TYBEE BEACHCOMBER | MARCH 2020 19
TYBEE’S NEW
RECYCLING CENTER By Monty Parks
Your new recycling center is growing. Last week alone, we shipped
over 17,000 pounds of baled cardboard to our buyer. We receive over
1,000 pounds of cardboard every day. Some of our great businesses,
such as Waves, Sting Rays and Huc-A-Poos, are bringing us cardboard
every week. We are encouraging all our island businesses to bring their
cardboard to the DPW yard or to use the Atlantic Avenue compactor.
We have added equipment to make the job of moving all this material
more efficient. Most notably, we have added a skid steer/bobcat with a
couple of attachments.
With the growth and the great response from people using this program,
there are many questions. It is amazing how serious this community is
about recycling.
Here are a few examples of questions:
• Is the cardboard roll from toilet paper recyclable? Yes.
• Cereal boxes? Yes.
• Beer can six packs? Yes.
• Cake mix boxes? Yes.
• How about my bottles from pills? Yes.
• I know that you take aluminum cans, but how about tin cans from
food? Currently, you can drop these cans off at the DPW yard, but soon,
we will have a bin for them at all three drop off locations.
• How about office paper? We do not take office paper currently. There
is a possibility we may start soon, but not right now.
• Lawn chairs? No.
• Clothing? No.
• Glass? No.
• Diapers? NO!!!
We also pick up film plastic, such as grocery bags and stretch wrap. Pick
up locations for film plastic are:
• IGA (2 bins)
• Campground laundry room
• Police station
• YMCA (2 bins)
• City Hall
• Chu’s Department Store (2 bins)
• Chu’s convenience store near Tybrisa
.
Over the next few months, we will see the beach become busier and
busier. This will be the first year that Tybee has actually recycled material
from the beach. In the past, everything that came off the beach, whether
it was in a recycle barrel or not, went right into the trash. The staff at
your recycle center have been gearing up to get ready for this flood of
material. They have been stenciling barrels and setting up a new sorting
area. Can you imagine how many beer cans we will get off of our beach?
How many water bottles?
In addition to the upcoming beach recycling efforts, we are trying
to set up programs with the condos and with rental homes. These are
areas on our community that have had low recycling rates and need to
be brought up to speed. If you are a member of a condominium group or
have a rental property, talk to us about setting up a program to help you
recycle this year.
Please, take the time to go to our Facebook page, TybeeRecycles,
and give it a LIKE. This will keep you up to date on our growth and any
changes that are made. Our Facebook page also gives you, our customer,
a place to make comments and ask questions. You can also volunteer
to help on the Facebook page. We welcome anyone who wants to roll
up their sleeves and pitch in. And thank you, Tybee, for being a great
recycling community.