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Christiansburg Curbside Recycling Saves Marriages

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · News, Operations

It’s true, curbside recycling can really save marriages.  At least, that’s what a recent email told us:
Hello! Please tell me it’s true….are you now covering C’burg residence who have Monday trash pick-up?! If so, we are ready to sign-up. Let me know what you need from us to get signed up. This will quite possibly [...]

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Curbside Pickup Canceled for the Second Day In A Row

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · News, Operations

For the second day in a row, we’re canceling curbside pickup due to the weather.  We’re sure we’re not the only ones in this boat, but we’re getting a little tired of this - who do we need to call to see about sunny skies and something above 32-degrees?
We’re sorry for the inconvenience. We’re [...]

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It’s Official - Monday and Friday Pickups Are On Their Way!

February 1st, 2010 · No Comments · News

You asked, and we’re there - for the last year, Valley Curbside Recycling has been serving only trash customers on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.  It’s been a great first year thanks to you, and we are thrilled to be able to finally announce we are planning pickups on ALL FIVE DAYS OF THE WEEK beginning March [...]

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Town Council Report - January 19 2010

January 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Media Coverage, News, Operations, Personnel, Video

Once again, please let us say thank you for the support you provided us as we presented to Town Council last week.  Your support - through emails, tweets, Facebook, and even taking the time to come out and support us, it meant the world to us!  We are grateful.
The point of last week’s presentation was [...]

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We Need Your Support!

January 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · News

To our friends and neighbors:
We need your support! This Tuesday, January 19th, we’ll be providing an update to Town Council on what we’ve been up to over the last year.  As you can see, we’ve accomplished quite a lot in a short period of time, but we’ve plans for even more to come and this [...]

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Thank You For Your Trash

December 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Media Coverage, News

From The Roanoke Times’ top stories of 2009 …
Valley Curbside Recycling says it will begin offering curbside [recycling] pickup to about 200 Christiansburg residents on February 4.  The town does not offer curbside recycling as part of its trash collection, and the Christiansburg Town Council suspended talks of adding the service to let the small, [...]

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Are Recycling & Profits Mutually Exclusive?

November 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Green Spotlight, News

Don’t know if anyone saw this in The Roanoke Times this weekend (remember, that paper can be recycled at the curb in Christiansburg!), but the Virginia section had a big article entitled “Region’s leaders want to increase recycling“.

The piece focused primarily on the Roanoke and Botetourt areas of the region, but the issues at hand [...]

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Important Thanksgiving Recycling Information

November 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News, Operations

An important quick note regarding recycling pickup for the week of November 23 - 27:
Please note that ALL pickups for the week of November 23 through November 27 will take place on Tuesday, November 24th to allow for the Thanksgiving holiday.  We’ll resume normal schedule again on December 1.
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The Cost, In Real Dollars, Of Not Recycling in Christiansburg

May 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Media Coverage, News, Operations

If you haven’t heard, Christiansburg Town council has voted to increase water and sewer fees … and the tipping fee (the cost to dump trash in the landfill) will be increased by $3 per ton.
$3 … it’s just one dollar more than $2 (quick math right there!).  So what, right?  Not so fast, let’s run [...]

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Tick Tock Tick Tock

May 14th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News, Technology

See that?  We’re counting every single pound of recycled material, and posting it right here on RecycleNRV.com!  Christiansburg, think recycling doesn’t make a difference?  See how much of a difference it can really make by following along - we’ll update the numbers every day, right from the dump, so you can see in real-time just [...]

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