The Green Team would like to thank all those who have brought items to church for recycling. Please continue to recycle paper, inkjet, toner, and laser printer cartridges, and cell phones. NOTE: The Church Office receives $2 in Staples Rewards for each cartridge recycled that Green Team members drop off at Staples.
New Collections:
The Green Team has also added collection bins in the coat room for worn out pens, and hard plastic bottle caps. AS OF 1/12/2015, we are no longer collecting bottle caps, as Aveda has discontinued this program.
Starting in September 2012, we introduced two new recycling opportunities: Flip-flop recycling, and shoe/sneaker recycling. Instead of throwing out your worn out flip flops and shoes, simply bring them to church, drop them off in a bin in the coat room and help raise money for the church!!! Any brand of shoes/sneakers and flips flops are accepted. So, if your footwear is too worn out to donate for future use, bring them to church and keep them out of the landfills!
Complete list of Collections:
Let’s continue to be good stewards to the Earth. Here's what we are currently collecting and how each is recycled and reused.
COAT ROOM:
- Batteries - household and rechargeable. WE ARE NO LONGER COLLECTING ANY TYPE OF BATTERY, DUE TO POTENTIAL FIRE SAFETY ISSUES IN STORING THE BATTERIES. You will need to check your Town's recycling guidelines for batteries.
- Hard Plastic Bottle Caps - sent to Aveda for recycling into plastic containers for cosmetics. AS OF 1/12/2015, we are no longer collecting bottle caps, as Aveda has discontinued this program.
- Cell Phones - include charger if possible - if working, brought to Newington Senior Center for use by seniors, if not sent to Terracycle for recycling into various products
- Flip Flops (in pairs) - sent to Terracycle for upcycling or recycling as new rubber products
- Worn Out Pens - sent to Terracycle for upcycling or recycling as various products
- Printer Cartridges -laser, toner, inkjet - recycled at Staples for Rewards for Church Office
- Shoes/Sneakers (in pairs) - sent to Terracycle for recycling into various products
- Paper- collected in blue recycling baskets in Narthex, Coat Room, Fellowship Hall, and Church Offices. Business Recycling pick up by All Waste. Please take home any paper for recycling at home to help reduce the cost to the Church for Business Recycling.
- Office Cardboard - stored by coat rack outside Youth Room on basement level. Anyone can take home and recycle at home to help reduce the cost to the Church for Business Recycling.
- Plastic containers used by Group Events - Each group is responsible for collecting and taking the items home for recycling. "What you bring in, you take out"
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