Valley Curbside Recycling

A Curbside Recycling Effort in the New River Valley

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Aluminum Recycling Facts

March 1st, 2009 · No Comments · EnviroTips, Green Spotlight

Thanks to Gary for pointing this out … (emphases ours)

A used aluminum can is recycled and back on the grocery shelf as a new can, in as little as 60 days
An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can [...]

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Our First Few Weeks

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Video

You’ve probably learned by now that we like to record everything!  Thanks to Gary Cope, our in-house video guru, for putting this video together that highlights our first few weeks in business!  Stay tuned to the end to see just how much of an impact we’ve made so far - we can’t wait to do [...]

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Valley Curbside Recycling Is Rolling Through Your Town

February 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Education, Media Coverage, News, Operations, Technology, Video

This past Tuesday night, I had the opportunity to introduce Valley Curbside Recycling - formally - to the Christiansburg Town Council.  I say formally because we’d been brought to their attention before when our signs advertising RecycleNRV.com had been spotted around Town without the proper permits.  Whoops, sorry about that!
I want to say thank you [...]

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Pilot Program Complete - Now The Real Fun Begins!

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · News, Operations

If you follow us on Facebook, you might have seen our status update on Friday:

For the past two weeks, we’ve been serving customers in our pilot area of Christiansburg only.  We wanted to make sure we got some of the logistics figured out - how long it typically takes to serve one customer, to get [...]

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So This Is What A Quiet Blog Looks Like

February 8th, 2009 · 3 Comments · News, Operations

Hey all! We have been slammed these past couple of weeks as we prepared for starting pickups on February 4th … that’s out of the way now, and we couldn’t be happier! For the most part, no major glitches were reported, and we’re looking forward to getting back out on the 11th and [...]

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Bins - Beautiful Blue Bins

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Operations

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Recycling’s Done & We Haven’t Even Started

December 11th, 2008 · 22 Comments · News

Read the news lately?

No money in recycling
Recycling is junk
Scraping the bottom of the barrel

Ryan and I certainly have been, and in the last few days we’ve fielded more than one question from customers and friends, all asking the same thing … “Have you heard about recycling?”
Yep, we’ve heard.
And it’s been something we’ve thought a lot [...]

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What Can We Take?

December 1st, 2008 · 28 Comments · Media Coverage, Operations

Wondering what you can and can’t toss in that lovely blue bin?  Here’s the list, straight from the Waste Management Department of Montgomery County!

Aluminum - food and beverage cans, aluminum foil wrap and pans
Steel and Bi-Metal cans - steel and bi-metal food and beverage cans, steel lids from glass jars, bottle caps, cardboard spiral, can [...]

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