North Georgia Recycling

The photos above are of the local countryside that is so important to us all.
A - Beautiful meadow in Pickens County.
B & C - A lake near Talking Rock.

North Georgia Recycling Inc. will assist Pickens County and the city of Jasper through a curbside recycling service. Service will be provided for residential and commercial business facilities. The recycling service will be provided for a low monthly fee ranging from $10 for residential and $25-$30 for commercial service. North Georgia Recycling will collect plastics, glass, cardboard, mixed papers, newspapers, and aluminum. These collected recyclables will be donated in their proper forms to the Pickens County Recycling Center. Donated recyclables from North Georgia Recycling will increase the amount that Pickens County is able to sell at market while at the same time decreasing the amount of refuse (trash) the county has to deal with. Costs go down and land is saved!

Containers to hold the recyclables until pickup day will be provided for free. Residential will be picked up bi-weekly and businesses, depending on their requirements, will be picked up weekly. Each month North Georgia Recycling Inc. will contribute 30% of its fees to the Returning Parents Scholarship Fund (RPSF) at Appalachian Technical Institute. This scholarship has been established in conjunction with North Georgia Recycling and Appalachian Technical Institute (ATI). The RPSF will be available to single parents who are enrolled and attend two or more classes at ATI. Assistance will be provided in the following forms:

•	gas vouchers
•	vehicle maintenance
•	book allowances
•	child care
•	uniform reimbursement
•	monetary awards from $100-$250

North Georgia Recycling's goal is to increase the awareness of the community in regards to recycling by providing a curbside service while at the same time bettering the opportunities for adult education. North Georgia Recycling wants to help you make a difference! "Do What You Can"

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Recycling Facts

	The Average American generates 4 lbs. of trash each day. (1,460 lbs. a year)
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	Two plastic bottles recycled can make enough polyester fiber to make a baseball cap.
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	Recycling: 1 aluminum can creates power to run TV for 3 hours 1 glass bottle can light a 100 watt bulb for 4 hours
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	One ton of recycled papers saves: 17 trees, 380 gallons of oil, 3 cubic feet of landfill space, 4000 kilowatts of energy, and 7000 gallons of water
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	Everyday Americans buy 62 million newspapers and throw out 44 million, equivalent to dumping 500,000 trees per week
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	Americans throw away enough aluminum every 3 months to rebuild our entire commercial air fleet.
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	Incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 1 job. Land filling the same amount creates 6 jobs. Recycling the same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs.
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	It takes glass a million years to break down.
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	It takes 75,000 trees to print the Sunday Edition of the N. Y. Times.
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	Two recycled plastic bottles can be used to make one sq. ft. of carpet.
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North Georgia Recycling Inc.
Paul C. Peterson, Founder
770-235-0923
E-mail: info@northgeorgiarecycling.org