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Dalton Beats Recycling Record |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 13:45 |
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Posted on WDNN TV online on March 2, 2010. (www.WDNNTV.com)
In 2009, Dalton collected 1011 tons of recyclables-- exceed their goal by 11 tons! On Monday night, the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority awarded the City of Dalton and the Public Works Department for all their hard work.
Their goal for 2010 is to collect 1200 tons of recyclables! Click here to see related video.
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Dalton Exceeds 1,000 Tons In Recyclables |
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Wednesday, 03 March 2010 13:41 |
Posted by The Chattanoogan.com on March 2, 2010 in the Happenings section. Submitted by the DWSWA.
City of Dalton residents collected 1,010.9 tons or 2,021,800 pounds of recyclables in 2009, exceeding the 1,000 tons goal set for the city of Dalton Curbside Recycling program in the fall of 2008. The 2,021,800 pounds of recyclables are the equivalent of a stack of newspapers 11 miles high.
The Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority staff, Norman Barashick, executive director; Liz Swafford, Recycling and Education Program coordinator; and mascot Recycling Ben recognized residents during the Monday City Council Meeting at City Hall.
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Fort Hill Schools Awarded Recycling Wagon |
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Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:42 |
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Submitted by the Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority, Published in The Daily Citizen
DALTON, GA — Recycling Ben, mascot of the Target Recycling program, presented Pam Massingale, coordinator for North Star, and Lloyd Brochu, director of Crossroads Academy, with a recycling award on Wednesday.
The Fort Hill Schools have done an outstanding job for the first quarter of the 2009-2010 school year, reaching an average of 14.7 pounds of recyclables collected per student.
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Pleasant Grove Elementary Targets Recycling |
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Monday, 01 March 2010 08:00 |
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Posted at the Chattanoogan.com Student Scene on February 26, 2010 / Submitted by the DWSWA
During the month of January, Pleasant Grove Elementary recycled 3,240 pounds of mixed paper, the equivalent of a stack of newspapers two and a half school buses long! The school was able to move from a very low recycling rate of 0.8 lbs. per student during the month of August 2009 to an astonishing 5.9 lbs. per student in January 2010. They surpassed other high performing schools like New Hope Middle School that reached 5.2 lbs. per student in November 2009, and Dawnville Elementary School that reached 5.0 lbs. per student in December 2009.
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Thursday, 21 January 2010 08:20 |
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Published in the ChamberLink January 2010 issue's Go Green page.
You have decided to go green this year and made a New Year’s resolution filled with good intentions. To make your green resolution a reality, here’s a short guide to help you get started.
Choose to Reuse:
We live in a society that encourages disposal, everything from baby diapers to Styrofoam coffee cups are thrown away after just one use.
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