A "Week of Green" in Sun Valley

Green Week Blog #1: Recycling

Let’s be realistic. Recycling is EASY.

I hate to admit it, but I haven’t recycled for that long (I, being the Marketing Director at the Sun Valley Sotheby's International Realty office)… cringe… although once I did get it going, it is now second nature. Everything accepted into our bins, in the Sun Valley/Ketchum area, goes into my designated “recycle bin,” aka, the extra garbage can in the garage. The dogs are too interested in it to leave it inside.

It is then sorted on Tuesday (my trash day is Wednesday) in the Blue Bin supplied by our trash removal service, Clear Creek Disposal, for no additional cost if you have residential trash pick up. Additional stackable bins, to make sorting easier, can be purchased for $10.60 (for a 12 gallon bin). Not too bad and yours to keep!

So, now the question: What can I recycle?

To be recycled:

Glass

Tin/Aluminum

Magazines

Newspaper

#1 & #2 plastic bottles (they are labeled somewhere on the bottle, usually the bottom)

Mixed Paper (this includes junk mail, all office paper, envelopes, file folders, cereal boxes, etc.)

Not to be recycled:

Plastic containers that have #1 or #2, but do not have a threaded neck

Aluminum (tin) foil

Pizza boxes and bags that may or may not have food contaminates

Cardboard milk or juice cartons

Pesticide containers

Chemical cans

Paper such as carbon paper, golden rod, deep tone fluorescent dyed paper, medical files, chip board, dark kraft envelopes, and paper items that are glued together.

As for corrugated cardboard, you cannot leave it with your recycling, but there is a community drop off container for Ketchum located at LDS Church on Sun Valley Road. In Sun Valley there is a drop off location at the Fire Station and at City Hall; Hailey’s drop off is at the corner of Bullion and River Street. All other locations can have a special cardboard pick up; call Clear Creek Disposal 208.726.9600 to set it up.

And for those in the office who have not noticed our Recycle Bins by the back door, we DO have them. Five of them to be exact: Mixed Paper, Newspaper, Plastic, Aluminum, and Magazines... Help us out to do our part as an office!

For more information on recycling services in our area, visit http://www.ccdisposal.com/

As for questions, comments and corrections, please leave them. I am interested to know your creative ways to recycle as well!

How to organize your recycle bin: