{"id":75701,"date":"2016-12-02T21:23:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T02:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75701"},"modified":"2016-12-02T17:39:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T22:39:31","slug":"tis-the-season-to-recycle-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=75701","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tis the Season to Recycle"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"herkimer<\/a>The holiday season is a time of giving and sharing with family and friends. While enjoying these traditions, you\u00a0can also take steps to \u201cgreen\u201d your holidays. During the holiday season, Americans toss out 25% more waste\u00a0than normal. Fortunately, many opportunities are available for residents of Oneida and Herkimer Counties to keep holiday celebrations environmentally-friendly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout each year, the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority offers various waste reduction and\u00a0recycling programs to its residents,” said Jamie Tuttle, Authority Recycling Educator. Due to the increased waste during the holiday season, the Authority offers\u00a0reminders for proper disposal and recycling of holiday items so that residents can cut down on waste with\u00a0ease.”<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year marks the 26th year that holiday gift wrap will be accepted for recycling in Oneida and Herkimer\u00a0Counties. To recycle holiday gift wrap, fold or flatten the gift wrap and place it loosely in your recycling\u00a0container. Gift wrap cannot be placed in plastic bags for recycling.<\/p>\n

“Tissue paper and foil or metallic wrapping paper are not accepted for recycling. Wrapping paper will only be accepted during the two weeks\u00a0after Christmas. Cardboard tubes from gift wrap may also be placed in your recycling container.\u00a0Always consider reusing wrapping paper before disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holiday greeting cards may also be recycled. Each year, 2.65 billion holiday cards are sold in the U.S. That is\u00a0enough to fill a football field ten stories high. Place greeting cards, catalogs, gift boxes and other recyclable\u00a0paper in with your regular recyclables. These items can be recycled all year long. Styrofoam and packing\u00a0peanuts are not recyclable and should be placed with your regular trash.<\/p>\n

Holiday lights should be stored for use again next year. Broken or unwanted holiday lights cannot be placed in your recycling bin. The CNY Veterans Outreach is accepting donations of old holiday lights this holiday season. The lights will be recycled and proceeds will go toward the construction of housing units for\u00a0homeless Veterans. The Veterans Outreach Center is located at 726 Washington Street in Utica and is open\u00a0Monday-Friday from 8:00 AM \u2013 4:30 PM for drop offs. To schedule a large pickup of lights, call 765-0975. You\u00a0may also deliver holiday lights to the Authority\u2019s Utica or Rome Convenience Stations for proper recycling at no charge, or dispose of them with your regular trash. Other types of electronic waste such as computers and\u00a0televisions are also accepted at the Authority\u2019s Utica and Rome Convenience Stations year round, at no\u00a0charge.<\/p>\n

The Authority\u2019s compost facility allows this region increased recycling opportunities, including Christmas tree\u00a0recycling. Contact your local municipality to see what the collection schedule is for Christmas trees. If your\u00a0municipality does not have a collection schedule, residents can deliver trees for composting to the Authority\u2019s\u00a0Utica Convenience Station.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake sure all decorations and tinsel are removed. Christmas wreaths should be\u00a0disposed of with your regular garbage. Real and artificial wreaths are held together with wire and plastic, so\u00a0they cannot be composted. By using reusable decorations and avoiding items such as tinsel, which is hard to remove and reuse again, you can reduce waste,\u201d said Tuttle. \u201cConsider donating unwanted decorations to local\u00a0charities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Residents in Oneida and Herkimer Counties also have the capability to recycle leftover cooking oil and kitchen\u00a0grease. Residents are able to drop-off cooking oil and kitchen grease at the Utica Convenience Station year-round, at no charge. Residents should transport used oils or grease in sealed, unbreakable, leak-proof\u00a0containers. The material is then collected and recycled into animal feed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order to close the recycling loop, we need to buy recycled products,\u201d stated Tuttle. \u201cWhile shopping for gifts,\u00a0purchase items made from recycled-content. Many polar fleece and other clothing items are made from\u00a0recycled plastic soda and water bottles. Purchase wrapping paper, gift boxes, gift bags, and holiday cards\u00a0made from recycled paper. With a little pre-cycling, waste reduction and proper recycling of the materials we\u00a0generate, we can all make our holidays a little greener,\u201d Tuttle concluded.<\/p>\n

If you are not sure how to properly recycle or dispose of an item, the Authority encourages residents to visit its\u00a0easy-to- use tool at www.AmIRecyclable.com to search hundreds of different items and learn all the answers.<\/p>\n

When non-acceptable items are placed in the recycling bin, they interfere with the recycling of acceptable\u00a0items.<\/p>\n

For more information on recycling and waste disposal, please contact Authority Recycling Educator Jamie\u00a0Tuttle at 733-1224 ext. 2300 or visit www.ohswa.org. You may also ask questions and find more information on\u00a0the Authority\u2019s Facebook page (Oneida Herkimer Solid Waste Authority).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The holiday season is a time of giving and sharing with family and friends. While enjoying these traditions, you\u00a0can also take steps to \u201cgreen\u201d your holidays. During the holiday season, Americans toss out 25% more waste\u00a0than normal. Fortunately, many opportunities are available for residents of Oneida and Herkimer Counties to keep holiday celebrations environmentally-friendly. \u201cThroughout […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-jGZ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/unnamed-2-2.jpg?fit=256%2C77&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}