HOLIDAY RECYCLING
DROPOFF OPENED
Just in time for the holiday season the Green Business Network of Springfield (GBNS) is announcing the immediate opening of a drop-off site for cardboard and wrapping paper. The drop-off, which will be available year round for a wide range of materials, is open Weekdays 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM and Saturdays 8:00 AM to Noon. Located at the former Sid & Son Scrap Yard on the corner of 11th and Madison Streets access is from Madison Street.
The drop-off is open to both the general public and commercial businesses. The 11th and Madison Street location is also the site of the Recycle Springfield Project recycling center which opened this past summer. This near downtown location is an enhancement to area recycling efforts and compliments other recycling drop-offs around Springfield.
Recycle Springfield is a free recycling service targeted at small to medium sized businesses, but available to anyone without good recycling alternatives. The project partners with SPARC for labor and will use a portion of profits from the project to eventually provide funds for recycling other, more costly materials (e.g., florescent light bulbs, styrofoam, glass).
Cardboard, paper, dry cell batteries, and all forms of plastic are among a wide array of items that that are now being routed to Recycle Springfield. For more details on this free service or specific items being accepted please call the number below. This project is one of several sustainability efforts being coordinated by the GBNS; which is comprised of a number of local businesses, including founding members: Bunn-O-Matic, Hanson Professional Services, Bank of Springfield, and R W Troxell.
Interested businesses can call 836-5000 or visit the GBNS website at www.gbns.com for more information about this and other GBNS projects.