Recycling Extravaganza does it again!

The Recycling Extravaganza’s 4th year continues to grow in popularity. Held in partnership with the St. Louis Community College – Forest Park Campus, our collection event for hard-to-recycle items continues its success. This year, 643 vehicles unloaded materials to be collected by 19 organizations and businesses for reuse, recycling or appropriate disposal. Over 87,000 lbs or 43.5 tons of waste was saved from going in the landfill!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following was diverted from area landfills and dump sites, collected by these event partners and sponsors:

1,200 CFL bulbs, 660 various-sized flourescent tubes, 40 other shapes/sizes – Ameren Missouri

29 bicycles – Bicycle Works

303 lbs. of prescriptions and over-the-counter medications – Drug Enforcement Administration

40 cu. yds. of polystyrene – EPC

62 items of used medical equipment – HELP – Health Equipment Lending Program

XX  instruments, 2 music stands – Making Music Matters

62 lbs. of Mardi Gras beads – Mardi Gras, Inc.

62,197 lbs. electronics/appliances or 31 tons – MRC

1,110 lbs. – 500 lbs wood | 175 lbs books | 80 lbs tools and hardware |150 lbs furniture | 30l bs jars |75 lbs clothing – Perennial

5,000 lbs. or 33 cu. yds. of building materials & tools – Refab

6,000 lbs. or 40.05 cu. yds building materials – ReStore/Habitat for Humanity

1012 lbs. used shoes – Shoeman Water Project

3,000 lbs. yard waste and wood waste – St. Louis Composting

200 lbs. holiday lights and 1500 lbs. plastic pots – St. Louis Green

180 lbs. of creative supplies including 50 board games, 5 boxes of children’s
books, and 4 boxes of wine corks – Teacher’s Recycle Center

320 lbs. plastic bags & film – Trex Company

2013 lbs. of clothing to be reused or repurposed – USAgain
USAgain collects 2,000 pounds of clothing at St. Louis Earth Day Festival – USAgain blog