Keep Forsyth County Beautiful announces new items that are now being accepted at the County’s Recycling Centers. As we look towards the beginning of the new year, we often look to de-clutter and clean up the house after the busy holiday season. Recycling helps keep items out of landfills, and now more items are being accepted. Below is list of new items. To see a complete list of
accepted items and to find out where you can recycle your
Christmas Tree, visit the forsyth county website at
www.forsythco.com.
Used Cooking OilAfter the Thanksgiving holiday, many residents began to ask what they could do with cooking oil left over from frying a turkey. Keep Forsyth County Beautiful (KFCB) located a company that collects and processes the used oil for a variety of uses. Residents can now bring used cooking oil to any of the three county recycling centers to be recycled at no charge.
BooksBook bins have also recently been placed at the county’s recycling centers. The books are collected by Reading Tree, a non-profit organization with a mission to provide children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own books. Reading Tree donates all usable children’s books it collects to elementary schools, hospitals, Boys and Girls Clubs, literacy programs and other organizations serving children in need. Those books deemed unusable due to condition are recycled for their paper content or shipped overseas for literacy efforts in other countries. Reading Tree has saved more than 45 million books from going into landfills.
Plastic BagsThe most popular new item now accepted at the centers is plastic bags. Not only are plastic bags a high volume item in landfills, they are also a common source of roadside litter due to their lightweight nature and ability to blow. Keep plastic bags out of the landfill and off the roads by recycling them. Recycled bags can be used to make many plastic products including more bags and plastic building materials.
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