Valley Curbside Recycling

A Curbside Recycling Effort in the New River Valley

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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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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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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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Christiansburg High School Goes Clean

September 15th, 2009 · No Comments · EnviroTips, Media Coverage

This is the kind of initiative that has major impact in years to come.  We can’t commend Christiansburg High School enough for taking the charge!
http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/218948

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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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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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