by Marianne Peters | Mar 9, 2021 | Community Projects
Starting in April, anyone can come and pick up a tree (suggested donation: $1.00) to plant in their yard for Earth Month. We are partnering with an organization called Trees for the Future, which helps families in sub-Saharan Africa plant trees and build “forest...
by Marianne Peters | Oct 22, 2019 | Director's Blog
A few weeks ago, the City of Plymouth’s recycling and waste hauler, Republic Services, announced that it would be picking up trash weekly, but recycling was going to every other week with new routes. (See the conclusion of the column for relevant route information)....
by Marianne Peters | Sep 24, 2019 | Adult Outreach, medicine, sharps
A few weeks ago, I decided that my bathroom cabinets were not “sparking joy” (thanks, Marie Kondo!). Besides the usual crusty nail polish and past-its-prime mascara, I found a collection of accumulated medication. Since some of the old rules of drug disposal had...
by Marianne Peters | Mar 21, 2019 | Director's Blog, Sustainable Living
What’s “sparking joy” for you lately? Have you heard of the KonMari Method? Personified by Marie Kondo, an impossibly petite Japanese lady obsessed with organization, this method teaches that decluttering is not just a way to line up your socks, but a path to joy. ...
by Marianne Peters | Jul 23, 2018 | Adult Outreach, Director's Blog, Environmental Education, Recycling, Reduce, Trash/Waste
By now, you may have heard the U. S. recycling industry has hit a speed bump. In the last couple of years, our biggest recyclable materials importer, China, has shifted a lot of its manufacturing to other Asian countries. It no longer requires as much raw material as...
by Marianne Peters | Jun 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
News about our climate change speaker, the County fair, and more! You can find it here!
by Marianne Peters | May 25, 2018 | Adult Outreach, Open Burning, Recycling, Reduce, Trash/Waste, Uncategorized
Depot patrons who tell me they burn their trash are often surprised when I remind them that open trash burning is illegal in Indiana. Illegal, as in “against the law.” The most common response I receive is “We’ve burned our trash for fifty years!” And that’s...
by Marianne Peters | Mar 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Find out all the latest news about the Recycle Depot right here!
by Marianne Peters | Feb 2, 2018 | Depot Dispatch
Here’s our February Depot Dispatch!
by Marianne Peters | Jan 30, 2018 | Community Projects, Food Waste, Local Heroes, Reduce
Recently we learned about a new food waste reduction program started by Charles Mahoney, a senior at Culver Academies. You can read more about it here! Charles is helping his school divert extra food into microwaveable meals that are shared with Meals on Wheels and...
