The New Year brings many new opportunities for self-improvement, learning experiences, and setting up personal goals that will benefit you, your family, your community or maybe even the environment! This year, consider making a commitment to live greener and strive to reduce your impact on our planet. RRRASOC offers a variety of information and services meant to help you reach this goal! Read on to view a refresher of our Recycling Guidelines, to see event dates, and more - available year-round at rrrasoc.org.

Need a refresher on what can be recycled curbside or at the drop-off sites in Southfield and Novi? Check out our newly updated Recycling Guidelines for 2022! With an improved layout and visuals, you can see what is and is not accepted with RRRASOC. Our new Recycling Guidelines can be found on our Curbside Recycling page or you can click the image below to download your own copy to print from home.

As a quick recap, here is what you can recycle with RRRASOC:

Here are some examples of what's not accepted curbside or at the drop-off sites:

To find disposal instructions for a specific item, check out the Recycling Directory.

Do you have unwanted or unused holiday textiles from 2021 that you would like to donate? Or maybe you're updating your wardrobe for 2022 and have old clothes that you no longer have a need for? Consider taking advantage of Simple Recycling! This service makes it convenient for you to donate your textiles responsibly, diverting them from sitting in a landfill.

Here are just a few examples of the items that can be recycled with Simple Recycling:

For more information about Simple Recycling and their services, click here.

You can never be too aware of the issues that impact our environment, both locally and globally. This January 26th, make it a goal to identify some of these issues and raise awareness about the need for participation in order to conserve and protect the environment.

Climate change is no joke: when learning about its causes and effects, take a moment to consider what you can do to to help mitigate its impacts. For example, you could spread some helpful knowledge about renewable energies and support businesses and organizations that strive for sustainability!

Beginning in April, residents are once again encouraged to bring their Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) to one (or a couple!) of this year's 7 special drop-off events, sponsored by RRRASOC and our member communities. Click the image for a downloadable copy of our 2022 event schedule or visit our HHW page for more information.

It's key to know which products in your household are considered Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) before bringing them to a collection event. These products are used in or around your home and may have one of these characteristics on the label: Corrosive, Toxic, Poisonous, Flammable, or Ignitable.

Cleaners that contain strong acids, bleach or ammonia are also considered hazardous and can be brought to a collection event.

If you have HHW that you'd like to properly dispose of before this year's collection events, you're in luck! Drop off your HHW without a fee at ERG Environmental Services during the following hours:

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

HHW pickup from your home is also available for a fee of $135 per stop plus $0.75 per pound of material collected. This fee is paid directly by the resident to ERG Environmental Services.

ERG Environmental Services

13040 Merriman Road, Livonia

(734) 437-9650

For more info, visit the ERG HHW Drop-Off page or our HHW page.

Want more tips, tricks, and updates about recycling? We have a Facebook page where we can reach you daily to make recycling easier. Not only that, but you can reach us too - send us a message or comment on one of our posts today!