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Earthwise Recycling Serving Pender County Help us make the planet a better place... Link to us. Details...
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Earthwise
Recycling Program As of 2001 it is estimated that 21.6% of Pender County's solid waste was made up of organic materials. Organic Waste does not decompose in a Landfill. Any decomposition is anaerobic, meaning lacking oxygen. This type of decomposition produces methane gases, a large contributor to ozone depletion and global warming. Pender County is a very desirable place to live and our population has increased dramatically in the last eight years. We think this is a very low estimate of the amount of organic material going to our landfills. Please! Do your part. Let's turn all this organic waste back into something that will benefit our planet, not harm it! A LIST OF SOME COMPOSTABLES; Things from your kitchen may include, Paper products like napkins, towels, tissues, plates, cups, wax paper, etc… Egg shells, Coffee grounds and filters, Tea bags and grounds, Breads, Rice, Pasta, Cereal, Freezer-burned fruits and vegetables, Spoiled canned fruits and vegetables, Jell-o (gelatin), Popcorn, Melted ice cream, Tofu, Outdated yogurt, Fish scraps, Shrimp shells, Crab shells, Lobster shells, Pizza & Pie crusts, Macaroni and cheese, Moldy cheese, Wine gone bad or old beer, Stale potato chips, Nut shells, Produce trimmings, Onion skins, Watermelon rinds, Banana peels, Pumpkin seeds, Potato peelings, Apple cores, Coconut hull fiber, Old spices, Cardboard cereal boxes (shredded), Grocery receipts, and even Wooden toothpicks. Items from your bathroom may include; Q-tips (cotton swabs: cardboard, not plastic sticks), Cotton balls, Tissue, Soap scraps, Electric razor trimmings. Things around the rest of the house may include, Shredded newspapers, Shredded cardboard, Houseplant trimmings, Lint from clothes dryer, Burlap, Pet hair, Post-it notes, 'Dust bunnies', Bird cage cleanings, Unpaid bills, Hair, Wood ashes, Aquarium plants, Felt waste, Expired flower arrangements, Elmer's glue, Old leather products (i.e., old wallets, watch bands, gardening gloves), Matches (paper or wood), Tobacco wastes, Moss from last year's hanging baskets, Pencil shavings, Vacuum cleaner bag contents, and Greeting card envelopes (shredded). Items found in the yard may include, Leaves, Grass clippings, Wood chips, Sawdust, Potting soil, Wheat straw, Peat moss, Tree bark, Clover, Straw, Weeds, Annuals, Cover crops, Spanish moss, and Feathers. NO MEATS (other than fish), NO FATS, and NO OILS, PLEASE!!! Help us make the planet a better place... Link to us. Details...
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