Happy New Year!
Please join us in 2021 as we continue our work to make Athens and Limestone County a cleaner, greener, and more beautiful place! KALB offers many different ways to get involved, including volunteer opportunities, membership, our Adopt-A-Spot program, and other ways to support the important work that we do.
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Swan Creek Wildlife
Management Area Cleanup
Monday, January 18th
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We would love for you to join us!
KALB, along with Tennessee Riverkeeper, is hosting a cleanup of the Swan Creek Wildlife Management Area on Monday, January 18, 2021 from 10:00 am to 2:15 pm.
MEETING PLACE: Volunteers will meet at 10:00 am at the intersection of Lucas Ferry Road and Harris Station Road. This will be the base location. All volunteers will sign in and receive supplies at this location. KALB will provide trash bags, litter grabbers, gloves, buckets, and safety vests. Further instructions will be given at this location.
DRESS: Volunteers are encouraged to wear waterproof shoes/boots and work clothes.
MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING: This event is outdoors, however, when in group settings masks and social distancing will be required.
If planning to attend or if you have questions, please contact KALB at 256-233-8000 or reply to this email.
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Household Hazardous Waste Collection
April 10, 2021
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Please Note: The date has been changed to
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Start gathering your household chemicals for proper disposal. This includes cleaning solutions, auto fluids, pool chemicals, fertilizers, insect repellants, rat poisons, paints, and more. More detailed information will be forthcoming. Watch this newsletter and our Facebook page for details. Location to be announced soon.
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Trash Attack / River Cleanup
Saturday, March 6th
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ANNUAL TRASH ATTACK AND ELK RIVER CLEANUP - March 6, 2021
Mark your calendars! KALB invites individuals, families, businesses, clubs, and other groups or organizations to help clean up litter from Limestone County. KALB will provide trash bags, gloves, safety vests, litter grabbers, food, and more.
This event will be held from 8:00 am to noon on Saturday, March 6th. More details to come, including meet up locations! KALB would like to thank TVA for sponsorship of this event.
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Want to Make a Difference?
Consider KALB's Adopt-A-Spot Program
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If you are interested in volunteering on a more regular basis, our Adopt-A-Spot program may be just what you are looking for! Groups or individuals may adopt a stretch of roadway in Athens or Limestone County, and KALB will provide you with the supplies needed to clean the area regularly.
Adopt a spot in the City of Athens and your non-profit or civic organization can benefit! Groups that commit to clean up their adopted spot once a month will be rewarded with a check for $50 after every 3rd cleanup (maximum once per quarter). The money must be sent to a civic or non-profit organization and cannot benefit individuals or private business. Individuals that adopt an area in the city may donate their $50 to the civic or non-profit group of their choice.
Questions about our program? Please call our office at 256-233-8000 and we will be happy to share more information with you!
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The Recycling Center Manager and Ass
THANK YOU to those of you who respected the Recycling Center's holiday hours. We appreciate everyone's continued understanding and cooperation as we are still working with half of our normal staff. We will keep you posted of any changes over the coming months.
BUSINESS HOURS
Monday through Friday -- 6:30 am to 2:30 pm.
The Recycling Center Manager and Assistant Manager are working in the plant full time handling and baling materials. They will not be in the office to answer calls, but will return messages. If you do not leave a message, they cannot return your call. Please be patient as they are doing double duty to accommodate the needs of the community as best they can with less than half of their staff.
NO PLASTIC will be accepted at this time. Watch for updates on the Athens-Limestone Recycling Center and Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful Facebook pages.
The Recycling Center will accept the
following materials at the
LUCAS FERRY RD. FACILITY ONLY
Please SORT BEFORE ARRIVING. If bringing items in a plastic bag, empty your items out of the bag into the correct bins. Do not leave the plastic bags.
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Electronics (if you have heavy items, please bring help to unload. We currently do not have staff at the plant to help you. There is a $10 fee for TVs of any size. All other electronics are accepted free of charge.)
- Cardboard (including paperboard: cereal boxes, drink cartons, etc.) (Cardboard MUST be broken down. Unbroken boxes take up too much space!)
- Newspaper (must be separate from other paper)
- Junk Mail, Office Paper, Magazines
- Steel/Tin Cans and Other Steel Items
- Aluminum Cans and Other Aluminum Items
- Glass Bottles and Jars - All Colors (Glass must be sorted by colors: brown, clear, and blue and green. NO other types of glass accepted!)
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NO COUNTY TRAILERS will be in place. Materials must be brought to the Lucas Ferry Rd. facility. We do not know when the trailers will be put back in place. We will update on the Keep Athens-Limestone Beautiful and Athens-Limestone Recycling Center Facebook pages.
DIRECT RECYCLING QUESTIONS TO:
Athens-Limestone Recycling Center
256-233-8746
AthensRecycling@pclnet.net
City of Athens Sanitation Department
(Athens City Curbside Recycling)
256-233-8747
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We Want to Hear From You! |
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Here is the link to our most recent articles featured in Athens Now:
December 18, 2020
January 1, 2021
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Athens Now can be found twice monthly in local grocery stores, pharmacies, doctors offices, etc. KALB's article is always on PAGE 12.
You can also read KALB's Clean and Green articles (current and past) online at www.KALBCares.com.
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