Think Green Living
- Bring your hazardous household waste to Solid Waste Agency
- 03/28/2011 12:00pm
Spring is here and it’s time to remove the clutter and deep clean the house. Before you pour old household cleaners down the drain or toss rechargeable batteries and last year’s weed killer in the trash—think green. Many household cleaners and chemicals make our chores easier—but along with the conveniences these products provide comes a responsibility to properly purchase, use, store and dispose of them.
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- Volunteers help with marsh grass environmental project
- 04/05/2011 12:00pm
It is a process one does not get to see in action often. Volunteers are putting together seed balls, a mixture of marsh grass seeds, clay, compost and water, for planting along the banks of the 13-acre pond at the Solid Waste Agency.
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- Free compost gives gardens a jump start
- 04/22/2011 12:00pm
The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency is helping Linn County residents, non-profit organizations, and schools jump start their gardening & landscaping efforts by providing compost free-of-charge.
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- Recycle those holiday lights
- 11/28/2011 12:00pm
No matter how handy you may consider yourself to be, there comes a time when those holiday light sets are just not worth repairing, or untangling, any longer. But you don't have to throw those strands in the trash any more. The Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency offers a simple recycling program that will transform your old lights into reuseable materials, including the metals, glass and plastic they contain.
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- Bring us your Christmas tree after the holidays
- 12/26/2011 12:00pm
There's nothing like the atmosphere, and the fragrant aroma, of a live evergreen tree in your home during the holiday season. But what should you do with that tree once the season has passed?
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- Appointments no longer needed for PPC
- 01/01/2012 12:00pm
Beginning January 1, 2012, the Agency will no longer require appointments from residents for Household Hazardous Material drop offs in our Pollution Prevention Center (PPC).
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- Solid Waste Agency and Science Station Give Bottles Flight
- 02/14/2012 3:00pm
Teaching students about the importance of resource recovery brings reclaimed water bottled to new heights. Students at The Science Station learned about the concepts of flight. With the help of the Agency Educator, they learned the green way, making water bottles take flight.
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