sets out to award Nashville residents a $50 Kroger gift card if they are “caught” recycling the right way. This program is going to run for most of the rest of the year and any single-family households in Metro’s Urban Services District will be eligible.

A mailer will be going out to those eligible residents explaining all the rules and providing a “Give it Back” sticker. To win the prize, you’ve got to stick that sticker onto your Curby recycling bin. The Coca-Cola Company is taking the lead with this program by sending out a specially designed Coca-Cola Prize Patrol Vehicle to inspect the contents of all those curbside green Curby carts to make sure that folks are tossing out the right recyclables are currently accepted in Metro’s curbside program. The prize patrol plans to award ten $50 Kroger Gift Cards each and every week until they give out 260 prizes. Right now, voluntary curbside recycling is available to up to 125,000 Nashville homes. There are also several drop-off centers all throughout Davidson County where you can take you recyclable materials.

Ever since the recycling program began in Nashville, many families have gotten into the spirit by getting the kids involved in the sorting of plastics and papers.  But what about those big things you might have sitting around your home, backyard or garage? If a metal can be recycled then so can an old metal washing machine. If bundles of newspaper can be ground up and made into new paper products then so can stacks of unused lumber. Obviously, the major difference is that with those bigger items you won’t be able to stuff them into the Curby can for a weekly pickup. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t recycle them.

Calling on a professional junk hauling crew like Junk King Nashville who is experienced in handle recyclable materials is your best option. There are actually several recycling facilities located throughout the Nashville area which are designated drop zones for all kinds of materials. You can feel good about yourself if you managed to take your big bulky items to those centers. However, will you still be feeling good if the back of your pickup or SUV got all scratched up? Will you feel good if you throw your back out while moving those heavy items? Do yourself a favor and do Nashville a favor: let the pros handle the recycling. And good luck with the contest!

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