Recycling Rangers Save the Day

…by rescuing plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and cardboard from the landfill

KAB volunteers and TPWD employees rode to recyclables' rescue at the Texas Parks and Wildlife EXPO on October 4th & 5th and saved fifty cubic yards of material from the landfill! 

Volunteers reminded visitors and vendors to recycle, monitored recycling bins, changed liners, pulled recycling from trash cans, piled materials onto an electric golf cart and then into the recycling roll-offs, gave out “Recycling Rocks!” temporary tattoos, shared information about composting and nature’s recyclers (worms), answered questions about the city's switch to Single Stream Recycling, helped kids play the Litter Lifeline to learn about trash decomposition times, made trash into art, and showed off their Ranger skills at the

“Aim to Recycle” shooting range. 

Click HERE to check out KAB Educational Activity Kits and HERE to check out recycling bins.

Want to get involved to make recycling a success at other Austin events?  Complete the volunteer application or contact Jessica@KeepAustinBeautiful.org

EXPO '08 Recycling Results:

• # of KAB Volunteers – 93
• # of Shifts over 2 days - 10
• # of Volunteer Hours - 299.5
• Value of Volunteers’ Time - $3,265
• Pounds of plastic/aluminum recycled – 920 lbs
• Pounds of cardboard recycled – 1,240 lbs
• # of visitors participating in KAB educational activities - ~ 1,250

Education

Delta Tau Delta sets up    Ewwwww worms...oh wait they're cool         Trash into Art 

 Adult Education               Litter Lifeline                                          Kids Line up to Learn

Games – Aim to Recycle

  bottle loading            concentrating on the targeted recycling bin    educational signage

Recycling

                recycling roll off                    St. Edward's Alumni      Canyon Vista Helping Hands

       changing liner            recycling regulars drive the electric cart       collection cart drop-off