The Northeastern Arizona Recycling Committee was created in November 2007 and serves as an idea exchange and activity coordinator for recycling in northeastern Arizona. Committee participants represent the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Navajo County, Apache County, City of Show Low, City of Holbrook, Town of Snowflake, Town of Taylor, Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, the White Mountain Apache Tribe, the Hopi Tribe, area waste companies and interested citizens.

For more information about participating in the Northeastern Arizona Recycling Committee, send an email requesting information to nearizonarecycling@yahoo.com.

Monday, March 28, 2011

2nd Annual White Mountains E-Waste Collection Day a Huge Success!

The City of Show Low, Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo County, the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, the Little Colorado River RC&D, Walmart, Waste Management and E-Waste Harvesters partnered to present the 2nd Annual White Mountains E-Waste Collection Day at the Show Low Walmart on August 28, 2011.  The event was a huge success as more than 160,000 lbs. of old electronic components and equipment was collected—a 280% increase over 2009 (57,000 lbs.)  The City of Tempe’s ERIC (Educational Recycling Information Center) mobile unit was on-site to provide recycling education.
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Christmas Treecycle Program Goes Regional and Continues To Grow

The City of Show Low, Town of Pinetop-Lakeside, Town of Snowflake, Town of Taylor, Snowflake Power Company, Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Larson Waste all partnered to provide region-wide Christmas tree recycling for the public this past holiday season and it turned out to be very successful.  28,800 lbs. of Christmas tree biomass was collected from the three drop-off locations (Show Low, Snowflake/Taylor and Pinetop-Lakeside) over a two-week period.  Snowflake Power ground up the recycled trees and used it as fuel at their biomass plant in Snowflake.  Plans are to continue to expand the program next year by adding drop-off locations in the Winslow/Holbrook and Springerville/Eagar areas.
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Agenda for May 3, 2011 Northeastern Arizona Recycling Committee Meeting

Time: 3:00 p.m.
Location: Show Low City Hall

1. Call to order – introductions

2. Christmas tree recycling (“treecycling”)
  • Last season’s results
  • Planning for next holiday season
3. August 27 electronic waste recycling event

  • Event specifics
  • Marketing
4. Presentation: White Mountain Apache Tribe recycling programs (Terry Hill)

5. Open discussion

  • Reports from attendees
  • Plastics/food wrap recycling
  • Glass recycling
  • Status of local municipal recycling efforts/programs
6. Summarize follow-up items and schedule next meeting

Adjourn
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