Recycling

The Top 5 Reasons to Reuse a Bag

1. The Petroleum in 14 plastic bags could drive a car 1 mile.

2. Americans use over 14 billion plastic bags annually.

3. It takes 70% more global warming gasses to make a paper bag than a plastic bag.

4. Paper bags do not biodegrade in landfills.

5. Cities spend up to 17 cents per bag in disposal costs.

Re-use one bag today!

This information is curtest of www.1bagatatime.com

Recycle Your Wireless Phones

Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful will go into its second year of partnering with Sprint and Keep America Beautiful to go green and recycle our cell phones in Riverside. You can do your part in two ways: Call the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce and ask for a box of plastic bags to be delivered to your workplace and you can start your own recycling program in your office just by placing wireless phones, batteries and accessories in the plastic envelope provided OR you can drop them off at the Greater Riverside Chamber of Commerce and let us do it for you. Think Green in 2008 call (951) 683-7100.

Live in Riverside and Recycle!

If you are a resident of the City of Riverside, you may have wondered what items you can place in your curbside recycling cans. Just see the lists below!

BLUE TRASH CANS          
 may contain acceptable Paper, Plastic Containers, Glass, and Metals.

Acceptable Papers: 
 Newspapers
Junk Mail
Magazines
Cardboard
Catalogs / Brochures
Cereal Boxes
Coupons
Food Packaging
Computer Paper
Paper Cartons
Grocery Bags
Used Envelopes
Tissue Boxes
Phone Books
Wrapping Paper
Egg Cartons
Frozen Food Boxes
Paper Tubes (Paper Towel Rolls, Toilet Paper Rolls)
Acceptable Plastic Containers: 
Assorted Plastics #1-7 (Look on the bottom of the plastic for this number inside of the recycling symbol)
Soda Bottles
Laundry Bottles
Shampoo Bottles
Lotion Bottles
Water / Milk Jugs
Anti-Freeze Bottles
Plastic Motor Oil Bottles
Containers
Frozen Food Container
Plastic Cups
Plastic Utensils

Acceptable Glass: 
Food and Beverage Containers
Soda Bottles
Beer Bottles
Juice Containers
Catsup Bottles
Wine / Liquor Bottles

Acceptable Metals:
Metal Food Cans (rinse out food remnants)
Aluminum  
Metal Coat Hangers
Tin Cans
Pet Food Cans
Milk / Juice Cartons
Empty Aerosol Cans
Paint Cans (empty, dry cans with the lids off)

GREEN TRASH CANS
may contain certain types of green waste. These include: 

Grass
Leaves
Prunings 
NO PALM FRONDS - a small amount of Palm Fronds will be accepted in the brown can.
Twigs
Small Branches
The branches must be 4 inches or less in diameter and 3 feet or less in length.
Weeds

FOOTNOTE:
Please do not put any animal waste into your green trash can. You may put this into your Brown Trash Can

Want More Recycling Info?

For anyone interested in knowing more about recycling, be sure to pick up your FREE recycling kit at http://www.bottlesandcans.com.