The Pizza Box Recycling Mystery: Grease is the word.
Grease just might be the word. If you’ve ever wondered whether all, some or none of your corrugated cardboard box can by recycled — check out our solved mystery.
Political Signs: 11/5/24
We’re excited to announce that we will be accepting political signs for recycling, starting 11/6. If you have political signs from the recent election, we invite you to bring them to our facility for proper disposal and recycling. To make the process as easy as possible, we will have two separate carts available. Simply drop off the signs and stakes in their designated carts, and we’ll take care of the rest!
Hurricane Helene Update: 11/01/24
Curbside Management is fully operational for processing and collecting recyclable materials.
As a convenience to residents, we are offering a drop-off center at our facility at 116 N Woodfin Avenue for residential recyclable materials only. For the time being, this is available between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Grease just might be the word. If you’ve ever wondered whether all, some or none of your corrugated cardboard box can by recycled — check out our solved mystery.
Students at Ranger Elementary School in Murphy, North Carolina designed and built this beautiful mural from recycled plastic bottle caps (photo by Michelle Mock)
It’s an exciting time for recycling enthusiasts as Curbie expands its portfolio of accepted recyclable materials! Curbie is continuously striving to be a part of the solution towards a greener planet and, in the process, it’s making recycling at home easier than ever.
Plastic bags and strapping clog up Curbie’s recycling machinery, and cause wasted time and equipment damage.
There’s a reason that the three Rs go in this order: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. To truly reduce your environmental impact, recycling should be the last step after you’ve exhausted the other two options.
Probably not immediately, but many municipalities are taking a dim view of it. Because styrofoam waste takes up so much space and takes so long to decompose, cities like Minneapolis and Seattle have banned to-go containers made of polystyrene foam, also known as styrofoam. Every little bit makes the job easier, don’t you agree?
Only food, beverage, personal care or household plastic containers are accepted.